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 5 of 5
- 1972 vs Anatoly Karpov White San Antonio A30 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Paul Keres White San Antonio D41 0-1
- 1972 vs Tigran Petrosian Black San Antonio A81 1-0
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black Las Palmas E57 1-0
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black Teeside D46 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black San Antonio A70 1-0
- 1972 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Hastings7273 C00 0-1
- 1972 vs Vasily Smyslov White Las Palmas C42 1-0
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats sf1 B88 1-0
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats sf1 E97 0-1
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats sf1 B36 0-1
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats sf1 B21 0-1
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats sf1 B88 1-0
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats sf1 C19 1-0
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch Black Palma de Mallorca A17 1-0
- 1971 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Palma de Mallorca A43 1-0
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Leiden E81 1-0
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Leiden A28 1-0
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Leiden B18 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Leiden A90 0-1
- 1970 vs David Bronstein White Vinkovci A00 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B89 0-1
- 1970 vs Efim Geller White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E67 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Lugano E97 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Lugano E43 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D86 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Vinkovci A04 1-0
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Vinkovci A17 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D47 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A09 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White Siegen olm A01 0-1
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E43 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E61 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black Belgrade URS-World E12 0-1
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky White Leiden D27 0-1
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black Belgrade URS-World E31 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black Leiden B80 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky White Leiden A01 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky White Belgrade URS-World A01 0-1
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black Leiden A95 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Buesum A43 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Palma de Mallorca A11 1-0
- 1969 vs Miguel Najdorf White Palma de Mallorca D42 1-0
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Palma de Mallorca E43 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Buesum A17 0-1
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black Palma de Mallorca C75 1-0
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White San Juan B13 0-1
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal Black Eersel cm-3pl B04 0-1
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal Black Eersel cm-3pl B65 0-1
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal White Eersel cm-3pl E68 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal Black Eersel cm-3pl B63 0-1
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal White Eersel cm-3pl E99 0-1
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal White Eersel cm-3pl D32 1-0
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal Black Eersel cm-3pl C41 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal White Eersel cm-3pl D41 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Monte Carlo E62 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Lugano ol (Men) A43 1-0
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Palma de Mallorca D32 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Palma de Mallorca D42 0-1
- 1968 vs Miguel Najdorf White Lugano ol (Men) A03 0-1
- 1968 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Palma de Mallorca E12 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf3 D47 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf3 C28 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf3 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Lugano ol (Men) B39 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf3 E06 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf3 C28 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf3 E56 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf3 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Monte Carlo E05 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf3 D59 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf3 E56 0-1
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf3 D61 0-1
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Lugano ol (Men) E56 0-1
- 1968 vs Vasily Smyslov White Monte Carlo E19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 A53 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 C46 0-1
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 A25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Lugano ol (Men) D37 0-1
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Palma de Mallorca D37 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 D14 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 A25 0-1
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 B25 1-0
- 1967 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Palma de Mallorca A14 1-0
- 1967 vs Bobby Fischer White Monte Carlo E97 0-1
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Sousse Interzonal B52 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller Black Monte Carlo B38 0-1
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hoogovens B09 0-1
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Sousse Interzonal E56 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Capablanca mem E43 0-1
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Dundee E56 1-0
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Monte Carlo E90 1-0
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca A50 0-1
- 1967 vs Paul Keres White Winnipeg A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Sousse Interzonal E21 1-0
- 1967 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Capablanca mem A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White Palma de Mallorca D37 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Sousse Interzonal A41 1-0
- 1967 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Sousse Interzonal E90 1-0
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Palma de Mallorca D35 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Monte Carlo B08 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Capablanca mem E18 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Hoogovens D86 1-0
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky White Winnipeg D34 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black Santa Monica C82 0-1
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer White Santa Monica A72 0-1
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black Freie Partie B04 1-0
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White Copenhagen cm-3pl E64 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller Black Copenhagen cm-3pl C81 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White Copenhagen cm-3pl B50 1-0
- 1966 vs Efim Geller Black Copenhagen cm-3pl C81 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White Copenhagen cm-3pl B25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller Black Copenhagen cm-3pl D63 1-0
- 1966 vs Efim Geller Black Copenhagen cm-3pl B69 1-0
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White Copenhagen cm-3pl A04 1-0
- 1966 vs Efim Geller Black Copenhagen cm-3pl E09 0-1
- 1966 vs Svetozar Gligoric White La Habana olm fin-A A03 1-0
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf White Santa Monica E99 1-0
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf Black La Habana olm fin-A D31 0-1
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf White La Habana olm prel E07 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Santa Monica E74 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White La Habana olm fin-A C01 0-1
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White Santa Monica B39 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Santa Monica E61 0-1
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Le Havre A07 1-0
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White La Habana olm fin-A E05 0-1
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White Santa Monica C25 1-0
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black Santa Monica A30 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Santa Monica A96 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Santa Monica E70 1-0
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black Santa Monica B64 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White Santa Monica D25 0-1
- 1965 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Noordwijk D36 1-0
- 1965 vs David Bronstein White Zagreb A04 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Copenhagen D36 0-1
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Zagreb B83 0-1
- 1965 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Zagreb A05 1-0
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch Black Zagreb A97 1-0
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 B04 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 A39 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 C66 1-0
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 E99 1-0
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 B54 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 B04 1-0
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 D93 1-0
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 A60 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 B82 1-0
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 A60 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Belgrade A65 0-1
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Amsterdam Interzonal E75 0-1
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade E61 0-1
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Amsterdam Interzonal C28 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Paul Keres Black Hoogovens B35 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Belgrade C05 1-0
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch White Amsterdam Interzonal C01 1-0
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch White Hoogovens A03 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Amsterdam Interzonal A11 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Amsterdam Interzonal A39 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Belgrade A25 0-1
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Amsterdam Interzonal A03 1-0
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal White Amsterdam Interzonal B21 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Lajos Portisch Black Halle zt E43 1-0
- 1962 vs David Bronstein White Moscow B51 1-0
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Copenhagen A03 0-1
- 1961 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Zuerich B88 1-0
- 1961 vs Paul Keres White Zuerich B21 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian White Zuerich A42 0-1
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Dortmund B08 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Efim Geller White Nimzowitsch mem A09 1-0
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Hoogovens A55 1-0
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Nimzowitsch mem A53 1-0
- 1959 vs David Bronstein White Alekhine mem A08 0-1
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Zuerich B11 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Zuerich B29 1-0
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Zuerich C99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lajos Portisch Black Alekhine mem A53 1-0
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Alekhine mem B45 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky White Alekhine mem B24 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Zuerich B77 1-0
- 1958 vs David Bronstein White Portoroz Interzonal C76 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Max Euwe White Munich olm prel D41 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Bobby Fischer Black Portoroz Interzonal B77 1-0
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Portoroz Interzonal E92 0-1
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian White Portoroz Interzonal A03 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Munich olm prel B25 1-0
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal Black Portoroz Interzonal B94 1-0
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Dallas B39 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Dallas E66 0-1
- 1957 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Dallas A61 1-0
- 1957 vs Miguel Najdorf White Dallas E94 1-0
- 1957 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Dallas E79 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Dallas E59 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Mikhail Tal Black WchT U26 B96 1-0
- 1956 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Moscow olm fin-A B63 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Moscow olm fin-A B92 1-0
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hastings5657 E65 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Moscow olm prel E59 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miguel Najdorf White Moscow olm fin-A E08 1/2-1/2
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