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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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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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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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Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Santa Monica 1966 E16
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 D19
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1-0
La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A03
Unzicker, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Santa Monica 1966 B61
Larsen, Bent vs Matanovic, Aleksandar
1/2-1/2
Le Havre 1966 A17
Flohr, Salo vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Noordwijk 1965 B39
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1965 D36
Nielsen, Jonny vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1965 E81
Dueckstein, Andreas vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 B48
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf2 1965 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Ujtelky, Maximilian
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 B06
Janosevic, Dragoljub vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 B43
Larsen, Bent vs Matanovic, Aleksandar
1-0
Zagreb 1965 E07
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
0-1
Candidats qf2 1965 A45
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0
Candidats qf2 1965 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Minic, Dragoljub
1/2-1/2
Zagreb 1965 E71
Larsen, Bent vs Padevsky, Nikola
1/2-1/2
Zagreb 1965 D02
Larsen, Bent vs Van den Berg, Carel Benjamin
1-0
Noordwijk 1965 E62
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 B07
Honfi, Karoly vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1965 B02
Bisguier, Arthur Bernard vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Zagreb 1965 B07
Larsen, Bent vs Jakobsen, Ole
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 B21
Larsen, Bent vs Barcza, Gedeon
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1965 B13
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
0-1
Zagreb 1965 E97
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0
Candidats qf2 1965 A25
Bobotsov, Milko G vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Noordwijk 1965 D60
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf2 1965 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf2 1965 B25
Larsen, Bent vs Antoshin, Vladimir S
1-0
Zagreb 1965 D11
Gipslis, Aivars vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zagreb 1965 B54
Larsen, Bent vs Enevoldsen, Jens
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 E07
Marovic, Drazen vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Zagreb 1965 A92
Larsen, Bent vs Damjanovic, Mato
1-0
Zagreb 1965 A11
Larsen, Bent vs Trifunovic, Petar
0-1
Noordwijk 1965 B13
Larsen, Bent vs Hamann, Svend
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 A60
Andersen, Borge vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1965 A21
Golombek, Harry vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Zagreb 1965 D95
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zagreb 1965 B83
Larsen, Bent vs Sloth, Jorn
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1965 A00
Parma, Bruno vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Zagreb 1965 B00
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
Noordwijk 1965 A11
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Candidats qf2 1965 B04
Kort, Jacob vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Noordwijk 1965 E87
Filip, Miroslav vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zagreb 1965 E62
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Zagreb 1965 E62
Taimanov, Mark E vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1965 A80
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Candidats qf2 1965 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Udovcic, Mijo
1-0
Zagreb 1965 B06
Larsen, Bent vs Suetin, Alexey S
1-0
Copenhagen 1965 B24
Larsen, Bent vs Bertok, Mario
1-0
Zagreb 1965 A36
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