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🔸 Bent Larsen
🔸 Danish Author
🔸 Chess Grandmaster
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🔸 Bent Larsen
🔸 Danish Author
🔸 Chess Grandmaster
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@unitychess
#about_Larsen
🔸 Bent Larsen
🔸 Danish Author
🔸 Chess Grandmaster
🔰 Jorgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess grandmaster and author. Known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play, he was the first Western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance in chess.
🔘 Full name: Jørgen Bent Larsen
🔘 Country: Denmark
🔘 Born: 4 March 1935
🔺 Tilsted near Thisted, Denmark
🔘 Died: 9 September 2010 (aged 75)
🔺 Buenos Aires, Argentina
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1956)
🔘 Peak rating: 2660 (January 1971)
🔰 Jørgen Bent Larsen at age 19 became an International Master, and two years later he achieved the grandmaster title. Larsen was Danish Champion on six occasions and won the Interzonal three times. After the Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) he advanced to the semifinals of the Candidates, where he lost to Mikhail Tal. He again won the Sousse Interzonal (1967), and made the Candidates' semifinals before losing to Boris Spassky, who went on to win the World Championship the next year.
🔰 For his tournament achievements during 1967, including first-place finishes in Havana (1967), Winnipeg (1967), Sousse Interzonal (1967) and Palma de Mallorca (1967), Larsen became the recipient of the inaugural Chess Oscar award. Other tournament victories were Monte Carlo (1968) and Palma de Mallorca (1969). When the USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) tournament took place, he played top board for the World, scoring 1.5-1.5 against World Champion Spassky.
♦️ A memorable game by Bent Larsen against Bobby Fischer in Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 which named "Game of the Dane" in chessgames.com👇
▪️ Robert James Fischer vs Bent Larsen
▪️ Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 9, Nov-20
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation (B88)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess
🔸 Bent Larsen
🔸 Danish Author
🔸 Chess Grandmaster
🔰 Jorgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess grandmaster and author. Known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play, he was the first Western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance in chess.
🔘 Full name: Jørgen Bent Larsen
🔘 Country: Denmark
🔘 Born: 4 March 1935
🔺 Tilsted near Thisted, Denmark
🔘 Died: 9 September 2010 (aged 75)
🔺 Buenos Aires, Argentina
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1956)
🔘 Peak rating: 2660 (January 1971)
🔰 Jørgen Bent Larsen at age 19 became an International Master, and two years later he achieved the grandmaster title. Larsen was Danish Champion on six occasions and won the Interzonal three times. After the Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) he advanced to the semifinals of the Candidates, where he lost to Mikhail Tal. He again won the Sousse Interzonal (1967), and made the Candidates' semifinals before losing to Boris Spassky, who went on to win the World Championship the next year.
🔰 For his tournament achievements during 1967, including first-place finishes in Havana (1967), Winnipeg (1967), Sousse Interzonal (1967) and Palma de Mallorca (1967), Larsen became the recipient of the inaugural Chess Oscar award. Other tournament victories were Monte Carlo (1968) and Palma de Mallorca (1969). When the USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) tournament took place, he played top board for the World, scoring 1.5-1.5 against World Champion Spassky.
♦️ A memorable game by Bent Larsen against Bobby Fischer in Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970 which named "Game of the Dane" in chessgames.com👇
▪️ Robert James Fischer vs Bent Larsen
▪️ Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 9, Nov-20
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation (B88)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess
@Fischer-Larsen 1970.pgn
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🔸 Robert James Fischer - Bent Larsen, Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970
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Playing Hall with Female Competitors at the 1990 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia), Chess Olympiad.
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29th Chess Olympiad (women): Novi Sad 1990.
For the second Olympiad in a row, the Hungarian team beat the Soviet Union.
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For the second Olympiad in a row, the Hungarian team beat the Soviet Union.
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"I do not know to whom the aphorism 'There are no sound studies, only ones that haven't been busted yet' belongs, but it has measure of truth in it."
🔸 Mark Dvoretsky (1991). “Secrets of Chess Training”
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🔸 Mark Dvoretsky (1991). “Secrets of Chess Training”
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Azerbaijan and Poland are the only perfect #BatumiChess2018 teams after Round 6 and will now meet in tomorrow's Round 7!
#c24live #BatumiOlympiad2018
#c24live #BatumiOlympiad2018
Mamedyarov is on fire. The third consecutive victory for Azerbaijan's No 1 in #BatumiChess2018.
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/olympiad-batumi-2018-open/6/1/1
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/olympiad-batumi-2018-open/6/1/1
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Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar vs. Navara, David | Batumi Chess Olympiad | Open 2018
Replay the Batumi Chess Olympiad | Open Round 6 game played on 30/09/2018 with computer analysis
22... Bxg2!
With exchanging the light-squared bishops, Mosadeghpour weakens the White's king position and prepares to undermine his opponent center.
23. Kxg2 e5! 24. d5 Ra5! 25. Bb4 Rxd5 26. Qc2 e4 27. Rbc1 c5 28.Be1 h5 29. a5 Qf5 30. Qe2 Red8 31. Rf1 Rd3 -+
With exchanging the light-squared bishops, Mosadeghpour weakens the White's king position and prepares to undermine his opponent center.
23. Kxg2 e5! 24. d5 Ra5! 25. Bb4 Rxd5 26. Qc2 e4 27. Rbc1 c5 28.Be1 h5 29. a5 Qf5 30. Qe2 Red8 31. Rf1 Rd3 -+
White has two good options:
A) 13.Qa5!?
An interesting move that was introduced by Anand against Topalov in 2008. 13...Bh6 14.B×h6 R×h6 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Qb4 Kf8 17.c4 Kg7 18.g3 1-0
B) 13.Kb1
Another good move that was played by Leko against Giri in 2012.
13...Nbxd5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Na5
Grischuk employed this novelty against Topalov in 2015.
15...Qc7 16.Bc4 Rc8 17.Bb3 O-O 18.h4! Nf4 19.Nc4 Ne6 20.Ne3 Nd4 21.g4! hxg4 22.fxg4 Nxb3 23.axb3 Qd7 24.Qg2 +-
With a strong attack on the kingside.
A) 13.Qa5!?
An interesting move that was introduced by Anand against Topalov in 2008. 13...Bh6 14.B×h6 R×h6 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Qb4 Kf8 17.c4 Kg7 18.g3 1-0
B) 13.Kb1
Another good move that was played by Leko against Giri in 2012.
13...Nbxd5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Na5
Grischuk employed this novelty against Topalov in 2015.
15...Qc7 16.Bc4 Rc8 17.Bb3 O-O 18.h4! Nf4 19.Nc4 Ne6 20.Ne3 Nd4 21.g4! hxg4 22.fxg4 Nxb3 23.axb3 Qd7 24.Qg2 +-
With a strong attack on the kingside.
54...Ra7?
Black should have prevented White from playing c4, because in that case, he would activate all his pieces.
54...Qc7!
A) 55. c4 Ra7 56.Qb5 Rb7
A1) 57.Qa6 Ra7 = with move repetition.
A2) 57.Qa4? Qe5 58.Rd2 d4 -+
B) 55.Rd4 Qb6 =
C) 55.Rd2 Qb6 56.Qe2 Kg8 =
55.Qb6 Qc7 56.Qd4 Ra6 57.c4! Rd6 58.g5 Qd8 59.Qe5 d4 60.c5 Rd7 61.c6 Rd6 62.Nc4 Rxc6 63.Rxd4 Qe7 64.Qh8 Rxc4 65.Rxc4 1-0
Black should have prevented White from playing c4, because in that case, he would activate all his pieces.
54...Qc7!
A) 55. c4 Ra7 56.Qb5 Rb7
A1) 57.Qa6 Ra7 = with move repetition.
A2) 57.Qa4? Qe5 58.Rd2 d4 -+
B) 55.Rd4 Qb6 =
C) 55.Rd2 Qb6 56.Qe2 Kg8 =
55.Qb6 Qc7 56.Qd4 Ra6 57.c4! Rd6 58.g5 Qd8 59.Qe5 d4 60.c5 Rd7 61.c6 Rd6 62.Nc4 Rxc6 63.Rxd4 Qe7 64.Qh8 Rxc4 65.Rxc4 1-0
37...Bd7??
A blunder. Black leaves his own pieces on the same file that will allow his opponent to exploit that by tactical means.
37...Kf8! 38.Rh2 c4 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.Rg8 Kf7 41.Ra8 Bd7+/-
White is still better but if Black plays precisely, his task is not easy.
38.g6+! Kf6 39.Rd2 Ke7 40.f6+! gxf6 41.g7 Be6 42.Re2 1-0
A blunder. Black leaves his own pieces on the same file that will allow his opponent to exploit that by tactical means.
37...Kf8! 38.Rh2 c4 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.Rg8 Kf7 41.Ra8 Bd7+/-
White is still better but if Black plays precisely, his task is not easy.
38.g6+! Kf6 39.Rd2 Ke7 40.f6+! gxf6 41.g7 Be6 42.Re2 1-0