Remembering Larry Parr

It has been 10 years since the passing of Larry Parr, a very good friend of Malaysian chess. In the later part of his life, this renown, sometimes dogmatic but always true to his own beliefs, American chess journalist had lived his life in Malaysia, effectively working as a researcher and author. In fact, Parr was the main person working on Dato' Tan Chin Nam's memoirs that was published in 2006 to commemorate the latter's 80th birthday. Whenever I could, I would see him in Kuala Lumpur for a rewarding conversation but unfortunately, whatever time spent was never long enough for me. This was my tribute to him in my chess column of 8th April 2011.