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John T. Denvir (1859–1943) was an American champion checker player, chess aficionado, author, and state legislator in Illinois. He served in the state senate from Chicago. He was a Democrat.

He published pamphlets and books on checkers including Denvir's Guide to Checkers.

References

1. ^ State, Illinois Office of Secretary of (July 25, 1925). "Illinois Blue Book". Secretary of State – via Google Books.
2. "Denvir, John T. (1859-1943) · Jane Addams Digital Edition". digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu.
3. The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for. Chicago Daily News Company. 1916.
4. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (July 25, 1936). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books. New Series" – via Google Books.
5. Call, William Timothy (July 25, 1908). "The Literature of Checkers: Embracing All the Books, Pamphlets, and Magazines on the Game of English Draughts, Commonly Known as Checkers". New York – via Google Books.
6. "The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World. Biographies". The Author. July 25, 1923 – via Google Books.
7. Abernathy, Joseph (December 28, 1893). "Draughts". Otago Witness. No. 2079. p. 38 – via National Library of New Zealand.

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