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Timman, Jan

modern era

Jan Timman is a Dutch grandmaster and nine-time national champion who earned the moniker "the best of the West" during the era of Soviet dominance, reaching world number two in 1982. A fearless and imaginative attacker, he was a multiple-time World Championship candidate and challenged Anatoly Karpov for the FIDE World Championship title in 1993.

Total Games

3621

Wins

1237

Draws

1609

Losses

775

34.2% wins44.4% draws21.4% losses

Most Played Openings

E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation121E12 - Queen's Indian Defense80C42 - Petrov's Defense54B09 - Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack54A29 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line50E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense49E32 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation47B08 - Pirc Defense: Classical Variation46B07 - Pirc Defense43A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit41

Most Faced Opponents

Karpov, Anatoly100 gamesLjubojevic, Ljubomir73 gamesKortschnoj, Viktor66 gamesShort, Nigel D62 gamesPortisch, Lajos58 gamesKasparov, Gary53 gamesJussupow, Artur52 gamesHuebner, Robert47 gamesAndersson, Ulf46 gamesMiles, Anthony J41 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Timman, Jan H vs Beliavsky, Alexander G

Linares

1988

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FCGFCG
1-0

Timman, Jan H vs Jussupow, Artur

Linares

1993

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FCGFCG
1-0

Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H

Linares

1992

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FCGFCG
0-1

Timman, Jan H vs Spassky, Boris V

Linares

1983

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FCGFCG
1-0

Timman, Jan H vs Portisch, Lajos

Tilburg

1979

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FCGFCG
0-1

Timman, Jan H vs Polugaevsky, Lev

Tilburg

1983

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FCGFCG
0-1

Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H

FIDE-Wch

1993

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FCGFCG
1-0

Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H

FIDE-Wch

1993

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FCGFCG
0-1

Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly

Tilburg

1988

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FCGFCG
0-1

Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H

FIDE-Wch

1993

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Games (3621)

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Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
FIDE-Wch 1993 A33
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1993 C70
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
FIDE-Wch 1993 D39
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch 1993 A29
Kasparov, Gary vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1993 E32
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch 1993 D43
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
FIDE-Wch 1993 E81
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
FIDE-Wch 1993 D85
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch 1993 B17
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch 1993 A46
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1993 E12
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1993 E13
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch 1993 D39
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1992 E97
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1992 B04
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1-0
Linares 1992 B12
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
Linares 1992 E86
Timman, Jan H vs Jussupow, Artur★
1-0
Linares 1992 A12
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary★
0-1
Linares 1992 E87
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1992 D85
Short, Nigel D vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
Linares 1992 C48
Gelfand, Boris vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1992 D48
Timman, Jan H vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1991 B81
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1991 C44
Kasparov, Gary vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Tilburg 1991 D94
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Tilburg 1991 D43
Timman, Jan H vs Short, Nigel D★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1991 C89
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary★
0-1
Tilburg 1991 E60
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1991 E25
Short, Nigel D vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Tilburg 1991 B04
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1991 E25
Timman, Jan H vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1991 C42
Jussupow, Artur vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1991 E52
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Tilburg 1991 C49
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1991 D03
Gelfand, Boris vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1991 E16
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1991 E86
Timman, Jan H vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0
Tilburg 1991 D97
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
Tilburg 1991 C05
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1991 D85
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1991 C89
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
0-1
Tilburg 1990 E16
Gelfand, Boris vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
Tilburg 1990 E07
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1
Tilburg 1990 C92
Timman, Jan H vs Short, Nigel D★
1-0
Tilburg 1990 A93
Timman, Jan H vs Gelfand, Boris★
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1990 C67
Timman, Jan H vs Kamsky, Gata★
0-1
Tilburg 1990 B12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Tilburg 1990 A29
Short, Nigel D vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Tilburg 1990 C01
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0
Linares 1989 B08
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