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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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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 Rasmussen, Karsten
1-0
DEN-ch 1991 B19
Larsen, Bent vs King, Daniel J
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1991 A90
Holst, Allan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1991 A04
Sorensen, Jan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1991 C28
Byrne, Robert E vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1991 B60
Milos, Gilberto vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 E12
Berg, Klaus vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
DEN-ch 1991 C41
Hector, Jonny vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1991 B27
Razuvaev, Yuri S vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Valby K41 1991 E08
Larsen, Bent vs Wells, Peter K
1-0
London WFW 1991 D41
Larsen, Bent vs Cifuentes Parada, Roberto
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 D39
Hoi, Carsten vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1991 A46
Birk, B. vs Larsen, Ba
0-1
Hedehusene op 1991 A02
Larsen, Bent vs Boissonet, Carlos P
0-1
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Darcyl, Tomas
1-0
GEBA 1991 A38
Fedorowicz, John P vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 B22
Larsen, Ba vs Jensen, K.
1-0
Hedehusene op 1991 D00
Danielsen, Henrik vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Valby K41 1991 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Sadler, Matthew
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1991 A07
Larsen, Bent vs Cramling, Pia
1-0
Valby K41 1991 E94
Larsen, Bent vs Garbarino, Rodolfo
1/2-1/2
GEBA 1991 E14
Larsen, Bent vs Spangenberg, Hugo
1-0
GEBA 1991 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Vogt, Lothar
1/2-1/2
Valby K41 1991 E95
Rodriguez, Antonio vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
GEBA 1991 B80
Davies, Nigel R vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1991 B07
Jensen, D. vs Larsen, Ba
0-1
Hedehusene op 1991 A10
Plaskett, Jim vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
London WFW 1991 B27
Larsen, Bent vs Granda Zuniga, Julio E
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 D34
Bozzi, Gianni vs Larsen, Ba
1-0
Lombardia op 1991 E77
Larsen, Bent vs Markeluk, Sergio
1-0
GEBA 1991 A36
Negri, Sergio vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
GEBA 1991 A04
Larsen, Ba vs Andersen, Preben
0-1
Hedehusene op 1991 A40
Larsen, Bent vs Kristiansen, Jens
1-0
DEN-ch 1991 D02
Bottanelli, Mauro vs Larsen, Ba
1-0
Lombardia op 1991 A84
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1991 E97
Larsen, Bent vs Hodgson, Julian M
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1991 A46
Amura, Claudia Noemi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 A54
Dolmatov, Sergey vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 C90
Hansen, Lars Bo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1991 A53
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Valby K41 1991 A35
Valiente, Cristobal vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
GEBA 1991 B22
Larsen, Bent vs Schandorff, Lars
0-1
DEN-ch 1991 E94
Watson, William N vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
London WFW 1991 C90
Larsen, Bent vs Greger, Roland
1-0
Valby K41 1991 A05
Larsen, Bent vs Ricardi, Pablo
1-0
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 D27
Fishbein, Alexander vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
New York WFW 1990 A70
Bareev, Evgeny vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings9091 1990 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Flear, Glenn C
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1990 D45
Larsen, Bent vs Berg, Klaus
1-0
Graested 1990 E90
Levitt, Jonathan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Graested 1990 A56
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