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delearollvko!(+4:3 l)rhenalossloTalinthe
semi-linali Soussc l967,6rst(+13-5 3) one.dda
nall poinis ahead oI his nearest nral, a deteat ol
rcarGcs (+3=5 2) and a loss to Spasskyi ?alma
de Majorca 1970. sccond (+9:12 2) equal with
rriiBNER afl d cTLLER aft er Fischervho deieated him
in the semi-nnal alter be had beaten UILMANN
(+4=3 2)rBiel1976,li6t(+8:9-2)rollowedby
a los 10 Porrisch in the qua.ler-6nal.
From 1958 to l98l La$en played in about 50
strong tournaments apart iro6 interzonals. and
son or sbared lS lirst and 7 sccond prizes. From
A!8. 1967 to Mar.l9?0he achieved anexraordin
ary rc6rd iD 9 consecutiye elenls, lailing to sin
limt prize only once, at Palna dc Matorca in l%8
sben he cane second (+11=4 2) equal wirh
Spassky attei KoncrNor. His viclories, aPafl tron
rhe soussc inierzonal- were: Havana 1967
(+lr:8) ahead ol NMArov and Smyslovi Winnip€s
1967(+4-4 1) sharcd wiih DARGI ahead ol
$Ns add Spasskyi Palma de Majorca 1967
(+11:4-2) ahead oI BoMNNT(, snyslov, and
PoniscbiMonre carlo 1968 (+7:s-l) ahead ol
Borvinnik, Smyslov, and EoRri Bnsun 1969
(+8=6-1); Palma de Majorca 1969 (+r0=4-3)
ahead of Petrosyan, Korchnoi. and Spasskyi and
Lugano 1970 (+7=5 2). His bestwins sine then
have becn: 'lcesside 1912 (+8=6 1): Hastings
1972 3 (+10=3 2): Manil. 19r (+rl=3-l)i
orense 1975 (+10:3-2)i Ljublja.a Po.roro,
1977 (+7=5-1)iBucnos Anes i9?9 (No! Dec.)
(+9:4) three points ahead of a 6eld thal in cl uded
Spssky and Pelrosyan: and Buenos Anes 1980,
cateSory 13 (+8=3 2). ahead oI rMuN.
rnruoJ.vra. and *Rro!. Larsen {on the Danish
Champiooship in 1954 and elery limc hc c.lcred
subsequently, and represcnicd his country in
several Olympiads lron 195,1, notably nahing thc
bcsr fiBt-board score (+11=6 1) at Moscow in
1956.
Laisen n no DRAw'N(i MAsrEr. He plars-lo win
and as a consequence sonetines loses- bur in nany
tournaments be wins nore ga6es rhan his rivals
and because ol hn lively play hc n in denand
anorgtournamenr organizeB. AtrhebeSinninSot
a game he avoids well-fodden paths and he hd
su c@ ssiully rellved nany old lnd forgolten opening
variations. He sritcs: 'I do not deliberately
play openings that are obviously bad.I enphasize
tbe surpnse element, and in sone cases tnis makcs
me play a varialion witnout being absolutely
convinccd that il is cor.ed.: He is not reckless.
When opportunity serves he can play a solid
posnional gnne, and he is aho a good ENDCAMT
Hh books inclnde aalse,l ,elected Catues of
ch6s 191M9 (1970), containins 50 aamcsi a
revned version in German with tso additional
C nes. lch Spiele dul Sieg | 1971)i and adlscn'r
Good Move Gtide (1982), insfiuctional hook
^d
nrsl published as Sia& J&ole (1975).
E. Brondrum, Bent Latsen the Fishter (1978)
LASA 177
conlains 75 oI Lare.'s games played iron 1966 to
\971.
tj6cFAndenson 5rh B"tch g.nc ls75 Nim,o lndisn
Defence. Rubinncin Variation
ld4Nf6 2.4c6 3Nc3aM 4elc5 58d30-0 6NBd5
7G0dxc4 3BxclNbd7 9 Od3cid4 l0.id1b6 118r4
Bb7 12Racl16 13a:lBc7 l4RrelRes t5Ba2Rc8 16
Ne5 (whire o.cupiss an aDvN.E roNr.) 16 Nie5
l7Bie5Qd7 18Qg3s6 19h]b5 20Qhl Red8 21Re3
24 Ne2 R, 25 Nl,1Rthz
26 Bb3 Nd5 27 h5 g5 28 Bxdi Bxdi
wg'*
?x* r&t
%&aw
"4& W
wm
ffi 7g&,
2c Rcl sx14 30 Os4+ Kf3 :ll Qxf4 R.3 32 Rs3 Rxcl+
33 Qrcl Qc6 (Black Deeds an $cdE so!^rE for his kins
3nd has no iime to save his r@k.l31 Oxh2 16 r5 Br4Oc4
36ObI15 37Q.lQ!2 33Qelbl 39Oe5b2 10Oh3+
LARSEN OPDNING, 4, the o!
opENrNG, vhich LABSTN sometimes calls the Baby
I,ARSEN VARIATION. 178 in the GR.NFELD
DETENCE playcd by rARsrN in tbe 196osi Blact\
eightn movc deters $hile lron playing t h4
because oI the reply 9 . . . Og4. AIso 209 in ihe
as in the gane Sulkn
Khan flohr. Prague Olynpiad, 1931, and 671in
rhe ALETjNE DE..NCE played in the game R P.
Michell R€ti, Margab 1921.
LASA, TASSILO VON HEYDEBRAND UND
DER (1818 9r), Geman player, aulhor, chess
hnorian. diplonat. Lasa was involred in the
developments thai made Gernany the leading
chess nation of tbe second halfollhe 1glh centuryi
he was a member of tbe Berlin PDIoEs, a
shofi-livcd group of seven pl.yers vho pronolcd
lhe firn German chess nagazine S.,'d.n:tnu8
(tater Deutehe Schdchzeituns) aad rhe Hantlbuch
d?i .t.ra.tur,,.l (1843). The editor of the book
P. R. von Bileuer (1815-10) died e ly in the
projecr, which sas tnen .ompleted by Lasa, who
relised and ediled rhe next Iour editions, up to
l8?3, while retaining Bilguer's namc in the tnle.
Lasa neler competed in tournanents or fornal
matchcs, bnt his play shoss bim to have been
amongthebestolhis rine. In 1846heplayedsevc.
games agai.sr rrrwENBL, Ninning most ofthem;
on two occasions he won the majority ola se.ies oI