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- ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Ada van der Giessen". www.olimpbase.org.
- ↑ "Winnaars Wim Barenbrug Seniorentoernooi". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
