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- ↑ "KNDB profile". Toernooibase.kndb.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
- ↑ Tanja Chub leert nog steeds veel van zichzelf, 20 November 2008 (in Dutch)
- ↑ "WMSG site". Wmsg-draughts.fmjd.org. 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
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