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Lawrence "Larry" Parr is a chess player, author and editor.
Born in about 1942, originally from Bellevue, 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, classifies himself as a libertarian.
Parr is a fluent speaker of Russian.
He is a close friend of Grandmaster Larry Evans and they often collaborate on projects. Parr has played relatively little tournament chess, preferring instead to write books about the subject. In 1991, he collaborated with GM Arnold Denker in writing The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories. Parr now lives in the Far East.
Books
- The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories. ISBN 1-84382-080-3
- Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters: Fundamentals of the Game, Volume 1. ISBN 0-393-32452-4
- Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters: Fundamentals of the Game, Volume 2. ISBN 0-393-32451-6
- Pupols: American Master. ISBN 0-938650-31-9
- Tan Chin Nam: Never Say I Assume! (ghostwriter for Tan Chin Nam's autobiography). ISBN 983-42884-9-2
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