Bent Larsen
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Danish chess grandmaster and author
Why Is Bent Larsen Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Jørgen Bent Larsen 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 Bobby Fischer, for much of the 1960s and 1970s. He is considered to be the strongest player born in Denmark and the strongest from Scandinavia until the emergence of Magnus Carlsen.
