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Bent Larsen

1935 - 2010

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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, he was the second-strongest non-Soviet player, behind only Bobby Fischer, for much of the 1960s and 1970s. He is considered to be the strongest player born in Denmark and the strongest from Scandinavia until the emergence of Magnus Carlsen. Larsen was a six-time Danish Champion and a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on four occasions, reaching the semifinal three times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bent Larsen is the 39th most popular chess player (down from 33rd in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 163rd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Bent Larsen ranks 39 out of 461. Before him are David Bronstein, Efim Bogoljubov, Susan Polgár, Vassily Ivanchuk, Savielly Tartakower, and Friðrik Ólafsson. After him are Vlastimil Hort, Borislav Ivkov, Robert Hübner, Lyudmila Rudenko, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Alexander McDonnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bent Larsen ranks 76. Before him are Paul H. O'Neill, Fritz Honka, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Friðrik Ólafsson, Pepe, and Lajos Tichy. After him are Lee Remick, Giovanni Lajolo, António Ramalho Eanes, Toni Sailer, Sonny Bono, and Roger B. Chaffee. Among people deceased in 2010, Bent Larsen ranks 55. Before him are George C. Williams, Bekim Fehmiu, John Forsythe, Teddy Scholten, Juliet Anderson, and Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. After him are Paul Schäfer, Hwang Jang-yop, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Milka Planinc, Martin Gardner, and Carlos Andrés Pérez.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Bent Larsen ranks 154 out of 1,032. Before him are Erik Bruhn (1928), Brigitte Nielsen (1963), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Morten Olsen (1949), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), and Eric III of Denmark (1100). After him are Jesper Christensen (1948), Rasmus Bartholin (1625), Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504), Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820), and Ulrich Salchow (1877).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Denmark

Among chess players born in Denmark, Bent Larsen ranks 1. After him are Jacob Aagaard (1973).

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