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width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Larrymelvynevans.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="264" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Larry Melvyn Evans</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data adr">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-03-22</span>)</span>March 22, 1932<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, New York">New York, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 15, 2010<span style="display:none">(2010-11-15)</span> (aged 78)<br /><a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno, Nevada</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> (1957)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating" title="List of chess players by peak FIDE rating">Peak rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2631 (October 1978)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak ranking</th><td class="infobox-data">No. 30 (January 1977)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Larry Melvyn Evans</b> (March 22, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was an American <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> player, author, and <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a> who received the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_title" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE title">FIDE title</a> of <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a> five times and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Chess_Championship" title="U.S. Open Chess Championship">U.S. Open Chess Championship</a> four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chess_career">Chess career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Chess career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans was born on March 22, 1932, in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, the son of Bella (Shotl) and Harry Evans.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family was Jewish.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He learned much about the game by playing for ten cents an hour on <a href="/wiki/42nd_Street_(Manhattan)" title="42nd Street (Manhattan)">42nd Street</a> in New York City,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> quickly becoming a rising star. At age 14, he tied for 4th–5th place in the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Chess_Club" title="Marshall Chess Club">Marshall Chess Club</a> championship. The next year he won it outright, becoming the youngest Marshall champion at that time. He also finished equal second in the U.S. Junior Championship, which led to an article in the September 1947 issue of <a href="/wiki/Chess_Review" title="Chess Review">Chess Review</a>. At 16, he played in the 1948 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Chess Championship">U.S. Chess Championship</a>, his first, tying for eighth place at 11½–7½.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans tied with <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Bisguier" title="Arthur Bisguier">Arthur Bisguier</a> for first place in the <a href="/wiki/Scholastic_chess_in_the_United_States" title="Scholastic chess in the United States">U.S. Junior Chess Championship</a> of 1949. By age 18, he had won a <a href="/wiki/New_York_State" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State">New York State</a> championship as well as a gold medal in the <a href="/wiki/9th_Chess_Olympiad" title="9th Chess Olympiad">Dubrovnik 1950 Chess Olympiad</a>. In the latter, his 90% score (eight wins and two draws) on sixth board tied with <a href="/wiki/Braslav_Rabar" title="Braslav Rabar">Rabar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a> for the best result of the entire Olympiad.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._champion">U.S. champion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. champion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Larry_Evans_(1964).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Larry_Evans_%281964%29.jpg/220px-Larry_Evans_%281964%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Larry_Evans_%281964%29.jpg/330px-Larry_Evans_%281964%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Larry_Evans_%281964%29.jpg/440px-Larry_Evans_%281964%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1414" data-file-height="1885" /></a><figcaption>Larry Evans in 1964</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1951, Evans first won the U.S. Championship, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a>, who had tied for 3rd–4th in the 1948 <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Championship match-tournament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans won his second championship the following year by winning a title match against <a href="/wiki/Herman_Steiner" title="Herman Steiner">Herman Steiner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the national championship three additional times: in 1961–62, 1967–68,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1980, the last in a tie with <a href="/wiki/Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Larry Christiansen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grandmaster">Grandmaster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Grandmaster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_des_%C3%89checs" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération Internationale des Échecs">FIDE</a> awarded Evans the titles of <a href="/wiki/International_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="International Master">International Master</a> (1952) and <a href="/wiki/International_Grandmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="International Grandmaster">International Grandmaster</a> (1957). In 1956 the <a href="/wiki/U.S._State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. State Department">U.S. State Department</a> appointed him a "chess ambassador". </p><p>Evans performed well in many U.S. events during the 1960s and 1970s, but his trips abroad to international tournaments were infrequent and less successful. He won the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Chess_Championship" title="U.S. Open Chess Championship">U.S. Open Chess Championship</a> in 1951, 1952, 1954 (he tied with <a href="/wiki/Arturo_Pomar" title="Arturo Pomar">Arturo Pomar</a> but won the title on the tie-break) and tied with <a href="/wiki/Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a> in 1971. He also won the first <a href="/wiki/Lone_Pine_International" title="Lone Pine International">Lone Pine tournament</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympiad_successes">Olympiad successes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Olympiad successes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans represented the U.S. in eight Chess Olympiads over a period of twenty-six years, winning gold (<a href="/wiki/9th_Chess_Olympiad" title="9th Chess Olympiad">1950</a>), silver (<a href="/wiki/13th_Chess_Olympiad" title="13th Chess Olympiad">1958</a>), and bronze (<a href="/wiki/22nd_Chess_Olympiad" title="22nd Chess Olympiad">1976</a>) medals for his play, and participating in team gold (1976) and silver (<a href="/wiki/17th_Chess_Olympiad" title="17th Chess Olympiad">1966</a>) medals.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_international_results">Best international results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Best international results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans' best results on foreign soil included two wins at the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Open_Chess_Championship" title="Canadian Open Chess Championship">Canadian Open Chess Championship</a>, 1956 in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, and 1966 in <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario" title="Kingston, Ontario">Kingston, Ontario</a>. He tied for first–second in the 1975 <a href="/wiki/Portim%C3%A3o" title="Portimão">Portimão</a>, Portugal International<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for second–third with <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Tigran_Petrosian" title="Tigran Petrosian">Tigran Petrosian</a>, behind <a href="/wiki/Jan_Hein_Donner" title="Jan Hein Donner">Jan Hein Donner</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a>, 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Evans' first, and what ultimately proved to be his only, chance in the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Championship</a> cycle ended with a disappointing 14th place (10/23) in the 1964 <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> <a href="/wiki/Interzonal" class="mw-redirect" title="Interzonal">Interzonal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At his peak in October 1968 he was <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">rated</a> 2631 by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation" title="United States Chess Federation">United States Chess Federation</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Working_with_Bobby_Fischer">Working with Bobby Fischer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Working with Bobby Fischer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fischer_and_evans.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Fischer_and_evans.jpg/260px-Fischer_and_evans.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Fischer_and_evans.jpg/390px-Fischer_and_evans.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Fischer_and_evans.jpg 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="243" /></a><figcaption>Evans (<i>right</i>) helping Fischer prepare for his World Championship match</figcaption></figure> <p>He never entered the world championship cycle again, and concentrated his efforts on assisting his fellow American <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a> in his quest for the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">world title</a>. He was Fischer's <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#Second" title="Glossary of chess">second</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Candidates_Tournament" title="Candidates Tournament">Candidates matches</a> leading up to the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972" title="World Chess Championship 1972">World Chess Championship 1972</a> against <a href="/wiki/Boris_Spassky" title="Boris Spassky">Boris Spassky</a>, though not for the championship match itself, after a disagreement with Fischer. </p><p>He also wrote the introductions to Fischer's <i><a href="/wiki/My_60_Memorable_Games" title="My 60 Memorable Games">My 60 Memorable Games</a></i> (1969) and urged Fischer to publish when he had initially been reluctant to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chess_journalism">Chess journalism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chess journalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans had always been interested in writing as well as playing. By the age of 18, he had already published <i>David Bronstein's Best Games of Chess, 1944–1949</i> and the <i>Vienna International Tournament, 1922</i>. His book <i>New Ideas in Chess</i> was published in 1958, and was reprinted in 2011. He wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He wrote the tenth edition of the important <a href="/wiki/Chess_opening" title="Chess opening">openings</a> <a href="/wiki/Treatise" title="Treatise">treatise</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Chess_Openings" title="Modern Chess Openings">Modern Chess Openings</a></i> (1965), co-authored with editor <a href="/wiki/Walter_Korn" title="Walter Korn">Walter Korn</a>. Some of Evans's other books are <i>Modern Chess Brilliancies</i> (1970), <i>What's The Best Move</i> (1973), and <i>Test Your Chess I.Q.</i> (2001). </p><p>Evans began his career in chess journalism during the 1960s, helping to found the <i><a href="/wiki/American_Chess_Quarterly" title="American Chess Quarterly">American Chess Quarterly</a></i>, which ran from 1961 to 1965. He was an editor of <i>Chess Digest</i> during the 1960s and 1970s. For over thirty years, until 2006, he wrote a question-and-answer column for <i><a href="/wiki/Chess_Life" title="Chess Life">Chess Life</a></i>, the official publication of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation" title="United States Chess Federation">United States Chess Federation</a> (USCF), and has also written for Chess Life Online. His weekly chess column, <i>Evans on Chess</i>, has appeared in more than fifty separate newspapers throughout the United States. He also wrote a column for the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Network" title="World Chess Network">World Chess Network</a>. </p><p>Evans also commentated on some of the most important matches for <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine and <i><a href="/wiki/Wide_World_of_Sports_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)">ABC's Wide World of Sports</a></i>, including the 1972 <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Fischer</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Boris_Spassky" title="Boris Spassky">Spassky</a> match, the 1993 PCA world title battle between <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Short" title="Nigel Short">Nigel Short</a>, and the Braingames <a href="/wiki/World_chess_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="World chess championship">world chess championship</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik" title="Vladimir Kramnik">Vladimir Kramnik</a> and Kasparov in 2000. </p><p>Evans also contributed a large amount of tutorial and other content to the <i><a href="/wiki/Chessmaster" title="Chessmaster">Chessmaster</a></i> computer game series, most notably an endgame quiz and annotations of classic chess games. He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 1994. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism_of_writings">Criticism of writings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Criticism of writings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Larry Evans was a prolific author, with many who both liked and disliked his works. </p><p>Noted chess author and trainer <a href="/wiki/International_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="International Master">International Master</a> <a href="/wiki/John_L._Watson" title="John L. Watson">John L. Watson</a> made the following observations on Evans's books and columns: "huge bias"; "long histories of ignoring and distorting evidence" and "Evans' absurd arguments".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By contrast, chess author and International Master <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Saidy" title="Anthony Saidy">Anthony Saidy</a> noted that Evans brought to his journalism a "taste for intriguing chess", his personal experience at "the summit of US chess", and "sharp opinions" regarding the politics of chess, which contributed to his "spicy, concise columns".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Author and USCF National Master <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Pandolfini" title="Bruce Pandolfini">Bruce Pandolfini</a> described Larry Evans's <i>New Ideas in Chess</i> as influential and a "first-rate chess book".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leading chess historian <a href="/wiki/Edward_Winter_(chess_historian)" title="Edward Winter (chess historian)">Edward Winter</a>, however, has noted numerous factual errors in Evans' work as well as several examples of possible plagiarism.<sup id="cite_ref-Edward_Winter_column_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edward_Winter_column-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On page 175 of Evans' book, <i>Modern Chess Brilliancies</i>, he claims <a href="/wiki/Lodewijk_Prins" title="Lodewijk Prins">Lodewijk Prins</a> adjourned a clearly lost position against Cuban master Quesada and was lucky enough when the latter died of a heart attack the "next day". Prins noted that he had actually resigned the position, as is proven by the tournament crosstables showing it as a loss for him, and that Quesada played three more games in the tournament before dying five days after the game against Prins. While Evans acknowledged the error, he defended it with "you must admit it makes a good story."<sup id="cite_ref-Prins_commentary_in_CN_1385_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prins_commentary_in_CN_1385-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 15, 2010, Evans died in <a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno, Nevada</a>, from complications following <a href="/wiki/Gallbladder" title="Gallbladder">gallbladder</a> <a href="/wiki/Surgery" title="Surgery">surgery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mclain_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mclain-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>New Ideas in Chess</i> (1958). Pitman. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-28305-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-28305-4">0-486-28305-4</a> (1984 <a href="/wiki/Dover_Publications" title="Dover Publications">Dover</a> edition). Revised edition in 2011, Cardoza Publishing, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58042-274-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58042-274-1">978-1-58042-274-1</a>.</li> <li><i>Modern Chess Openings</i> (1965). 10th edition, revised by Larry Evans, edited by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Korn" title="Walter Korn">Walter Korn</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pitman_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitman Publishing">Pitman Publishing</a>.</li> <li><i>Chess Catechism</i> (1970). <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-20491-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-20491-2">0-671-20491-2</a></li> <li><i>Modern Chess Brilliancies</i> (1970). Fireside <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-22420-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-22420-4">0-671-22420-4</a>.</li> <li><i>Chess World Championship 1972</i> (1973) (with Ken Smith). Chess Digest <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-21547-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-21547-7">0-671-21547-7</a>.</li> <li><i>Evans on Chess</i> (1974). Cornerstone Library.</li> <li><i>What's the Best Move?</i> (1995). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-51159-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-51159-9">0-671-51159-9</a>.</li> <li><i>The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes </i> (1998). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58042-009-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-58042-009-5">1-58042-009-5</a>.</li> <li><i>How Good Is Your Chess?</i> (2004). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58042-126-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-58042-126-1">1-58042-126-1</a>.</li> <li><i>This Crazy World of Chess</i> (2007). <a href="/wiki/Cardoza_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardoza Publishing">Cardoza Publishing</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58042-218-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-58042-218-7">1-58042-218-7</a>.</li> <li><i>Vienna 1922</i> (2011). <a href="/w/index.php?title=Russell_Enterprises,_Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russell Enterprises, Inc. (page does not exist)">Russell Enterprises, Inc.</a>; Reprint edition. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-93649-002-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-93649-002-1">1-93649-002-1</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_games">Notable games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output 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<a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">algebraic notation</a> to describe chess moves.</div></div> </div> <p>This game, against future grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Abe_Yanofsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Abe Yanofsky">Abe Yanofsky</a>, was Evans's first victory against a noted player: </p> <div class="thumb noviewer tright"><div class="center" style="line-height:130%;margin:0 auto;max-width:222px">Yanofsky vs. Evans, Corpus Christi 1947 </div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:214px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:88%;border:1px #c8ccd1 solid;padding:0;margin:auto"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">h</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">g</td><td 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style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:22px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g7 black pawn"><img alt="g7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:44px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f7 black pawn"><img alt="f7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:110px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c7 black pawn"><img alt="c7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:132px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b7 black pawn"><img alt="b7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:154px;left:110px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c8 black king"><img alt="c8 black king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/22px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/33px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/44px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div></div></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:22px">1</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">2</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">2</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">3</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">3</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">4</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">5</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">5</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">6</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">6</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">7</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">7</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">8</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">h</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">a</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption">Position after 25.f3 </div></div></div> <dl><dd>Daniel Yanofsky vs. Evans, U.S. Open 1947; <a href="/wiki/Alekhine_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Alekhine Defence">Alekhine Defence</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings" title="Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings">ECO</a></i> B05) <br />1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 dxe5 7.dxe5 e6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Qd7 10.c4 Nde7 11.0-0 Qd4 12.Bg5 a6 13.Bxe7 axb5 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.cxb5 Nxe5 16.Qe2 0-0-0 17.Nc3 Ng6 18.Rad1 Qe5 19.Qc2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rc1 Nf4 22.Kh1 Qh5 24.Kh2 Rd3 25.f3 (see diagram) 25...Rxf3<a href="/wiki/Chess_annotation_symbols#!" title="Chess annotation symbols">!</a> 26.Rd1 Nxh3! 27.gxf3 Nf2+ 28.Kg3 Qh3+ 29.Kf4 Qh2+ 30.Ke3 <a href="/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess)#0–1" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">0–1</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>In his book <i>Modern Chess Brilliances</i>, Evans listed four of his own wins: </p> <ul><li>Evans vs. Berger, 1964<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Evans vs. Blackstone, 1965<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Evans vs. Zuckerman, 1967 U.S. Championship</li> <li>Koehler vs. Evans, 1968 U.S. National Open</li></ul> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_chess_players" title="List of Jewish chess players">List of Jewish chess players</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Abc-Clio. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780313087349" title="Special:BookSources/9780313087349"><bdi>9780313087349</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Jewish+American+Popular+Culture&rft.pub=Abc-Clio&rft.date=2008-12-30&rft.isbn=9780313087349&rft.aulast=Fischel&rft.aufirst=Jack+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwpFxDwAAQBAJ%26q%3D%2522Other%2BAmerican%2BJews%2Bwho%2Bcompeted%2Bsuccessfully%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bpre-Bobby%2BFischer%2Byears%2522%26pg%3DPA61&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALarry+Evans+%28chess+player%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/William_Lombardy" title="William Lombardy">William Lombardy</a> and David Daniels, <i>U.S. Championship Chess</i>, David McKay, 1975, pp. 33–36. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X">0-679-13042-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Árpád Főldeák, <i>Chess Olympiads 1927–1968</i>, Dover Publications, 1979, pp. 181, 183. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-23733-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-23733-8">0-486-23733-8</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/William_Lombardy" title="William Lombardy">William Lombardy</a> and David Daniels, <i>U.S. Championship Chess</i>, David McKay, 1975, pp. 37–39. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X">0-679-13042-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/William_Lombardy" title="William Lombardy">William Lombardy</a> and David Daniels, <i>U.S. Championship Chess</i>, David McKay, 1975, p. 40. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X">0-679-13042-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nwchess.com/articles/history/1968_StrawberryOpen.pdf">Strawberry Open</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/William_Lombardy" title="William Lombardy">William Lombardy</a> and David Daniels, <i>U.S. Championship Chess</i>, David McKay, 1975, pp. 54–56, 69–71. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-13042-X">0-679-13042-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Chess Informant</i>, Volume 30, Šahovski Informator, 1981, p. 290.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Larry Christiansen, <i>1980 U.S. Championship</i>, Chess Enterprises, Inc., 1980, pp. 6, 108. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-931462-09-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-931462-09-6">0-931462-09-6</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/John_Grefe" title="John Grefe">John Grefe</a> and Dennis Waterman, <i>The Best of Lone Pine: The Louis D. Statham Chess Tournaments 1971–1980</i>, R.H.M. Press, 1981, pp. 38, 42. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89058-049-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-89058-049-9">0-89058-049-9</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-87187-816-3" title="Special:BookSources/4-87187-816-3">4-87187-816-3</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Árpád Főldeák, <i>Chess Olympiads 1927–1968</i>, Dover Publications, 1979, pp. 181–83, 198–202, 264–69, 311–15, 358–64, 383–89. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-486-23733-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-486-23733-8">0-486-23733-8</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Keene" title="Raymond Keene">R.D. Keene</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Levy_(chess_player)" title="David Levy (chess player)">D.N.L. Levy</a>, <i>Siegen Chess Olympiad</i>, CHESS Ltd., 1970, p. 214.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R.D. Keene and D.N.L. Levy, <i>Haifa Chess Olympiad 1976</i>, The Chess Player, 1977, pp. 63–78. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906042-02-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-906042-02-X">0-906042-02-X</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-906042-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-906042-02-1">978-0-906042-02-1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Chess_Informant" title="Chess Informant">Chess Informant</a></i>, Šahovski Informator, Volume 20, 1976, p. 263.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Chess_Informant" title="Chess Informant">Chess Informant</a></i>, Šahovski Informator, Volume 4, 1968, p. 282.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">B.M. Kazic, <i>International Championship Chess: A Complete Record of FIDE Events</i>, 1974, pp. 167–68. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-273-07078-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-273-07078-9">0-273-07078-9</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Larry Evans, <i>This Crazy World of Chess</i>, <a href="/wiki/Cardoza_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardoza Publishing">Cardoza Publishing</a>, 2007, pp. 20, 29. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58042-218-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-58042-218-7">1-58042-218-7</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Larry Evans, <i>This Crazy World of Chess</i>, <a href="/wiki/Cardoza_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardoza Publishing">Cardoza Publishing</a>, 2007, back cover. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58042-218-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-58042-218-7">1-58042-218-7</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Watson, John. <i>Chess and Politics</i> (Kingpin, Spring 1999, pp. 33–38)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Saidy, Anthony. Book review by IM Anthony Saidy <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/02/book-review-by-im-anthony-saidy.html">This Crazy World of Chess</a></i>. Susanpolgar blogspot. February 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/bruce07.pdf">Pandolfini, Bruce. ChessCafe</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Edward_Winter_column-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Edward_Winter_column_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Edward Winter, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/evans.html">"The Facts About Larry Evans"</a> (2001). Retrieved on 2009-01-18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Prins_commentary_in_CN_1385-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Prins_commentary_in_CN_1385_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/evans.html">"The Facts About Larry Evans"</a> (2001).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10820/608/">USCF: Eulogy</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6814">Chessbase: Eulogy</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mclain-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mclain_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcLain2010" class="citation cs2">McLain, Dylan Loeb (November 17, 2010), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/us/18evans.html?hpw">"Larry Evans, Chess Champ, Dies at 78"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Larry+Evans%2C+Chess+Champ%2C+Dies+at+78&rft.date=2010-11-17&rft.aulast=McLain&rft.aufirst=Dylan+Loeb&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2Fus%2F18evans.html%3Fhpw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALarry+Evans+%28chess+player%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1508672">"Yanofsky vs. Evans, U.S. Open 1947"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Chessgames.com" title="Chessgames.com">Chessgames.com</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Chessgames.com&rft.atitle=Yanofsky+vs.+Evans%2C+U.S.+Open+1947&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessgames.com%2Fperl%2Fchessgame%3Fgid%3D1508672&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALarry+Evans+%28chess+player%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1161182">"Evans vs. Berger, 1964"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Chessgames.com" title="Chessgames.com">Chessgames.com</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Chessgames.com&rft.atitle=Evans+vs.+Berger%2C+1964&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessgames.com%2Fperl%2Fchessgame%3Fgid%3D1161182&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALarry+Evans+%28chess+player%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1483701">"Evans vs. Blackstone, 1965"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Chessgames.com" title="Chessgames.com">Chessgames.com</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Chessgames.com&rft.atitle=Evans+vs.+Blackstone%2C+1965&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chessgames.com%2Fperl%2Fchessgame%3Fgid%3D1483701&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALarry+Evans+%28chess+player%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Evans_(chess_player)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=18982">Larry Evans</a> player profile and games at <a href="/wiki/Chessgames.com" title="Chessgames.com">Chessgames.com</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060630172557/http://supreme-chess.com/famous-chess-players/larry-evans.html">Larry Evans download 419 of his games in PGN format</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived 2006-06-30)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/chessNews/evans/bio.php">http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/chessNews/evans/bio.php</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/evans.html">The Facts About Larry Evans</a> critical article by Edward Winter</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chessville.com/Editorials/Interviews/GMLarryEvansInterviewOnBobbyFischer.htm">Grandmaster Larry Evans On Bobby Fischer</a> Chessville.com, July 30, 2004</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.olimpbase.org/players/a408ye8j.html">Larry Evans</a> Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090424024257/http://chessloser.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/interview-with-gm-larry-evans/">Interview with GM Larry Evans</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived 2009-04-24)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10820/608/">The United States Chess Federation eulogy</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?10429293">Larry Evans</a> rating and tournament record at <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation" title="United States Chess Federation">US Chess Federation</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Evans,%20Larry%20M.">Larry M. Evans</a> FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF179;">Achievements </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Herman_Steiner" title="Herman Steiner">Herman Steiner</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Chess Championship">United States Chess Champion</a> </b><br />1951–54 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Bisguier" title="Arthur Bisguier">Arthur Bisguier</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Chess Championship">United States Chess Champion</a> </b><br />1961 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Chess Championship">United States Chess Champion</a> </b><br />1968 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Samuel Reshevsky</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek" title="Lubomir Kavalek">Lubomir Kavalek</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Chess Championship">United States Chess Champion</a> </b><br />1980 (with <a href="/wiki/Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Larry Christiansen</a>) </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Browne" title="Walter Browne">Walter Browne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div 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(chess)">grandmasters</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Chess players for the United States with the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_titles" title="FIDE titles">FIDE title</a> of grandmaster (GM) by title decade</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950–1959</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pal_Benko" title="Pal Benko">Benko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Bisguier" title="Arthur Bisguier">Bisguier</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Fine" title="Reuben Fine">Fine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Fischer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Kashdan" title="Isaac Kashdan">Kashdan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Reshevsky" title="Samuel Reshevsky">Reshevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Rossolimo" title="Nicolas Rossolimo">Rossolimo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960–1969</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Byrne_(chess_player)" title="Robert Byrne (chess player)">Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek" title="Lubomir Kavalek">Kavalek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lombardy" title="William Lombardy">Lombardy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970–1979</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lev_Alburt" title="Lev Alburt">Alburt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Biyiasas" title="Peter Biyiasas">Biyiasas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Christiansen" title="Larry Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Dzindzichashvili" title="Roman Dzindzichashvili">Dzindzichashvili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Gulko" title="Boris Gulko">Gulko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Palatnik" title="Sam Palatnik">Palatnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff" title="Kenneth Rogoff">Rogoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tarjan" title="James Tarjan">Tarjan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980–1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Benjamin" title="Joel Benjamin">Benjamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Gurevich" title="Dmitry Gurevich">D. Gurevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dake" title="Arthur Dake">Dake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">De Firmian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Denker" title="Arnold Denker">Denker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxim_Dlugy" title="Maxim Dlugy">Dlugy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaan_Ehlvest" title="Jaan Ehlvest">Ehlvest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fedorowicz" title="John Fedorowicz">Fedorowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Goldin" title="Alexander Goldin">Goldin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Henley_(chess_player)" title="Ron Henley (chess player)">Henley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Kaidanov" title="Gregory Kaidanov">Kaidanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kudrin" title="Sergey Kudrin">Kudrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmar_Mednis" title="Edmar Mednis">Mednis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rohde_(chess_player)" title="Michael Rohde (chess player)">Rohde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Seirawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Soltis" title="Andrew Soltis">Soltis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilder" title="Michael Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadi_Zaichik" title="Gennadi Zaichik">Zaichik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Akopian" title="Vladimir Akopian">Akopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babakuli_Annakov" title="Babakuli Annakov">Annakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Becerra_Rivero" title="Julio Becerra Rivero">Becerra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A1zaro_Bruz%C3%B3n" title="Lázaro Bruzón">Bruzón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Fishbein" title="Alexander Fishbein">Fishbein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Gurevich" title="Ilya Gurevich">I. Gurevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Ivanov_(chess_player)" title="Alexander Ivanov (chess player)">Ivanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Kamsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Novikov_(chess_player)" title="Igor Novikov (chess player)">Novikov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Onischuk" title="Alexander Onischuk">Onischuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadij_Sagalchik" title="Gennadij Sagalchik">Sagalchik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Schwartzman" title="Gabriel Schwartzman">Schwartzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Serper" title="Gregory Serper">Serper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Shabalov" title="Alexander Shabalov">Shabalov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Shaked" title="Tal Shaked">Shaked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miron_Sher" title="Miron Sher">Sher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Sherzer" title="Alex Sherzer">Sherzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yury_Shulman" title="Yury Shulman">Shulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stripunsky" title="Alexander Stripunsky">Stripunsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Wolff" title="Patrick Wolff">Wolff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Yermolinsky" title="Alex Yermolinsky">Yermolinsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varuzhan_Akobian" title="Varuzhan Akobian">Akobian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levon_Aronian" title="Levon Aronian">Aronian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ashley" title="Maurice Ashley">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Bhat" title="Vinay Bhat">Bhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabiano_Caruana" title="Fabiano Caruana">Caruana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leinier_Dom%C3%ADnguez" title="Leinier Domínguez">Domínguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Erenburg" title="Sergey Erenburg">Erenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Finegold" title="Ben Finegold">Finegold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Friedel" title="Joshua Friedel">Friedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timur_Gareyev" title="Timur Gareyev">Gareyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renier_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Renier González">González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Carmenate" title="Holden Hernández Carmenate">Hernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hess_(chess_player)" title="Robert Hess (chess player)">Hess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zviad_Izoria" title="Zviad Izoria">Izoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fidel_Corrales_Jimenez" title="Fidel Corrales Jimenez">Jimenez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Kaufman" title="Larry Kaufman">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melikset_Khachiyan" title="Melikset Khachiyan">Khachiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Kraai" title="Jesse Kraai">Kraai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Kreiman" title="Boris Kreiman">Kreiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elshan_Moradi" title="Elshan Moradi">Moradi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Nakamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Perelshteyn" title="Eugene Perelshteyn">Perelshteyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuniesky_Quesada" title="Yuniesky Quesada">Quesada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Ram%C3%ADrez_(chess_player)" title="Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)">Ramírez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_So" title="Wesley So">So</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dariusz_%C5%9Awiercz" title="Dariusz Świercz">Świercz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaroslav_Zherebukh" title="Yaroslav Zherebukh">Zherebukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raset_Ziatdinov" title="Raset Ziatdinov">Ziatdinov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Antipov" title="Mikhail Antipov">Antipov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Tyler_Arnold" title="Marc Tyler Arnold">Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Brown_(chess_player)" title="Michael Brown (chess player)">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Burke" title="John M. 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href="/wiki/Balaji_Daggupati" title="Balaji Daggupati">Daggupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fernandez_(American_chess_player)" title="Daniel Fernandez (American chess player)">Fernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Guo" title="Arthur Guo">Guo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hong" title="Andrew Hong">Hong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Jacobson" title="Brandon Jacobson">Jacobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu_Mishra" title="Abhimanyu Mishra">Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Niemann" title="Hans Niemann">Niemann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Sheng" title="Joshua Sheng">Sheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven_Sturt" title="Raven Sturt">Sturt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryce_Tiglon" title="Bryce Tiglon">Tiglon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Woodward_(chess_player)" title="Andy Woodward (chess player)">Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Yoo_(chess_player)" title="Christopher Yoo (chess player)">Yoo</a></li></ul> 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