John Francis O'Donovan

John Francis O'Donovan (10 April 1918 – 5 November 1999), was an Irish chess player.

John Francis O'Donovan
Country	Ireland
Born	(1918-04-10)10 April 1918 Cobh, Ireland
Died	5 November 1999(1999-11-05) (aged 81) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography

At the end of 1930s, John Francis O'Donovan was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He participated mainly in local chess tournaments.^[1]

John Francis O'Donovan played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad:^[2]

• In 1939, at second board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+7, =4, -5).

He remained in Argentina after the end of the Chess Olympiad due to the outbreak of World War II.