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Bent Larsen, an Uncommon card
Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess grandmaster and author.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 55
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Bent Larsen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bent Larsen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is considered to be the ______ player born in Denmark and the strongest from Scandinavia until the emergence of Magnus Carlsen.
Answer
strongest. He is considered to be the strongest player born in Denmark and the strongest from Scandinavia until the emergence of Magnus Carlsen. From the Bent Larsen article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Todd Martin. Todd Martin 77 · Ivan Ljubičić 74 · Bent Larsen 69 · Grape juice 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play, he was the second-strongest non-Soviet player, behind only 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.
- Larsen was a six-time Danish Champion and a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on four occasions, reaching the semifinal three times.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bent Larsen article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 55: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Bent Larsen
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Bent Larsen in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Julio SalinasUncommon · Society · ATK 69 DEF 55
- Rick RemenderUncommon · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 48
- Ted LindsayUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 54
- Canarium ovatumUncommon · Nature · ATK 64 DEF 60
- Cécile ChaminadeUncommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 62
- Todd MartinUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 47
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bent Larsen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hans Peters for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
