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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1/2-1/2Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 C92
Timman, Jan H vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Hamburg TV-B 1982 B00
Timman, Jan H vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Phillips&Drew 1982 E17
Spassky, Boris V vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Hamburg TV-B 1982 B25
Geller, Efim P vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Phillips&Drew 1982 B73
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Phillips&Drew 1982 B64
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1982 A60
Browne, Walter S vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1982 E11
Timman, Jan H vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1Phillips&Drew 1982 B82
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Luzern ol (Men) 1982 B83
Spassky, Boris V vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Phillips&Drew 1982 C42
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1982 E84
Bouaziz, Slim vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 B83
Timman, Jan H vs Huebner, Robert
1-0Tilburg 1982 B19
Suba, Mihai vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 A29
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1982 E18
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Mar del Plata 1982 B81
Timman, Jan H vs Torre, Eugenio
1-0Tilburg 1982 C99
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Bugojno 1982 C99
Timman, Jan H vs Sunye Neto, Jaime
1/2-1/2Las Palmas Interzonal 1982 E12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Amsterdam 1981 A30
Timman, Jan H vs Kasparov, Gary
1/2-1/2Moscow 1981 E83
Andersson, Ulf vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1981 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Amsterdam 1981 A29
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Moscow 1981 D42
Timman, Jan H vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2Moscow 1981 E12
Timman, Jan H vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0Amsterdam 1981 B50
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Tilburg 1981 E20
Smyslov, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Moscow 1981 A39
Timman, Jan H vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
1/2-1/2Moscow 1981 C84
Timman, Jan H vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Moscow 1981 E54
Timman, Jan H vs Miles, Anthony J
1-0Tilburg 1981 B00
Huebner, Robert vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1981 E41
Smyslov, Vassily vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Amsterdam 1981 A46
Larsen, Bent vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Las Palmas 1981 B66
Timman, Jan H vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Moscow 1981 C42
Timman, Jan H vs Geller, Efim P
1-0Moscow 1981 C82
Timman, Jan H vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2Amsterdam 1981 E15
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Las Palmas 1981 E12
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1980 A17
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1980 D99
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 C43
Ribli, Zoltan vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Tilburg 1980 A38
Tal, Mihail vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1980 E20
Karpov, Anatoly vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Buenos Aires 1980 B64
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Malta ol (Men) 1980 B09
Timman, Jan H vs Huebner, Robert
1-0Tilburg 1980 E16
Timman, Jan H vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1Bugojno 1980 C92
Timman, Jan H vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Phillips&Drew 1980 B82
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Bugojno 1980 A10