Jørgen Bent Larsen (4 March 1935 – 9 September 2010) was a Danish chess grandmaster and author. Known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play...
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1972 World Championship, Fischer swept matches with Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen by 6–0 scores. After winning another qualifying match against Tigran...
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(e.g. after 2...Nf6 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb5). Danish grandmaster (GM) Bent Larsen played 1.b3 frequently between 1968 and 1972, but the opening suffered...
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Bent Larsen (born 31 August 1942) is a Danish rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild;...
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the results of his games were not included in his opponents' totals. Bent Larsen went on to win, with Korchnoi, Geller, Gligorić, and Portisch taking...
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1938, there has been a long list of famous winners, including Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky, Mikhail...
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show Spassky at his heights. Bent Larsen vs. Boris Spassky, Belgrade 1970 (match USSR vs Rest of the World), Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Modern Variation (A01)...
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Jan Hein Donner, Bill Hartston, Werner Hug, Anatoly Karpov (winner), Bent Larsen, Tony Miles (runner-up) Helmut Pfleger, Lothar Schmid. Series Four (1978-79)...
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final match against Boris Spassky, after defeating Lajos Portisch and Bent Larsen in matches. Exempt from the 1967 Sousse Interzonal in Pahlavi Iran, he...
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Petrosian in 1966. In the 1969 cycle, he won matches against Efim Geller, Bent Larsen, and Viktor Korchnoi to win the right to challenge a second time, then...
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