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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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FCGFCG
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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Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Montreal 1979 B63
Parma, Bruno vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bled/Portoroz 1979 B71
Larsen, Bent vs Schussler, Harry
1-0
Copenhagen AS04 1979 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Strauss, David J
1-0
Lone Pine op 1979 B60
Larsen, Bent vs Kuzmin, Gennadi P
0-1
Bled/Portoroz 1979 A29
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Montreal 1979 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Hoi, Carsten
1-0
Copenhagen AS04 1979 E90
Iskov, Gert vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen AS04 1979 B51
Larsen, Bent vs Marjanovic, Slavoljub
1-0
Bled/Portoroz 1979 B52
Larsen, Bent vs Bukic, Enver
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1978 B90
Ogaard, Leif vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1978 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Hoi, Carsten
1-0
Esbjerg 1978 A42
Petursson, Margeir vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 E08
Larsen, Bent vs Schneider, Lars Ake
1-0
Esbjerg 1978 D35
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1978 E15
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 A07
Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javier vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1978 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel
1-0
Las Palmas 1978 A14
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 A30
Rodgaard, John vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Esbjerg 1978 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
1-0
Lone Pine op 1978 E60
Stean, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1978 B08
Stean, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lone Pine op 1978 E19
Kristiansen, Jens vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Esbjerg 1978 C60
Larsen, Bent vs Rogoff, Kenneth
1-0
Lone Pine op 1978 B17
Larsen, Bent vs Balashov, Yuri S
1-0
Bugojno 1978 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0
Bugojno 1978 A14
Byrne, Robert E vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1978 B56
Larsen, Bent vs Erlingsson, P.
1-0
Lone Pine op 1978 A34
Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1978 B56
Csom, Istvan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1978 E05
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
1-0
Las Palmas 1978 B83
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
0-1
Las Palmas 1978 B70
Garcia Padron, Jose vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Las Palmas 1978 B43
Larsen, Bent vs Smejkal, Jan
0-1
Reykjavik 1978 A14
Larsen, Bent vs Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove
1-0
Esbjerg 1978 A10
Larsen, Bent vs Sax, Gyula
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1978 A48
Bohm, Hans vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lone Pine op 1978 D00
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Lone Pine op 1978 A53
Forintos, Gyozo V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Esbjerg 1978 A85
Larsen, Bent vs Dominguez Sanz, Juan P
1-0
Las Palmas 1978 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Panchenko, Alexander N
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1978 A13
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Esbjerg 1978 C60
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
0-1
Bugojno 1978 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Mestel, A Jonathan
0-1
Esbjerg 1978 E90
Mariotti, Sergio vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1978 B06
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0
Bugojno 1978 B85
Rath, Ulrik vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Esbjerg 1978 B30
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 E91
Arnason, Jon L vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik 1978 C38
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