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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0-1Buenos Aires 1983 E62
Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Buenos Aires 1983 B07
Nikolic, Predrag vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Niksic 1983 A40
Ivanovic, Bozidar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Niksic 1983 B89
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Niksic 1983 E50
Darcyl, Tomas vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1983 A05
Szmetan, Jorge vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires 1983 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Amado, Claudio
1-0Buenos Aires 1983 D34
Schweber, Samuel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires 1983 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Cuasnicu, Oscar
1-0Buenos Aires 1983 E65
Larsen, Bent vs Slipak, Sergio
1-0Buenos Aires 1983 E17
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0Niksic 1983 A30
Giardelli, Sergio C vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires 1983 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Sax, Gyula
1-0Niksic 1983 E63
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Niksic 1983 A90
Huebner, Robert vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1982 B19
Garcia Palermo, Carlos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Mar del Plata 1982 A47
Larsen, Bent vs Smejkal, Jan
1/2-1/2EUchT qual 1982 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Seirawan, Yasser
1-0Mar del Plata 1982 C07
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bugojno 1982 E50
Larsen, Bent vs Ivanovic, Bozidar
0-1Bugojno 1982 D37
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1982 A42
Larsen, Bent vs Quinteros, Miguel A
0-1Mar del Plata 1982 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Giardelli, Sergio C
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1982 A38
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0Bugojno 1982 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1982 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0Bugojno 1982 B73
Larsen, Bent vs Franco Ocampo, Zenon
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1982 A29
Braga, Fernando vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Mar del Plata 1982 B22
Smejkal, Jan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2EUchT qual 1982 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Panno, Oscar
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1982 E57
Larsen, Bent vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1981 B83
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Moron op 1981 A21
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1981 E16
Malbran, Guillermo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Moron op 1981 C68
Larsen, Bent vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1981 B18
Larsen, Bent vs Franco Ocampo, Zenon
1/2-1/2Moron op 1981 E39
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas 1981 C47
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas 1981 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Seirawan, Yasser
1-0Moron op 1981 B08
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Larsen, Bent
0-1America-Europe 1981 C84
Seirawan, Yasser vs Larsen, Bent
0-1America-Europe 1981 A41
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Larsen, Bent
1-0America-Europe 1981 A09
Benko, Pal C vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Lone Pine op 1981 E09
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
0-1America-Europe 1981 A47
Larsen, Bent vs Quinteros, Miguel A
1-0America-Europe 1981 E92
Larsen, Bent vs Borghi, Humberto
1-0Moron op 1981 E92
Larsen, Bent vs Hase, Juan C
0-1Moron op 1981 D20
Larsen, Bent vs Garcia Padron, J.
1-0Las Palmas 1981 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Huguet, Bernard
1-0Moron op 1981 A01