2024 has started with an insane run from Danil "donk" Kryshkovets, who has taken the Counter-Strike world by storm. The 18-year-old Team Spirit player is leading the ratings with a considerable margin after the first part of 2024.

You can see the list of the best players in CS2 down below.

Ranking filter: (min. 100 maps - top 50 teams)

Highest-rated CS2 players of 2024: (Updated 11th of October 2024)

1. {cflag:RU} Danil "donk" Kryshkovets – 1.39 rating (119 maps)

2. {cflag:FR} Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut – 1.37 rating (119 maps)

3. {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov – 1.31 rating (151 maps)

4. {cflag:TR} İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş – 1.22 rating (139 maps)

5. {cflag:RU} Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov - 1.22 rating (124 maps)

6. {cflag:GT} Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa - 1.21 rating (112 maps)

7. {cflag:DK} Benjamin "blameF" Bremer - 1.20 rating (106 maps)

8. {cflag:BA} Nikola "NiKo" Kovač - 1.19 rating (154 maps)

9. {cflag:BR} Felipe "insani" Yuji - 1.18 rating (145 maps) 

10. {cflag:BR} Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato - 1.18 rating (130 maps)

11. {cflag:SK} David "frozen" Čerňanský - 1.17 rating (155 maps)

12. {cflag:US} Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski - 1.17 rating (114 maps)

16. {cflag:FI} Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo – 1.17 rating (119 maps)

17. {cflag:LV} Helvijs "broky" Saukants - 1.16 rating (155 maps)

21. {cflag:CA} Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken - 1.16 rating (139 maps)

63. {cflag:DK} Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz – 1.10 rating (115 maps)

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We are less than one week away from the start of the last ever Major in CS:GO history. To ease the waiting time, we have created a countdown series, where we dive into the history of all 18 Majors. Today we have reached DreamHack Winter 2014.

Train, Dust2, Cache, Inferno, Mirage, Overpass, Cobblestone.

ESL One: Cologne 2015 was the sixth CS:GO Major tournament in the history of the game and was held from August 20-23, 2015 in the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne Germany. The tournament once again featured a total of 16 teams and a total prize pool of $250,000.

It was announced after the tournament by Valve that the event had broken the viewership record once again. ESL One: Cologne 2015 scored highest peak of over 1,3 million concurrent viewers during the Grand Final between fnatic and Team EnVy. It was also the first ever CS:GO Major where the Swedish squad from Ninjas in Pyjamas didn’t reach the finals.

DreamHack Winter 2013, ESL One: Katowice 2015, and ESL One: Cologne 2015. Three Majors, one champion – fnatic.

The Swedish squad from fnatic did the impossible. They showed the CS:GO world what true dominance looks like. The team won three CS:GO Majors, a feat no team had been able to match at the time. More impressively, they won two of those Major tournaments back-to-back.

And they did so at a time when the game was blowing up and when ESL One: Katowice hit one million concurrent viewers in 2015. CS:GO was emerging as one of the biggest esports in the world, and fnatic were front and centre.

During the Grand final of the ESL One: Cologne 2015 Major Championship, where fnatic were up against the Frenchmen from Team EnVyUs, the Swedish roster decided to show the world an unseen strategy. Something you probably never thought you would see in a pro match, especially not in a Major Grand final.

In overtime of the first map on Dust2, the heavy-stacked fnatic squad decided to make a huge investment and go all-in on their weapon arsenal by equipping nothing more than four AWP’s in one round. Every player of the team set their sights towards middle doors for a potential peek by their opponents. And right after the round started, a completely helpless Dan “apEX” Madesclaire from EnVyUs chose to take a peek up at T-spawn, where he was met by those four snipers who all had their scope set on him.

Valve decided to immortalize the play by adding a permanent graffiti illustrating a Terrorist holding four AWP’s in his hands near T-Spawn on Dust2. However, the graffiti was removed from the map in an update in 2017.

The sold out Lanxess Arena had 12.000 fans together to cheer for whoever fnatic met. But the Swedes were used to play against the crowd and couldn’t really have asked for better conditions. JW, KRIMZ, flusha, olof, and pronax had a mental fortitude of a champion who know he can’t lose. They believed so much in their own abilities as a team, that even their opponents started believing it, feeling like there is nothing they can do.

When fnatic got intro trouble once in a while, all it took for them to come back in the match was a timeout. Nearly every time they took a timeout, they didn’t lose a single round for the remainder of the match. And that’s exactly what happened in the Grand final of the Major against Team EnVyUs, who was the only squad that was considered a threat to the Swedes.

The first map in the Grand final was Dust2, where JW and company came behind 7-14 against a French squad that was in complete control of the game. Then fnatic took one of their feared time-outs that changed everything. The Swedes fought and managed to take the game into overtime, where they drew the first blood to the series by closing out Dust2 19-15. KRIMZ and the rest of fnatic carried over the momentum on Cobblestone, where they came out on top with a 16-7 scoreline to claim the title and become the first team to secure back-to-back Majors.

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Highest rated players at ESL One: Cologne 2015:

1. {cflag:SE} Robin “flusha” Rönnquist (fnatic) – 1.38 Rating 

2. {cflag:SE} Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer (fnatic) – 1.25 Rating 

3. {cflag:DK} Nicolai “device” Reedtz (TSM) – 1.25 Rating 

4. {cflag:SE} Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson (fnatic) – 1.17 Rating 

5. {cflag:PL} Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas (Virtus.pro) – 1.17 Rating 

6. {cflag:AU} Karlo “USTILO” Pivac (Immunity) – 1.15 Rating 

7. {cflag:DK} Finn “karrigan” Andersen (TSM) – 1.14 Rating 

8. {cflag:DE} Denis “denis” Howell (MOUZ) – 1.14 Rating 

9. {cflag:US} Josh “jdm64” Marzano (CLG) – 1.13 Rating 

10. {cflag:FI} Aleksi “allu” Jalli (NiP) – 1.13 Rating

Randomized anti-doping tests were conducted during the ESL One: Cologne 2015, which returned negative results for all tested players. ESL continued to implement this initiative for all of their ESL One series.

Tomorrow we take a look at the DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 Major.

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We are now only one week away from the start of the last ever Major in CS:GO history. To ease the waiting time, we have created a countdown series, where we dive into the history of all 19 Majors. Today we have reached DreamHack Winter 2014.

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Cache, Cobblestone, Dust2, Inferno, Mirage, Overpass, Nuke.

The ESL One: Katowice 2015 tournament was the fifth CS:GO Major Championship in the history of the game and was held from March 12-15, 2015 in the Spodek venue in Katowice Poland. The prize pool was once again $250,000, similar to that of the previous 3 Majors with 16 teams gathered to find out who were going to claim the title as Major champions.

Ninjas in Pyjamas, Virtus.pro, Team Envyus, and fnatic were once again the heavy favorites to take home the Major trophy. But all eyes were on the Swedish squad from fnatic who were coming back after the controversial ‘olofboost’ at the previous Major (DreamHack Winter 2014).

fnatic were looking to silence their haters who criticized them for forfeiting the quarter-final against LDLC at DreamHack Winter 2014, while Envyus (ex Team LDLC) were hoping to become the first CS:GO team to win back to back Major. Ninjas in Pyjamas’ roster also went in to the tournament full of hopes and were looking to reach their fifth final appearance.

As mentioned, the Swedes from fnatic didn’t come into the Major event as everybody’s darling, but they really managed to show that they were able to bring stellar performances when it mattered the most. fnatic were the only team able to win a quarter-final without losing a single map, with their first loss coming at the hands of the equally impressive squad from Ninjas in Pyjamas in the grand final of the event. Overall, fnatic played a hell of a tournament with all five of their players stepping up to clinch their second CS:GO Major. This is how it all went down.

Before the ESL One: Katowice 2015 event, fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas had faced off against each other in two Major grand finals (DreamHack Winter 2013 and ESL One: Cologne 2014). JW and company from fnatic came out on top in the first ever CS:GO Major, while GeT_RiGhT and NiP claimed the trophy in the third.

The fnatic roster started off very strongly at the fifth Major event, humiliating Vox Eminor with a 16-3 victory and winning their next match against Natus Vincere to advance to the playoffs. Besides fnatic advancing, Virtus.pro, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Team Envyus too progressed in the next stage of play. Here, fnatic continued their impressive form as they confidently outclassed PENTA in the quarter-final with victories on Inferno (16-8) and Cache (16-7). However, the competition was really shaping up to be arguably the most competitive yet as Ninjas in Pyjamas, Envyus, and Virtus.pro all progressed into the semi-finals.

JW and company faced Virtus.pro in the first semi-final where they continued their rampant form and stomped to a 2-0 victory (Cobblestone 19-17 and Mirage 16-8), with the Polish squad serving as the victims. In the other semi-final, Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated the Frenchmen from Envyus with a 2-0 victory to enter their fifth Major final appearance, inching towards a second Major title.

The Grand final was everything the fans had hoped for, especially the Swedish ones. Both teams were aiming to create history and would face each other in another Swedish Grand final. fnatic hadn’t dropped even a single map on their way to the final so they were slight favorites going into the matchup.

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Dust2, Cache, and Inferno were picked as the maps and the grand final was expected to break previous viewers records, which it did as two of the biggest organizations in CS:GO went head to head. In their third encounter in a Major Grand final, fnatic started off by winning Dust2 16-14 after a very close fight and looked to quickly wrap up the action on the next, but lost as NiP equalized the series score with a 10-16 victory on Cache.

On the decider of Inferno, fnatic started things off aggressively on the CT side and gained a 11-4 lead before switching sides. GeT_RiGhT and company were once again in need of a comeback to seal the championship. They fought bitterly to climb back on the scoreboard and managed to grind some rounds, but fnatic had too big of a lead to be overturned as they went on to close out the map with a 16-13 scoreline to clinch their second Major title.

fnatic’s olofmeister was awarded the MVP for his incredible and consistent performances throughout the event. The Swedish squad from fnatic truly silenced all their haters and laid a marker for the future. Their Major victory at the event was just a glimpse of what the roster was about to achieve in the following year.

Highest rated players at ESL One: Katowice 2015:

1. {cflag:SE} Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer (fnatic) – 1.31 Rating 

2. {cflag:NO} Håvard “rain” Nygaard (LGB) – 1.27 Rating 

3. {cflag:PL} Filip “NEO” Kubski (Virtus.pro) – 1.27 Rating 

4. {cflag:RU} Denis “seized” Kostin (NAVI) – 1.24 Rating 

5. {cflag:SE} Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund (NiP) – 1.20 Rating 

6. {cflag:SK} Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács (NAVI) – 1.19 Rating 

7. {cflag:PL} Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski (Virtus.pro) – 1.16 Rating 

8. {cflag:FR} Richard “shox” Papillon (Envy) – 1.13 Rating 

9. {cflag:DK} René “cajunb” Borg (TSM) – 1.13 Rating 

10. {cflag:SE} Robin “flusha” Rönnquist (fnatic) – 1.12 Rating

The Grand final between the two Swedish rosters was the most viewed match in the history of CS:GO with 980k viewers. This was a new esports record at the time for Counter-Strike.

The event also saw the debut of the Brazilian godfather Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo.

Tomorrow we take a look at the ESL One: Cologne 2015 event.

Ninjas in Pyjamas

The 28-year-old Swedish legend, Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson pulled off an impressive last-second clutch against XANTARES and company from Eternal Fire in ESL Pro League Season 17, leaving the CS:GO community in awe. The match was reaching its peak when KRIMZ found himself in a tricky situation, with two Eternal Fire players trying to trap him inside the A bombsite of Nuke. It looked like the end for the Swedish rifler, but he had other plans.

With only seconds left on the clock, KRIMZ showed off his skills and pulled off an amazing spray transfer to take down both players before they could reach. He then swiftly defused the bomb with a milli-second on the clock to secure the match point for his team.

The play left commentators and viewers stunned, with many taking to social media to share their amazement at the feat. The clip of the play quickly went viral, with fans and players alike praising KRIMZ for his incredible clutch.

Watch KRIMZ' 1v2 last-second clutch right here:

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We have gathered the most viewed clips of CS:GO on Twitch in 2022, and it seems like you guys actually prefer to rewatch other things than just insane highlight plays!

Top 10 most-watched Twitch CS:GO clips of 2022:

An interview with Qikert turned into a pure Twitch drama with KRIMZ attracting all the attention in the background!

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2. xQc's epic play on Cache - 386.741 views

One of the most popular streamers in the world, Félix "xQc" Lengyel may not be the best CS:GO player in the world, but he can still deliver one of the most entertaining clips of the year!

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3. Do you have any difficulties communicating in English? - 319.072 views

Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia chose the savage way of answering this question at ESL Pro League 16! 

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4. What's wrong with Brollan's arm? - 256.453 views

Twitch users were left astounded by the posture of NIP's Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin during an interview. That looks painful!

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6. Everybody loves a good kiss, right? - 220.118 views

We all thought this would be another lovely kiss from the audience, but this turned out to be on another level...

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7. Finally an actual highlight clip! - 200.338 views

s1mple's 4K against OG from BLAST Lisbon is the first gameplay clip from a competitive match on this list.

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Another s1mple clip. This time on Overpass with the AWP!

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9. TACO plays with a chicken and IHC - 178.351 views

In one of the calmest clutches of the year, Epitácio "TACO" de Melo takes his time playing with a chicken before eliminating Techno4K from IHC.

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10. m0NESY's unreal clutch on Inferno - 175.202

In his fourth official match for G2, m0NESY gave a hint of what was to come for the exceptional skilled Russian, who ended the year on top with an MVP award at BLAST World Finals. 

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In a world of competitive Counter-Strike where there’s a new and up-and-coming pool of promising talents emerging onto the scene every year, you may end up forgetting about the more experienced figures and the ones who h laid out the foundation for our beloved game.

This article focuses on these particular individuals - Players who are beyond their peak, but players who clearly still have a lot to bring to the table when talking about individual firepower.

By looking at all the 28+ year-olds, we’ve found the ten highest-ranked veterans in CS:GO right now, which ended up showcasing a  hard-hitting Scandinavian trio at the very top.

Highest-rated 28+ players in 2022 | Against Top 30 

1. {cflag:DK} Fredrik “roeJ” Jørgensen (Fnatic) | 1.13 Rating / 83.5 ADR - 28 years

2. {cflag:NO} Joakim ”jkaem” Myrbostad (Apeks) | 1.12 Rating / 81.7 ADR – 28 years

3. {cflag:NO} Håvard “rain” Nygaard (FaZe) | 1.09 Rating / 79.9 ADR – 28 years

4. {cflag:BR} Fernando “fer” Alvarenga (Imperial) | 1.08 Rating / 78.7 ADR – 30 years

5. {cflag:DK} Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen (Vitality) | 1.04 Rating / 71.2 ADR – 29 years

6. {cflag:BR} Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo (Imperial) | 1.02 Rating / 67.5 ADR – 31 years

7. {cflag:SE} Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson (Fnatic) | 1.02 Rating / 73.5 ADR – 28 years

8. {cflag:SE} Patrick “f0rest” Lindberg (No team) | 1.00 Rating / 72.2 ADR – 34 years

9. {cflag:SE} Jonas “Lekr0” Olofsson (No team) | 0.99 Rating / 73.0 ADR – 29 years

10. {cflag:DK} Thomas “birdfromsky” Due-Frederiksen | 0.97 Rating / 73.7 ADR – 29 years

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roeJ has been Fnatic's highest-rated player since his arrival back in June this year

At first sight, it may come as a surprise that the list only features players from Brazil (FalleN, fer) and Scandinavian countries such as Norway (rain, jkaem), Sweden (f0rest, KRIMZ, Lekr0), and Denmark (roeJ, dupreeh, birdfromsky).

However, these two region/countries are also some of the cornerstones of Counter-Strike having both played a huge role throughout the entire history of the game - also before the birth of CS:GO, with many of the above-mentioned players being former Counter-Strike 1.6 superstars. 

You can also check out our article on the best teenagers in CS:GO right now. Find it down below. 

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Professional Counter-Strike is an industry where you often see players jump between multiple teams and organizations during their career - counting up to more than ten different teams in some cases.

But that's not the case for every CS:GO player. 

In this article, we highlight the most loyal players in the game. Players who have stayed with one organization despite big letdowns, disappointing results, and lucrative offers from other teams. Topping the list with quite a margin, we have Liquid's Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski who has represented the North American squad through thick and thin for over seven years. 

You can find the complete list down below. 

Top 10 players | Longest tenure with a single team

*The list only includes active players inside Top 30 (17/11)

1. {cflag:US} EliGE (Liquid) 22/3 2015 – 7 years, 7 months, 26 days

2. {cflag:DK} Xyp9x (Astralis) 18/1 2016 - 6 years, 9 months, 30 days

3. {cflag:NO} rain (FaZe) 20/1 2016 - 6 years, 9 months, 28 days

4. {cflag:UA} s1mple (NAVI) 4/8 2016 - 6 years, 3 months, 13 days

5. {cflag:SE} KRIMZ (fnatic) 24/10 2016 - 6 years, 0 months 24 days

5. {cflag:DK} gla1ve (Astralis) 24/10 2016 - 6 years, 0 months 24 days

7. {cflag:US} Brehze (NRG/Evil Geniuses) 19/12 2016 - 5 years, 10 months, 29 days

8. {cflag:DE} tabseN (BIG) 2/1 2017 - 5 years, 10 months, 15 days

9. {cflag:SE} REZ (Ninjas in Pyjamas) 12/6 2017 - 5 years, 5 months, 5 days

10. {cflag:ES} mopoz (Movistar Riders) 24/7 2017 - 5 years, 3 months, 24 days

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Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson will  not be playing at the upcoming Elisa Masters Espoo, leaving Fnatic to feature a replacement at the $200.000 LAN tournament in Finland. In a video on Twitter, KRIMZ informs that he has obtained a hand injury which is set to keep him away from the server until 2023.

KRIMZ reveal in the same [link:{"url":"https://twitter.com/Krimz/status/1592850068708548609","isNewTab":true,"text":"Tweet "}]that Fnatic Rising rifler Peppe “Peppzor” Borak will be the one to fill out the void from the Swedish veteran. Peppzor has previously been a part of Fnatic’s main in multiple occasions.

Fnatic will kick off their campaign at Elisa Masters Espoo tomorrow at 11:30 (CET) against 500.

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{cflag:DK} Fredrik "⁠roeJ⁠" Jørgensen

{cflag:SE} Peppe “Peppzor” Borak (stand-in)

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Fnatic came out empty-handed after their quarterfinal match against Outsiders in the IEM Rio Major. Despite optimistic progress from the Swedish team who managed to reach the playoffs which many would not have thought before watching the tournament, Krimz was not satisfied with their playstyle as the pressure got much higher doing the quarterfinal match. 

Dust2us Ryan Friend spoke with Freddy "Krimz" Johansson after the match. 

You can read the entire interview down below:

Fnatic lost 0-2 against Outisders in the quarterfinal at IEM Rio Major. Read more about the match right here:

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Fnatic have made it through to the playoffs at IEM Rio Major 2022, following a 2-0 victory over the Germans from BIG in the Legends Stage swiss round 4. KRIMZ and company secured a tight win on Overpass (16-14) before closing out the action in comfortable fashion on Mirage (16-7) to make sure they will be having a spot in the Jeunesse Arena later this week. The fnatic squad advances to the playoffs with a 3-1 record, having previously brushed off Ninjas in Pyjamas and ENCE.

The German squad from BIG will still have one more chance for making the playoffs on Tuesday when they will play in a do-or-die matchup in the 2-2 pool.

It’s not just the first time fnatic are at a Major tournament since Katowice 2019, but now they are also in the Top 8.

Everything started well in the series for fnatic who picked up nine rounds on the T-side of Overpass, however, they still had to fight hard to draw the first blood to the series. The German squad equalized the score at 10-10 early in the second half, which made fnatic once again go a gear up, just like in the first half, to try and brush them away. And they did, at least for the next five rounds to find themselves up 15-11 on the scoreboard. It seemed like fnatic would close out the first map right there, but after some unlikely BIG rounds with pistols, the Germans managed to make the map a bit more interesting than it should have been. In the last round of the map at 15-14, fnatic kept a cool head and locked in a tight 16-14 victory.

The series moved on to Mirage, where we saw a rather one-sided match. BIG sweat and fought hard to get five rounds on the scoreboard on the T-side, but couldn’t find their footing on the CT-side, picking up just two rounds to their score. Maybe it was because fnatic’s KRIMZ was on fire and made it difficult to be a BIG player on the server, as he powered his squad into the champions stage with a 28-13 K/D and 115.3 ADR in a convincing 16-7 victory. The 28-year-old Swedish veteran also finished the series as MVP.

 Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson – 1.40 Rating | 48-32 K/D | 91.8 ADR | 86.8% KAST

Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson and Fnatic took a big scalp in the opening round of IEM Rio by defeating Cloud9. But also outside the server IEM Rio has been a big experience for the Swedish veteran, who is enjoying the atmosphere in Rio.

- I think it is something really special here. Before we played I walked out, and I think I was out for only 30 seconds before I had 20 people coming up to me asking for photos and stuff. So it is truly a blessing to be here, to be honest.

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You can see the full interview with KRIMZ in the video below.

For the first time since the 2019 Katowice Major, Fnatic has qualified for the finest tournament in CS:GO.

The three-time Major winners won their way to IEM Rio after a superb match against 1WIN. Throught both maps Fnatic had everything in control and delivered a good team effort to qualify. Almost sentimental it was "Mr. Fnatic" Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson, who delivered one of his best matches in recent times with a 1.41 rating to seal the deal for Fnatic. The Swede has been at the Organization since 2016, and can now return with Fnatic to a Major after winning 16-5, 16-9 against 1WIN.

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