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Jan Timman
Jan Hendrik Timman was a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career, he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West". He won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship several times. He lost the title match of the 199…
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culture · Dutch chess grandmaster (1951–2026) · chess player · journalist · non-fiction writer · chess composer · Grandmaster · also Jan Timman, Timman
Born 14 December 1951 · Died 18 February 2026 · Q139438
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2026· 4 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Jan Timman, chess player who took on Anatoly Karpov for the world championship
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Stabroek News: Dutch chess grandmaster Timman, ‘the best of the West’, dies at age 74
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Died 2026-02-18.
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2006· 1 entry
Won the Sigeman Tournament in Malmö, Sweden and was second in the Howard Staunton Memorial in London
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2005· 1 entry
Alongside Loek van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Sergei Tiviakov, and Erik van den Doel
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2004· 1 entry
Participated in a rapid tournament in Reykjavík and was equal second at Amsterdam
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1993· 1 entry
Having defeated Robert Hübner, Viktor Korchnoi, and Yusupov, but lost this time to Nigel Short
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1991· 1 entry
A weekend event which attracted a huge amount of prize money
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1981· 1 entry
Wijk aan Zee in 1981 and 1985, Linares in 1988, the 1989 Euwe Memorial, and the 1989 World Cup tournament in Rotterdam
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1976· 1 entry
Won the gold medal for the best individual performance on that board
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1971· 1 entry
And in 1974 attained Grandmaster status, making him the Netherlands' third after Max Euwe and Jan Hein Donner
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-12-14.
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