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
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1-0Bugojno 1978 B18
Larsen, Bent vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0Tilburg 1978 D32
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Bugojno 1978 B18
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1978 A46
Larsen, Bent vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Lone Pine op 1978 A37
Dzindzichashvili, Roman vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1978 C60
Larsen, Bent vs Huebner, Robert
0-1Tilburg 1978 A38
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Bugojno 1978 A30
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1978 A55
Ribli, Zoltan vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1978 E09
Miles, Anthony J vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Tilburg 1978 E12
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Reykjavik 1978 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1Bugojno 1978 A08
Larsen, Bent vs Browne, Walter S
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1978 A00
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Las Palmas 1977 E63
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats qf3 1977 D36
Larsen, Bent vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1977 B49
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats qf3 1977 D36
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2Candidats qf3 1977 C50
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2Candidats qf3 1977 C69
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats qf3 1977 E62
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Candidats qf3 1977 D36
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1Candidats qf3 1977 B25
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Candidats qf3 1977 C68
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats qf3 1977 A21
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Las Palmas 1977 B16
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Candidats qf3 1977 B47
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Geneve 1977 B52
Larsen, Bent vs Matanovic, Aleksandar
1-0Biel Interzonal 1976 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Sanguineti, Raul
1-0Biel Interzonal 1976 A47
Diaz, Joaquin C vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Biel Interzonal 1976 B47
Larsen, Bent vs Castro Rojas, Oscar Humberto
1-0Biel Interzonal 1976 A34
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1976 E11
Larsen, Bent vs Gulko, Boris F
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1976 E17
Larsen, Bent vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1976 A16
Rogoff, Kenneth vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1976 B38
Liberzon, Vladimir M vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Biel Interzonal 1976 B47
Byrne, Robert E vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Biel Interzonal 1976 B42
Smejkal, Jan vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Biel Interzonal 1976 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Las Palmas 1976 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Csom, Istvan
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1976 D02
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1976 C28
Lombard, Andre vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Biel Interzonal 1976 E45
Larsen, Bent vs Andersson, Ulf
1/2-1/2Biel Interzonal 1976 A47
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2Manila 1975 D34
Larsen, Bent vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2Milan 1975 A26
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V
0-1Milan 1975 A22
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
0-1Milan 1975 B52
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Milan 1975 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1Milan 1975 A69