Larbi Ben: The Candidate Master Who Loves a Good Advance
Welcome to the chess world of Larbi Ben, known on the board as larbiben and in FIDE circles as a certified Candidate Master. If chess were a buffet, Larbi would be the guy filling his plate with the French Defense and coming back for seconds. With a blitz win rate of nearly 67% in the French Defense: Advance Variation, he has turned the Advance into his personal weapon of choice, and opponents have learned to fear that first push of the e-pawn.
Bio last updated 2026-10-01