Bent Larsen
Soviet era · Denmark · 1935–2010
The West's great hope of the 1960s, who played for a win with either colour, always.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
323Wins
373Draws
304Losses
51%Score
1956–2004Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajos Portisch | 55 | 14 | 15 | 26 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 45 | 20 | 13 | 12 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 42 | 6 | 17 | 19 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 39 | 7 | 19 | 13 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 21 | 2 | 16 | 3 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | view games |
| Nigel Short | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | view games |
| Michael Adams | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | view games |
| Garry Kasparov | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | view games |
| Judit Polgar | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Viswanathan Anand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | view games |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Alexei Shirov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Gata Kamsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Peter Svidler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Veselin Topalov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 2004 vs C Garcia Palermo Black It A46 1-0
- 2004 vs P Lafuente White It A30 0-1
- 2004 vs G Soppe Black It E14 0-1
- 2004 vs V Marques White It E90 1-0
- 2004 vs J Hellsten Black It E48 1-0
- 2004 vs L Rodi White It C24 1-0
- 2004 vs R Szmetan Black It E12 0-1
- 2004 vs M Tempone White It A39 1-0
- 2004 vs S Giardelli Black It A47 1-0
- 2004 vs H Lopez Silva Black It B38 1-0
- 2004 vs P Ricardi White It D30 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs F Olafsson Black KB Rapid Match E11 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs F Olafsson White KB Rapid Match B07 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs F Olafsson Black KB Rapid Match A14 1-0
- 2003 vs F Olafsson White KB Rapid Match B06 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs F Olafsson Black KB Rapid Match B70 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs F Olafsson White KB Rapid Match A13 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs F Olafsson White KB Rapid Match B30 0-1
- 2003 vs F Olafsson Black KB Rapid Match B30 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs F Pierrot White Najdorf Mem Great Final A35 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs F Pierrot Black Najdorf Mem Great Final B19 1-0
- 2002 vs D Valerga Black Najdorf Mem Great Final B23 1-0
- 2002 vs D Valerga White Najdorf Mem Great Final B13 0-1
- 2002 vs D Valerga White Najdorf Mem Great Final E90 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs D Valerga Black Najdorf Mem Great Final B38 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs P Zarnicki White Najdorf Mem Great Final D03 1-0
- 2002 vs P Zarnicki White Najdorf Mem Great Final E90 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs P Zarnicki Black Najdorf Mem Great Final B19 0-1
- 2002 vs P Zarnicki Black Najdorf Mem Great Final C70 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs J Rosito Black Najdorf Mem Great Final C00 0-1
- 2002 vs J Rosito Black Najdorf Mem Great Final B00 0-1
- 2002 vs J Rosito White Najdorf Mem Great Final D02 0-1
- 2002 vs J Rosito Black Najdorf Mem Great Final B90 1-0
- 2002 vs J Rosito White Najdorf Mem Great Final B23 1-0
- 2002 vs J Rosito White Najdorf Mem Great Final D40 1-0
- 2002 vs R Felgaer White Masters A37 1-0
- 2002 vs P Ricardi White Masters A38 0-1
- 2002 vs S Slipak Black Masters A40 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs J Sunye Neto Black Masters A36 1-0
- 2002 vs P Zarnicki Black Masters B48 1-0
- 2002 vs And URU Rodriguez White Masters A89 0-1
- 2002 vs I Morovic Fernandez Black Masters C60 1-0
- 2002 vs G Mohr White Masters A38 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs D Pavasovic Black Masters B22 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs J Szmetan Black 1st Masters B30 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs S Giardelli White 1st Masters A34 1-0
- 2001 vs L Rodi White 1st Masters A89 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs U Andersson Black 1st Masters E19 1-0
- 2001 vs C Garcia Palermo White 1st Masters A20 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs J Hobaica Black 1st Masters A45 0-1
- 2001 vs A Hoffman White 1st Masters E70 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs O Panno Black 1st Masters E16 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs H Van Riemsdijk White 1st Masters E05 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs B Roselli Mailhe Black 1st Masters B70 0-1
- 2001 vs P Ricardi White 1st Masters D26 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs And URU Rodriguez White It Jose Rubinstein C06 0-1
- 2000 vs Ca2 Lopez Black It Jose Rubinstein B44 0-1
- 2000 vs A Ferrara White It Jose Rubinstein B06 1-0
- 2000 vs R Felgaer Black It Jose Rubinstein B47 1-0
- 2000 vs J Escandell Black It Jose Rubinstein B30 0-1
- 2000 vs G Montoro White It Jose Rubinstein A04 1-0
- 2000 vs A Fuentes Black It Jose Rubinstein B47 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Luis Maucci White It Jose Rubinstein E11 1-0
- 2000 vs F Pierrot Black Najdorf Final KO B38 1-0
- 2000 vs F Pierrot White Najdorf Final KO A37 0-1
- 2000 vs St Pedersen Black ch-DEN (annulled game) 1-0
- 1999 vs N Camino Carrio Black Open B45 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Jo Hernandez White Open A30 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs G Gonzalez Garcia Black Open E44 0-1
- 1999 vs Man Gonzalez Black Open E11 1-0
- 1999 vs D Ortega Hermida White Open B08 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky Black Petrosian mem B70 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Yuri S Balashov White Petrosian mem B83 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Petrosian mem A06 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vasily Smyslov White Petrosian mem D37 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Petrosian mem E60 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Petrosian mem C50 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Boris Spassky White Petrosian mem A30 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Lajos Portisch Black Petrosian mem E14 1-0
- 1999 vs Mark E Taimanov White Petrosian mem A17 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Erling Mortensen Black DEN-ch B31 1-0
- 1999 vs Lars Schandorff White DEN-ch D47 1-0
- 1999 vs Henrik El Kher Black DEN-ch B23 1-0
- 1999 vs Lars Bo Hansen White DEN-ch C50 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Sune Berg Hansen Black DEN-ch B04 1-0
- 1999 vs Peter Heine Nielsen White DEN-ch D55 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Jens Ove Fries Nielsen White DEN-ch D27 1-0
- 1999 vs Nikolaj Borge Black DEN-ch B04 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Curt Hansen White DEN-ch D47 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Pavel Blatny White Najdorf op E11 1-0
- 1998 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Najdorf op D31 1-0
- 1998 vs Miguel Andres Mendez Black Najdorf op B53 0-1
- 1998 vs Jorge Rosito White Najdorf op A17 1-0
- 1998 vs Mauricio Dorin Black Najdorf op B12 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Filemon Cruz Black Najdorf op E11 1-0
- 1998 vs Victor Hugo Llanos White Najdorf op D47 1-0
- 1998 vs Enrique Farfan Black Najdorf op B06 0-1
- 1998 vs Florian Jenni White Nagler mem C42 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Roger Moor Black Nagler mem A12 0-1
- 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier White Nagler mem B52 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Richard Forster Black Nagler mem B48 1-0
- 1998 vs Werner Hug White Nagler mem E90 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Florian Jenni Black Nagler mem B22 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Roger Moor White Nagler mem B04 1-0
- 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier Black Nagler mem A33 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Richard Forster White Nagler mem B51 1-0
- 1998 vs Werner Hug Black Nagler mem D02 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Artur Jussupow Black Bad Homburg E29 1-0
- 1998 vs Eugenio Torre White Bad Homburg C46 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Eric Lobron Black Bad Homburg E12 0-1
- 1998 vs Peter Svidler White Bad Homburg B31 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Christian Gabriel White Bad Homburg E97 1-0
- 1998 vs Rustem Dautov Black Bad Homburg E16 1-0
- 1998 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Bad Homburg D34 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Bad Homburg B37 1-0
- 1998 vs Zhu Chen White Bad Homburg B21 1-0
- 1998 vs Lars Schandorff White DEN-ch B30 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Allan Holst Black DEN-ch A34 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Sune Berg Hansen White DEN-ch A30 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Peter Heine Nielsen Black DEN-ch E16 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Erling Mortensen White DEN-ch B42 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Curt Hansen Black DEN-ch B90 1-0
- 1998 vs Nikolaj Borge White DEN-ch B73 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Carsten Hoi Black DEN-ch A46 1-0
- 1998 vs Angelo Auletta White Ischia op B00 0-1
- 1998 vs Bjarke Kristensen Black DEN-ch B12 1-0
- 1998 vs Tiziano Ravagnani Black Ischia op B39 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Hannes Stefansson White Skolernes Skakklub A20 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Edvins Kengis Black Skolernes Skakklub C43 1-0
- 1997 vs Curt Hansen Black Skolernes Skakklub B32 1-0
- 1997 vs Alexander Khalifman White Skolernes Skakklub A48 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Lars Schandorff Black Skolernes Skakklub A90 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Peter Heine Nielsen White Skolernes Skakklub D00 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Michael Adams Black Skolernes Skakklub C07 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Ferdinand Hellers White Skolernes Skakklub B25 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Bjarke Kristensen Black DEN-ch B06 0-1
- 1997 vs Sune Berg Hansen White DEN-ch B51 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Henrik Danielsen Black DEN-ch B20 1-0
- 1997 vs Lars Schandorff White DEN-ch B30 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Thomas Ochsner White DEN-ch C50 1-0
- 1997 vs Jorge Jaime Bibiloni Black La Plata B27 0-1
- 1997 vs Carlos Bielicki White La Plata A00 1-0
- 1997 vs Fernando Braga Black La Plata B08 0-1
- 1997 vs Carlos Garcia Palermo White La Plata C01 0-1
- 1997 vs Curt Hansen White DEN-ch B66 1-0
- 1997 vs Lars Bo Hansen White DEN-ch D36 0-1
- 1997 vs Erling Mortensen Black DEN-ch B74 1-0
- 1997 vs Peter Heine Nielsen Black DEN-ch B38 0-1
- 1997 vs Oscar Panno White La Plata A46 0-1
- 1997 vs Hector Rossetto Black La Plata D04 0-1
- 1997 vs Eduardas Rozentalis Black Skolernes Skakklub B30 1-0
- 1997 vs Maxim Sorokin White La Plata B67 1-0
- 1997 vs Hugo Spangenberg White La Plata B47 1-0
- 1997 vs Pablo Zarnicki Black La Plata C25 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs M. Attorre White Robecchetto op B12 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Enrique Borrego Black Mondariz op B34 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs M. Borrego White Mondariz op B87 1-0
- 1996 vs A. Cillo White Robecchetto op C28 1-0
- 1996 vs F. Costa White Mondariz op A08 0-1
- 1996 vs Josep Guevara Pijuan Black Mondariz op A89 1-0
- 1996 vs Jorge Guimaraes White Mondariz op B33 0-1
- 1996 vs D. Marino Black Robecchetto op B20 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs R. Montaruli Black Robecchetto op D01 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs A. Perez White Mondariz op B90 1-0
- 1996 vs Carrilero V Perez Black Mondariz op A81 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Ermanno Pernisco White Robecchetto op B50 0-1
- 1996 vs Paulo Pinho Black Mondariz op A89 0-1
- 1996 vs S. Quagliarella Black Robecchetto op A89 1-0
- 1996 vs Ivo Timmermans Black Mondariz op B35 1-0
- 1996 vs M. Vujovic Black Robecchetto op A10 1-0
- 1995 vs Jon L Arnason Black Reykjavik Olafsson B27 1-0
- 1995 vs Hugo Balduzzi Black Mar del Plata op A34 0-1
- 1995 vs Julio Becerra Rivero White San Martin E70 1-0
- 1995 vs Stellan Brynell Black Aars B00 0-1
- 1995 vs Guillermo Celestino Black Mar del Plata op B00 0-1
- 1995 vs A. Flesler Black Mar del Plata op A84 0-1
- 1995 vs Rodolfo Garbarino White San Martin D02 1-0
- 1995 vs Einar Gausel White Aars C11 0-1
- 1995 vs Maximiliano Ginzburg White San Martin A20 1-0
- 1995 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Reykjavik Olafsson C50 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Steen Grabov White Aars C01 1-0
- 1995 vs Helgi Ass Gretarsson White Reykjavik Olafsson C50 1-0
- 1995 vs Curt Hansen White Aars rapid20 B21 0-1
- 1995 vs Curt Hansen Black Aars C07 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Curt Hansen Black Aars rapid20 B90 1-0
- 1995 vs Sune Berg Hansen Black Aars B76 1-0
- 1995 vs Johann Hjartarson Black Reykjavik Olafsson E92 1-0
- 1995 vs Mikhail M Ivanov Black Aars E11 0-1
- 1995 vs Aron Kapstan Black North Bay op A40 0-1
- 1995 vs Jorgen Juul Kristensen Black Aars B90 0-1
- 1995 vs Peter Heine Nielsen White Aars B21 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Jesus Nogueiras Black San Martin E16 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Reykjavik Olafsson B21 1-0
- 1995 vs Helgi Olafsson White Reykjavik Olafsson A26 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Domingo Pappa White Mar del Plata op A03 1-0
- 1995 vs Julio Perez Cascella White Mar del Plata op A02 0-1
- 1995 vs Margeir Petursson Black Reykjavik Olafsson E80 1-0
- 1995 vs Sofia Polgar Black North Bay op B30 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Sofia Polgar Black Reykjavik Olafsson B93 1-0
- 1995 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Mar del Plata op E67 0-1
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