Bent Larsen's chess openings
Peak rating 26602,268 games
Bent Larsen has 2,268 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bent Larsen most often opens with 1.c4 (31% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,139 games · +561 =361 −217 · 65%
As Black1,129 games · +452 =365 −312 · 56%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening31%274 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%201 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%139 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%273 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%67 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game12%57 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%261 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.d5 exd5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%20 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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