1935 - 2010
Jørgen Bent Larsen (4 March 1935 – 9 September 2010) 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 of the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bent Larsen has received more than 314,758 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bent Larsen is the 31st most popular chess player (down from 28th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 139th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Bent Larsen ranks 31 out of 374. Before him are Akiba Rubinstein, Miguel Najdorf, Judit Polgár, Savielly Tartakower, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, and Johannes Zukertort. After him are Mikhail Chigorin, Yuri Averbakh, David Bronstein, Borislav Ivkov, Gioachino Greco, and Efim Bogoljubov.
1880 - 1961
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 25
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 26
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 27
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 28
1475 - 1530
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 29
1842 - 1888
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 30
1935 - 2010
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 31
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 32
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 33
1924 - 2006
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 34
1933 - 2022
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 35
1590 - 1630
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 36
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 37
Among people born in 1935, Bent Larsen ranks 73. Before him are Monique Wittig, Lee Remick, Sonny Bono, Floyd Patterson, Kurt Westergaard, and Zhelyu Zhelev. After him are Seiji Ozawa, António Ramalho Eanes, Gene Vincent, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Terry Riley, and Roger B. Chaffee. Among people deceased in 2010, Bent Larsen ranks 54. Before him are Arthur Penn, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Mario Monicelli, Francisco Varallo, Enzo Bearzot, and Juliet Anderson. After him are Martin Gardner, Hwang Jang-yop, Antony Flew, James Black, Israel Tal, and Solomon Burke.
1935 - 2003
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 67
1935 - 1991
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 68
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 69
1935 - 2006
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 70
1935 - 2021
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 71
1935 - 2015
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 72
1935 - 2010
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 73
1935 - 2024
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 74
1935 - Present
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 75
1935 - 1971
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 76
1935 - 2010
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 77
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 78
1935 - 1967
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 79
1922 - 2010
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 48
1919 - 2010
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 49
1915 - 2010
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 50
1910 - 2010
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 51
1927 - 2010
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 52
1938 - 2010
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 53
1935 - 2010
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 54
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 55
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 56
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 57
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 58
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 59
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 60
Among people born in Denmark, Bent Larsen ranks 149 out of 893. Before him are Hastein (810), Olaf I of Denmark (1050), Kurt Westergaard (1935), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Michael Ancher (1849), and Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456). After him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659), Morten Olsen (1949), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Anne Sophie Reventlow (1693), and Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895).
810 - 896
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 143
1050 - 1095
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 144
1935 - 2021
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 145
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 146
1849 - 1927
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 147
1456 - 1486
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 148
1935 - 2010
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 149
1784 - 1863
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 150
1659 - 1719
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 151
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 152
1783 - 1853
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 153
1693 - 1743
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 154
1895 - 1992
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 155
Among chess players born in Denmark, Bent Larsen ranks 1. After him are Jacob Aagaard (1973).