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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0-1Las Palmas 1972 E15
Larsen, Bent vs Wade, Robert Graham
1-0Teeside 1972 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Huguet, Bernard
1-0Las Palmas 1972 A00
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Hastings7273 1972 E32
Browne, Walter S vs Larsen, Bent
1-0San Antonio 1972 B13
Hecht, Hans Joachim vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Teeside 1972 B85
Larsen, Bent vs Powell, Charles
1-0USA op 1972 A45
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1972 C68
Stean, Michael vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Hastings7273 1972 A13
Radulov, Ivan vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Hastings7273 1972 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Byrne, Donald
1-0San Antonio 1972 A16
Larsen, Bent vs Campos Lopez, Mario
1-0San Antonio 1972 A36
Meyer, Eugene B vs Larsen, Bent
0-1USA op 1972 E14
Evans, Larry Melvyn vs Larsen, Bent
0-1San Antonio 1972 E17
Parma, Bruno vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Teeside 1972 B83
Larsen, Bent vs Nash, Edmund
1-0USA op 1972 A02
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1/2-1/2San Antonio 1972 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Dominguez Sanz, Juan P
1-0Las Palmas 1972 A01
Pomar Salamanca, Arturo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas 1972 A40
Rajkovic, Dusan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Hastings7273 1972 A19
Larsen, Bent vs Wade, Robert Graham
1-0Hastings7273 1972 A01
Saltzberg, Mitchell vs Larsen, Bent
0-1USA op 1972 A33
Larsen, Bent vs Cafferty, Bernard
1-0Teeside 1972 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Menvielle Lacourrelle, Augusto
1-0Las Palmas 1972 A01
Sax, Gyula vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Teeside 1972 C00
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0Teeside 1972 A01
Savage, Allan G vs Larsen, Bent
0-1USA op 1972 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
1/2-1/2Hastings7273 1972 D01
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas 1972 E14
Kaplan, Julio P vs Larsen, Bent
0-1San Antonio 1972 B16
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Teeside 1972 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Saidy, Anthony Fred
1-0San Antonio 1972 D94
Stone, D. vs Larsen, Bent
0-1USA op 1972 B08
Mengarini, Ariel vs Larsen, Bent
1-0USA op 1972 E60
Larsen, Bent vs Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1971 D32
Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca 1971 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1-0Candidats qf1 1971 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2Candidats qf1 1971 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Csom, Istvan
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1971 B51
Larsen, Bent vs Keene, Raymond D
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1971 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1-0Candidats qf1 1971 C08
Bisguier, Arthur Bernard vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca 1971 B14
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats qf1 1971 A37
Tatai, Stefano vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca 1971 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Garcia Martinez, Silvino
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1971 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca 1971 A06
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2Candidats qf1 1971 C08
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2Candidats qf1 1971 C08
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Candidats qf1 1971 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1971 A01