Larsen, Bent
Bent Larsen (1935-2010) was Denmark's greatest chess player and Scandinavia's strongest until Magnus Carlsen, reaching world number three in 1971 behind only Fischer and Spassky. Renowned for his daring, imaginative style and willingness to embrace unorthodox openings like 1.b3 (Larsen's Opening), his aggressive approach made him the most dangerous non-Soviet challenger of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Total Games
2383
Wins
1047
Draws
761
Losses
575
43.9% wins31.9% draws24.1% losses
Most Played Openings
A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit46B38 - Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind40E90 - King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation38A03 - Bird Opening: Sturm Gambit38A37 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf337E16 - Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Variation32A01 - Nimzo-Larsen Attack31B21 - Sicilian Defense: Halasz Gambit27B08 - Pirc Defense: Classical Variation27A36 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System26
Featured Games
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Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1980
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1980
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Larsen, Bent vs Jussupow, Artur
Linares
1983
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Petri, Bernd vs Larsen, Bent
Wch U20 fin-B
1953
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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1981
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Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
Linares
1981
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Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent
Wch U20 qual
1953
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Larsen, Bent vs Dittmann, Sieghart
WchT U26
1957
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Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
Amsterdam Interzonal
1964
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Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
Linares
1981
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1/2-1/2Candidats sf2 1968 A53
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats sf2 1968 B25
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Candidats qf3 1968 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Candidats sf2 1968 D59
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Candidats qf3 1968 D59
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Lugano ol (Men) 1968 D37
Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Lugano ol (Men) 1968 A03
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lugano ol (Men) 1968 B39
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats sf2 1968 B25
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Candidats qf3 1968 E06
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Candidats qf3 1968 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Candidats sf2 1968 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Candidats sf2 1968 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1Candidats qf3 1968 D61
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo 1968 E19
Matanovic, Aleksandar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Sousse Interzonal 1967 B77
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Sousse Interzonal 1967 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Sarapu, Ortvin
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Matulovic, Milan
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 A14
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Sousse Interzonal 1967 E56
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 E21
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo 1967 B08
Bouaziz, Slim vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Sousse Interzonal 1967 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Mecking, Henrique
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 E65
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Sousse Interzonal 1967 B26
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Capablanca mem 1967 E18
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1967 D37
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1967 A14
Byrne, Robert E vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Sousse Interzonal 1967 B54
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca 1967 D35
Larsen, Bent vs Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Capablanca mem 1967 A14
Larsen, Bent vs Stein, Leonid
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 A26
Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Sousse Interzonal 1967 E53
Larsen, Bent vs Barczay, Laszlo
1/2-1/2Sousse Interzonal 1967 A38
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Hoogovens 1967 D86
Larsen, Bent vs Fischer, Robert James
0-1Monte Carlo 1967 E97
Gipslis, Aivars vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Sousse Interzonal 1967 B03
Larsen, Bent vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Winnipeg 1967 A14
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Winnipeg 1967 D34
Geller, Efim P vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Monte Carlo 1967 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Suttles, Duncan
0-1Sousse Interzonal 1967 B21
Bilek, Istvan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Sousse Interzonal 1967 B02
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 C01
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 B25
Najdorf, Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 D31
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Santa Monica 1966 D25
Geller, Efim P vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 E09
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 A96