Evans Larry Melvyn (23.03.1932 – 15.11.2010)

U.S. Grandmaster (1957), author and journalist who was a leading American player in the 1950s and 60s. He won or shared 5 titles of US Champions.

Best results: winner or shared first at the US Open in 1951, 1952,  1954, and in 1955,  the Canadian Open Chess Championship in 1956 at Kingston, Ontario in 1966 and at Portimao in 1975.
In matches, he beat Mark Taimanov 2½-1½ in 1954 at the USA-USSR radio match and  beat Lombardy 5½-4½ in 1962.

He played on eight US Olympiad teams between 1950 and 1976, scoring 90% on board 5 in 1950. Also equal 2nd at Venice 1967 (equal with Tigran Petrosian and Hans Donner),

The author of many books New Ideas In Chess (1958), The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes, Test Your Chess I.Q, and Modern Chess Brilliancies. His long-running Q&A column remains one of the most popular features in Chess Life.

In 1994 he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame.

Peak rating: 2555 in 1977.