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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
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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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Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1983 B08
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V★
0-1
Linares 1983 E91
Larsen, Bent vs Geller, Efim P★
0-1
Linares 1983 D35
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Linares 1983 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Jussupow, Artur★
1-0
Linares 1983 C24
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1982 B19
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 E16
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1982 A48
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1982 D41
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1982 E12
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 D94
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos★
0-1
Tilburg 1982 A37
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 B38
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent★
0-1
Linares 1981 D60
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1981 C81
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1981 B07
Kasparov, Gary vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1981 A54
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1981 E39
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1981 B82
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1981 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
Tilburg 1981 B83
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1981 B19
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V★
0-1
Linares 1981 A25
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos★
0-1
Tilburg 1981 B92
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1980 B19
Spassky, Boris V vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1980 B18
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent★
0-1
Tilburg 1980 C43
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
Tilburg 1980 A46
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos★
0-1
Tilburg 1980 A46
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1979 A26
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1979 A05
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Riga Interzonal 1979 B16
Karpov, Anatoly vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1979 B15
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Tilburg 1979 A13
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Riga Interzonal 1979 B74
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Riga Interzonal 1979 D16
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1979 A53
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Tilburg 1978 B56
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1978 C08
Larsen, Bent vs Spassky, Boris V★
1-0
Tilburg 1978 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1978 A41
Geller, Efim P vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1976 A08
Larsen, Bent vs Portisch, Lajos★
1-0
Biel Interzonal 1976 A26
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1976 C96
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Larsen, Bent★
1-0
Biel Interzonal 1976 D60
Larsen, Bent vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Biel Interzonal 1976 C28
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail★
0-1
Leningrad Interzonal 1973 A37
Larsen, Bent vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
Leningrad Interzonal 1973 A36
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 D47
Smyslov, Vassily vs Larsen, Bent★
1/2-1/2
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 E61
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