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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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FCGFCG
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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Van den Berg, Carel Benjamin vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1964 E41
Larsen, Bent vs Benko, Pal C
1-0
Belgrade 1964 D79
Holm Petersen, Sejer vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1964 A56
Larsen, Bent vs Brinck Claussen, Bjorn
1-0
DEN-ch 1964 B21
Larsen, Bent vs Szabo, Laszlo
0-1
Belgrade 1964 A25
Parma, Bruno vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1964 B42
Larsen, Bent vs Matulovic, Milan
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1964 C09
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1964 B77
Pirc, Vasja vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
IBM 1964 A38
Larsen, Bent vs Andersen, Borge
1-0
DEN-ch 1964 B21
Milic, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Belgrade 1964 B83
Larsen, Bent vs Van Geet, Dirk Daniel
1-0
IBM 1964 A03
Hamann, Svend vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1964 E72
Larsen, Bent vs Jakobsen, Ole
1-0
DEN-ch 1964 B21
Darga, Klaus vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1964 E60
Pedersen, Eigil vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1964 B58
Janosevic, Dragoljub vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1964 B61
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
IBM 1964 B40
Parma, Bruno vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1964 B04
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Belgrade 1964 C05
Larsen, Bent vs Zuidema, Coenraad
1-0
Hoogovens 1964 A02
Norby, Peter H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
DEN-ch 1964 B77
Larsen, Bent vs Kuijpers, Franciscus Antonius
1-0
IBM 1964 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Lengyel, Levente
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1964 A03
Filip, Miroslav vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1964 A90
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1964 E94
Larsen, Bent vs Barcza, Gedeon
1/2-1/2
IBM 1964 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Enevoldsen, Jens
1-0
IBM 1964 A05
Larsen, Bent vs Bobotsov, Milko G
0-1
Hoogovens 1964 A03
Van Scheltinga, Theo D vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
IBM 1964 A56
Blom, Kaj vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1964 E62
Larsen, Bent vs Matanovic, Aleksandar
1-0
Belgrade 1964 E55
Larsen, Bent vs From, Sigfred
0-1
DEN-ch 1964 C28
Dueckstein, Andreas vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
IBM 1964 B54
Lehmann, Heinz Dr vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
IBM 1964 B61
Larsen, Bent vs Van Scheltinga, Theo D
1-0
Hoogovens 1964 A03
Kolvig, Bent vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1964 E56
Larsen, Bent vs Trifunovic, Petar
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1964 B13
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
0-1
Belgrade 1964 E61
Larsen, Bent vs Ciric, Dragoljub M
1-0
Belgrade 1964 E07
Nei, Iivo vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hoogovens 1964 B37
Larsen, Bent vs Dunkelblum, Arthur
1-0
Hoogovens 1964 A03
Flesch, Janos vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1964 A08
Larsen, Bent vs Zuidema, Coenraad
1-0
Belgrade 1964 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Petersen, Finn
1-0
DEN-ch 1964 C26
Minic, Dragoljub vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Belgrade 1964 B04
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hoogovens 1964 A99
Larsen, Bent vs De Rooi, Paul
1-0
Hoogovens 1964 E71
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Halle zt 1963 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Korning, Peter
1-0
DEN-ch 1963 A07
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