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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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0-1

Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V

Linares

1981

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Games (2383)

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Larsen, Bo vs Pozzi, Enrico
1-0
Lombardia op 1990 B00
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
New York WFW 1990 A30
Hodgson, Julian M vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1990 D03
Larsen, Bent vs Kotronias, Vasilios
1/2-1/2
New York WFW 1990 D55
Larsen, Bent vs Watson, William N
1-0
London WFW 1990 B20
Larsen, Bent vs Wolff, Patrick G
1-0
London WFW 1990 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Sax, Gyula
1/2-1/2
Hastings9091 1990 A30
Passoni, Carlo vs Larsen, Bo
0-1
Lombardia op 1990 B81
Larsen, Bent vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
0-1
Graested 1990 A87
Larsen, Bent vs Hector, Jonny
0-1
Graested 1990 D45
Larsen, Bent vs Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 C14
Larsen, Bent vs Chandler, Murray G
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1990 A37
Hansen, Lars Bo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Graested 1990 E60
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
0-1
Graested 1990 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Kuijf, Marinus
1-0
Graested 1990 D45
Larsen, Bo vs Montoli, Marco
1/2-1/2
Lombardia op 1990 B21
Larsen, Bent vs King, Daniel J
1-0
New York WFW 1990 D53
Kosten, Anthony C vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 C90
Larsen, Bent vs Frias, Victor J
1-0
New York WFW 1990 E61
Kosten, Anthony C vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
London WFW 1990 B38
Chandler, Murray G vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 B39
Larsen, Bent vs Chandler, Murray G
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 A37
Wolff, Patrick G vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
New York WFW 1990 B38
Levitt, Jonathan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Graested 1990 A56
Davies, Nigel R vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Graested 1990 B20
Fishbein, Alexander vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
New York WFW 1990 A70
Larsen, Bent vs Levitt, Jonathan
1-0
London WFW 1990 E18
King, Daniel J vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 A37
Mednis, Edmar John vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
New York WFW 1990 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Hodgson, Julian M
1-0
New York WFW 1990 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Hastings9091 1990 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Frias, Victor J
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1990 A07
Larsen, Bent vs King, Daniel J
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 E11
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 E91
Larsen, Bent vs Tisdall, Jonathan D
1-0
London WFW 1990 A89
Olafsson, Helgi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings9091 1990 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Berg, Klaus
1-0
Graested 1990 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1-0
Hastings9091 1990 D22
Hebden, Mark vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
London WFW 1990 D00
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
New York WFW 1990 B30
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Graested 1990 B30
Larsen, Bo vs Bellavita, Guido
1-0
Lombardia op 1990 C00
Sax, Gyula vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings9091 1990 B82
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1/2-1/2
Aaland m 1989 B80
Petursson, Margeir vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Espoo zt 1989 E39
Larsen, Bent vs Karlsson, Lars
1-0
Espoo zt 1989 C08
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Aaland m 1989 D42
Larsen, Bent vs Arkell, Keith C
0-1
London WFW 1989 B17
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1/2-1/2
Aaland m 1989 B83
Yrjola, Jouni vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Holstebro playoff 1989 E90
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