Player: Bent Larsen
Player profile: Boris Spassky

Classical games: Boris Spassky beat Bent Larsen 19 to 6, with 17 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Larsen vs Spassky ½-½ 22 1959 Moscow B24 Sicilian, Closed 2. Larsen vs Spassky 1-0 60 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A03 Bird's Opening 3. Larsen vs Spassky 0-1 40 1964 Beograd A25 English 4. Spassky vs Larsen   ½-½ 80 1966 Second Piatigorsky Cup B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 5. Larsen vs Spassky 0-1 43 1966 Second Piatigorsky Cup D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 6. Spassky vs Larsen   1-0 37 1967 Beverwijk D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 7. Larsen vs Spassky   ½-½ 50 1967 Winnipeg A15 English 8. Larsen vs Spassky   0-1 48 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match A25 English 9. Larsen vs Spassky   ½-½ 42 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match A25 English 10. Larsen vs Spassky 0-1 36 1968 Lugano ol Final A D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Larsen vs Spassky   ½-½ 56 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match A21 English 12. Spassky vs Larsen 1-0 39 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 13. Spassky vs Larsen 0-1 38 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match C46 Three Knights 14. Larsen vs Spassky   ½-½ 31 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 15. Spassky vs Larsen 1-0 52 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match B25 Sicilian, Closed 16. Larsen vs Spassky   ½-½ 15 1968 Maliorka D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Spassky vs Larsen 1-0 48 1968 Spassky-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match B25 Sicilian, Closed 18. Spassky vs Larsen 1-0 67 1969 Palma de Majorca (Spain) C60 Ruy Lopez 19. Larsen vs Spassky   0-1 41 1969 San Juan B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 20. Larsen vs Spassky 0-1 17 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 21. Larsen vs Spassky ½-½ 34 1970 Oegstgeest A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 22. Spassky vs Larsen   ½-½ 40 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 23. Spassky vs Larsen   ½-½ 36 1970 Oegstgeest A80 Dutch 24. Spassky vs Larsen 0-1 38 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World E12 Queen's Indian 25. Larsen vs Spassky 0-1 24 1970 Oegstgeest D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Larsen wins | Larsen loses