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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0-1Belgrade 1964 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Pachman, Ludek
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B13
Larsen, Bent vs Lengyel, Levente
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Evans, Larry Melvyn
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B21
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1964 A03
Porath, Yosef vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B39
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Halle zt 1963 E43
Larsen, Bent vs Bronstein, David I
1-0Moscow 1962 B51
Larsen, Bent vs Fischer, Robert James
0-1Copenhagen 1962 A03
Teschner, Rudolf vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Dortmund 1961 B49
Larsen, Bent vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Zuerich 1961 B21
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V
0-1Zuerich 1961 A42
Larsen, Bent vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2Dortmund 1961 B44
Larsen, Bent vs Perez Perez, Francisco Jose
1-0Dortmund 1961 C30
Eising, Johannes vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Dortmund 1961 A42
Larsen, Bent vs Udovcic, Mijo
1-0Dortmund 1961 B40
Lange, Helmut vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Dortmund 1961 A26
Pietzsch, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Dortmund 1961 A80
Larsen, Bent vs Bilek, Istvan
1/2-1/2Dortmund 1961 E54
Larsen, Bent vs Trifunovic, Petar
1-0Dortmund 1961 C43
Larsen, Bent vs Rellstab, Ludwig Sr
1-0Dortmund 1961 A07
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P
1-0Nimzowitsch mem 1960 A09
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Nimzowitsch mem 1960 A53
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Hoogovens 1960 A55
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Alekhine mem 1959 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Alekhine mem 1959 A08
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem 1959 B45
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Zuerich 1959 B77
Larsen, Bent vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Zuerich 1959 C99
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem 1959 B24
Fischer, Robert James vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Zuerich 1959 B11
Sherwin, James T vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Portoroz Interzonal 1958 B88
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
0-1Portoroz Interzonal 1958 E92
Rossetto, Hector vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Portoroz Interzonal 1958 B94
Cardoso, Radolfo Tan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Portoroz Interzonal 1958 B39
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Portoroz Interzonal 1958 B76
Larsen, Bent vs Benko, Pal C
1/2-1/2Portoroz Interzonal 1958 A03
Matanovic, Aleksandar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Portoroz Interzonal 1958 B76
Larsen, Bent vs Euwe, Max
1/2-1/2Munich olm prel 1958 D41
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1Portoroz Interzonal 1958 E68
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Munich olm prel 1958 B25
Larsen, Bent vs Filip, Miroslav
1/2-1/2Portoroz Interzonal 1958 D79
Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Portoroz Interzonal 1958 E95
Larsen, Bent vs De Greiff, Boris
0-1Portoroz Interzonal 1958 A02
Neikirkh, Oleg vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Portoroz Interzonal 1958 A97
Larsen, Bent vs Fuster, Geza
1-0Portoroz Interzonal 1958 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Pachman, Ludek
0-1Portoroz Interzonal 1958 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Sanguineti, Raul
1/2-1/2Portoroz Interzonal 1958 A39
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Portoroz Interzonal 1958 D25
Larsen, Bent vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1/2-1/2Dallas 1957 E79