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 1980 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Biyiasas, Peter
1-0Lone Pine 1980 E60
Larsen, Bent vs Speelman, Jonathan S
0-1Phillips&Drew 1980 E05
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 A55
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 A30
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bugojno 1980 E14
Balashov, Yuri S vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires 1980 B14
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1-0IBM 1980 A41
Ribli, Zoltan vs Larsen, Bent
1-0IBM 1980 E62
Qi Jingxuan vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Bled/Portoroz 1979 B38
Kristiansen, Jens vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Copenhagen AS04 1979 B07
Larsen, Bent vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2Montreal 1979 A07
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
1-0Bled/Portoroz 1979 D02
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1-0Bled/Portoroz 1979 A30
Lombardy, William James vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Clarin 1979 B23
Larsen, Bent vs Tempone, Marcelo
1-0Clarin 1979 A47
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
0-1Montreal 1979 A43
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bled/Portoroz 1979 E11
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bled/Portoroz 1979 E39
Djuric, Stefan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Copenhagen AS04 1979 B01
Larsen, Bent vs Mikhalchishin, Adrian
1-0Copenhagen AS04 1979 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Sahovic, Dragutin
1-0Bled/Portoroz 1979 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1979 B85
Ribli, Zoltan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bled/Portoroz 1979 A05
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Clarin 1979 D43
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Clarin 1979 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Shirazi, Kamran G
1-0Lone Pine op 1979 A04
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1979 E49
Marangunic, Srdjan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bled/Portoroz 1979 B05
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0Montreal 1979 E72
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0Clarin 1979 A11
Auchenberg, Per vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Copenhagen AS04 1979 B30
Seirawan, Yasser vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lone Pine op 1979 A21
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Clarin 1979 A14
Ligterink, Gert vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Lone Pine op 1979 B10
Larsen, Bent vs Quinteros, Miguel A
1-0Clarin 1979 E90
Fedorowicz, John P vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1979 A28
Barle, Janez vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bled/Portoroz 1979 B01
Huebner, Robert vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Montreal 1979 C04
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Bled/Portoroz 1979 B05
Larsen, Bent vs Panno, Oscar
1-0Clarin 1979 D41
Larsen, Bent vs Krnic, Zdenko
1/2-1/2Copenhagen AS04 1979 D85
Rubinetti, Jorge A vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Clarin 1979 B10
Wahlbom, Magnus vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Copenhagen AS04 1979 B59
Larsen, Bent vs Jelen, Iztok
1/2-1/2Bled/Portoroz 1979 E17
Larsen, Bent vs Franco Ocampo, Zenon
1-0Clarin 1979 A16
Larsen, Bent vs Lein, Anatoly
1-0Lone Pine op 1979 B71
Larsen, Bent vs Brinck Claussen, Bjorn
1-0Copenhagen AS04 1979 C45
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1979 A42
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Copenhagen AS04 1979 B30