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- 1 2 U.S. Chess Trust. "U.S. Chess Trust: Denker Tournament". U.S. Chess Trust. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ↑ "40TH ANNUAL GM ARNOLD DENKER NATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS" . Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- 1 2 Chess Life 2006 Yearbook Archived June 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Denker tournament history". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ↑ 2008 USCF yearbook
- ↑ Abby Marshall Wins the Denker! : U.S. Chess Trust
- ↑ Chess Life , November 2010, p. 22
- ↑ "Georgia is Top Dawg on Day Four of U.S. Open". Chess Life Online. 2023-08-02.