Larry Evans (chess player), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Larry Evans (chess player)

chess player

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1932

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 15-Nov-2010

Profession: journalist, chess player, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Larry Melvyn Evans (March 22, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was an American chess grandmaster, author, and journalist.
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. He is not to be confused with Larry David Evans (b.
1952), another American chessmaster who was active in the 1970s and 1980s and achieved the International Master title.