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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1/2-1/2Leiden 1970 B80
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1Siegen olm 1970 A01
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 D86
Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 B73
Larsen, Bent vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Leiden 1970 B18
Taimanov, Mark E vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 E14
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Leiden 1970 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0Leiden 1970 A28
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Belgrade URS-World 1970 E12
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Leiden 1970 D27
Larsen, Bent vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Vinkovci 1970 A00
Larsen, Bent vs Filip, Miroslav
1-0Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 B17
Larsen, Bent vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1-0Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 C08
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Leiden 1970 A90
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Leiden 1970 A95
Hort, Vlastimil vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 A12
Larsen, Bent vs Panno, Oscar
1-0Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 B80
Larsen, Bent vs Matulovic, Milan
1-0Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 B24
Naranja, Renato vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 E62
Mecking, Henrique vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 E57
Larsen, Bent vs Minic, Dragoljub
1-0Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 A01
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Belgrade URS-World 1970 A01
Rubinetti, Jorge A vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 A05
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Leiden 1970 E81
Larsen, Bent vs Ujtumen, Tudev
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 A04
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca 1969 E43
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1San Juan 1969 B13
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Eersel cm-3pl 1969 B65
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2Eersel cm-3pl 1969 D41
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Eersel cm-3pl 1969 B04
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Buesum 1969 A17
Larsen, Bent vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1969 D42
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2Eersel cm-3pl 1969 E68
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1-0Eersel cm-3pl 1969 D32
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Eersel cm-3pl 1969 B63
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Palma de Mallorca 1969 C75
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
0-1Eersel cm-3pl 1969 E99
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Eersel cm-3pl 1969 C41
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2Candidats qf3 1968 D59
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Candidats sf2 1968 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1Candidats sf2 1968 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Candidats sf2 1968 D59
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Candidats qf3 1968 E56
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats sf2 1968 B25
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Candidats sf2 1968 A53
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo 1968 E05
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo 1968 E62
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Lugano ol (Men) 1968 E56
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Lugano ol (Men) 1968 B39
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Candidats sf2 1968 D14