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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1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 A09
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 E61
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P★
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 E67
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 D47
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 A41
Larsen, Bent vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman★
1-0Sousse Interzonal 1967 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P★
1/2-1/2Sousse Interzonal 1967 B52
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V★
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail★
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 B21
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 A11
Bronstein, David I vs Larsen, Bent★
0-1Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 E75
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos★
1-0Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 C01
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 A39
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2Dortmund 1961 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Bronstein, David I★
1/2-1/2Portoroz Interzonal 1958 C76
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V★
1-0Portoroz Interzonal 1958 A03
Fischer, Robert James vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Portoroz Interzonal 1958 B77
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Portoroz Interzonal 1958 B94
Larsen, Bent vs Dittmann, Sieghart★
0-1WchT U26 1957 E97
Kolarov, Atanas S vs Larsen, Bent★
0-1WchT U26 1957 E15
Larsen, Bent vs Soderborg, Berndt★
0-1WchT U26 1957 D89
Larsen, Bent vs Rannanjarvi★
1/2-1/2WchT U26 1957 D26
Mititelu, Gheorghe vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2WchT U26 1957 E30
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik★
0-1WchT U26 1957 E69
Benko, Pal C vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2WchT U26 1957 D35
Larsen, Bent vs Munoz, Cesar★
0-1WchT U26 1957 A39
Larsen, Bent vs Lombardy, William James★
1-0WchT U26 1957 E80
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0WchT U26 1957 B96
Filip, Miroslav vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0WchT U26 1957 A07
Larsen, Bent vs Sherwin, James T★
1/2-1/2Wch U20 fin-B 1953 E69
Larsen, Bent vs Penrose, Jonathan★
1-0Wch U20 qual 1953 C32
Petri, Bernd vs Larsen, Bent★
0-1Wch U20 fin-B 1953 C34
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik★
0-1Wch U20 qual 1953 E94
Darga, Klaus vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Wch U20 qual 1953 E40
Roessel, Fritz vs Larsen, Bent★
0-1Wch U20 fin-B 1953 E41
Larsen, Bent vs Keller, Daniel★
1-0Wch U20 qual 1953 B74
Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Wch U20 qual 1953 E18
Larsen, Bent vs Herbin, J.★
1-0Wch U20 fin-B 1953 C05
Larsen, Bent vs Farre Mallofre, Miguel★
1-0Wch U20 fin-B 1953 B52
Scafarelli, Francesco vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Wch U20 fin-B 1953 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav★
1/2-1/2Wch U20 qual 1953 B70
Sherwin, James T vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Wch U20 qual 1953 E98
Larsen, Bent vs Heikkila, Heikki★
1-0Wch U20 fin-B 1953 B31
Penrose, Jonathan vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2Wch U20 fin-B 1953 E50
Darga, Klaus vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0Wch U20 fin-B 1953 C82
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 D37
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Petrosian mem 1999 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Petrosian mem 1999 E14
Jussupow, Artur vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Bad Homburg 1998 E29
Larsen, Bent vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2Bad Homburg 1998 B31