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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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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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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 Short, Nigel D
1-0
Brussels blitz 1987 A04
Kasparov, Gary vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Brussels blitz 1987 D40
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Brussels blitz 1987 C91
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Brussels blitz 1987 E14
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
Brussels blitz 1987 E05
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Brussels 1987 B72
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1
Brussels blitz 1987 A09
Short, Nigel D vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Brussels blitz 1987 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Kasparov, Gary
0-1
Brussels 1987 D34
Short, Nigel D vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hastings8788 1987 B39
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Brussels 1987 B39
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Brussels blitz 1987 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Short, Nigel D
1/2-1/2
Hastings8788 1987 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1-0
Brussels 1987 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Kasparov, Gary
0-1
Brussels blitz 1987 B45
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Brussels blitz 1987 B39
Larsen, Bent vs Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
Brussels blitz 1987 E15
Short, Nigel D vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Brussels 1987 B39
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Brussels blitz 1987 B64
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
London 1986 E16
Short, Nigel D vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
London 1986 B63
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
London 1986 B90
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
London 1986 B25
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Naestved 1985 E05
Larsen, Bent vs Jussupow, Artur
1-0
Reykjavik 1985 D41
Short, Nigel D vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Naestved 1985 B38
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 D36
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 C42
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
URS-World 1984 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Bugojno 1984 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily
0-1
Bugojno 1984 D94
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Bugojno 1984 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2
URS-World 1984 A07
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1
Bugojno 1984 D30
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1984 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Bugojno 1984 A34
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 E32
Andersson, Ulf vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Linares 1983 B38
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Linares 1983 D25
Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0
Buenos Aires 1983 E18
Seirawan, Yasser vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Linares 1983 D03
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 A13
Larsen, Bent vs Kasparov, Gary
0-1
Niksic 1983 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Sax, Gyula
0-1
Linares 1983 E55
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 C28
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Linares 1983 A47
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Niksic 1983 D63
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 B14
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982 A55
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