His works influenced numerous other players, including Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar, Richard Réti, Akiba Rubinstein, Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian, and his influence is still felt today.

This game was chosen by Bent Larsen as his favourite game in ' Learn from the Grandmasters '

* March 4 – Bent Larsen, Danish chess player ( d. 2010 )

At Amsterdam, he tied for first place, along with Mikhail Tal, Vasily Smyslov and Bent Larsen on 17 / 23, with all four, along with Borislav Ivkov and Lajos Portisch thus qualifying for the newly created Candidates ' Matches the next year.

He next met Bent Larsen at Malmö, and again won by the score of 5½ – 2½ after winning the first three games.

It also defeats grandmaster Bent Larsen, making it the first computer to beat a GM in a tournament.

* 1993, Deep Blue loses a four-game match against Bent Larsen.

However, Spassky would defeat Efim Geller, Bent Larsen and Viktor Korchnoi in the next candidates cycle earning a rematch with Petrosian, at Moscow 1969.

Bent Larsen, Copenhagen 1966

At the second Russia ( USSR ) vs Rest of the World match in 1984, he was top scorer for the victorious Soviet team, defeating Yasser Seirawan 2-0 and Bent Larsen 1½-½.

At Winnipeg 1967, he shared 3rd – 4th places on 5. 5 / 9 as Bent Larsen and Klaus Darga won.

Other notable grandmasters against whom he had plus records include Fine, Flohr, Viktor Korchnoi, Efim Geller, Savielly Tartakower, Mark Taimanov, Milan Vidmar, Svetozar Gligorić, Isaac Boleslavsky, Efim Bogoljubov and Bent Larsen.

* The Larsen Variation ( named after GM Bent Larsen ) can be reached by either 7 ... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 or 7 ... Nc6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ba5, but the latter move order gives White the extra option of 9. axb4.

( In fact, when Mario Campos Lopez played the French Defence, 1 ... e6, instead of the Sicilian against Smith, Bent Larsen gave Lopez's move a question mark along with the comment " stronger is 1 ... c5 which wins a pawn ", presuming Smith would play his d4 gambit.

Jørgen Bent Larsen ( 4 March 19359 September 2010 ) was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author.

* Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky, Amsterdam Interzonal 1964, Bird's Opening ( A03 ), 1 – 0 Larsen successfully played unusual openings in this tournament, and here he uses one of them to knock off a top Soviet, on his way to winning the tournament.

* David Bronstein vs Bent Larsen, Amsterdam Interzonal 1964, King's Indian Defense: Averbakh.

* Svetozar Gligoric vs Bent Larsen, Zagreb 1965, Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation ( B83 ), 0 – 1 Gligoric launches a dangerous-looking attack, but Larsen finds an inspired defence.

* Bobby Fischer vs Bent Larsen, Santa Monica 1966, Ruy Lopez, Open Variation ( C82 ), 0 – 1 Fischer has a promising position but miscalculates and is punished in drastic style by Larsen's counterattack.

* Bent Larsen vs Tigran Petrosian, Santa Monica 1966, Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon Variation ( B39 ), 1 – 0 Larsen unleashes a queen sacrifice to defeat the World Champion.

* Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen, Eersel 1969, match game 6, Sicilian Defence, Richter – Rauzer Variation ( B65 ), 0 – 1 Larsen was dangerous with the Black pieces, and here he shows a former World Champion why.

* Mikhail Botvinnik vs Bent Larsen, Leiden 1970, Dutch Defense, Classical Variation ( A90 ), 0 – 1 Another former World Champion can't hold a long endgame.

* Bobby Fischer vs Bent Larsen, Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970, Sicilian Defence, Velimirovic Attack ( B89 ), 0 – 1 Larsen surprised Fischer, who was then nearly invincible, with an opening innovation, and plays a near-perfect game to win.

* Anatoly Karpov vs Bent Larsen, Montreal 1979, Scandinavian Defence ( B01 ), 0 – 1 Larsen springs a rare opening on the World Champion, and is rewarded with success.

* Salo Flohr vs Bent Larsen, Noordwijk 1965, Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon Variation ( B39 ), 1-0 Flohr takes off one of the Candidates of that time in his last great victory.

* Bent Larsen vs Robert Byrne, Leningrad Interzonal 1973, King's Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation ( E80 ), 0 – 1 Byrne upsets one of the tournament favourites by undermining Larsen's overextended centre.

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* Bent Larsen vs Lajos Portisch, Porec Candidates ' match 1968, game 4, Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Variation ( D61 ), 0-1 Portisch takes up the often thankless defensive task, but grinds out a hard-fought win.

Although Bent Larsen was initially very successful with this opening, it suffered a setback in the 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World match in Belgrade, in which Larsen played this opening against reigning World Champion Boris Spassky and lost in 17 moves.

* Bent Larsen vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Milano 1975, Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense ( A77 ), 0-1

Since 1938, there has been a long list of famous winners, including: Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Anatoly Karpov, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Magnus Carlsen, and Hikaru Nakamura.

Only Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Bent Larsen finished ahead of Unzicker.

At age 69, he tied for second place in a very strong field at Buenos Aires 1979, with 8 / 13, behind winner Bent Larsen ( 11 / 13 ), though ahead of former world champions Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky.

In the past, it has attracted such top grandmasters as Boris Spassky, Paul Keres, Bent Larsen, Ljubomir Ljubojević, Alexei Shirov, Vasily Ivanchuk and Nigel Short.

In the Candidates ' matches, he first advanced to the semifinals after beating Bent Larsen by 6. 5-3. 5 at Rotterdam 1977, then lost to Boris Spassky by 6. 5-8. 5 at Geneva 1977.

Portisch qualified from the Amsterdam Interzonal 1964, with 14. 5 / 23, in a tied eighth / ninth place ( the winners were Mikhail Tal, Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, and Bent Larsen ).

The original SPSS manual ( Nie, Bent & Hull, 1970 ) has been described as one of " sociology's most influential books ".

Bruce R. Bent invented the world's first money fund, The Reserve Fund, with Henry B. R. Brown in 1970.

Edmondson served as Fischer's manager during the 1970 Interzonal, and during his winning 1971 Candidates ' matches against Mark Taimanov, Bent Larsen, and Tigran Petrosian.

The long-closed Bent Door Café and trading post, built by Bob Harris in 1947 on the site of the 1940s Kozy Kottage Kamp, incorporates portions of a former air traffic control tower decommissioned after World War II ; the tower windows originally slanted toward the runway, so the door is bent to match.

However, in the Candidates matches en route to becoming the challenger, Fischer had demolished world-class grandmasters Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen, each by a perfect score of 6 – 0, something no one else has ever done in any Candidates match.

However, the combination of Marcus Bent converting an early 9th minute penalty and Sartid failing to score for the remainder of the match spelled painful elimination.

In a 1966 Copenhagen playoff match against Bent Larsen, the two players split eight games with two wins each, and Larsen won the first tiebreak game to secure Candidates ' exemption in case of a withdrawal by a qualified player in the next cycle.

Friðrik continued to play occasionally into the 21st century, winning a rapid match against fellow veteran Bent Larsen in 2003 by a score of 5-3.

In the position on the right from the fifth game of the 1971 Candidates match between Bobby Fischer and Bent Larsen, the outside passed pawn on the a-file confers White a winning advantage, even though material is equal.

Bent then suffered an injury during the match against Bolton Wanderers and was out for the next few matches as a result.

Bent made his return as a 78th minute substitute in the match against Chelsea on 31 December 2011, scoring the third goal to seal a 3 – 1 win at Stamford Bridge.

On 25 February 2012, in a match against Wigan Athletic, Bent landed awkwardly on his ankle after tangling with Antolín Alcaraz.