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Larry Evans

1932 - 2010

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Larry Melvyn Evans (March 22, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Evans is the 90th most popular chess player (up from 275th in 2024), the 4,767th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,523rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Larry Evans ranks 90 out of 461. Before him are Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Louis Paulsen, Gideon Ståhlberg, Ljubomir Ljubojević, and Adolf Albin. After him are Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Edward Lasker, Friedrich Sämisch, Luděk Pachman, Rudolf Charousek, and Reuben Fine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Larry Evans ranks 234. Before him are Jean Stablinski, Tommy Taylor, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Oleg Protopopov, Dana Scott, and Carlos Borges. After him are Ivor Richard, Saye Zerbo, Atef Ebeid, Louis Rwagasore, Colville Young, and Ray Cooney. Among people deceased in 2010, Larry Evans ranks 180. Before him are Farooq Leghari, Tom Bosley, Armand Razafindratandra, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Brian G. Marsden, and Allan Sandage. After him are Alan Sillitoe, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Egon Klepsch, Kevin McCarthy, Bernard Giraudeau, and Beverly Aadland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Evans ranks 4,767 out of 20,380. Before him are Tommy Thayer (1960), Chester Barnard (1886), Dean Corll (1939), Edmund White (1940), Elizabeth Banks (1974), and John Perkins (1945). After him are Winnaretta Singer (1865), Eddie Tolan (1908), Frank Waller (1884), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Corbin Bleu (1989), and William Katt (1951).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Larry Evans ranks 5. Before him are Bobby Fischer (1943), Frank Marshall (1877), Paul Morphy (1837), and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872). After him are Reuben Fine (1914), Jackson Showalter (1860), Robert Byrne (1928), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), William Lombardy (1937), Nick de Firmian (1957), and Isaac Kashdan (1905).

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