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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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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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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 Brinck Claussen, Bjorn
1-0
Esbjerg 1978 C05
Vukic, Milan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1978 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1978 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Sloth, Jorn
1-0
Esbjerg 1978 C08
Mestrovic, Zvonimir vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lone Pine op 1978 A00
Huebner, Robert vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1978 B00
Larsen, Bent vs Kuzmin, Gennadi P
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 C50
Larsen, Bent vs Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 E63
Larsen, Bent vs Mestel, A Jonathan
1-0
Lone Pine op 1978 A42
Lombardy, William James vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Reykjavik 1978 E46
Ogaard, Leif vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Esbjerg 1978 A30
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1978 B43
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Las Palmas 1978 A61
Dzindzichashvili, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Geneve 1977 A21
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1977 B85
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
BBC TV Master Game 1977 A21
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 B08
Planinec, Albin vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 B85
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2
Geneve 1977 C50
Larsen, Bent vs Savon, Vladimir A
1/2-1/2
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 A14
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1-0
BBC TV Master Game 1977 B08
Adorjan, Andras vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1977 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Byrne, Robert E
1-0
Geneve 1977 D43
Torre, Eugenio vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Geneve 1977 A47
Larsen, Bent vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1-0
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 A21
Larsen, Bent vs Sosonko, Gennadi
1-0
Geneve 1977 A17
Pachman, Ludek vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Geneve 1977 A56
Browne, Walter S vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1977 E15
Larsen, Bent vs Cabrera, Gabriel
1-0
Las Palmas 1977 D36
Larsen, Bent vs Sax, Gyula
1-0
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 A37
Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Visier Segovia, Fernando
1-0
Las Palmas 1977 D34
Tatai, Stefano vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1977 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Debarnot, Roberto
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1977 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
1-0
Las Palmas 1977 A39
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
1-0
Geneve 1977 D38
Barle, Janez vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 B82
Larsen, Bent vs Parma, Bruno
1/2-1/2
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 D41
Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Geneve 1977 E54
Garcia Padron, Jose vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1977 A06
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1/2-1/2
Geneve 1977 B21
Liberzon, Vladimir M vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Geneve 1977 B00
Pfleger, Helmut vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
BBC TV Master Game 1977 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Kurajica, Bojan
0-1
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
0-1
BBC TV Master Game 1977 A38
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Bukic, Enver
1/2-1/2
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 A38
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Geneve 1977 B27
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1977 A21
Jelen, Iztok vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 A30
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