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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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Andersen, Borge vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1959 A21
Van Scheltinga, Theo D vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1959 E69
Milev, Zdravko vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Alekhine mem 1959 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Hamann, Svend
1-0
DEN-ch 1959 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Bhend, Edwin
1/2-1/2
Zuerich 1959 A03
Nielsen, Hartvig vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1959 A40
Larsen, Bent vs Jensen, Eri
1-0
DEN-ch 1959 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Haahr, Thorkild
1-0
DEN-ch 1959 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Korning, Peter
1-0
DEN-ch 1959 E44
Dueckstein, Andreas vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zuerich 1959 B43
Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Alekhine mem 1959 B47
Nielsen, Axel vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
DEN-ch 1959 A04
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1
Alekhine mem 1959 A03
Nievergelt, Erwin vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zuerich 1959 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Blom, Kaj
1-0
DEN-ch 1959 D36
Toran Albero, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1959 D86
Keller, Dieter vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zuerich 1959 B45
Kupper, Josef vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Zuerich 1959 B30
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Zuerich 1959 B33
Larsen, Bent vs Walther, Edgar
1-0
Zuerich 1959 E90
Larsen, Bent vs Barendregt, Johan Teunis
0-1
Hoogovens 1959 C41
Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Hoogovens 1959 D71
Larsen, Bent vs Blau, Max
1-0
Zuerich 1959 D94
Filip, Miroslav vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Alekhine mem 1959 A55
Larsen, Bent vs Lutikov, Anatoly S
1-0
Alekhine mem 1959 A85
Terkelsen, Frode vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1959 B47
Larsen, Bent vs Simagin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Alekhine mem 1959 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Barcza, Gedeon
0-1
Zuerich 1959 A03
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1
Hoogovens 1959 A00
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1959 A02
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Zuerich 1959 B29
Vasiukov, Evgeni vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Alekhine mem 1959 B04
Larsen, Bent vs Unzicker, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2
Zuerich 1959 D99
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1-0
Zuerich 1959 A00
Larsen, Bent vs O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1959 A14
Petersen, Finn vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1959 B22
Langeweg, Kick vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1959 A24
Van den Berg, Carel Benjamin vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hoogovens 1959 B70
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
The Hague m 1958 E94
Olivera, Alfredo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Mar del Plata 1958 B50
Johannsson, Ingi Randver vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Munich olm fin-B 1958 A92
Larsen, Bent vs Lombardy, William James
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1958 D22
Sliwa, Bogdan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Munich olm fin-B 1958 B92
Larsen, Bent vs Raizman, Maurice
1-0
Munich olm prel 1958 A02
Primavera, Giuseppe vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Munich olm prel 1958 E88
Pelikan, Jorge vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Mar del Plata 1958 A97
Larsen, Bent vs Donner, Jan Hein
1-0
The Hague m 1958 E88
Larsen, Bent vs Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham
1-0
Munich olm fin-B 1958 E60
Reinhardt, Enrique Heinrich vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1958 B26
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
The Hague m 1958 E59
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