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Bent Larsen
Full name Jørgen Bent Larsen
Country Flag of Denmark Denmark
Born March 4, 1935 (1935-03-04) (age 73)
Thisted, Denmark
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2461
Peak rating 2660 (January 1971)
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Jørgen Bent Larsen (born March 4, 1935, Thisted) is a Danish chess Grandmaster. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thisted is a town in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, in Denmark. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. He has been a six-time Danish champion, and a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on four occasions: 1965, 1968, 1971, and 1977. The Danish Chess Championship was organised by the Danish Chess Union ( DSU) and first held in 1910 A candidate is the prospective recipient of an Award or honor or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position for example to be elected See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess He won three Interzonal tournaments: Amsterdam 1964, Sousse 1967, and Biel 1976. Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Sousse ( Arabic سوسة Sousa) is a city of Tunisia. Located 140 km south of Tunis, the city has 173 047 inhabitants (2004 Larsen won several dozen major international tournaments during his career, and was awarded the first Chess Oscar in 1967. Chess Oscar is an international award given to the best Chess player every year Larsen is also a highly-regarded chess writer.

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Early life

Larsen represented Denmark twice in the World Junior Championship, in 1951 at Birmingham (placing fifth), and 1953 at Copenhagen (placing eighth). The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 Chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition organized Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city He never graduated in Civil Engineering, but decided to become a chess professional. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built He became an International Master at the age of 19 in 1954, from his bronze-medal performance on board one at the Amsterdam Olympiad. The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. He won his first of six Danish Championships in 1954, and repeated in 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, and 1964.

Larsen defeated Friðrik Ólafsson in an exhibition match at Oslo 1955 by 4. Friðrik Ólafsson (born January 26, 1935) is an Icelandic Chess Grandmaster and former president of FIDE. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. 5-3. 5. He won at Copenhagen 1956 with 8/9. Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city

Grandmaster

Larsen became an International Grandmaster in 1956 with his gold-medal performance on board one at the Moscow Olympiad. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of He reached #18 in the world in October 1956 on the chessmetrics. Chessmetrics is a system for rating Chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. com rating list. He tied for 1st-2nd places at Hastings 1956-57 on 6. The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual Chess congress which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year 5/9 with Svetozar Gligoric. Svetozar Gligorić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Глигорић) (born February 2 1923) is a Serbian Chess At Dallas 1957, he scored 7. 5/14 for a shared 3rd-4th place; the winners were Gligoric and Samuel Reshevsky. Samuel Herman (Sammy Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Lodz, (then Russian Empire

Larsen is considered to be the strongest chess player ever born in Denmark, and one of the two strongest in Scandinavia, in competition with Magnus Carlsen. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well Magnus Øen Carlsen (born Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen on 30 November 1990 is a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster and Chess prodigy. Since the early 1970s, he has lived for part of the year in Las Palmas and in Buenos Aires, with his Argentinian-born wife.

First international successes

At the 1957 Wageningen Zonal, he tied for 3rd-4th places, along with Jan Hein Donner, with 12. Wageningen is a Municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. Johannes Hendrikus "Jan Hein" Donner ( July 6, 1927 – November 27, 1988) was a Dutch Chess grandmaster 5/17; there were only three qualifying berths, so the two players had to dispute a playoff match. Larsen won by 3-1 over Donner at The Hague 1958 to qualify for his first Interzonal, at Portorož 1958. Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation Portorož ( Portorose in Italian, literally "Port of Roses" also known in English and French under the name Portorose pronounced Portorosse Larsen, ranked #12 in the world by chessmetrics. Chessmetrics is a system for rating Chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. com ratings coming into the Interzonal, could score only 8. 5/20 for 16th place, and was not close to qualifying. But he scored his first major individual international success by winning Mar del Plata 1958 with 12/15, ahead of William Lombardy, Erich Eliskases, Oscar Panno, and Herman Pilnik. Mar del Plata has a rich history of Chess tournaments most notably their international chess tournament and open tournament William James Lombardy (born December 4, 1937) is an American Grandmaster of Chess, writer teacher and one time Roman Catholic priest Erich Gottlieb Eliskases ( February 15, 1913 - February 2, 1997) was a leading Chess player, a Grandmaster, of the Oscar R Panno (born 1935 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Chess Grandmaster. Herman Pilnik ( 8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was an

Slump

Larsen went into a slump beginning with the 1958 Interzonal. Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation He tied 5th-6th in a powerful field at Zurich 1959 with 9. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the 5/15, behind winner Mikhail Tal, Gligoric, Paul Keres, and Bobby Fischer. Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails Paul Keres ( January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975) was an Estonian Chess grandmaster. Robert James "Bobby" Fischer ( March 9 1943 – January 17 2008) was an American -born Chess Grandmaster But Larsen placed only 4th in a middle-range field at the 1960 Berg en Dal Zonal 1960 with 5. Berg en Dal is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. 5/9, and did not advance to the Interzonal. He recovered by sharing 1st-2nd places at Beverwijk 1961 on 7. The Corus chess tournament takes place every year usually in January in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North 5/9 with Borislav Ivkov. Borislav Ivkov (born November 12, 1933 in Belgrade) is a Serbian Chess Grandmaster. At Zurich 1961, he tied for 6th-7th places with 6/11, as Keres won ahead of Tigran Petrosian. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Պետրոսյան ( June 17, 1929 &ndash August 13, 1984) was World Chess Champion from 1963 At Moscow 1962, he shared 7th-11th places with 7. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of 5/15, as Yuri Averbakh won. Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (born February 8, 1922, in Kaluga, Russia) is a Russian Chess His place in the world rankings was in the 40s during this stretch.

Challenging for the World title

Around this time Larsen diversified his style, switching over to risky and unusual openings in some of his games, to try to throw his opponents off balance; this led to the recovery of his form and further development of his chess. He finished 2nd at the 1963 Halle Zonal with 13/19, behind winner Lajos Portisch, to advance to the Interzonal the next year. Halle is the largest city in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt. Lajos Portisch (born April 4, 1937 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned At Belgrade 1964, he shared 5th-6th places with 10/17 (Boris Spassky won). Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French He tied for 5th-7th places at Beverwijk 1964 on 9. Beverwijk ( is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. 5/15; Keres and Nei won. Larsen's unusual openings were on full display at the 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal, where he shared the 1st-4th places on 17/23 with Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal, and Vasily Smyslov, advancing as a Candidate. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (Васи́лий Васильевич Смысло́в (born March 24, 1921, in Moscow) is a Russian Chess A candidate is the prospective recipient of an Award or honor or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position for example to be elected He had significantly outperformed his ranking.

In the 1965 Candidates' matches, he first defeated Borislav Ivkov at Bled by 5. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Borislav Ivkov (born November 12, 1933 in Belgrade) is a Serbian Chess Grandmaster. Bled (Veldes is a Municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. 5-2. 5, but lost in the semi-final, also at Bled by 4. Bled (Veldes is a Municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. 5-5. 5 to Mikhail Tal, a former world champion. Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails He won a playoff match for alternates, an eventual third-place Candidates' position, against Efim Geller by 5-4 at Copenhagen 1966. Efim Petrovich Geller (Ефим Петрович Геллер March 8 1925 &ndash November 17 1998) was a Soviet Chess Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city In 1967 he won the Sousse Interzonal after Fischer withdrew, then won his first-round match against Lajos Portisch by 5. Sousse ( Arabic سوسة Sousa) is a city of Tunisia. Located 140 km south of Tunis, the city has 173 047 inhabitants (2004 Lajos Portisch (born April 4, 1937 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned 5-4. 5 at Porec 1968. Poreč ( Italian: Parenzo; Latin: Parens or Parentium; archaic German: Parenz; Ancient Greek: In Malmö, however, he lost the semi-final by 2. 5-5. 5 to Boris Spassky, who went on to win the title. Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French In 1970 he was 2nd in the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal, on 15/23, behind Bobby Fischer. Palma is the major City and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain Robert James "Bobby" Fischer ( March 9 1943 – January 17 2008) was an American -born Chess Grandmaster He then defeated Wolfgang Uhlmann by 5. 5-3. 5 at Las Palmas 1971, and reached his all-time chessmetrics. Chessmetrics is a system for rating Chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. com rating high of 2755 in February 1971, third in the world. But then he lost the semi-final 0-6 at Denver to Fischer, who also went on to win the title. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States

Larsen later claimed in a Kasparov. com interview (1998) that his one-sided loss to Fischer was due in part to his condition during the match: "The organizers chose the wrong time for this match. I was languid with the heat and Fischer was better prepared for such exceptional circumstances. . . I saw chess pieces through a mist and, thus, my level of playing was not good. "

In 1973 he failed to advance from the Leningrad Interzonal; he tied for 5th-6th places with 10/17, with Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi winning. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов born May 23, 1951) is a Russian Chess grandmaster Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (also Korchnoy Kortchnoy Kortschnoi etc In 1976 he won the Biel Interzonal, but lost his 1977 Candidates' match, a rematch of their 1968 encounter, to Lajos Portisch by 3. 5-6. 5 at Rotterdam. Rotterdam (pronounced) is the 2nd-largest City by population in the Netherlands, located in the province of In the Riga Interzonal of 1979, Larsen scored 10/17 for 7th place, and did not advance; Mikhail Tal won. Riga (Rīga riːga) the Capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the river Daugava. Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails

Tournament dominance 1965-1973

Starting in the mid-1960s, Larsen enjoyed a very successful run in major tournaments around the world, and he and Fischer became the two strongest players outside the Soviet Union. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Larsen played in a lot of strong events, at least as many as any other top player, and repeatedly finished ahead of the top Soviet players. He won at Le Havre 1966 with 9/11, ahead of Lev Polugaevsky. Le Havre is a city in the northwest region of France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River as it outlets into the Bay of the Seine Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky ( Russian: Лев Абрамович Полугаевский) (sometimes transliterated as Lyev Polugayevsky) ( At Santa Monica 1966, he placed third with 10/18, behind Spassky and Fischer. He won at Havana 1967 with a powerful 15/19, ahead of a strong group which included Mark Taimanov, Smyslov, Polugaevsky, Gligoric, and Miroslav Filip. Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов (born February 7, 1926, Kharkov) is a leading Russian Chess Miroslav Filip (born October 27 1928 in Prague) is a Grandmaster of Chess from the Czech Republic. He shared 2nd-3rd places at Dundee 1967 with 5. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council 5/8, behind Gligoric. At Beverwijk 1967, he was 4th with 8. Beverwijk ( is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. 5/15, as Spassky won. At Monte Carlo 1967, he shared 3rd-4th with 6/9, behind Fischer and Efim Geller. Monte-Carlo ( Occitan: Montcarles, Monégasque: Monte-Carlu) is one of Monaco 's various administrative areas sometimes erroneously Efim Petrovich Geller (Ефим Петрович Геллер March 8 1925 &ndash November 17 1998) was a Soviet Chess He shared 1st-2nd at Winnipeg 1967 with 6/9, along with Klaus Darga, ahead of Spassky and Keres. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Klaus Viktor Darga (born 24 February 1934 in Berlin, Germany) is a German Grandmaster Chess player Then he won at Palma de Mallorca 1967 with 13/17, ahead of Smyslov, Mikhail Botvinnik, Portisch, Gligoric, and Borislav Ivkov. Palma is the major City and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲiʧʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) ( &ndash May Borislav Ivkov (born November 12, 1933 in Belgrade) is a Serbian Chess Grandmaster. He was awarded the first Chess Oscar for 1967. Chess Oscar is an international award given to the best Chess player every year

Somewhat unusual for the late 1960s, Larsen, as one of the world's top players, often entered large Open tournaments run on the Swiss system, and had plenty of success. He won the Canadian Open Chess Championships at Toronto 1968 and St. John's 1970. The Canadian Open Chess Championship is Canada 's Open Chess championship first held in 1956 and held annually since 1973 usually in mid-summer Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip He also won the U.S. Open Chess Championships at Aspen 1968 and Boston 1970. The US Open Championship is an open national Chess championship that has been held in the United States annually since 1900 Aspens are Trees of the willow family and comprise a section of the Poplar genus Populus sect

Larsen shared 2nd-3rd places at Palma de Mallorca 1968 with 13/17, along with Spassky; Viktor Korchnoi won. Palma is the major City and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (also Korchnoy Kortchnoy Kortschnoi etc Larsen won at Monte Carlo 1968 with 9. Monte-Carlo ( Occitan: Montcarles, Monégasque: Monte-Carlu) is one of Monaco 's various administrative areas sometimes erroneously 5/13, ahead of Botvinnik, Smyslov, Vlastimil Hort, Robert Byrne, Portisch, and Pal Benko. Vlastimil Hort (born 12 January 1944) is a Chess grandmaster of Czech nationality Robert Eugene Byrne (born April 20, 1928, New York City) is a leading American Chess player a Grandmaster, and a Pal Benko ( Hungarian: Benkő Pál, born July 14, 1928 in Amiens) is a Chess grandmaster, author and He defeated Heikki Westerinen by 6-2 in a 1969 exhibition match at Helsinki. Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen (born 27 April 1944) is a Finnish Chess player born in Helsinki. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. In a playoff match for third place in the Candidates Tournament, he defeated Mikhail Tal at Eersel 1969 by 5. The Candidates Tournament was a triennial Chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE as the final contest to determine the challenger for the Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails Eersel ( is a Municipality and a town in southern Netherlands in the province of North Brabant. 5-2. 5 in a rematch of their 1965 encounter. He won at Palma de Mallorca 1969 with 12/17 ahead of Petrosian, Korchnoi, Hort, and Spassky. Palma is the major City and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain Larsen won at Buesum 1969 with 11/15 ahead of Polugaevsky. Büsum is a fishing and tourist town in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. At San Juan 1969, he scored 9/15 for a shared 6th-7th place, as Spassky won. San Juan is Spanish for Saint John. It can also be the short version of San Juan Bautista ( John the Baptist)

Larsen won at Lugano 1970 with 9. Lugano ( Latin language: Luganum) is a town (52993 inhabitants a total of 130000 people in the agglomeration in the south of Switzerland, in the 5/14, ahead of Olafsson. In the USSR vs Rest of the World match at Belgrade 1970, Larsen played first board for the World side, ahead of Fischer, and scored 2. There have been three Chess matches featuring Russia (USSR vs Rest of the World. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. 5/4 against Spassky and Leonid Stein. Leonid Zakharovich Stein (Леонид Захарович Штейн November 12 1934 – July 4 1973) Soviet Grandmaster At Leiden 1970, he shared 3rd-4th places with 5. "Leyden" redirects here For other uses see Leyden (disambiguation. 5/12, as Spassky won. Larsen defeated Lubomir Kavalek in a 1970 exhibition match at Solingen by 6-2. Lubomir (Lubosh Kavalek (Lubomír Kaválek born August 9 1943) is a noted Czech - American Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr He won at Vinkovci 1970 with 10. Vinkovci is a Croatian town in eastern Slavonia, with a population of 32455 (2001 making it the largest town of the 5/15, ahead of David Bronstein, Hort, and Gligoric. David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн February 19 1924 &ndash December 5 2006) was renowned as a leading At Palma de Mallorca 1971, he shared 6th-7th places with 9/15, as Panno and Ljubomir Ljubojevic won. Palma is the major City and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain Ljubomir Ljubojević ( Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Љубојевић is a Grandmaster of Chess. Larsen shared 8th-9th places at San Antonio 1972 on 8. 5/15, as Portisch, Petrosian, and Anatoly Karpov won. Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов born May 23, 1951) is a Russian Chess grandmaster He won at Teesside 1972 with 11/15, ahead of Ljubojevic and Portisch. Teesside is the name given to the Conurbation in the North East of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees At Las Palmas 1972, he shared 2nd-3rd places on 11/15, as Portisch won.

Larsen won at Hastings 1972-73 on 11. Hastings is a town on the coast of East Sussex in England; it is also the administrative centre for the Borough of the same name 5/15, ahead of Wolfgang Uhlmann. At Bauang 1973, he scored 6/9 for 4th place, as Kavalek won. Bauang is a 1st class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. Larsen won at Grenaa 1973 in the Nordic Championship with 8. Grenaa or Grenå is a town in central Denmark, located in Norddjurs municipality in Jutland 's Region Midtjylland. 5/10. He won at Manila 1973 with 12. The City of Manila 5/15, ahead of Ljubojevic and Kavalek.

Olympiad warrior

He represented Denmark six times in Olympiad play, always on first board, and compiled an aggregate score of 75/109 (+61 =28 -20), for 68. An Olympiad is a period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. 8 per cent, according to olimpbase. org. He always played a very high number of games, almost all of the rounds, and won three board medals, one gold and two bronzes.

Loses to computer

In 1988 he lost a game to Deep Thought in the Software Toolworks Championship, becoming the first Grandmaster and the player with the highest ELO rating (by then 2560) to be defeated by a computer in tournament play. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Deep Thought was a Computer designed to play chess Deep Thought was initially developed at Carnegie Mellon University and later at IBM. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go.

Larsen has continued to play occasionally in tournaments to the present day. In 1999 he finished 7th of 10 in the Danish Championship, but in the 2000 event he was forced to withdraw when he became seriously ill with an edema, requiring brain surgery. Oedema (or Edema in American English formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is the increase of Interstitial fluid in any organ &mdash swelling He has played in only a few tournaments in Buenos Aires since then. He was 4th in the 2002 Najdorf Memorial knock-out. Miguel Najdorf (born Mendel (Mieczysław Najdorf in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw, Poland, April 15, 1910 &ndash By July 2004 his ELO rating in the FIDE list was 2461. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the

Chess style and writings

He is known as a deep thinking and highly imaginative player, more willing to try unorthodox ideas and to take risks than most of his peers. This aspect of his play can even manifest itself in his choice of openings. In Chess the word " opening " has two common meanings both of which are discussed in this article "He is a firm believer in the value of surprise. Consequently, he often resorts to dubious variations in various openings. He also likes to complicate positions even though it may involve considerable risk. He has a great deal of confidence in his game and fears no one. His unique style has proven extremely effective against relatively weak opponents but has not been too successful against top-notchers. " [1]

He is one of the very few modern Grandmasters to have employed Bird's Opening (1. Bird's Opening or the Dutch Attack is a Chess opening characterised by the move 1 f4) with any regularity, and has long been associated with the move 1. b3, a system commonly known as Larsen's Opening or the Nimzo-Larsen Attack in his (and Aron Nimzowitsch's) honor. Larsen's Opening, also called the Nimzo-Larsen Attack or Queen's Fianchetto Opening, is a Chess opening starting with 1 Aron Nimzowitsch ( Ārons Ņimcovičs; born Aron Niemzowitsch and also known as Nimzovich) (7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935 was a Latvian He played the Dutch Defence with success at a time when that opening was rare at the top level. The Dutch Defence is a Chess opening characterised by the moves 1 He revived the very rare Bishop's Opening (1. The Bishop's Opening is a Chess opening that begins with the moves 1 e4 e5 2. Bc4) with success in 1964. He also was the first top player to successfully use the Grand Prix Attack against the Sicilian Defence (1. The Sicilian Defence is a Chess opening that begins with the moves 1 e4 c5 2. f4), spurring its popularity. In the mid-1960s, he was one of the very few top players to trust Alekhine's Defence (1. Alekhine's Defence is a Chess opening beginning with the moves 1 e4 Nf6) on important occasions. He played the rare Scandinavian Defence 1. The Scandinavian Defense or Center Counter Defense, is a Chess opening characterized by the moves 1 e4 d5 to defeat World Champion Anatoly Karpov in 1979, sparking renewed interest in the variation. A favorite line in the Caro-Kann Defence (1. The Caro-Kann Defence is a common Chess opening characterized by the moves 1 e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6) is co-named for him and David Bronstein. David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн February 19 1924 &ndash December 5 2006) was renowned as a leading He used the Grunfeld Defence (1. The Grünfeld Defence ( ECO codes D70-D99 is a Chess opening characterised by the moves 1 d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5) with success, also often played Grunfeld Indian Structures with the White pieces, and co-authored a groundbreaking 1979 book on this opening and similar structures with Steffen Zeuthen (ZOOM 001 -- Zero Hour for Operative Opening Models). His book of 50 Selected Games (1968) is renowned for its pithy annotations which delve into chess psychology and use of rare openings, in a way rarely seen from top players. Larsen is respected as an excellent writer who reaches out to his readers; he was one of seven top Grandmasters who wrote fine chapters in the 1974 book How to Open a Chess Game. He edited the tournament book for San Antonio 1972.

Larsen defeated the seven World Champions who held the title from 1948 to 1985. He won games against Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲiʧʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) ( &ndash May Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (Васи́лий Васильевич Смысло́в (born March 24, 1921, in Moscow) is a Russian Chess Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Պետրոսյան ( June 17, 1929 &ndash August 13, 1984) was World Chess Champion from 1963 Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French Robert James "Bobby" Fischer ( March 9 1943 – January 17 2008) was an American -born Chess Grandmaster Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов born May 23, 1951) is a Russian Chess grandmaster [2]

Notable chess games

References

  1. ^ Great Chess Upsets, by Samuel Reshevsky, New York 1976, Arco Publishing, pp. Samuel Herman (Sammy Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Lodz, (then Russian Empire 259-260.
  2. ^ http://www.chessgames.com, the Bent Larsen games file.

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