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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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FCGFCG
0-1

Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent

Tilburg

1980

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FCGFCG
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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FCGFCG
0-1

Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V

Linares

1981

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Games (2383)

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Larsen, Bent vs Rosito, Jorge
1-0
Najdorf op 1998 A17
Dorin, Mauricio vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Najdorf op 1998 B12
Cruz, Filemon vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Najdorf op 1998 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Llanos, Victor Hugo
1-0
Najdorf op 1998 D47
Farfan, Enrique vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Najdorf op 1998 B06
Larsen, Bent vs Jenni, Florian
1/2-1/2
Nagler mem 1998 C42
Moor, Roger vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Nagler mem 1998 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Pelletier, Yannick
1/2-1/2
Nagler mem 1998 B52
Forster, Richard vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Nagler mem 1998 B48
Larsen, Bent vs Hug, Werner
1/2-1/2
Nagler mem 1998 E90
Jenni, Florian vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Nagler mem 1998 B22
Larsen, Bent vs Moor, Roger
1-0
Nagler mem 1998 B04
Pelletier, Yannick vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Nagler mem 1998 A33
Larsen, Bent vs Forster, Richard
1-0
Nagler mem 1998 B51
Hug, Werner vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Nagler mem 1998 D02
Larsen, Bent vs Torre, Eugenio
1/2-1/2
Bad Homburg 1998 C46
Lobron, Eric vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Bad Homburg 1998 E12
Larsen, Bent vs Gabriel, Christian
1-0
Bad Homburg 1998 E97
Dautov, Rustem vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Bad Homburg 1998 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2
Bad Homburg 1998 D34
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Bad Homburg 1998 B37
Larsen, Bent vs Zhu Chen
1-0
Bad Homburg 1998 B21
Larsen, Bent vs Schandorff, Lars
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1998 B30
Holst, Allan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1998 A34
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Sune Berg
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1998 A30
Nielsen, Peter Heine vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1998 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1998 B42
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
DEN-ch 1998 B90
Larsen, Bent vs Borge, Nikolaj
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1998 B73
Hoi, Carsten vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
DEN-ch 1998 A46
Larsen, Bent vs Bielicki, Carlos
1-0
La Plata 1997 A00
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
1-0
DEN-ch 1997 B66
Larsen, Bent vs Panno, Oscar
0-1
La Plata 1997 A46
Larsen, Bent vs Spangenberg, Hugo
1-0
La Plata 1997 B47
Rozentalis, Eduardas vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 B30
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
DEN-ch 1997 B74
Braga, Fernando vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
La Plata 1997 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Sorokin, Maxim
1-0
La Plata 1997 B67
Bibiloni, Jorge Jaime vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
La Plata 1997 B27
Nielsen, Peter Heine vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1997 B38
Zarnicki, Pablo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
La Plata 1997 C25
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Lars Bo
0-1
DEN-ch 1997 D36
Rossetto, Hector vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
La Plata 1997 D04
Larsen, Bent vs Garcia Palermo, Carlos
0-1
La Plata 1997 C01
Larsen, Bent vs Stefansson, Hannes
1/2-1/2
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 A20
Kengis, Edvins vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 C43
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 B32
Schandorff, Lars vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 A90
Larsen, Bent vs Nielsen, Peter Heine
1/2-1/2
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 D00
Larsen, Bent vs Hellers, Ferdinand
1/2-1/2
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 B25
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