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Larry Parr (chess Player)
Lawrence "Larry" Parr (May 21, 1946 – April 2, 2011) was a chess player, author and editor. Born in 1946 and originally from Bothell, Washington, Parr served from 1985 to 1988 as editor of ''Chess Life'' magazine, the official publication of the United States Chess Federation. Later, Parr was the editor of ''Glasnost'' magazine, an anti-Soviet periodical. Politically, Parr, known to be a passionate anti-communist ideologue, classified himself as a libertarian. He was a close friend of Grandmaster Larry Evans and they often collaborated on projects. Parr played relatively little tournament chess, preferring instead to write books about the subject. In 1995, he collaborated with GM Arnold Denker in writing ''The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories''. Parr died in 2011 in Malaysia. Books * ''The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories''. * ''Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters: Fundamentals of the Game, Volume 1''. * ''Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters: Fundamentals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
