Bent Larsen

Bent Larsen in Buenos Aires,January 2010

Bent Larsen, one of the greatest chess players in the world passed away on 9th September 2010. It is a big loss to the World of Chess. He suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage 14 days before and had to be rushed to the hospital. "It is especially sad that it happened in the year we had so much celebrations on his 75th Birthday.There would be another GM tournament this year but, it will probably be cancelled. Naturally we will have a memorial",said Vestergard.