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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0-1ITA-chT 1995 A04
Bianco, Valerio vs Larsen, Bo
1/2-1/2ITA-chT 1995 B40
Larsen, Bent vs Nielsen, Peter Heine
1/2-1/2Aars 1995 B21
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2San Martin 1995 A50
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
0-1Aars rapid20 1995 B21
Spangenberg, Hugo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata op 1995 B51
Larsen, Bent vs Gretarsson, Helgi Ass
1-0Reykjavik Olafsson 1995 C50
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Aars rapid20 1995 B90
Larsen, Bo vs Caselli, Luigi
1/2-1/2ITA-chT 1995 B01
Larsen, Bent vs Gausel, Einar
0-1Aars 1995 C11
Nogueiras, Jesus vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2San Martin 1995 E16
Profumo, Alberto vs Larsen, Bo
0-1ITA-chT 1995 A89
Larsen, Bent vs Slipak, Sergio
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata op 1995 C24
Larsen, Bent vs Garbarino, Rodolfo
1-0San Martin 1995 D02
Larsen, Bent vs Perez Cascella, Julio
0-1Mar del Plata op 1995 A02
Flesler, A. vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata op 1995 A84
Larsen, Bent vs Ricardi, Pablo
1/2-1/2San Martin 1995 B21
Larsen, Bent vs Danielsen, Henrik
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1994 A05
Jorgensen, Claus H vs Larsen, Bjorn
1-0Hedehusene2 1994 A48
Schandorff, Lars vs Larsen, Bent
0-1DEN-ch 1994 C09
Larsen, Bent vs Xie Jun
1/2-1/2Veterans-Women 1994 C28
Ioseliani, Nana vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Veterans-Women 1994 A47
Arakhamia, Ketevan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Veterans-Women 1994 B09
Larsen, Bent vs Scarella, Enrique
0-1San Martin 1994 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Ioseliani, Nana
0-1Veterans-Women 1994 B30
Larsen, Bent vs Berg, Klaus
1-0DEN-ch 1994 E94
Soppe, Guillermo vs Larsen, Bent
1-0San Martin 1994 A92
Hernandez, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
0-1San Martin 1994 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge
1/2-1/2San Martin 1994 D00
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1994 B57
Larsen, Bent vs Chiburdanidze, Maia
1/2-1/2Veterans-Women 1994 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Slipak, Sergio
1/2-1/2San Martin 1994 A14
Chiburdanidze, Maia vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Veterans-Women 1994 A33
Petersen, Steffen vs Larsen, Bjorn
0-1Hedehusene2 1994 B32
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Lars Bo
0-1DEN-ch 1994 D41
Larsen, Bent vs Sorokin, Maxim
1/2-1/2San Martin 1994 D13
Fiorito, Fabian vs Larsen, Bent
0-1San Martin 1994 A45
Larsen, Bent vs Nielsen, Peter Heine
0-1DEN-ch 1994 C49
Xie Jun vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Veterans-Women 1994 B08
Larsen, Bjorn vs Pallesen, Jacob
0-1Hedehusene2 1994 A82
Zarnicki, Pablo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1San Martin 1994 B30
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch 1994 D35
Larsen, Bent vs Arakhamia, Ketevan
1-0Veterans-Women 1994 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Casafus, Ruben
1-0San Martin 1994 A36
Pedersen, Steffen vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch 1994 E13
Larsen, Bjorn vs Andersen, Henrik
0-1Hedehusene2 1994 D05
Larsen, Bent vs Kristensen, Bjarke
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1994 D15
Rodriguez, Andres vs Larsen, Bent
1-0San Martin 1994 B27
Larsen, Bent vs Sorin, Ariel
1-0San Martin 1994 E81
Chiburdanidze, Maia vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Women-Veterans 1993 B80