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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Search & Filter All Games →Larsen, Bjorn vs Elgaard, Brian K
0-1Ringsted op 1993 B07
Galliamova, Alisa vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Women-Veterans 1993 A43
Arakhamia, Ketevan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Women-Veterans 1993 B90
Larsen, Bent vs Arakhamia, Ketevan
1-0Women-Veterans 1993 B85
Xie Jun vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Women-Veterans 1993 B56
Larsen, Bjorn vs Dongart, Dennis
1/2-1/2Ringsted op2 1993 D87
Rasmussen, Hans vs Larsen, Bjorn
1-0Ringsted op 1993 A89
Larsen, Bent vs Comp Deep Blue
1-0Copenhagen m 1993 C49
Granda Zuniga, Julio E vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 A40
Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 E86
Mott, Jens vs Larsen, Bjorn
1-0Ringsted op 1993 B12
Larsen, Bent vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 A87
Larsen, Bent vs Comp Deep Blue
1/2-1/2Copenhagen m 1993 B01
Comp Deep Blue vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Copenhagen m 1993 B70
Campora, Daniel H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Xie Jun
0-1Women-Veterans 1993 D79
Larsen, Bjorn vs Elgaard, Brian K
0-1Ringsted op2 1993 B07
Spangenberg, Hugo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 B91
Rasmussen, Per Arnt vs Larsen, Bjorn
1-0Ringsted op2 1993 C57
Larsen, Bent vs Alegria, Gregorio
1-0Mar del Plata op 1993 A12
Seirawan, Yasser vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 E81
Larsen, Bent vs Fernandez, J.
1-0Mar del Plata op 1993 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Zarnicki, Pablo
0-1Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 A13
Chiburdanidze, Maia vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Women-Veterans 1993 B80
Larsen, Bent vs Chiburdanidze, Maia
0-1Women-Veterans 1993 B24
Larsen, Bent vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 A21
Corsi Ferrari, Alejandro vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata op 1993 A81
Comp Deep Blue vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Copenhagen m 1993 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Milos, Gilberto
1-0Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 A21
Nilssen, John Arni vs Larsen, Bjorn
1-0Ringsted2 1992 C00
Larsen, Bent vs Kokholm, T.
1/2-1/2Hedehusene op 1992 A16
Chernin, Alexander vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1992 E16
Castellano, Jose vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mesa op 1992 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Todorcevic, Miodrag
1-0Mesa op 1992 B07
Zanni, Sandro vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Milan op 1992 A89
Bekker Jensen, David vs Larsen, Bjorn
1-0Ringsted2 1992 A57
Ernst, Thomas vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Nordic zt 1992 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Helgi
0-1Nordic zt 1992 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Jorgensen, Claus H
1/2-1/2Hedehusene op 1992 E91
Larsen, Bent vs Panno, Oscar
1-0Buenos Aires 1992 A34
Seirawan, Yasser vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Roquebrune rapid 1992 E14
Larsen, Bent vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
1/2-1/2Nordic zt 1992 B01
Hector, Jonny vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Nordic zt 1992 D01
Larsen, Bent vs Manninen, Marko
1/2-1/2Nordic zt 1992 B23
Larsen, Bent vs Tisdall, Jonathan D
0-1Nordic zt 1992 A46
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Roquebrune 1992 B27
Kristensen, P. vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Hedehusene op 1992 B33
Larsen, Bent vs Szmetan, Jorge
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1992 A30
Pieri, Filippo vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Milan op 1992 B46
Milos, Gilberto vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1992 B14