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
1-0
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1980
View Print0-1
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1980
View Print1-0
Larsen, Bent vs Jussupow, Artur
Linares
1983
View Print0-1
Petri, Bernd vs Larsen, Bent
Wch U20 fin-B
1953
View Print1-0
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1981
View Print0-1
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
Linares
1981
View Print1-0
Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent
Wch U20 qual
1953
View Print0-1
Larsen, Bent vs Dittmann, Sieghart
WchT U26
1957
View Print1-0
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
Amsterdam Interzonal
1964
View Print0-1
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
Linares
1981
View PrintGames (2383)
Search & Filter All Games →Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Solingen m 1970 B16
Tatai, Stefano vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Siegen olm 1970 B60
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Solingen m 1970 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Szabo, Laszlo
1-0Lugano 1970 A47
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0Solingen m 1970 B38
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Vinkovci 1970 A04
Bertok, Mario vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Vinkovci 1970 A84
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lugano 1970 E16
Garcia Martinez, Silvino vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Siegen olm 1970 B06
Byrne, Robert E vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Lugano 1970 B07
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2Lugano 1970 B31
Larsen, Bent vs Unzicker, Wolfgang
0-1Lugano 1970 C28
Ozanic, Marijan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Vinkovci 1970 B00
Larsen, Bent vs Stein, Leonid
1-0Belgrade URS-World 1970 E68
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0Solingen m 1970 D01
Larsen, Bent vs Scholl, Eduard C
1-0Siegen olm 1970 D70
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Lugano 1970 B81
Larsen, Bent vs Huebner, Robert
1-0Buesum 1969 A27
Damjanovic, Mato vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca 1969 B57
Bobotsov, Milko G vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buesum 1969 A17
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Helsinki m 1969 B06
Ghitescu, Theodor vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buesum 1969 A44
Larsen, Bent vs Parma, Bruno
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca 1969 D41
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buesum 1969 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1-0San Juan 1969 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
1-0Helsinki m 1969 E90
Pomar Salamanca, Arturo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca 1969 A32
Larsen, Bent vs Byrne, Robert E
1-0San Juan 1969 B77
Larsen, Bent vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1969 A11
Szily, Jozsef vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buesum 1969 E21
Unzicker, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca 1969 B85
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca 1969 E14
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2San Juan 1969 C41
Larsen, Bent vs Szabo, Laszlo
1-0Buesum 1969 A43
Mohrlok, Dieter vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Buesum 1969 A47
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2Buesum 1969 A12
Berrios, Angel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1San Juan 1969 E32
Zaitsev, Alexander N vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buesum 1969 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
1-0Helsinki m 1969 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Colon Romero, Miguel
1-0San Juan 1969 A02
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Helsinki m 1969 B18
Diez del Corral, Jesus vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca 1969 E24
Larsen, Bent vs Kestler, Hans Guenther
1-0Buesum 1969 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Toran Albero, Roman
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1969 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Martinez Ibrahim, F.
1-0San Juan 1969 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Hecht, Hans Joachim
1/2-1/2Buesum 1969 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Penrose, Jonathan
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1969 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
0-1Helsinki m 1969 D62
Larsen, Bent vs Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
1/2-1/2San Juan 1969 D46
Larsen, Bent vs Bilek, Istvan
1-0Buesum 1969 A01