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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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0-1

Petri, Bernd vs Larsen, Bent

Wch U20 fin-B

1953

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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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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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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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Ernst, Thomas vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Gausdal zt 1985 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Petursson, Margeir
0-1
Gausdal zt 1985 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Hansen, Curt
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 E05
De Firmian, Nick E vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 B89
Larsen, Bent vs Ostenstad, Berge
1-0
Gausdal zt 1985 A39
Larsen, Bent vs Agdestein, Simen
1-0
Gausdal zt 1985 D41
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Gausdal zt 1985 B30
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Gausdal zt 1985 D34
Ftacnik, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Naestved 1985 E32
Larsen, Bent vs Vaganian, Rafael A
0-1
Naestved 1985 A07
Larsen, Bent vs Thorsteins, Karl
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 D59
Larsen, Bent vs Pinter, Jozsef
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 A07
Hoi, Carsten vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 D01
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Naestved 1985 A69
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Naestved 1985 B38
Hjartarson, Johann vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 A31
Larsen, Bent vs Petursson, Margeir
1-0
Reykjavik 1985 D59
Larsen, Bent vs Schussler, Harry
1/2-1/2
Gausdal zt 1985 D54
Larsen, Bent vs Karlsson, Lars
1-0
Copenhagen 1985 A25
Hjartarson, Johann vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Gausdal zt 1985 B77
Hjartarson, Johann vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 A90
Browne, Walter S vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Naestved 1985 E14
Larsen, Bent vs Nunn, John DM
1/2-1/2
Naestved 1985 B33
Larsen, Bent vs Yrjola, Jouni
1-0
Gausdal zt 1985 A20
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Mortensen, Erling
1-0
Copenhagen 1985 A25
Hansen, Curt vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Gausdal zt 1985 E60
Nikolic, Predrag vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Naestved 1985 E43
Larsen, Bent vs Chandler, Murray G
1-0
Naestved 1985 B91
Kristiansen, Jens vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1985 B38
Moen, Ole Christian vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Gausdal zt 1985 B72
Olafsson, Helgi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 A87
Wilder, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
New York op 1984 E12
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1984 A29
Rizzitano, James vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
New York op 1984 C25
Larsen, Bent vs Frias, Victor J
0-1
New York op 1984 E60
Benko, Pal C vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
New York op 1984 A30
Ribli, Zoltan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1984 E16
Kovacevic, Vlatko vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Bugojno 1984 A48
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1-0
Bugojno 1984 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Saidy, Anthony Fred
1-0
New York op 1984 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Ivanovic, Bozidar
0-1
Bugojno 1984 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Frenkel, Oleg
1-0
New York op 1984 A34
Larsen, Bent vs Haik, Aldo
0-1
New York op 1984 A25
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1984 A30
Torre, Eugenio vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1984 E46
Piasetski, Leon David vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
New York op 1984 A42
Larsen, Bent vs Soltis, Andrew E
0-1
New York op 1984 E62
Larsen, Bent vs Seirawan, Yasser
1-0
Niksic 1983 A20
Larsen, Bent vs Hase, Juan C
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1983 A13
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