Process chain to run every other Thursday (with exception of 53rd week)

Hello Friends,
I am trying to find a way to set up my Process chain to run every other Thursday (with exception of 53rd week).
I am hoping that I can perform this via Decision variant.
Any advice would be very much helpful.
Regards,
Vinoth V

Hello Shankar,
Thank You for the valuable comment. So you mean I would need to create a decision variant as shown below?
DATE_WEEKDAY1( Current Date ) = 4 for running this every Thursday and DATE_TO_WEEK formula to meet the requirement of restricting the chain not to run on 53rd week?
How can I make the chain to run on alternate Thursdays?
Kindly advice.
Regards,
Vinoth V

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