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
View PrintGames (2383)
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1-029th World Open 2001 E73
Szmetan,J vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/21st Masters 2001 B30
Larsen,B vs Giardelli,S
1-01st Masters 2001 A34
Larsen,B vs Rodi,L
1/2-1/21st Masters 2001 A89
Andersson,U vs Larsen,B
1-01st Masters 2001 E19
Larsen,B vs Garcia Palermo,C
1/2-1/21st Masters 2001 A20
Hobaica,J vs Larsen,B
0-11st Masters 2001 A45
Larsen,B vs Hoffman,A
1/2-1/21st Masters 2001 E70
Panno,O vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/21st Masters 2001 E16
Larsen,B vs Van Riemsdijk,H
1/2-1/21st Masters 2001 E05
Roselli Mailhe,B vs Larsen,B
0-11st Masters 2001 B70
Larsen,B vs Ricardi,P
1/2-1/21st Masters 2001 D26
Larsen,B vs Rodriguez,And URU
0-1It Jose Rubinstein 2000 C06
Lopez,Ca2 vs Larsen,B
0-1It Jose Rubinstein 2000 B44
Larsen,B vs Ferrara,A
1-0It Jose Rubinstein 2000 B06
Felgaer,R vs Larsen,B
1-0It Jose Rubinstein 2000 B47
Escandell,J vs Larsen,B
0-1It Jose Rubinstein 2000 B30
Larsen,B vs Montoro,G
1-0It Jose Rubinstein 2000 A04
Fuentes,A vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/2It Jose Rubinstein 2000 B47
Larsen,B vs Maucci,Luis
1-0It Jose Rubinstein 2000 E11
Pierrot,F vs Larsen,B
1-0Najdorf Final KO 2000 B38
Larsen,B vs Pierrot,F
0-1Najdorf Final KO 2000 A37
Thiel,Peter vs Larsen,Brett
1-0101st US Open 2000 C10
Pedersen,St vs Larsen,B
1-0ch-DEN (annulled game) 2000
Camino Carrio,N vs Larsen,B
1/2-1/2Open 1999 B45
Larsen,B vs Hernandez,Jo
1/2-1/2Open 1999 A30
Gonzalez Garcia,G vs Larsen,B
0-1Open 1999 E44
Gonzalez,Man vs Larsen,B
1-0Open 1999 E11
Larsen,B vs Ortega Hermida,D
1/2-1/2Open 1999 B08
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 B70
Larsen, Bent vs Balashov, Yuri S
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 B83
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 A06
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 E60
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 C50
Larsen, Bent vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 A17
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch 1999 B31
Larsen, Bent vs Schandorff, Lars
1-0DEN-ch 1999 D47
El Kher, Henrik vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch 1999 B23
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Lars Bo
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1999 C50
Hansen, Sune Berg vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch 1999 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Nielsen, Peter Heine
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1999 D55
Larsen, Bent vs Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove
1-0DEN-ch 1999 D27
Borge, Nikolaj vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1999 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1999 D47
Ravagnani, Tiziano vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Ischia op 1998 B39
Kristensen, Bjarke vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch 1998 B12
Larsen, Bent vs Auletta, Angelo
0-1Ischia op 1998 B00
Larsen, Bent vs Blatny, Pavel
1-0Najdorf op 1998 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Rubinetti, Jorge A
1-0Najdorf op 1998 D31
Andres Mendez, Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Najdorf op 1998 B53