CHESS PLAYER

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 49,909 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Evans is the 274th most popular chess player (down from 241st in 2019), the 14,516th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,768th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Larry Evans ranks 274 out of 461. Before him are Cristina Adela Foișor, Kateryna Lagno, Suat Atalık, Gabriel Sargissian, Ivan Sokolov, and Evgeny Agrest. After him are Karen Asrian, Artashes Minasian, Xu Yuhua, Yury Dokhoian, Ilya Smirin, and Elena Sedina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Larry Evans ranks 567. Before him are Grace Alele-Williams, Andy Bathgate, Nancy Kassebaum, Dick Gregory, Harry Sinden, and Al Arbour. After him are Bob Johnston, Terry Medwin, Dick Thornburgh, Pete Domenici, Julie Bennett, and Fritz Klein. Among people deceased in 2010, Larry Evans ranks 480. Before him are Nodar Kumaritashvili, Janusz Kurtyka, Frank Giering, David Thompson, Abdolmalek Rigi, and Dorothy Height. After him are Massamasso Tchangai, Nalini Jaywant, Mark Linkous, Ruth Park, Frances Reid, and Aleksander Szczygło.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Evans ranks 14,516 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel M. Tani (1961), Laurel Holloman (1971), Connie Carpenter-Phinney (1957), Peter DeLuise (1966), Kimberly Beck (1956), and Paula Marshall (1964). After him are Tony Anselmo (1960), Mary McCormack (1969), Bob Peterson (1961), Julia Sweeney (1959), Kelly Asbury (1960), and Melissa Sagemiller (1974).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Larry Evans ranks 14. Before him are Arnold Denker (1914), Nick de Firmian (1957), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Robert Byrne (1928), Fabiano Caruana (1992), and Israel Albert Horowitz (1907). After him are Hans Niemann (2003), Levy Rozman (1995), Joel Benjamin (1964), Alexandra Botez (1995), Jennifer Shahade (1980), and Abhimanyu Mishra (2009).

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