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
View PrintGames (3621)
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1/2-1/2NLD-ch 1987 C69
Pieterse, Gert vs Timman, Jan H
1-0NLD-ch 1987 A53
Timman, Jan H vs Nikolic, Predrag
1-0Belgrade 1987 A17
Timman, Jan H vs Gulko, Boris F
1-0OHRA 1987 C78
Timman, Jan H vs Van der Wiel, John TH
1/2-1/2OHRA 1987 D55
Timman, Jan H vs Kuijf, Marinus
1/2-1/2NLD-ch 1987 C06
Timman, Jan H vs Ree, Hans
1-0NLD-ch 1987 E90
Winants, Luc vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Brussels 1987 A47
Popovic, Petar vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Belgrade 1987 B80
Van der Wiel, John TH vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Brussels blitz 1987 B12
Zapata, Alonso vs Timman, Jan H
0-1OHRA 1987 B04
Gulko, Boris F vs Timman, Jan H
1-0OHRA 1987 E12
Arnason, Jon L vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Reykjavik 1987 C78
Huebner, Robert vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Brussels blitz 1987 B19
Timman, Jan H vs Marjanovic, Slavoljub
1-0Belgrade 1987 B56
Timman, Jan H vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2SWIFT 1986 D21
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Timman, Jan H
1-0OHRA 1986 E16
Timman, Jan H vs Winants, Luc
1-0SWIFT 1986 A61
Van der Tuuk, Jaap vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Utrecht 1986 B97
Timman, Jan H vs Jadoul, Michel
1-0SWIFT 1986 A43
Timman, Jan H vs Miles, Anthony J
1-0Bugojno 1986 D06
Timman, Jan H vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2SWIFT 1986 C11
Timman, Jan H vs Schenk, A.
1-0Utrecht 1986 B78
Timman, Jan H vs Miles, Anthony J
1-0SWIFT 1986 E13
Nieuwenhuis, Pieter vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Utrecht 1986 D89
Sokolov, Andrei vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1986 C06
Timman, Jan H vs Hellers, Ferdinand
1-0OHRA 1986 B90
Berg, Klaus vs Timman, Jan H
0-1Lugano op 1986 D34
Timman, Jan H vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0OHRA 1986 C15
Timman, Jan H vs Van der Wiel, John TH
1/2-1/2OHRA 1986 B56
Torre, Eugenio vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2SWIFT 1986 B58
Timman, Jan H vs Sokolov, Andrei
1/2-1/2Bugojno 1986 B46
Van der Wiel, John TH vs Timman, Jan H
1-0OHRA 1986 B11
Zapata, Alonso vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2SWIFT 1986 B83
Hellers, Ferdinand vs Timman, Jan H
1-0OHRA 1986 C96
De Jong, Tom vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Utrecht 1986 E13
Timman, Jan H vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0OHRA 1986 B97
Ribli, Zoltan vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2OHRA 1986 A17
Van der Wiel, John TH vs Timman, Jan H
0-1SWIFT 1986 C06
Miles, Anthony J vs Timman, Jan H
1-0Bugojno 1986 A10
Timman, Jan H vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1/2-1/2SWIFT 1986 A70
Timman, Jan H vs Nunn, John DM
1/2-1/2Utrecht 1986 B76
Martinovic, Slobodan vs Timman, Jan H
0-1OHRA 1985 D90
Sunye Neto, Jaime vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2OHRA 1985 A29
Timman, Jan H vs Nunn, John DM
1/2-1/2OHRA 1985 C50
Timman, Jan H vs Cvitan, Ognjen
1-0Zagreb 1985 E82
Rukavina, Josip vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Zagreb 1985 A07
Timman, Jan H vs Hulak, Krunoslav
1-0Zagreb 1985 E31
Timman, Jan H vs Lobron, Eric
1-0Hoogovens 1985 B45
Cebalo, Miso vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2Zagreb 1985 E12