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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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FCGFCG
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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FCGFCG
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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Larsen, Bent vs Khalifman, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 A48
Adams, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Skolernes Skakklub 1997 C07
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik Olafsson 1995 C50
Polgar, Sofia vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Reykjavik Olafsson 1995 B93
Polgar, Sofia vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
North Bay op 1995 B30
Larsen, Bent vs Polgar, Judit
0-1
Veterans-Women 1994 E69
Larsen, Bjorn vs Larsen, Allan
1/2-1/2
Hedehusene2 1994 D36
Polgar, Zsuzsa vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Veterans-Women 1994 A55
Polgar, Judit vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Veterans-Women 1994 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Polgar, Zsuzsa
1/2-1/2
Veterans-Women 1994 A20
Larsen, Bent vs Polgar, Sofia
1-0
Women-Veterans 1993 A07
Kamsky, Gata vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 B83
Polgar, Zsuzsa vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Women-Veterans 1993 A44
Larsen, Bent vs Shirov, Alexei
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1993 D55
Larsen, Bent vs Polgar, Zsuzsa
1-0
Women-Veterans 1993 B30
Polgar, Sofia vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Women-Veterans 1993 B83
Larsen, Bent vs Polgar, Judit
1-0
Buenos Aires 1992 B33
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Anand, Viswanathan
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 E62
Anand, Viswanathan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B38
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B27
Adams, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B27
Larsen, Bent vs Adams, Michael
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A14
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1
Roquebrune 1992 D70
Larsen, Bent vs Adams, Michael
0-1
Roquebrune 1992 A07
Polgar, Judit vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 B27
Larsen, Bent vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Polgar, Judit
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Ivanchuk, Vassily
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 C24
Larsen, Bent vs Larsen, Alfonso
1-0
Hedehusene op 1992 A28
Topalov, Veselin vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Mesa op 1992 B35
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2
Roquebrune rapid 1992 E12
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 D63
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Roquebrune 1992 E16
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Roquebrune rapid 1992 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
Roquebrune rapid 1992 A03
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 C90
Larsen, Bent vs Adams, Michael
0-1
Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 A22
Khalifman, Alexander vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
London WFW 1991 E90
Adams, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
London WFW 1990 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Adams, Michael
1/2-1/2
Cannes schev 1989 A30
Adams, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Cannes schev 1989 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Adams, Michael
1-0
London WFW 1989 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Anand, Viswanathan
0-1
Cannes schev 1989 A21
Anand, Viswanathan vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Cannes schev 1989 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hastings8899 1988 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Short, Nigel D
1/2-1/2
Hastings8899 1988 A09
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings8899 1988 A04
Short, Nigel D vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hastings8899 1988 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Kasparov, Gary
0-1
Brussels blitz 1987 B45
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