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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1/2-1/2Tilburg 1980 D03
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0Tilburg 1980 E21
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Buenos Aires 1980 C87
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2IBM 1980 B19
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
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Short, Nigel D
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Sosonko, Gennadi
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1980 E07
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2Lone Pine 1980 D58
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 C42
Ribli, Zoltan vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Tilburg 1980 D11
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Riga Interzonal 1979 D30
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1Montreal 1979 A09
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Montreal 1979 B01
Larsen, Bent vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1979 B18
Adorjan, Andras vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Riga Interzonal 1979 A19
Rodriguez, Ruben vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Riga Interzonal 1979 D90
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1-0Montreal 1979 D35
Larsen, Bent vs Romanishin, Oleg M
0-1Riga Interzonal 1979 B92
Larsen, Bent vs Trois, Francisco RT
1/2-1/2Riga Interzonal 1979 A12
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Montreal 1979 C00
Sax, Gyula vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Tilburg 1979 B15
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Montreal 1979 D06
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Montreal 1979 B63
Kuzmin, Gennadi P vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Riga Interzonal 1979 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0Riga Interzonal 1979 E65
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1Montreal 1979 A26
Mednis, Edmar John vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Riga Interzonal 1979 B11
Larsen, Bent vs Van Riemsdijk, Herman C
1-0Riga Interzonal 1979 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Miles, Anthony J
1-0Riga Interzonal 1979 A40
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Tilburg 1979 A55
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Montreal 1979 A10
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Bled/Portoroz 1979 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Montreal 1979 A40
Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Clarin 1979 C28
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Montreal 1979 B01
Tarjan, James Edward vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Riga Interzonal 1979 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Bouaziz, Slim
1-0Riga Interzonal 1979 E65
Larsen, Bent vs Gruenfeld, Yehuda
1-0Riga Interzonal 1979 B40
Larsen, Bent vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1979 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Sosonko, Gennadi
0-1Tilburg 1979 A34
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2Montreal 1979 A29
Larsen, Bent vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Montreal 1979 B14
Larsen, Bent vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1/2-1/2Riga Interzonal 1979 A16
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Clarin 1979 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1-0Clarin 1979 A12
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Tilburg 1979 B16
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1978 A55