Presented by International Master Bryan Smith, International Master Bill Paschall, and FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos for ChessLecture.com

Jørgen Bent Larsen (1935 – 2010) was a Danish chess GrandMaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play, and he was the first Western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance in chess.[1] He is considered to be the strongest player born in Denmark and the strongest from Scandinavia until the recent rise of Magus Carlsen. As a six time Danish Champion and a candidate for the World Chess Championshp four times Candidate for the World Chess Championship on four occasions, Larsen reached the semifinal three times. Larsen had multiple wins over all seven World Champions who held the title from 1948 to 1985 including Botvinnk, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer and Karpov.

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1.5 hours in a series of 3 lectures.

Members of ChessLecture.com rated this series a 4.44 out of 5 ECO: E39 B70 B00

Fans on ChessLecture.com said: RIP, GM Larsen. IM Paschall, your lecture on the classic Tal v. Larsen from Bled is one of my all time favorite lectures.

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