John O'Hanlon

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John O'Hanlon (23 April 1876 - 20 February 1960) was an Irish chess master.

He won nine times Irish Chess Championship, first title in 1913 and the last in 1940.[1] He also played in British championships (among others, he tied for 8-9th at Oxford 1910 and 7-9th at Stratford-on-Avon 1925, both won by Henry Ernest Atkins).

In other tournaments, he shared 1st with Max Euwe at Broadstairs 1921, took 8th at the Hastings International Chess Congress 1921/22 (Boris Kostić won), tied for 1st-3rd with Marcel Duchamp and Vitaly Halberstadt at Hyères 1928, and took 12th at Nice 1930 (Savielly Tartakower won).[2]

O'Hanlon played for Ireland in unofficial and official Chess Olympiads at Paris 1924, Warsaw 1935 and Buenos Aires 1939.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Irish Chess Union
  2. ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  3. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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