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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0-1Santa Monica 1966 C82
Larsen, Bent vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1-0Santa Monica 1966 E70
Geller, Efim P vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 D63
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P
1-0Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 A04
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Santa Monica 1966 C25
Larsen, Bent vs Fischer, Robert James
0-1Santa Monica 1966 A72
Larsen, Bent vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0Le Havre 1966 A07
Geller, Efim P vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 E09
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Santa Monica 1966 D25
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P
1-0Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 B50
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 B64
Geller, Efim P vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 C81
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1-0Santa Monica 1966 B39
Najdorf, Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 D31
Geller, Efim P vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 C81
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 C01
Najdorf, Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 E74
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2Copenhagen cm-3pl 1966 E64
Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2La Habana olm prel 1966 E07
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Santa Monica 1966 E61
Larsen, Bent vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Zagreb 1965 A04
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2Candidats sf1 1965 A39
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Candidats sf1 1965 B04
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Zagreb 1965 A97
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1-0Candidats sf1 1965 D93
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats sf1 1965 B04
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Noordwijk 1965 D36
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1-0Candidats sf1 1965 E99
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats sf1 1965 C66
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats sf1 1965 B82
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Candidats sf1 1965 B54
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2Candidats sf1 1965 A60
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2Candidats sf1 1965 A60
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Zagreb 1965 A05
Larsen, Bent vs Berger, Bela
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 C24
Larsen, Bent vs Quinones, Oscar Carillo
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Perez Perez, Francisco Jose
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B21
Bilek, Istvan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B31
Rossetto, Hector vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 E94
Larsen, Bent vs Evans, Larry Melvyn
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B21
Stein, Leonid vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 E62
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Belgrade 1964 A25
Benko, Pal C vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 A40
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
0-1Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B42
Darga, Klaus vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B73
Porath, Yosef vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B39
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1964 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 C28
Keres, Paul vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1964 B35