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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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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 Olafsson, Fridrik
1-0
Dundee 1967 B52
Kagan, Shimon vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Winnipeg 1967 A16
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Palma de Mallorca 1967 A50
Larsen, Bent vs Davie, Alexander Munroe
1-0
Dundee 1967 A38
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Palma de Mallorca 1967 E62
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1967 B06
Larsen, Bent vs Robatsch, Karl
1-0
Hoogovens 1967 D42
Forintos, Gyozo V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Monte Carlo 1967 D97
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1-0
Monte Carlo 1967 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Ciric, Dragoljub M
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1967 D37
Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Winnipeg 1967 B04
Darga, Klaus vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1967 B08
Damjanovic, Mato vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Palma de Mallorca 1967 D86
Larsen, Bent vs Garcia Martinez, Silvino
1-0
Capablanca mem 1967 E90
Westerinen, Heikki MJ vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Capablanca mem 1967 B54
Matanovic, Aleksandar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Winnipeg 1967 B54
Schmid, Lothar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Capablanca mem 1967 B37
Larsen, Bent vs O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic
1-0
Capablanca mem 1967 B21
Pritchett, Craig William vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Dundee 1967 B00
Larsen, Bent vs Tatai, Stefano
1-0
Palma de Mallorca 1967 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Mazzoni, Guy
1-0
Monte Carlo 1967 E35
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hoogovens 1967 B27
Larsen, Bent vs Darga, Klaus
0-1
Winnipeg 1967 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Bednarski, Jacek B
1-0
Palma de Mallorca 1967 B21
Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Palma de Mallorca 1967 B25
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
Santa Monica 1966 B67
Pachman, Ludek vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A85
Mazzoni, Guy vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
La Habana olm prel 1966 B34
Larsen, Bent vs Bobotsov, Milko G
1/2-1/2
Le Havre 1966 B21
Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 B00
Boutteville, Cesar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Le Havre 1966 C54
Dueckstein, Andreas vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Le Havre 1966 C44
Larsen, Bent vs Gheorghiu, Florin
1-0
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A00
Heidenfeld, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
La Habana olm prel 1966 B22
Pomar Salamanca, Arturo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 B07
Larsen, Bent vs Dreyer, Kurt
1-0
La Habana olm prel 1966 A96
Larsen, Bent vs Krogius, Nikolai V
1-0
Le Havre 1966 D79
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0
Santa Monica 1966 B08
Forintos, Gyozo V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Le Havre 1966 A56
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Santa Monica 1966 D72
Zinser, Sylvain vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Le Havre 1966 D94
Larsen, Bent vs Unzicker, Wolfgang
0-1
Santa Monica 1966 A39
Rolland, Pierre vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Le Havre 1966 B74
Larsen, Bent vs Minev, Nikolay N
1-0
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A02
Mazzoni, Guy vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Le Havre 1966 B61
Larsen, Bent vs Byrne, Robert E
0-1
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 C01
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A05
Larsen, Bent vs Clarke, Peter H
1/2-1/2
La Habana olm prel 1966 C01
Letelier, Rene vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
La Habana olm prel 1966 E14
Larsen, Bent vs Roos, Michel
1-0
Le Havre 1966 E66
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