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GM Bent Larsen

GM Bent Larsen

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Originally posted by LanndonKane
(And i wasn't [very] drunk.)
yay me, I'm winning, I have trouble sitting! and I haven't made a single move either...

easter. riding around on a donkey, passing out in a cave and thought to be dead, then waking up for a pizza with friends. who hasn't been there?

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Originally posted by wormwood
yay me, I'm winning, I have trouble sitting! and I haven't made a single move either...

easter. riding around on a donkey, passing out in a cave and thought to be dead, then waking up for a pizza with friends. who hasn't been there?
Oh, I get it😕

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Here's my favorite Larsen game:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128831

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Originally posted by powershaker
Bahahaha! Fischer smashed Larsen like he was a punk! So it goes... the greatest ever to play the game... Bobby Fischer.
That match result was acknowledged by the original poster. I would think even a fool like you could still acknowledge that Larsen was a very strong GM in his day and one of the best players in the world. Wait, no - that would require class, or a proper respect for the game.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Here's my favorite Larsen game:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128831
(Spassky v Larsen)

14. ...Rh1!!

An excellent move. I believe academicchess.com states that a room of grandmasters were analyzing the game at the time, and none them saw, or seriously considered Rh1!

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Originally posted by cludi
As a dane I think it's time to create a thread to celebrate the
greatest danish GM ever: Bent Larsen ....

Bent Larsen has only played a minor part in development of theory
and yet he has an opening of his own: 1.b3 the Larsen Attack
Are you lobbying for a thematic tournament?

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Originally posted by Yuga
(Spassky v Larsen)

14. ...Rh1!!

An excellent move. I believe academicchess.com states that a room of grandmasters were analyzing the game at the time, and none them saw, or seriously considered Rh1!
According to the score sheet, Spassky was black, and he won.
So its not exactly a great Larsen game if that is true. Its a great SPASSKY game.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
According to the score sheet, Spassky was black, and he won.
So its not exactly a great Larsen game if that is true. Its a great SPASSKY game.
My mistake. I do remember going through it previously; merely forgotten since it was a Larsen thread. I personally feel Spassky had some of the more incredible sacrifices; for example

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1128360[url]

Averbakh v Spassky 1956

16...Nc6!!?