Larsen, Bent
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
Featured Games
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Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1980
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1980
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Larsen, Bent vs Jussupow, Artur
Linares
1983
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Petri, Bernd vs Larsen, Bent
Wch U20 fin-B
1953
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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Larsen, Bent
Tilburg
1981
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Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
Linares
1981
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Panno, Oscar vs Larsen, Bent
Wch U20 qual
1953
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Larsen, Bent vs Dittmann, Sieghart
WchT U26
1957
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Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
Amsterdam Interzonal
1964
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Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
Linares
1981
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0-1Zuerich 1961 A07
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Zuerich 1961 B88
Larsen, Bent vs Gruenfeld, Ernst
1-0Hoogovens 1961 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Barendregt, Johan Teunis
1-0Hoogovens 1961 A02
Larsen, Bent vs Lombardy, William James
0-1Zuerich 1961 D86
Larsen, Bent vs Bhend, Edwin
1-0Zuerich 1961 A00
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Hoogovens 1961 A81
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Hoogovens 1961 A63
Larsen, Bent vs Van den Berg, Carel Benjamin
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1961 A29
Hamann, Svend vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Nimzowitsch mem 1960 B01
Larsen, Bent vs Toran Albero, Roman
1-0Hoogovens 1960 A02
Larsen, Bent vs Smailbegovic, Hasan
1/2-1/2Sarajevo 1960 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Trifunovic, Petar
0-1Sarajevo 1960 A02
Larsen, Bent vs Andersen, Borge
0-1DEN-ch playoff 1960 A48
Andersen, Borge vs Larsen, Bent
1-0DEN-ch playoff 1960 B26
Barendregt, Johan Teunis vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Nimzowitsch mem 1960 B01
Larsen, Bent vs Udovcic, Mijo
0-1Sarajevo 1960 A03
Pirc, Vasja vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Sarajevo 1960 E62
Flohr, Salo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Hoogovens 1960 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Stahlberg, Gideon
0-1Nimzowitsch mem 1960 A12
Kozomara, Vladimir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Sarajevo 1960 A35
Andersen, Borge vs Larsen, Bent
0-1DEN-ch playoff 1960 D93
Larsen, Bent vs Pachman, Ludek
1/2-1/2Sarajevo 1960 D02
Orbaan, Constant vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Nimzowitsch mem 1960 B01
Matanovic, Aleksandar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Hoogovens 1960 B32
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1-0Hoogovens 1960 A00
Toran Albero, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Sarajevo 1960 A37
Bouwmeester, Hans vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Hoogovens 1960 B73
Nielsen, Palle Moeller vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Nimzowitsch mem 1960 A06
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1Berg en Dal zt 1960 D02
Larsen, Bent vs Van Scheltinga, Theo D
1-0Hoogovens 1960 A00
Larsen, Bent vs Kolvig, Bent
1-0Nimzowitsch mem 1960 A07
Schuster, Theodor vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Berg en Dal zt 1960 A89
Teschner, Rudolf vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Berg en Dal zt 1960 A85
Larsen, Bent vs Andersen, Borge
0-1Nimzowitsch mem 1960 C00
Larsen, Bent vs Lopez Garcia, Raino M
1-0Berg en Dal zt 1960 E62
Larsen, Bent vs Barendregt, Johan Teunis
1-0Berg en Dal zt 1960 B23
Dueckstein, Andreas vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Berg en Dal zt 1960 B60
Skold, Kristian vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Berg en Dal zt 1960 B47
Tan Hiong Liong vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Hoogovens 1960 A08
Larsen, Bent vs Barendregt, Johan Teunis
1-0Hoogovens 1960 A36
Ivkov, Borislav vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Sarajevo 1960 B80
Pietzsch, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Nimzowitsch mem 1960 D94
Puc, Stojan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Sarajevo 1960 B47
Holm Petersen, Sejer vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Nimzowitsch mem 1960 E95
Larsen, Bent vs Golz, Werner
1/2-1/2Nimzowitsch mem 1960 A00
Larsen, Bent vs Bogdanovic, Rajko
1-0Sarajevo 1960 B24
Matulovic, Milan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Sarajevo 1960 B22
Larsen, Bent vs Enevoldsen, Jens
0-1Nimzowitsch mem 1960 C23
Larsen, Bent vs Pedersen, Eigil
1/2-1/2DEN-ch 1959 A03