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- Golombek, Harry (1977), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Batsford, p. 349 (men's results from 1945 through 1976)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070208092339/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070806233356/http://sah.vrsac.com/Aktuelno/Koviljaca.asp
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- Results from TWIC: 2000, 2005, 2005, 2007, 2007, 2008