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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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Evans, Larry Melvyn vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Dallas 1957 D32
Toran Albero, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings5657 1956 A89
Bouwmeester, Hans vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1956 B96
Larsen, Bent vs Golombek, Harry
1-0
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 E22
Padevsky, Nikola vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 B88
Enevoldsen, Jens vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1956 E59
Muffang, Andre vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow olm prel 1956 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1-0
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 B92
Larsen, Bent vs Prins, Lodewijk
1-0
Moscow olm prel 1956 E02
Larsen, Bent vs Filip, Miroslav
1/2-1/2
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 D75
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1
Hastings5657 1956 A30
Blau, Max vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 B88
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Moscow olm prel 1956 E59
Larsen, Bent vs Zhugder
1-0
Moscow olm prel 1956 E19
Robatsch, Karl vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow olm prel 1956 A04
Unzicker, Wolfgang vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 D47
Larsen, Bent vs Roessel, Fritz
1-0
Copenhagen 1956 D76
Bertholdt, D. vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1956 E14
Horseman, DG. vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings5657 1956 A68
Larsen, Bent vs Clarke, Peter H
1/2-1/2
Hastings5657 1956 E65
Larsen, Bent vs O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic
1/2-1/2
Hastings5657 1956 E19
Petersen, Svend vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1956 A10
Czerniak, Moshe vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 B25
Fuchs, Reinhart vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1956 D71
Balanel, Ion vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 A36
Larsen, Bent vs Poulsen, Christian
1-0
DEN-ch 1956 E67
Nielsen, Axel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Copenhagen 1956 A21
Ingerslev, Age vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1956 A03
Penrose, Jonathan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings5657 1956 B10
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1/2-1/2
Hastings5657 1956 E65
Larsen, Bent vs Thorbergsson, Freysteinn
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1956 E63
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings5657 1956 B53
Szabo, Laszlo vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Moscow olm fin-A 1956 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Fairhurst, William Albert
0-1
Moscow olm prel 1956 A08
Porath, Yosef vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Moscow olm prel 1956 A10
Alexander, Conel Hughes vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Hastings5657 1956 B96
Larsen, Bent vs Johannsson, Ingi Randver
1-0
Copenhagen 1956 E65
Larsen, Bent vs Ravn, Palle
1-0
DEN-ch 1956 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Pedersen, Eigil
1-0
Copenhagen 1956 B92
Larsen, Bent vs Kupferstich, Moises
1-0
DEN-ch 1955 A33
Larsen, Bent vs Soboticanec, D.
1-0
Zagreb-B 1955 B52
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
1-0
Oslo m 1955 E63
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
1-0
Oslo m 1955 E18
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Fridrik
0-1
Oslo m 1955 A99
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Oslo m 1955 B95
Nielsen, Axel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
DEN-ch 1955 A46
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Oslo m 1955 A16
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Oslo m 1955 B88
Larsen, Bent vs Stupica, Janesz
1/2-1/2
Zagreb-B 1955 E05
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Oslo m 1955 B53
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