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- ↑ ChessResults. "2023 Canadian Woman Closed Championship". ChessResults, 2023.
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- ↑ Cecil Rosner (18 February 2022). "Medical studies come first, but Ottawa university student also excels at teaching chess". Globe and Mail, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ CBC Kids News (22 July 2019). "Practise often, don't give up: Lessons from a teenage chess champion". CBC Kids News, 2019.
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