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- ↑ "Chess: Singapore's four Grandmasters to take on 100 challengers to celebrate 'Father of chess' Professor Lim Kok Ann" . Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "Singapore Chess Federation - About us". Archived from the original on 2010-02-28.
