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Jan Timman
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Key facts
- Born
- Jan Hendrik Timman , ( 1951-12-14 ) 14 December 1951, Amsterdam , Netherlands
- Died
- 18 February 2026 (2026-02-18) (aged 74), Arnhem , Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Title
- Grandmaster (1974)
- Peak rating
- 2680 (January 1990)
- Peak ranking
- No. 2 (January 1982)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Arnhem
- Occupation
- chess composer
- Position held
- editor-in-chief
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- 36th Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Image
- Timman Jan.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jan Timman
- date of birth
- 1951-12-14
- Elo rating
- 2530
- title of chess person
- International Master
- date of death
- 2026-02-18
- name in native language
- Jan Hendrik Timman
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Encyclopedic overview
Jan Hendrik Timman (14 December 1951 – 18 February 2026) 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 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.
Early career
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