I played the Bronstein-Larsen variation in the Caro-Kann for quite a while. Loved it. Very sharp and creative.
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I've got Bent Larsen's "50 Udvalgte Partier" - it's good to read Bent's own words in his own language :-)
*Anyone want to start a Bent Larsen chess.com group?
chessoholicalien wrote:
I've got Bent Larsen's "50 Udvalgte Partier" - it's good to read Bent's own words in his own language :-)
*Anyone want to start a Bent Larsen chess.com group?
Yeah sure, we can be the creaters!
Just create it, then i can help send posts, and get members :)
OK, folks, a new group about Bent Larsen has been created:
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/bent-larsen-master-of-counter-attack
Feel free to join and share your thoughts and materials about Bent and his games.
He's one of the only GM's to have regularly played the Bird opening, 1. f4. For that reason, I'm a fan of him.
check2008 wrote:
He's one of the only GM's to have regularly played the Bird opening, 1. f4. For that reason, I'm a fan of him.
Yes, Bent Larsen is cool becouse of his cool openings. He played openings no other grandmasters ever played. One of this openings, is the Bird Opening.
Bent Larsen is alive and currently lives in South America. I have been told he has been quite ill recently. His games are all very innovative and full of fighting spirit. I have the English translation of his Best Games and it is an excellent read full of good commentary and excellent games. People forgot but he was actually the top board in the original USSR v World match ahead of Bobby Fischer.
Jun 16, 2012
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Henrik Danielsen plays Bird too. But he plays it like a dutch with white and calls it the polar bear system.
Sometimes his openings were ridiculous. One time he even played the Parham!
Jan 21, 2020
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Larsen's win over Spassky with 1.f4 in 64 is one of my favorite games ever. It is just such aesthetically pleasing pawn avalanche.
darkunorthodox88 wrote:
Larsen's win over Spassky with 1.f4 in 64 is one of my favorite games ever. It is just such aesthetically pleasing pawn avalanche.
Just a wonderful clash of the titans! Both players took chances, made mistakes, and played great moves.
May 28, 2020
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I have a question. Did Larsen and Miles have the same style ? They both were great fighters, both great defenders, and both liked to play flank or offbeat openings. For example Larsen beat Karpov with the Scandinavian and Miles beat Karpov with the Saint George. What do you think?
May 28, 2020
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Larsen was a victim of the era he played in. If he was at his peak before, or after Karpov, and Kasparov, he may very well had been a world champion. Just my .02
KetoOn1963 wrote:
Larsen was a victim of the era he played in. If he was at his peak before, or after Karpov, and Kasparov, he may very well had been a world champion. Just my .02
Well, I’d say he was at his peak long before Karpov/Kasparov. He had his best results in the 1960s and was 16 years older than Karpov (28 years older than Kasparov).
Bent Larsen is the best danish chess player ever! He was in the semi final in the world championship, and the official most succesfull turnement player!
Bent Larsen is my hero becouse of his sik play! He has attacks unexspectet and fight always! Bent Larsen have his own opening called the Larsen-Opening, Danish Dynamit and Danish.
Books about Bent Larsen is: Praktisk Skak (Of Bent Larsen), Mestertræk (OfBent Larsen), Bent Larsen - The Fighter (Brundom), My 40 best games (Bent Larsen), small books with hes games and very many articels in the danish chess magasin 'Skakbladet'
What do you think of Bent Larsen and his cool games?