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Larry David Evans

Number of games in database: 84
Years covered: 1971 to 1995
Last FIDE rating: 2315
Highest rating achieved in database: 2370
Overall record: +15 -33 =36 (39.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (16) 
    B40 B22 B31 B93 B30
 Ruy Lopez (7) 
    C69 C60 C62 C68 C75
 French Defense (5) 
    C05 C00 C07
 Ruy Lopez Exchange (4) 
    C69 C68
 French Tarrasch (4) 
    C05 C07
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (15) 
    B90 B84 B22 B99 B52
 Nimzo Indian (6) 
    E54 E46 E53 E42 E41
 Sicilian Najdorf (6) 
    B90 B93 B99 B98
 English (5) 
    A14 A13 A19
 English, 1 c4 e5 (4) 
    A28 A25
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   U Rath vs L D Evans, 1981 0-1
   V Pupols vs L D Evans, 1976 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Esbjerg-B (1981)
   London WFW (1988)
   2nd Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1978)
   Lone Pine (1976)
   Copenhagen Open (1981)

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LARRY DAVID EVANS
(born Dec-18-1952, 72 years old) United States of America

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He is an IM (1980).


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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L D Evans vs W Martz  0-151197172nd US OpenB42 Sicilian, Kan
2. L D Evans vs P Poschel 0-141197273rd US OpenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
3. E Formanek vs L D Evans  ½-½37197374th US OpenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
4. L D Evans vs E Winslow  1-031197374th US OpenB07 Pirc
5. A Soltis vs L D Evans  ½-½351975Marshall ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
6. L D Evans vs Panno 0-1191976Lone PineB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
7. V Pupols vs L D Evans 0-1281976Lone PineA58 Benko Gambit
8. L D Evans vs de Firmian  1-0351976Lone PineB22 Sicilian, Alapin
9. L D Evans vs K Rogoff 0-1451976Lone PineC00 French Defense
10. D Berry vs L D Evans 1-0151976Lone PineA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
11. J Fedorowicz vs L D Evans  0-1351976Lone PineA25 English
12. M Sisniega vs L D Evans  ½-½301976Lone PineB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
13. A Soltis vs L D Evans  ½-½221976Goldwater-Marshall TournamentB53 Sicilian
14. A Soltis vs L D Evans  ½-½511977Marshall ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
15. M Valvo vs L D Evans  ½-½451977New York GHIA13 English
16. E Mednis vs L D Evans  1-0491977New York GHIA14 English
17. R Henley vs L D Evans  ½-½801977New York GHIE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
18. H Olafsson vs L D Evans  1-0611977New York GHIB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
19. L D Evans vs A Soltis  ½-½331977New York GHIB06 Robatsch
20. L D Evans vs V Zaltsman  0-1311977New York GHIB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
21. M Diesen vs L D Evans  1-0191977New York GHIA28 English
22. L D Evans vs A Lein  0-1401977New York GHIC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
23. Westerinen vs L D Evans  ½-½131977New York GHIB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
24. L D Evans vs R Kaimo  1-0411977New York GHIB22 Sicilian, Alapin
25. Benjamin vs L D Evans  ½-½421977New York GHIB10 Caro-Kann
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Apr-03-10  jerseybob: He used to be called Larry "the other" Evans.
Apr-03-10
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  HeMateMe: I think "Larry the Lesser" is kinda catchy.
May-08-11
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  Phony Benoni: I'm looking at games from the 1970 US Open in Boston in which Larry D. played, by Larry M. didn't. He won his first three games, then faced William E Martz in round 4.

It probably didn't happen, but I like to imagine Martz checking on his round 4 pairing and asking, "I didn't Evans was playing!"

May-11-11  centralfiles: <Phony Benoni>
I dont get it, explain.
May-11-11  Jim Bartle: Maybe it was tough at times to be the "other" Larry Evans, but what's it like for Sergey Kasparov?
May-11-11  Caissanist: Does Larry D. Evans' website still exist? Googling him gives mostly links to very old articles about him.
May-11-11
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  Phony Benoni: <centralfile> I was imagining Martz confusing him with Grandmaster Larry Melvyn Evans.
May-11-11
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  HeMateMe: I once beat a guy named Anatoly Carpov. It was a huge ego boost, for me!
May-11-11  I play the Fred: <"I didn't Evans was playing!">

The confusion may have come from the missing word <"know">.

May-11-11
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  Phony Benoni: Oh, yech. I have got to speed up my eyes or slow down my fingers.
May-12-11  centralfiles: <I play the Fred: The confusion may have come from the missing word "know"> Thats right I thought it was a pun.
Jun-12-11  mikejoseph: I studied with Larry D.Evans in the late 1970s. He was a great teacher who always stressed learning gambit play. I remember him requiring that something be sacrificed in each my tournament games. He introduced me to the Schliemann Variation of the Ruy Lopez which I still use to this day. I used it successfully in a Korchnoi simul when he was the #2 player in the world:

V.Korchnoi - M.Joseph
NYC March 20, 1979
Simultaneous Exhibition-30 Boards
Ruy Lopez - Schliemann Variation
1 e4 e5
2 Nf3 Nc6
3 Bb5 f5
4 d3 fxe4
5 dxe4 Nf6
6 Qd3 d6
7. a3 Be6
8 O-O Qd7
9 c4 a6
10 Ba4 h6
11 Nc3 Qf7
12 Nd5 g5
13 Bxg5 Nxd5
14 cxd5 hxg5
15 dxe6 Qh5
16 Qc4 g4
17 Bxc6+ bxc6
18 Qxc6+ Ke7
19 Qxa8 gxf3
20 h3 Qg6
21 g3 Rxh3
22 Resigns
All my best to you Larry if you happen to read this!

Apr-19-13
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  SteinitzLives: Larry, Maybe you want to mooch off GM Evans a little, but please resist the temptation (and insist that those you work for do too) to rid yourself of the initial D. in your name, when advertising.

The latest Chess Life for Kids (April 2013) listed "Larry Evans and the Mountain Lake Chess Camp" (there, I gave you some free advertising). I did a double-take: Larry, back from the dead? Please keep the initial D. It's a good brand and you are well known to be a very talented chess teacher/writer.

Don't let Mountain Lake Chess Camp confuse the parents who are often of questionable knowledge re: this stuff into thinking they are getting something else (and no, using the title International Master, will not give you enough separation from GM Larry M. Evans to justify dropping the D.). Know your audience (but not so much so as to confuse them and self-promote).

This probably has everything to do with the person placing the ad in Chess Life for Kids, and nothing to do with you, so please proof this stuff first, and be on guard for this kind of thing.

Apr-20-13
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  HeMateMe: Maybe it was just a topographical error?
Mar-04-15  rolloknight: I was reading his column in the May 2002 issue of Chess Life close up looks like a younger commander Will Riker from Star Trek.
Mar-04-15
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  perfidious: While not having watched much of that version of Star Trek, I played this Larry Evans many years ago and must say the thought had not occurred to me, though I agree.
Mar-04-15  Granny O Doul: Then there was Kasparian the prolific composer of studies and known to Pal Benko, for one, as "the good one".
Oct-21-17
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  MissScarlett: <This reminds me of another (very young) IM who hasn't been heard from in a very long time by the name of: Larry Evans. The story goes, he opened a art shop and sold some bogus stuff for which he was sent to jail. This was confirmed to me by his lovely wife a few years later as she told me the whole sad story when i passed her on the street one day. Her amazing model-like visage haunts me many years later as i remember how sad she became when told me the whole story.>

Josif Israel Zilber (kibitz #16)

A search for Evans in American newspapers reveals a steady trickle of articles about him as a chess teacher/player from 1976 onwards but nothing in the preceding years.

Dec-14-19
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  louispaulsen88888888: It could have been a typographical error. Not likely a topographical error.
Apr-28-20  jerseybob: <whitebeach: White:L.D. Evans

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f54. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxe5 9. 0-0 d5 10. Bb3 10 . . . Nf6 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. f5 0-0 14. Bg5 Kh8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rae1 17. Bd5? cxd5 18. Nxe4 Qf7 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Bh6 Rg8 21. Rf4 Bc6 22,g4? Qc4!! 23. Qxc4 e3+ 24. Rd5 e2! 25. Re4 Rxe4 26 Qxe4 e1(Q)+! 27. White resigns (27. Qxe1 Bxd5 mate).> God knows why I played this game over - call it Cooped up Corona Craziness - but the combo only works if white's 18th is Nxd5.

Nov-19-21  SBC: I only know what I've read.

It seems that when Larry (M) Evans was fired by Burt Hochberg in 1977 as a contributor to CL&R (ostensibly due to his negative views on Fischer's WC match terms), he was replaced with Larry (D) Evans in what was described at the time as a ploy to confuse the readers.

Larry M. Evans subsequently wrote:
"In the December 1977 issue of "Chess Life and Review' there is a byline by a weak chessmaster, Larry D. Evans, [the article series was "The ABC's of Chess"]which is clearly and attempt to give readers the impression that I am still writing for the magazine. Evans is to have a continuing series, which is okay with me provided he uses his middle initial as his first name and omits 'Larry.' The actors guild forbids members from using names of stars."

"...he [Hochberg] has hidden the fact that I was fired from the readers. His sneaky use of a column by Larry D. Evans in December (1977) is designed to forestall criticisms so that he can say: 'Look, we removed Larry Evan's columns from the magazine and very few readers complained.'"

Nov-20-21  pazzed paun: Years ago he told me chess was a
City game
You neede a large population base to make the local scene viable
Feb-08-22
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  FISHEGGS: Is "hear-say" evidence a violation of U.S. law...? I understand it is not allowed in a court of
law. Maybe we will all get arrested!
Jun-21-23  Caissanist: The quote Sarah gives above is from a newsletter Larry M. Evans sent out while attempting to form the "Professional Chess Association" (yes, the same name as what Kasparov did many years later), you can read the whole thing here: http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/... . The USCF basically went bankrupt in the mid seventies and the resulting budget cuts hit top players hard, this seems to have been the root of the bad blood between Evans and Hochberg (as well as several other top USCF people), as detailed in the newsletter. Presumably Evans wasn't all that upset about the other Larry, since he returned to the magazine shortly afterward, after which columns from both Larry Evanses ran for some time.
Jun-21-23  Granny O Doul: There was also the other Robert J Fischer, ~2200 West Point graduate. I wonder why he never got a column in Chess Life? Maybe it's not too late to set up a photo of him vs. Larry D Evans in a swimming pool.
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