Larry Bevand

Larry Bevand (born September 11, 1953, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian chess player, arbiter, promoter, and writer.

Larry Bevand served as the chess columnist for the "Montreal Gazette" newspaper from 1978–2001. He was awarded the title of International Arbiter by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, in 1982. He helped to run the Tournament of Stars, Montrea] 1979, which at the time was the highest-category chess tournament ever held. As a player, Bevand reached First Category status, but has been inactive for several years.

Bevand founded the Chess'n Math Association (CMA) in 1985, and still serves as its Executive Director. This group is Canada's national youth chess association, but it is not formally associated with the Chess Federation of Canada. CMA organizes hundreds of youth tournaments across Canada each year, and runs national grade championships for players from kindergarten to grade 12. Many of Canada's top players of the past 20 years have gotten started in CMA events, including Grandmaster Pascal Charbonneau, twice Canadian champion.

Bevand was inducted into the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame in 2001.

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External links

* [http://web.ncf.ca/bw998/canchess.html#BEVAND Larry Bevand] brief bio at David Cohen's Canadian Chess site
* [http://www.chess-math.org] Chess'n Math