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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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FCGFCG
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 Andersen, Borge
1-0
DEN-ch 1963 A44
Larsen, Bent vs Hamann, Svend
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1963 E79
Larsen, Bent vs Jakobsen, Ole
1-0
DEN-ch 1963 B06
Doda, Zbigniew vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Halle zt 1963 D76
Pedersen, Eigil vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1963 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0
Halle zt 1963 A21
Hamann, Svend vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Halle zt 1963 B44
Brinck Claussen, Bjorn vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1963 B06
Trifunovic, Petar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Halle zt 1963 E61
Blom, Kaj vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1963 A46
Johannessen, Svein vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Halle zt 1963 D86
Larsen, Bent vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
1-0
Halle zt 1963 B78
Johansson, Martin vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Halle zt 1963 B48
Minev, Nikolay N vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Halle zt 1963 A87
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
0-1
Halle zt 1963 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Pavlov, Mircea
1-0
Halle zt 1963 B25
Larsen, Bent vs Ofstad, Per
1-0
Halle zt 1963 C26
Kanko, Ilkka vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Halle zt 1963 E43
Haahr, Thorkild vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1963 B23
Larsen, Bent vs Kolvig, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1963 C68
Larsen, Bent vs Malich, Burkhard
1-0
Halle zt 1963 D93
Robatsch, Karl vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Halle zt 1963 B33
Soby, Frode vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
DEN-ch 1963 E25
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0
Halle zt 1963 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Kinnmark, Ove
1-0
Halle zt 1963 A39
Larsen, Bent vs From, Sigfred
1-0
DEN-ch 1963 A02
Larsen, Bent vs Johannsson, Ingi Randver
1-0
Halle zt 1963 A02
Yudovich, Mikhail Jr vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow 1962 B04
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1962 B07
Larsen, Bent vs Dely, Peter
1-0
Moscow 1962 A03
Vasiukov, Evgeni vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Moscow 1962 B40
Ignatiev, Felix N vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Moscow 1962 B03
Padevsky, Nikola vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Moscow 1962 B80
Larsen, Bent vs Barcza, Gedeon
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1962 C07
Larsen, Bent vs Veid, R.
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1962 E54
Larsen, Bent vs Bykhovsky, Anatoly A
1-0
Moscow 1962 A11
Lilienthal, Andor vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Moscow 1962 E46
Shamkovich, Leonid vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Moscow 1962 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
1-0
Moscow 1962 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Simagin, Vladimir
1-0
Moscow 1962 A09
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Moscow 1962 A81
Van Scheltinga, Theo D vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hoogovens 1961 A52
Christoffel, Martin vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zuerich 1961 B04
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1961 E73
Larsen, Bent vs Kupper, Josef
1-0
Zuerich 1961 A37
Walther, Edgar vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zuerich 1961 B04
Schmid, Lothar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Zuerich 1961 B85
Matulovic, Milan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zuerich 1961 B54
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0
Hoogovens 1961 A36
Gereben, Erno vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1961 A44
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