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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Evans has received more than 49,245 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Evans is the 241st most popular chess player (down from 219th in 2019), the 12,798th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,622nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Chess Player.

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  • 36.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Larry Evans ranks 241 out of 374. Before him are Zdenko Kožul, Elina Danielian, Raymond Keene, Lev Psakhis, Alisa Galliamova, and Manuel Aaron. After him are Viktorija Čmilytė, Sergei Shipov, Leonid Yudasin, Gabriel Sargissian, Ilya Smirin, and Suat Atalık.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Larry Evans ranks 487. Before him are Dean Smith, Andy Bathgate, S. M. Krishna, Bob Houbregs, Robert Osborne, and Edmund Wickham Lawrence. After him are Dick Garmaker, Nadira, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Dick Gregory, Julie Bennett, and Shirley Cawley. Among people deceased in 2010, Larry Evans ranks 412. Before him are Lamont Johnson, June Havoc, Ellis Clarke, Orlando Zapata, David Thompson, and Juanita M. Kreps. After him are Massamasso Tchangai, Billy Taylor, Vicki Draves, Teena Marie, Eddie Baily, and Sławomir Skrzypek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Evans ranks 12,798 out of 18,182. Before him are Edith Windsor (1929), Christopher Abbott (1986), Lucille Bremer (1917), Raven-Symoné (1985), Ken Levine (1966), and Patricia Roberts Harris (1924). After him are Walter Mosley (1952), Janet Mills (1947), Bobby Henderson (1980), Gōtoku Sakai (1991), Jack Mulhall (1887), and Kyle Lowry (1986).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Larry Evans ranks 14. Before him are Isaac Kashdan (1905), Arnold Denker (1914), Robert Byrne (1928), Nick de Firmian (1957), Fabiano Caruana (1992), and Israel Albert Horowitz (1907). After him are Joel Benjamin (1964), Abhimanyu Mishra (2009), and Sam Shankland (1991).

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