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- ↑ Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2006, www.chessscotland.com
- ↑ Hastings 1995, www.chess.gr (archived at web.archive.org)
- ↑ British Chess Champions 1904-present, www.saund.co.uk ("John Saunders's Chess Pages")
- ↑ 2006 British Chess Championship, saund.org.uk
