Jan Timman
Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jan Timman (born 14 December 1951) is a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading chess 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".[1][2] He has won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and has been a Candidate for the World Chess Championship several times. He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.
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Jan Timman | |
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Full name | Jan Hendrik Timman |
Country | Netherlands |
Born | (1951-12-14) 14 December 1951 (age 72) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Title | Grandmaster (1974) |
FIDE rating | 2525 (April 2024) |
Peak rating | 2680 (January 1990) |
Peak ranking | No. 2 (January 1982) |
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