Timman, Jan
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
Featured Games
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Timman, Jan H vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
Linares
1988
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Timman, Jan H vs Jussupow, Artur
Linares
1993
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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H
Linares
1992
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Timman, Jan H vs Spassky, Boris V
Linares
1983
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Timman, Jan H vs Portisch, Lajos
Tilburg
1979
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Timman, Jan H vs Polugaevsky, Lev
Tilburg
1983
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
FIDE-Wch
1993
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
FIDE-Wch
1993
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Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly
Tilburg
1988
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Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
FIDE-Wch
1993
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0-1FIDE-Wch 1993 A33
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1993 C70
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0FIDE-Wch 1993 D39
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2FIDE-Wch 1993 A29
Kasparov, Gary vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1993 E32
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2FIDE-Wch 1993 D43
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0FIDE-Wch 1993 E81
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0FIDE-Wch 1993 D85
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2FIDE-Wch 1993 B17
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2FIDE-Wch 1993 A46
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2Linares 1993 E12
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1993 E13
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2FIDE-Wch 1993 D39
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1992 E97
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1992 B04
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1-0Linares 1992 B12
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1Linares 1992 E86
Timman, Jan H vs Jussupow, Artur★
1-0Linares 1992 A12
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary★
0-1Linares 1992 E87
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Linares 1992 D85
Short, Nigel D vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1Linares 1992 C48
Gelfand, Boris vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2Linares 1992 D48
Timman, Jan H vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★
1/2-1/2Linares 1991 B81
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1991 C44
Kasparov, Gary vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Tilburg 1991 D94
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Tilburg 1991 D43
Timman, Jan H vs Short, Nigel D★
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1991 C89
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary★
0-1Tilburg 1991 E60
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2Linares 1991 E25
Short, Nigel D vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Tilburg 1991 B04
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1991 E25
Timman, Jan H vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1991 C42
Jussupow, Artur vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2Linares 1991 E52
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Tilburg 1991 C49
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary★
1/2-1/2Linares 1991 D03
Gelfand, Boris vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2Linares 1991 E16
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1991 E86
Timman, Jan H vs Kamsky, Gata★
1-0Tilburg 1991 D97
Anand, Viswanathan vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1Tilburg 1991 C05
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
1/2-1/2Linares 1991 D85
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2Linares 1991 C89
Timman, Jan H vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
0-1Tilburg 1990 E16
Gelfand, Boris vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1Tilburg 1990 E07
Kamsky, Gata vs Timman, Jan H★
0-1Tilburg 1990 C92
Timman, Jan H vs Short, Nigel D★
1-0Tilburg 1990 A93
Timman, Jan H vs Gelfand, Boris★
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1990 C67
Timman, Jan H vs Kamsky, Gata★
0-1Tilburg 1990 B12
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Tilburg 1990 A29
Short, Nigel D vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Tilburg 1990 C01
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H★
1-0Linares 1989 B08