Bent Larsen
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Jørgen Bent Larsen 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
Larsen in 1977
Larsen vs. Portisch (Interzonal 1964)
Spassky vs. Larsen (Leiden, 1970)
Larsen vs. Karpov (1980)
Magnus Carlsen
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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and t
Bent Larsen
…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…
Carlsen in 2025
Carlsen, aged 13, in Molde giving a simultaneous exhibition, July 2004
Carlsen vs. Ernst, 2004
Carlsen in Warsaw, 2005