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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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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 Benko, Pal C
1/2-1/2
Palma de Mallorca 1971 B21
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Candidats qf1 1971 D47
Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Palma de Mallorca 1971 D47
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Palma de Mallorca 1971 B19
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Candidats qf1 1971 D99
Larsen, Bent vs Saren, Ilkka J
1-0
EU-chT prel 1971 A12
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
EU-chT prel 1971 A42
Larsen, Bent vs Schmidt, Wlodzimierz
0-1
EU-chT prel 1971 A03
Saren, Ilkka J vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
EU-chT prel 1971 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1-0
EU-chT prel 1971 E94
Schmidt, Wlodzimierz vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
EU-chT prel 1971 A93
Larsen, Bent vs Byrne, Robert E
1-0
Lugano 1970 B80
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1-0
Vinkovci 1970 A04
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0
Solingen m 1970 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Velimirovic, Dragoljub
1/2-1/2
Vinkovci 1970 E62
Larsen, Bent vs Rodriguez, M.
1-0
Siegen olm 1970 A80
Sursock, Sameer vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Siegen olm 1970 B62
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0
Siegen olm 1970 C09
Taimanov, Mark E vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Vinkovci 1970 D37
Unzicker, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lugano 1970 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Parma, Bruno
1-0
Vinkovci 1970 A01
Ardiansyah, Haji vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Siegen olm 1970 B06
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Leiden 1970 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
1-0
Lugano 1970 B52
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Solingen m 1970 D42
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0
Lugano 1970 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Ledic, Tomislav
1-0
Vinkovci 1970 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
1/2-1/2
Siegen olm 1970 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0
Solingen m 1970 B42
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Vinkovci 1970 E62
Larsen, Bent vs Gheorghiu, Florin
1-0
Siegen olm 1970 B93
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Solingen m 1970 B85
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Lugano 1970 E43
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
Leiden 1970 E64
Larsen, Bent vs Belarbi
1-0
Siegen olm 1970 D37
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Leiden 1970 A95
Minic, Dragoljub vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Vinkovci 1970 B89
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Lugano 1970 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Maric, Rudolf
1/2-1/2
Vinkovci 1970 A80
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Vinkovci 1970 B38
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Siegen olm 1970 C60
Kostro, Jerzy vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Siegen olm 1970 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
0-1
Lugano 1970 E97
Larsen, Bent vs Tomic, Dragoslav
1-0
Vinkovci 1970 E90
Naranja, Renato vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Siegen olm 1970 A19
Larsen, Bent vs Kagan, Shimon
1-0
Siegen olm 1970 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
Leiden 1970 C90
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Lugano 1970 E54
Larsen, Bent vs Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren
0-1
Siegen olm 1970 C68
Larsen, Bent vs Patterson, Nicholas J
1/2-1/2
Siegen olm 1970 D02
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