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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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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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Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Aaland m 1989 D42
Anic, Darko vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Lugano op 1989 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1/2-1/2
Aaland m 1989 E90
Jacobsen, Bo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1989 A10
Larsen, Bent vs Wedberg, Tom
1/2-1/2
Espoo zt 1989 C28
Savon, Vladimir A vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
GMA Baleares Open 1989 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1/2-1/2
Aaland m 1989 B83
Larsen, Bent vs Wilder, Michael
1-0
London WFW 1989 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Agdestein, Simen
1/2-1/2
Espoo zt 1989 C06
Renet, Olivier vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Cannes schev 1989 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Tisdall, Jonathan D
1/2-1/2
Espoo zt 1989 D58
Mortensen, Erling vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Espoo zt 1989 B33
Hoi, Carsten vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
DEN-ch 1989 D01
Larsen, Bent vs Renet, Olivier
1/2-1/2
Cannes schev 1989 D59
Watson, William N vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1989 B30
Cabrilo, Goran vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
New York op 1988 B74
Larsen, Bent vs Cavaletto, M.
1-0
Zuerich sim 1988 D47
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1988 B39
Larsen, Bent vs Haeusler, M.
1-0
Zuerich sim 1988 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Metzger, R.
1/2-1/2
Zuerich sim 1988 C26
Larsen, Bent vs Mammele, D.
1-0
Zuerich sim 1988 A18
Larsen, Bent vs Bednarski, Jacek B
1-0
Naestved op 1988 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
1/2-1/2
Odense m 1988 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
1/2-1/2
Odense m 1988 E97
Watson, William N vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1988 B72
Larsen, Bent vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1-0
Hastings8899 1988 A41
Larsen, Bent vs Schmid, B.
1-0
Zuerich sim 1988 A14
Kupreichik, Viktor D vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1988 B34
Larsen, Bent vs Vaganian, Rafael A
0-1
Esbjerg 1988 D59
Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
New York op 1988 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Gulko, Boris F
0-1
Hastings8899 1988 A20
Larsen, Bent vs Hellers, Ferdinand
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1988 E90
Byrne, Robert E vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
New York op 1988 B42
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Odense m 1988 A40
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Odense m 1988 E12
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1-0
Esbjerg 1988 E62
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Odense m 1988 A33
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Lars Bo
1/2-1/2
Naestved op 1988 B15
Ivanovic, Bozidar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
New York op 1988 B77
Larsen, Bent vs Marmet, D.
1-0
Zuerich sim 1988 A02
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings8899 1988 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Preziuso, Toni
1/2-1/2
Zuerich sim 1988 C36
Larsen, Bent vs Karlsson, Lars
1-0
Esbjerg 1988 A85
Larsen, Bent vs Leuenberger, U.
1-0
Zuerich sim 1988 D45
Larsen, Bent vs Drasko, Milan
1-0
New York op 1988 D62
Larsen, Bent vs Schmidt, Wlodzimierz
1-0
Naestved op 1988 A36
Zsinka, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Naestved op 1988 E50
Gulko, Boris F vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hastings8899 1988 E11
Kosten, Anthony C vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1988 B39
Adorjan, Andras vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1988 B38
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