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 →Yrjola, Jouni vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Holstebro playoff 1989 E90
Savon, Vladimir A vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2GMA Baleares Open 1989 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Yrjola, Jouni
1/2-1/2Espoo zt 1989 A87
Larsen, Bo vs Visentin, Claudio
1-0Lombardia opA 1989 C00
Larsen, Bent vs Jelling, Erik
1-0DEN-ch 1989 D94
Larsen, Bent vs Simon, Ralf Axel
1/2-1/2Lugano op 1989 A07
Tseitlin, Mikhail S vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2GMA Baleares Open 1989 B30
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Aaland m 1989 D42
Larsen, Bent vs Yrjola, Jouni
1-0Holstebro playoff 1989 A87
Mohr, Stefan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1GMA Baleares Open 1989 E75
King, Daniel J vs Larsen, Bent
0-1London WFW 1989 B30
Assmann, Thomas vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lugano op 1989 A47
Lago, Victor Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1GMA Baleares Open 1989 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Karlsson, Lars
1-0Espoo zt 1989 C08
Jakobsen, Ole vs Larsen, Bent
0-1DEN-ch 1989 A35
Miralles, Gilles vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Cannes schev 1989 A35
Larsen, Bent vs Miralles, Gilles
1-0Cannes schev 1989 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Jacobs, Byron A
1-0Lugano op 1989 D41
Larsen, Bent vs Hernandez, Roman
0-1GMA Baleares Open 1989 D30
Larsen, Bent vs Sunye Neto, Jaime
1-0GMA Baleares Open 1989 A07
Lautier, Joel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Cannes schev 1989 E39
Sadler, Matthew vs Larsen, Bent
0-1London WFW 1989 E44
Larsen, Bent vs Petursson, Margeir
0-1Holstebro playoff 1989 D94
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Espoo zt 1989 B33
Larsen, Bent vs Ostenstad, Berge
1-0Espoo zt 1989 A01
Schandorff, Lars vs Larsen, Bent
0-1DEN-ch 1989 E12
Larsen, Bent vs Michalet, Guy
1-0Lugano op 1989 A13
Arnason, Jon L vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Espoo zt 1989 B38
Motwani, Paul vs Larsen, Bent
0-1London WFW 1989 B76
McNab, Colin Anderson vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2London WFW 1989 A38
Olafsson, Helgi vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Espoo zt 1989 A35
Anic, Darko vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lugano op 1989 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Piket, Jeroen
1/2-1/2Lugano op 1989 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Lalic, Susan
1-0London WFW 1989 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Fries Nielsen, Niels Jorgen
1-0DEN-ch 1989 B08
Sorokin, Maxim vs Larsen, Bent
1-0GMA Baleares Open 1989 E61
Larsen, Bent vs Berg, Klaus
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1989 A41
Larsen, Bent vs Sorensen, Jan
1-0DEN-ch 1989 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Agdestein, Simen
1/2-1/2Espoo zt 1989 C06
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Aaland m 1989 B43
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch 1989 B56
Larsen, Bent vs Hodgson, Julian M
1/2-1/2London WFW 1989 A41
Larsen, Bent vs Panchenko, Alexander N
0-1GMA Baleares Open 1989 A34
Larsen, Bent vs Palatnik, Semon
1/2-1/2GMA Baleares Open 1989 A88
Schussler, Harry vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Espoo zt 1989 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Wilder, Michael
1-0London WFW 1989 D47
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Espoo zt 1989 B38
Petursson, Margeir vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Holstebro playoff 1989 E75
Larsen, Bent vs Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove
1-0DEN-ch 1989 B45
Franco Ocampo, Zenon vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lugano op 1989 E14