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
View PrintGames (2383)
Search & Filter All Games →Larsen, Bent vs Liberzon, Vladimir M
1-0Lone Pine op 1981 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Christiansen, Larry Mark
0-1America-Europe 1981 A75
Garcia Padron, J. vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas 1981 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1981 C08
Larsen, Bent vs Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1981 D30
Larsen, Bent vs Seirawan, Yasser
1-0America-Europe 1981 E35
Browne, Walter S vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2America-Europe 1981 E11
Campora, Daniel H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lone Pine op 1981 B18
Cranbourne, Carlos vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Moron op 1981 C34
Seirawan, Yasser vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1981 D12
Henley, Ron W vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Lone Pine op 1981 E11
Romanishin, Oleg M vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1981 D11
Larsen, Bent vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1981 B13
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
0-1Lone Pine op 1981 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Van der Wiel, John TH
1-0IBM 1980 A34
Larsen, Bent vs Sosonko, Gennadi
1/2-1/2IBM 1980 E42
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lone Pine 1980 A42
Kaufman, Larry C vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lone Pine 1980 A53
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
1-0IBM 1980 E08
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
0-1Buenos Aires 1980 A46
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires 1980 A40
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1/2-1/2IBM 1980 A16
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0Buenos Aires 1980 A48
Stean, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Phillips&Drew 1980 A42
Balashov, Yuri S vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lone Pine 1980 B83
Dzindzichashvili, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lone Pine 1980 E11
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bugojno 1980 E41
Van der Wiel, John TH vs Larsen, Bent
1-0IBM 1980 B09
Larsen, Bent vs Zaltsman, Vitaly F
1-0Lone Pine 1980 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0IBM 1980 E05
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 D91
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 E08
Larsen, Bent vs Schmid, Lothar
1-0Lloyds Bank 1980 D35
Larsen, Bent vs Sax, Gyula
1/2-1/2Phillips&Drew 1980 A20
Larsen, Bent vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Dolmatov, Sergey
0-1IBM 1980 D45
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0Bugojno 1980 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
1-0Buenos Aires 1980 A37
Nunn, John DM vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Phillips&Drew 1980 C51
Larsen, Bent vs Arnason, Jon L
1-0Lone Pine 1980 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Quinteros, Miguel A
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1980 A48
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
0-1Phillips&Drew 1980 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Sosonko, Gennadi
0-1Phillips&Drew 1980 D02
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lloyds Bank 1980 A40
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 E16
Giardelli, Sergio C vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires 1980 A10
Peters, John A vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Lone Pine 1980 B06
Larsen, Bent vs Panno, Oscar
1-0Buenos Aires 1980 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Kurajica, Bojan
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 D38
Dolmatov, Sergey vs Larsen, Bent
1-0IBM 1980 D40