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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1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1982 A55
Larsen, Bent vs Suba, Mihai
0-1Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 A30
Karlsson, Lars vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 B38
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Bugojno 1982 B12
Huebner, Robert vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1982 E91
Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0Bugojno 1982 D31
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Tilburg 1982 A55
Larsen, Bent vs Nunn, John DM
1-0Tilburg 1982 E63
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1982 D94
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1982 E65
Bouaziz, Slim vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 B01
Larsen, Bent vs Mestel, A Jonathan
0-1Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 E90
Psakhis, Lev vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Bugojno 1982 C28
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Mar del Plata 1982 B01
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1982 A54
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1982 B10
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
0-1Tilburg 1982 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
0-1Tilburg 1982 A34
Najdorf, Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Mar del Plata 1982 E11
Torre, Eugenio vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Tilburg 1982 E42
Pinter, Jozsef vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Ribli, Zoltan
0-1Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 D41
Sunye Neto, Jaime vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 A30
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
1-0Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B
1/2-1/2Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 A37
Kasparov, Gary vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Bugojno 1982 A55
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
1-0Tilburg 1981 E12
Ribli, Zoltan vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Linares 1981 E12
Larsen, Bent vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1-0Linares 1981 D12
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Las Palmas 1981 E12
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Tilburg 1981 A55
Larsen, Bent vs Huebner, Robert
0-1Tilburg 1981 A20
Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Linares 1981 D11
Larsen, Bent vs Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel
1-0Linares 1981 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1-0Linares 1981 B08
Christiansen, Larry Mark vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Linares 1981 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Quinteros, Miguel A
1/2-1/2Linares 1981 E62
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1981 B66
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0Tilburg 1981 B80
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 C42
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0Tilburg 1980 E21
Larsen, Bent vs Sosonko, Gennadi
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1980 E07
Huebner, Robert vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Tilburg 1980 B19
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 B82
Larsen, Bent vs Short, Nigel D
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1980 A37
Najdorf, Miguel vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buenos Aires 1980 E09
Larsen, Bent vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 A36
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2IBM 1980 B19