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Bent Larsen
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Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010)
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Jørgen Bent Larsen (1935–2010) was a Danish chess player and writer. He held the titles of Grandmaster and International Master, representing Denmark in the sport. Larsen achieved an Elo rating of 2660 and received the Chess Oscar award. He participated in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Chess Olympiads.
As an author, Larsen wrote ten works, including *How to Open a Chess Game* and *Bent Larsens Best Games of Chess*. His other publications include *San Antonio--'72: Church's Fried Chicken, inc., First International Chess Tournament* and *Hvad skal sort spille?*. He spoke Danish and was a citizen of the Danish Realm.
Larsen was born on March 4, 1935, and died on September 9, 2010, in Buenos Aires. His manner of death was natural causes, with cerebral hemorrhage listed as the specific cause.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1935
- Works
- 10
Top works
- How to Open a Chess Game
- San Antonio--'72: Church's Fried Chicken, inc., First International Chess Tournament
- Bent Larsen
- Bent Larsens Best Games of Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
- Hvad skal sort spille?
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49
- Total plays
- 133
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Satisfaction With Life Scale
· 1985 · cited 23,421x
- <b>Floral dip: a simplified method for</b><i><b>Agrobacterium</b></i><b>‐mediated transformation of</b><i><b>Arabidopsis thaliana</b></i>
· 1998 · cited 19,456x
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,716x
- Greengenes, a Chimera-Checked 16S rRNA Gene Database and Workbench Compatible with ARB
· 2006 · cited 9,512x
- Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
· 2006 · cited 8,504x
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Key facts
- Born
- Jørgen Bent Larsen , ( 1935-03-04 ) 4 March 1935, Thisted , Denmark
- Died
- 9 September 2010 (2010-09-09) (aged 75), Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Country
- Denmark
- Title
- Grandmaster (1956)
- Peak rating
- 2660 (July 1971)
- Peak ranking
- No. 4 (July 1971)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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. He had multiple wins over all seven World Champions who held the title from 1948 to 1985: Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov, but lifetime negative scores against them.
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