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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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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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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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Nunn, John DM vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings8788 1987 B39
Larsen, Bent vs Chandler, Murray G
1-0
Hastings8788 1987 A09
Larsen, Bent vs Torre, Eugenio
0-1
Brussels blitz 1987 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Nunn, John DM
1/2-1/2
Hastings8788 1987 E97
Larsen, Bent vs Sosonko, Gennadi
0-1
Brussels blitz 1987 D30
Remlinger, Larry vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik op 1986 E29
Larsen, Bent vs Dehmelt, Karl
1-0
New York op 1986 C26
Ramayrat, Cris vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
New York op 1986 E46
Larsen, Bent vs Hodgson, Julian M
1/2-1/2
Hastings8687 1986 A25
Lobron, Eric vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
New York op 1986 B10
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
0-1
Reykjavik op 1986 B72
Adorjan, Andras vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings8687 1986 B39
Larsen, Bent vs Chandler, Murray G
0-1
London 1986 A20
Ligterink, Gert vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik op 1986 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1986 B72
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Nordic-USA 1986 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Kudrin, Sergey
1-0
Reykjavik op 1986 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Speelman, Jonathan S
0-1
Hastings8687 1986 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Chandler, Murray G
1/2-1/2
Hastings8687 1986 A30
Chiburdanidze, Maia vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings8687 1986 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Saidy, Anthony Fred
1-0
New York op 1986 A36
Conquest, Stuart vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings8687 1986 A65
Hjartarson, Johann vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik op 1986 E76
Larsen, Bent vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1/2-1/2
London 1986 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1/2-1/2
London 1986 B11
Larsen, Bent vs Ribli, Zoltan
1/2-1/2
London 1986 E17
Dlugy, Maxim vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
London 1986 E15
Kudrin, Sergey vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings8687 1986 B39
Mestel, A Jonathan vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
London 1986 B56
Larsen, Bent vs Large, Peter G
1-0
Hastings8687 1986 D30
Arnason, Jon L vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik op 1986 B63
Plaskett, Jim vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
London 1986 B30
Lputian, Smbat G vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings8687 1986 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Flear, Glenn C
1/2-1/2
London 1986 D46
Larsen, Bent vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1986 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Zueger, Beat
1-0
New York op 1986 B07
Larsen, Bent vs Gufeld, Eduard
1/2-1/2
Hastings8687 1986 D10
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1986 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Nunn, John DM
1-0
London 1986 C24
Plaskett, Jim vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hastings8687 1986 B82
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1/2-1/2
Nordic-USA 1986 B90
Mestel, A Jonathan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings8687 1986 B72
Larsen, Bent vs Petursson, Margeir
1-0
Hastings8687 1986 D47
Van der Sterren, Paul vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik op 1986 E62
Van der Wiel, John TH vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik 1985 B70
Larsen, Bent vs Agdestein, Simen
0-1
Naestved 1985 A12
Olafsson, Helgi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 B80
Larsen, Bent vs Plaskett, Jim
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 C28
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik 1985 E54
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