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
View PrintGames (2383)
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1-0Munich olm fin-B 1958 E13
Larsen, Bent vs Cintron, Rafael
1-0Munich olm prel 1958 D36
Rossetto, Hector vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1958 E87
Boutteville, Cesar vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Munich olm fin-B 1958 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Sanguineti, Raul
1-0Mar del Plata 1958 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Ojanen, Kaarle Sakari
1-0Munich olm fin-B 1958 E12
Dueckstein, Andreas vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Munich olm prel 1958 B02
Larsen, Bent vs Johansson, Inge Valfrid
1-0Munich olm fin-B 1958 E49
Larsen, Bent vs Neikirkh, Oleg
1-0Munich olm prel 1958 E54
Walsh, Chris vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Munich olm prel 1958 B00
Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1958 A96
Larsen, Bent vs Porath, Yosef
0-1Munich olm fin-B 1958 E19
Larsen, Bent vs Behrensen, Jorge
1-0Mar del Plata 1958 D94
Larsen, Bent vs Emma, Jaime
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1958 D34
Barcza, Gedeon vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Munich olm fin-B 1958 A80
Larsen, Bent vs Pilnik, Herman
1-0Mar del Plata 1958 E63
Foguelman, Alberto vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1958 B16
Letelier, Rene vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1958 E60
Larsen, Bent vs Panno, Oscar
0-1Mar del Plata 1958 B68
Casas, Fernando vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1958 D76
Larsen, Bent vs Sumar, Julio
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1958 D61
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2The Hague m 1958 E64
Dunkelblum, Arthur vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Munich olm fin-B 1958 A10
Larsen, Bent vs Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel
1-0Munich olm fin-B 1958 D36
Larsen, Bent vs Szabo, Laszlo
1/2-1/2Dallas 1957 D94
Hanninen, Veikko vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Wageningen zt 1957 A45
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1Dallas 1957 E49
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Dallas 1957 D74
Larsen, Bent vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2Wageningen zt 1957 A11
Trifunovic, Petar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Wageningen zt 1957 E97
Stahlberg, Gideon vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Wageningen zt 1957 E60
Larsen, Bent vs Evans, Larry Melvyn
1/2-1/2Dallas 1957 E65
Larsen, Bent vs Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham
1-0Dallas 1957 E94
Larsen, Bent vs Alster, Ladislav
1-0Wageningen zt 1957 A43
Larsen, Bent vs Troianescu, Octavio
1-0Wageningen zt 1957 A10
Lindblom, Per vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Wageningen zt 1957 B13
Donner, Jan Hein vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Wageningen zt 1957 E66
Larsen, Bent vs Kolarov, Atanas S
1-0Wageningen zt 1957 E61
Orbaan, Constant vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Wageningen zt 1957 A46
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Dallas 1957 E75
Larsen, Bent vs Clarke, Peter H
0-1Wageningen zt 1957 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
0-1Dallas 1957 E66
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Dallas 1957 B39
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2Wageningen zt 1957 E62
Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Dallas 1957 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Niephaus, Walter
1-0Wageningen zt 1957 D12
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Wageningen zt 1957 D40
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Wageningen zt 1957 B34
Larsen, Bent vs Teschner, Rudolf
1/2-1/2Wageningen zt 1957 D17
Larsen, Bent vs Dueckstein, Andreas
1-0Wageningen zt 1957 A85