Larry Evans, The man and the Myth
It has been over 50 years since the U.S. State Department appointed Larry Evans
chess ambassador to Europe.
How did that work out? How did it compare with Dizzy Gillespie’s tour?
Was Larry Evans a friend of Bobby Fischer after 1972?
Did he fake some of the letters to “Evans on chess” in Chess Life?
I was hoping to hear some stories about 5 time U. S. champion Grandmaster Larry Evans without anyone mentioning Bobby Fischer.
Well, He did not win 4 World Championships, or 11 National Championships, but he did do some Chess promoting, problem is most chess players today, was running around the coffee table at home, in their diapers, and the biggest thing on their mind was a popsicle when he did.
I think he was a friend of WCC Mr. Fischer until the early eighties.
I do not think he used any fade letters to build up his ego, that was a practice that just started a few years ago. But you could more than likely get an honest answer from the FSS about that.
Does anyone remember playing chess with Larry Evans, who won the U.S. championship,the first of 5, when he was 19?
Incorrect. There was a remarkably similar kerfuffle about fake campaign letters in 1992. (There was some attempt to link these to Evans, but no evidence was ever presented and the charges were clearly specious.) Do you want to blame that on Truong as well? Perhaps his mysterious powers include time travel.
What was Paul doing in 1992 ?