Jan Timman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jan Timman
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 14, 1951(1951-12-14)
Age	73
Birthplace	Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Holland
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Jan Timman Biography

Jan Timman is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on December 14, 1951 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Jan is the son of mathematics professor Rein Timman and his wife Anneke, who as a schoolgirl was a mathematics student of former world champion Max Euwe. Timman was an outstanding prospect in his early teens, and at Jerusalem 1967 played in the World Junior Championship, aged fifteen, finishing third.

He has always adopted a wide and varied opening repertoire, playing an array of different systems as both White and Black. When he first reached the world class level in the 1970s, this was relatively unusual, with most elite grandmasters deploying a more narrowly focused range of openings, but it is now the norm.

Jan Timman Net Worth

Jan Timman is one of the richest Chess Player from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jan Timman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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. He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.

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This game, played between Timman and Garry Kasparov in Hilversum on 17 December 1985, is a good example of Timman’s style:

Facts & Trivia

Chocoball Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Jan Timman celebrates birthday on December 14 of every year.

Timman likes to challenge opponents directly in the areas of their strengths. Yasser Seirawan describes a game where Timman had an over-the-board inspiration to opt for a complicated game—the kind that Timman knew Seirawan really enjoyed—in spite of having prepared an equalizing variation beforehand. Timman’s fearlessness has caused him to lose a lot of games, but also makes him a feared competitor because nobody likes to lose from their favourite positions. Raymond Keene described Timman’s playing style as that of “a fighter, in the mould of Emanuel Lasker”.

Top Facts about Jan Timman

1. Jan Timman is a Dutch chess grandmaster born in 1951.
2. He was ranked world number two in the 1980s.
3. Timman won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times.
4. He played in six Candidates Tournaments for the World Championship.
5. Timman has authored several books on chess strategy and tactics.
6. He defeated Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Bobby Fischer.
7. Timman has represented the Netherlands in numerous Chess Olympiads.
8. He retired from professional chess in 2016 but still plays recreationally.
9. Timman’s highest Elo rating was 2680 (in July 1982).
10. He is known for his aggressive and tactical playing style.