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 2 of 5
- 1995 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black San Martin A50 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Pablo Ricardi White San Martin B21 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Andres Rodriguez Black San Martin B80 1-0
- 1995 vs Enrique Scarella White San Martin B21 1-0
- 1995 vs Aleksandr Shneider White Aars E05 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Sergio Slipak White Mar del Plata op C24 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vasily Smyslov White Reykjavik Olafsson C50 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Guillermo Soppe Black San Martin E14 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Ariel Sorin Black San Martin A85 0-1
- 1995 vs Maxim Sorokin White San Martin C24 0-1
- 1995 vs Hugo Spangenberg Black San Martin B38 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Hugo Spangenberg Black Mar del Plata op B51 0-1
- 1995 vs Hannes Stefansson Black Reykjavik Olafsson B27 1-0
- 1995 vs Throstur Thorhallsson Black Reykjavik Olafsson B34 0-1
- 1995 vs Diego Valerga Black San Martin A81 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Veterans-Women A36 1-0
- 1994 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Veterans-Women B09 0-1
- 1994 vs Klaus Berg White DEN-ch E94 1-0
- 1994 vs Ruben Casafus White San Martin A36 1-0
- 1994 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Veterans-Women A33 1-0
- 1994 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Veterans-Women A25 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Henrik Danielsen White DEN-ch A05 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Fabian Fiorito Black San Martin A45 0-1
- 1994 vs Curt Hansen Black DEN-ch D35 1-0
- 1994 vs Lars Bo Hansen White DEN-ch D41 0-1
- 1994 vs Roman Hernandez Black San Martin A30 0-1
- 1994 vs Nana Ioseliani White Veterans-Women B30 0-1
- 1994 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Veterans-Women A47 1-0
- 1994 vs Bjarke Kristensen White DEN-ch D15 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Erling Mortensen Black DEN-ch B57 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Peter Heine Nielsen White DEN-ch C49 0-1
- 1994 vs Steffen Pedersen Black DEN-ch E13 1-0
- 1994 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Veterans-Women A55 1-0
- 1994 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Veterans-Women A20 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar White Veterans-Women E69 0-1
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar Black Veterans-Women B14 1-0
- 1994 vs Andres Rodriguez Black San Martin B27 1-0
- 1994 vs Jorge Sanchez Almeyra White San Martin D00 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Enrique Scarella White San Martin A36 0-1
- 1994 vs Lars Schandorff Black DEN-ch C09 0-1
- 1994 vs Sergio Slipak White San Martin A14 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Guillermo Soppe Black San Martin A92 1-0
- 1994 vs Ariel Sorin White San Martin E81 1-0
- 1994 vs Maxim Sorokin White San Martin D13 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Xie Jun White Veterans-Women C28 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Xie Jun Black Veterans-Women B08 1-0
- 1994 vs Pablo Zarnicki Black San Martin B30 0-1
- 1993 vs Gregorio Alegria White Mar del Plata op A12 1-0
- 1993 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans B90 0-1
- 1993 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans B85 1-0
- 1993 vs Daniel H Campora Black Buenos Aires Najdorf B38 1-0
- 1993 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Women-Veterans B80 1-0
- 1993 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Women-Veterans B24 0-1
- 1993 vs Comp Deep Blue Black Copenhagen m B70 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Comp Deep Blue White Copenhagen m B01 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Comp Deep Blue White Copenhagen m C49 1-0
- 1993 vs Comp Deep Blue Black Copenhagen m B38 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Alejandro Corsi Ferrari Black Mar del Plata op A81 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs J. Fernandez White Mar del Plata op E90 1-0
- 1993 vs Alisa Galliamova White Women-Veterans B30 1-0
- 1993 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Women-Veterans A43 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Julio E Granda Zuniga Black Buenos Aires Najdorf A40 0-1
- 1993 vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba White Buenos Aires Najdorf A21 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Gata Kamsky Black Buenos Aires Najdorf B83 1-0
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Buenos Aires Najdorf A87 1-0
- 1993 vs Gilberto Milos White Buenos Aires Najdorf A21 1-0
- 1993 vs Oscar Panno Black Buenos Aires Najdorf E86 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Sofia Polgar White Women-Veterans A07 1-0
- 1993 vs Sofia Polgar Black Women-Veterans B83 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans B30 1-0
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans A44 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Buenos Aires Najdorf E81 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Alexei Shirov White Buenos Aires Najdorf D55 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Hugo Spangenberg Black Buenos Aires Najdorf B91 0-1
- 1993 vs Xie Jun Black Women-Veterans B56 0-1
- 1993 vs Xie Jun White Women-Veterans D79 0-1
- 1993 vs Pablo Zarnicki White Buenos Aires Najdorf A13 0-1
- 1992 vs Michael Adams White Roquebrune rapid A14 0-1
- 1992 vs Michael Adams White Roquebrune A07 0-1
- 1992 vs Michael Adams Black Roquebrune rapid B27 1-0
- 1992 vs Viswanathan Anand White Roquebrune rapid E62 0-1
- 1992 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Roquebrune rapid B38 0-1
- 1992 vs Jon L Arnason Black Nordic zt B38 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Joel Benjamin White Buenos Aires B66 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs B. Birk White Hedehusene op D00 1-0
- 1992 vs Lucas Brunner Black Buenos Aires B76 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jose Castellano Black Mesa op A43 0-1
- 1992 vs Alexander Chernin Black Buenos Aires E16 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black Roquebrune B27 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Thomas Ernst Black Nordic zt B38 1-0
- 1992 vs Glenn C Flear Black Mesa op E90 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Julio E Granda Zuniga Black Buenos Aires E11 1-0
- 1992 vs Wolfgang Haar Black Hamburg op A16 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jonny Hector Black Nordic zt D01 0-1
- 1992 vs Carsten Hoi White Nordic zt B08 1-0
- 1992 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Roquebrune rapid B38 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Roquebrune rapid C24 0-1
- 1992 vs Claus H Jorgensen White Hedehusene op E91 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Lars Karlsson Black Nordic zt A37 1-0
- 1992 vs Anatoly Karpov White Roquebrune rapid A03 0-1
- 1992 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Roquebrune rapid E16 1-0
- 1992 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Roquebrune E16 1-0
- 1992 vs T. Kokholm White Hedehusene op A16 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Roquebrune rapid C10 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Roquebrune rapid E11 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Roquebrune C08 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs P. Kristensen Black Hedehusene op B33 0-1
- 1992 vs Alfonso Larsen White Hedehusene op A28 1-0
- 1992 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Roquebrune D70 0-1
- 1992 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Roquebrune rapid E12 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Roquebrune rapid B27 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Marko Manninen White Nordic zt B23 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Gilberto Milos Black Buenos Aires B14 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Julian Morales White Mesa op E61 1-0
- 1992 vs Ivan Morovic Fernandez Black Buenos Aires B20 0-1
- 1992 vs Predrag Nikolic White Buenos Aires C24 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Helgi Olafsson White Nordic zt A30 0-1
- 1992 vs Jacob Pallesen Black Hedehusene op D15 0-1
- 1992 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires A34 1-0
- 1992 vs Aksel Pedersen Black Hedehusene op B17 0-1
- 1992 vs Filippo Pieri Black Milan op B46 1-0
- 1992 vs Jeroen Piket White Roquebrune rapid A01 0-1
- 1992 vs Jeroen Piket Black Roquebrune rapid E16 0-1
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Buenos Aires B33 1-0
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Roquebrune rapid A01 1-0
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar Black Roquebrune rapid B27 1-0
- 1992 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Roquebrune rapid D63 1-0
- 1992 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Roquebrune rapid A37 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Pablo Ricardi Black Buenos Aires A38 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Manuel Rivas Pastor Black Mesa op A10 1-0
- 1992 vs Alfonso Romero Holmes White Mesa op A51 1-0
- 1992 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Buenos Aires A12 1-0
- 1992 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Roquebrune rapid E14 1-0
- 1992 vs Yasser Seirawan White Roquebrune rapid B13 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Roquebrune rapid A07 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Roquebrune rapid E61 0-1
- 1992 vs Aleksa Strikovic White Mesa op B25 1-0
- 1992 vs Jorge Szmetan White Buenos Aires A30 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Giuseppe Tencati White Milan op A08 1-0
- 1992 vs Jonathan D Tisdall White Nordic zt A46 0-1
- 1992 vs Miodrag Todorcevic White Mesa op B07 1-0
- 1992 vs Veselin Topalov Black Mesa op B35 1-0
- 1992 vs Anatoli Vaisser Black Mesa op A54 1-0
- 1992 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Nordic zt B01 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Sandro Zanni Black Milan op A89 0-1
- 1992 vs Pablo Zarnicki Black Buenos Aires B27 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Michael Adams White Buenos Aires Najdorf A22 0-1
- 1991 vs Claudia Noemi Amura Black Buenos Aires Najdorf A54 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Keith C Arkell White London WFW B17 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Gerardo F Barbero Black Buenos Aires Najdorf D45 1-0
- 1991 vs Klaus Berg Black DEN-ch C41 1-0
- 1991 vs Carlos P Boissonet White Buenos Aires Najdorf A37 0-1
- 1991 vs Bjorn Brinck Claussen White DEN-ch A16 1-0
- 1991 vs Robert E Byrne Black London WFW B60 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada White Buenos Aires Najdorf D39 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Stuart Conquest White London WFW A81 0-1
- 1991 vs Pia Cramling White Valby K41 E94 1-0
- 1991 vs Henrik Danielsen Black Valby K41 E16 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Tomas Darcyl White GEBA A38 1-0
- 1991 vs Nigel R Davies Black London WFW B07 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Buenos Aires Najdorf C90 1-0
- 1991 vs John P Fedorowicz Black Buenos Aires Najdorf B22 1-0
- 1991 vs Rodolfo Garbarino White GEBA E14 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Julio E Granda Zuniga White Buenos Aires Najdorf D34 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Roland Greger White Valby K41 A05 1-0
- 1991 vs Lars Bo Hansen Black DEN-ch A53 0-1
- 1991 vs Jonny Hector Black Valby K41 B35 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jonny Hector Black London WFW B27 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Julian M Hodgson White London WFW A46 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Carsten Hoi Black DEN-ch A46 0-1
- 1991 vs Allan Holst Black DEN-ch A04 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Alexander Khalifman Black London WFW E90 1-0
- 1991 vs Daniel J King White London WFW A90 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jens Kristiansen White DEN-ch D02 1-0
- 1991 vs Sergio Markeluk White GEBA A36 1-0
- 1991 vs Gilberto Milos Black Buenos Aires Najdorf E12 0-1
- 1991 vs Erling Mortensen White DEN-ch E97 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Sergio Negri Black GEBA A04 0-1
- 1991 vs Peter Heine Nielsen White Valby K41 E98 1-0
- 1991 vs Peter Heine Nielsen White DEN-ch E97 0-1
- 1991 vs Jesus Nogueiras White Buenos Aires Najdorf D63 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires Najdorf B36 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jim Plaskett Black London WFW B27 0-1
- 1991 vs Karsten Rasmussen White DEN-ch B19 1-0
- 1991 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Valby K41 E08 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Pablo Ricardi White Buenos Aires Najdorf D27 1-0
- 1991 vs Antonio Rodriguez Black GEBA B80 0-1
- 1991 vs Matthew Sadler White London WFW A07 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jorge Sanchez Almeyra Black GEBA B76 0-1
- 1991 vs Lars Schandorff White DEN-ch E94 0-1
- 1991 vs Samuel Schweber Black GEBA B27 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Sergey Smagin White Valby K41 D45 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jan Sorensen Black DEN-ch C28 0-1
- 1991 vs Hugo Spangenberg White GEBA A37 1-0
- 1991 vs Mihai Suba Black London WFW E43 0-1
- 1991 vs Mikhail Tal Black Buenos Aires Najdorf C90 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Valby K41 A35 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Cristobal Valiente Black GEBA B22 0-1
- 1991 vs Herman C Van Riemsdijk Black GEBA B72 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Lothar Vogt White Valby K41 E95 1/2-1/2
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