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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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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 Martin Gonzalez, Angel
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1977 A36
Hug, Werner vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Geneve 1977 B10
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1/2-1/2
Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977 A38
Larsen, Bent vs Hernandez, Roman
0-1
Las Palmas 1977 D30
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1976 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Visier Segovia, Fernando
1-0
Costa Brava 1976 D03
Larsen, Bent vs Byrne, Robert E
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1976 A46
Marovic, Drazen vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Costa Brava 1976 A10
Ortega, M. vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Costa Brava 1976 E14
Larsen, Bent vs Betancort Curbelo, Juan
1-0
Lanzarote 1976 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes
1-0
Lanzarote 1976 E70
Sanz Alonso, Francisco Javier vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Costa Brava 1976 D79
Larsen, Bent vs Garcia Conesa, Gregorio
1-0
Costa Brava 1976 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Haik, Aldo
1-0
Lanzarote 1976 A48
Larsen, Bent vs Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
1-0
Costa Brava 1976 D42
Larsen, Bent vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1-0
Las Palmas 1976 B21
Pomar Salamanca, Arturo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Lanzarote 1976 A40
Larsen, Bent vs Rogoff, Kenneth
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1976 A47
Menvielle Lacourrelle, Augusto vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1976 C02
Fraguela Gil, Jose Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lanzarote 1976 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1976 E69
Larsen, Bent vs Garcia, Jo
0-1
Lanzarote 1976 A00
Larsen, Bent vs Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes
1-0
Las Palmas 1976 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Castro Rojas, Oscar Humberto
0-1
Costa Brava 1976 C28
Huebner, Robert vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Las Palmas 1976 E16
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Costa Brava 1976 B85
Debarnot, Roberto vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas 1976 A80
Larsen, Bent vs Zwaig, Arne
1/2-1/2
Costa Brava 1976 C27
Hernandez, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1976 A37
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Lanzarote 1976 B85
Fraguela Gil, Jose Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas 1976 A04
Hernandez, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lanzarote 1976 A42
Darga, Klaus vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Lanzarote 1976 E63
Larsen, Bent vs Gheorghiu, Florin
1-0
Las Palmas 1976 A30
Weinstein, Norman vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lanzarote 1976 B46
Larsen, Bent vs Garcia Padron, Jose
1-0
Las Palmas 1976 D02
Larsen, Bent vs Sanz, J.
1-0
Lanzarote 1976 D03
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0
Stockholm m 1975 E55
Torre, Eugenio vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Manila 1975 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
1/2-1/2
Milan 1975 A38
Debarnot, Roberto vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Las Palmas+ 1975 A13
Iskov, Gert vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Gellerup m 1975 B40
Larsen, Bent vs Pfleger, Helmut
1/2-1/2
Manila 1975 A00
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Stockholm m 1975 A46
Mecking, Henrique vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Manila 1975 B17
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Milan 1975 E58
Iskov, Gert vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Gellerup m 1975 B17
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0
Stockholm m 1975 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1/2-1/2
Stockholm m 1975 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Iskov, Gert
1-0
Gellerup m 1975 A48
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