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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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Seirawan, Yasser vs Timman, Jan H
1-0
KRO m 1990 E21
Timman, Jan H vs Psakhis, Lev
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 E15
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
Prague 1990 B48
Huebner, Robert vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 B43
Timman, Jan H vs Seirawan, Yasser
1-0
KRO m 1990 B12
Seirawan, Yasser vs Timman, Jan H
1-0
KRO m 1990 E21
Timman, Jan H vs Gurevich, Mikhail
1/2-1/2
Rotterdam 1990 C11
Cooper, John Grantley vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 E18
Timman, Jan H vs Illescas Cordoba, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 B46
Seirawan, Yasser vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
KRO m 1990 E21
Timman, Jan H vs Seirawan, Yasser
0-1
KRO m 1990 B12
Gurevich, Mikhail vs Timman, Jan H
1-0
Rotterdam 1990 E33
Timman, Jan H vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2
KRO m 1990 A46
Timman, Jan H vs Granda Zuniga, Julio E
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 B19
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 A33
Timman, Jan H vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0
Prague 1990 A30
Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 A09
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Rotterdam 1990 A33
Timman, Jan H vs Fernandes, Antonio
1/2-1/2
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 B28
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1989 C82
Timman, Jan H vs Agdestein, Simen
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1989 C70
Timman, Jan H vs Kozul, Zdenko
1-0
Belgrade 1989 A16
Timman, Jan H vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1989 A86
Seirawan, Yasser vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
World Cup 1989 E15
Van der Wiel, John TH vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
World Cup 1989 B57
Timman, Jan H vs Sokolov, Andrei
1-0
World Cup 1989 B50
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
Candidats sf2 1989 E20
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
World Cup 1989 C19
Timman, Jan H vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1989 A65
Timman, Jan H vs Salov, Valery
1-0
World Cup 1989 E15
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1989 B08
Timman, Jan H vs Salov, Valery
1-0
Euwe mem 1989 B81
Timman, Jan H vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1989 D58
Timman, Jan H vs Popovic, Petar
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1989 D82
Salov, Valery vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Euwe mem 1989 D93
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
World Cup 1989 D12
Nunn, John DM vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
World Cup 1989 C11
Timman, Jan H vs Nogueiras, Jesus
1-0
World Cup 1989 D47
Timman, Jan H vs Hjartarson, Johann
1-0
World Cup 1989 C42
Arnason, Jon L vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
EUCup qual 1989 C18
Timman, Jan H vs Hjartarson, Johann
1/2-1/2
Euwe mem 1989 E05
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1989 C82
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
Candidats sf2 1989 A33
Hjartarson, Johann vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1989 E32
Damljanovic, Branko vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1989 E15
Timman, Jan H vs Nikolic, Predrag
1/2-1/2
Belgrade 1989 E15
Sax, Gyula vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
World Cup 1989 C14
Hjartarson, Johann vs Timman, Jan H
0-1
Euwe mem 1989 B19
Timman, Jan H vs Speelman, Jonathan S
0-1
Candidats sf2 1989 C63
Salov, Valery vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Candidats m4 1988 E13
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