Larsen, Bent (1935-2010)

Bent Larsen (1961. Public Domain)

Alternative last name spellings: –
Alternative first name spellings: Jørgen, Ravn.
Alias: –

 

GENERAL INFO

Description: Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster, several times a world title contender and. He was the best player in the history of his country and was among the ten best chess players in the world for fifteen years.
Sex: Male. Occupation: Chess player. 
Place of Birth / Death: Tilsted near Thisted, Denmark / Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Country Tags: Denmark.
Centuries: XX-XXI. Title: Grandmaster (1956).
World Champion: – School: –
Styles: Imaginative and unorthodox. Chess Olympiads: 1954, 1956, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1970.

 

IN MUSICHESS

Articles: No
Tournaments: 1 (Caissa Trophy 2018. 4/9)
Ranking:
Fictional stories (MC Universe): No
Music Composers vs. Chess Players: No

 

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Bibliography

  • Averbakh, Yuri. (2012). A history of chess. From Chaturanga to the present day. Milford, USA: Russel enterprises Inc.
  • Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
  • Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
  • Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Larsen, Bent (2014). 1935-1965. (Bind I). Ed.: Jan Løfberg & Erik André Andersen. København, Løfbergs Forlag, 
  • Larsen, Bent (2009). Bent Larsen: Alle Figuren greifen an, SchachDepot Verlag.
  • Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.