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- ↑ "The US Chess Title System" (PDF). US Chess Ratings Committee. February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- 1 2 "FIDE Title Regulations effective from 1 January 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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