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Jan Timman

Jan Timman
Timman in Thessaloniki 1984
Personal information
NameJan Timman
Full nameJan Hendrik Timman
CountryNetherlands
TitleGrandmaster (1974)
FIDE rating2571 (March 2011)
Peak rating2680 (January 1990)

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Jan Timman (born 14 December 1951) is 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 has won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and has been a Candidate for the World Championship several times.


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