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Larsen, Bent

classical era

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

Most Faced Opponents

Portisch, Lajos55 gamesGligoric, Svetozar45 gamesSpassky, Boris V42 gamesTal, Mihail39 gamesIvkov, Borislav33 gamesAndersson, Ulf32 gamesKavalek, Lubomir29 gamesOlafsson, Fridrik29 gamesDonner, Jan Hein29 gamesTimman, Jan H27 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent

Tilburg

1980

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0-1

Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent

Tilburg

1980

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1-0

Larsen, Bent vs Jussupow, Artur

Linares

1983

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FCGFCG
0-1

Petri, Bernd vs Larsen, Bent

Wch U20 fin-B

1953

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FCGFCG
1-0

Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Larsen, Bent

Tilburg

1981

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FCGFCG
0-1

Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent

Linares

1981

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FCGFCG
1-0

Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent

Wch U20 qual

1953

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FCGFCG
0-1

Larsen, Bent vs Dittmann, Sieghart

WchT U26

1957

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FCGFCG
1-0

Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos

Amsterdam Interzonal

1964

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0-1

Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V

Linares

1981

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Games (2383)

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Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0
Dallas 1957 E94
Larsen, Bent vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1/2-1/2
Dallas 1957 E79
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Dallas 1957 E59
Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 E08
Larsen, Bent vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 B63
Garcia Palermo,C vs Larsen,Be
1-0
It 2004 A46
Larsen,Be vs Lafuente,P
0-1
It 2004 A30
Soppe,G vs Larsen,Be
0-1
It 2004 E14
Larsen,Be vs Marques,V
1-0
It 2004 E90
Hellsten,J vs Larsen,Be
1-0
It 2004 E48
Larsen,Be vs Rodi,L
1-0
It 2004 C24
Szmetan,R vs Larsen,Be
0-1
It 2004 E12
Larsen,Be vs Tempone,M
1-0
It 2004 A39
Lopez Silva,H vs Larsen,Be
1-0
It 2004 B38
Giardelli,S vs Larsen,Be
1-0
It 2004 A47
Larsen,Be vs Ricardi,P
1/2-1/2
It 2004 D30
Larsen,Be vs Olafsson,F
1/2-1/2
KB Rapid Match 2003 B07
Olafsson,F vs Larsen,Be
1/2-1/2
KB Rapid Match 2003 E11
Olafsson,F vs Larsen,Be
1-0
KB Rapid Match 2003 A14
Larsen,Be vs Olafsson,F
1/2-1/2
KB Rapid Match 2003 B06
Larsen,Be vs Olafsson,F
1/2-1/2
KB Rapid Match 2003 A13
Olafsson,F vs Larsen,Be
1/2-1/2
KB Rapid Match 2003 B70
Olafsson,F vs Larsen,Be
1/2-1/2
KB Rapid Match 2003 B30
Larsen,Be vs Olafsson,F
0-1
KB Rapid Match 2003 B30
Pierrot,F vs Larsen,B
1-0
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B19
Larsen,B vs Pierrot,F
1/2-1/2
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 A35
Larsen,B vs Valerga,D
1/2-1/2
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 E90
Valerga,D vs Larsen,B
1-0
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B23
Larsen,B vs Valerga,D
0-1
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B13
Valerga,D vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/2
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B38
Larsen,B vs Zarnicki,P
1/2-1/2
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 E90
Larsen,B vs Zarnicki,P
1-0
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 D03
Zarnicki,P vs Larsen,B
0-1
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B19
Zarnicki,P vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/2
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 C70
Larsen,B vs Rosito,J
1-0
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B23
Rosito,J vs Larsen,B
0-1
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B00
Rosito,J vs Larsen,B
0-1
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 C00
Larsen,B vs Rosito,J
0-1
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 D02
Rosito,J vs Larsen,B
1-0
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 B90
Larsen,B vs Rosito,J
1-0
Najdorf Mem Great Final 2002 D40
Larsen,B vs Felgaer,R
1-0
Masters 2002 A37
Slipak,S vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/2
Masters 2002 A40
Larsen,B vs Ricardi,P
0-1
Masters 2002 A38
Zarnicki,P vs Larsen,B
1-0
Masters 2002 B48
Sunye Neto,J vs Larsen,B
1-0
Masters 2002 A36
Larsen,B vs Rodriguez,And URU
0-1
Masters 2002 A89
Morovic Fernandez,I vs Larsen,B
1-0
Masters 2002 C60
Pavasovic,D vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/2
Masters 2002 B22
Larsen,B vs Mohr,G
1/2-1/2
Masters 2002 A38
Traldi,M vs Larsen,Br
0-1
29th World Open 2001 C02
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