Jan Timman

Jan Timman, 2013
Surname	Jan Hendrikus Timman
Association	Netherlands
Born	December 14, 1951 Amsterdam
title	International Master (1971) Grand Master (1974)
Current  Elo rating	2533 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2680 (January 1990)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Jan Hendrikus Timman (born December 14, 1951 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch chess player .

Life

Timman - Tigran Petrosian , Rio de Janeiro interzonal tournament 1979

Jan Timman, 2007

Jan Timman is the son of the mathematician and engineer Reinier Timman . Even in his early childhood he was considered one of the greatest Dutch talents since Max Euwe : In addition to numerous national youth titles, at the age of 15 he achieved a remarkable third place at the U20 World Cup in Jerusalem in 1967 . From 1967 to 1969 he worked regularly with the international master Hans Bouwmeester to improve his playing strength. In 1970 Timman decided to become a professional player, in 1971 he became an international master , in 1974 he achieved the title of chess grandmaster . He was the Dutch national champion nine times : 1974–1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987 and 1996.

In 1978 he qualified for the first time over the zone tournament of Amsterdam for the interzonal tournament in Rio de Janeiro 1979. In preparation he was financed a match against Lev Polugajewski, which he was able to win with 4.5: 3.5. He was also given Ulf Andersson as a second . At the interzonal tournament, Timman had chances to qualify for the candidates tournament until the last round , but finally finished fourth (only the first three qualified). Even at the 1982 interzonal tournament in Moscow , which Garry Kasparov won, he failed to make the leap to the candidates' tournament (5th-7th place).

In 1985 he finally managed a convincing victory at the interzonal tournament in Taxco (Mexico) with a 1.5 point lead and thus qualification for the 1985 Montpellier Candidates Tournament , in which he shared 4-5 places with ex-world champion Michail Tal . The necessary playoff for the last place for the candidate semi-finals ended 3: 3 (+1 = 4 −1), whereupon Timman's better ranking in the tournament was decisive. By which he met Artur Jussupow in Tilburg in 1986 , to whom he lost 3: 6 (+1 = 4 −4). Timman was thus pre-qualified for the next World Cup elimination cycle: In 1989 he defeated the Hungarian Lajos Portisch in the quarter-finals in Antwerp with 3.5: 2.5 (+2 = 3 −1), in the semifinals in London the Englishman Jonathan Speelman with 4, 5: 3.5 (+2 = 5 −1). In the 1990 candidate final in Kuala Lumpur, he was finally defeated by ex-world champion Anatoly Karpow with 2.5: 6.5 (+0 = 5 −4). Again Timman was pre-qualified for the candidates fighting for the next cycle: In 1991 he defeated in the second round the German Robert Hübner in Sarajevo 4.5: 2.5 (+ 2 = 5 -0) in the quarterfinals he beat in Brussels the Swiss Viktor Korchnoi also with 4.5: 2.5 (+2 = 5 −0), defeated Artur Jussupow in the semifinals in Linares in 1992 with 6: 4 (+4 = 4 −2) and was defeated in the candidate final in El Escorial by the Englishman Nigel Short with 5 , 5: 7.5 (+3 = 5 −5).

Surprisingly, Nigel Short and World Champion Garri Kasparow were disqualified by FIDE in 1993 due to financial differences and the World Chess Federation held a World Championship match between the last two opponents, Shorts, half of which was held in different Dutch cities and half in Jakarta . Timman and Karpow played the first six games in Arnhem , the next three in Amsterdam . In this competition, in which he hardly had a chance, Timman was defeated by former world champion Anatoli Karpow with 8.5: 12.5 (+2 = 12 −6). In the following cycle, Timman first achieved a 4.5: 3.5 (+2 = 5 −1) victory over Joël Lautier in the 1994 round of 16 in Wijk aan Zee , but lost to Valeri Salow in the quarterfinals with 3.5: 4.5 (+1 = 5 −2) in Sanghi Nagar (India).

Timman's most successful period falls in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1977 he finished second behind Anatoli Karpow at the International German Championship in Bad Lauterberg in the Harz region . In 1981 he won together with Gennadi Sosonko in Wijk aan Zee . In January 1982 he was second in the world rankings after Anatoly Karpov, in January 1990 he reached an Elo rating of 2,680, which is his personal record.

His most important victories include: Stockholm 1973, Hastings 1973/74, Sombor 1974, Netanja 1975, Reykjavík 1976, Amsterdam 1978, Nikšić 1978, Bled - Portorož 1979, Amsterdam 1981 (before Portisch and Karpow), Las Palmas 1981, Wijk aan Zee 1981, Mar del Plata 1982 (before world champion Anatoli Karpow), Djkarta 1983, Bugojno 1984, Sarajevo 1984, Wijk aan Zee 1985, Amsterdam 1985, Zagreb 1985, Taxco (interzonal tournament) 1985, Amsterdam 1987, Tilburg 1987, Linares 1988, Amsterdam 1989 , Rotterdam 1989, Prague 1990, Amsterdam 1995, Merrillville 1997, Hoogeveen 1999, Malmö 2001, Willemstad (Curaçao) 2001, Malmö / Copenhagen 2005.

In the course of his career he won numerous other competitions in addition to candidate competitions: the most important include victories over Lew Polugajewski 1979 in Breda [4.5: 3.5 (+2 = 5 −1)], over Lajos Portisch in Hilversum 1984 [3, 5: 2.5 (+2 = 3 −1)], about Ljubomir Ljubojević 1987 in Hilversum [4.5: 1.5 (+3 = 3 −0)], about Jeroen Piket in Amsterdam 1995 [6: 4 ( +3 = 6 −1)] and Ivan Sokolov in Amsterdam 1996 [2.5: 1.5 (+2 = 1 −1)].

Timman is the editor-in-chief of New In Chess magazine and is recognized as an excellent analyst and commentator. Since 1971 he has also been active as a chess composer . According to him, Timman's wife is an expert in retro-analytical chess problems . His brother Ton Timman (1948-2014) was also a chess player, he was Dutch team champion in 1970 with Watergraafsmeer , took part in the Dutch individual championship in 1972, carried the title of FIDE master and in May 1974 reached his highest rating of 2385.

Jan Timman published numerous books.

Game example

Timman-Kasparov

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 41. Qf6 +

In the third game of the KRO match in Hilversum in 1985, Timman defeated the then reigning world champion Kasparov with the white pieces.

Timman – Kasparov 1-0

Hilversum, December 17, 1985

Spanish Match ( Closed Defense ), C93

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0–0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 h6 15. Bc2 Nb8 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Bb2 g6 18. c4 exd4 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nxd4 c6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Qb6 23. Nc2 Qc7 24. Bb3 Ba6 25.Rc1 Bg7 26.Ne3 Bb5 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29. exd5 Ne5 30.Ne4 Nd3 31.Qd2 Ra3 32.Nf6 Rxe1 + 33.Rxe1 Kxf6 34. Qc3 + Ne5 35. f4 Ba4 36. fxe5 + dxe5 37. d6 Qxd6 38. Qf3 + Ke7 39. Qxf7 + Kd8 40.Rd1 Ta1 41. Qf6 + 1: 0

Elo development

National team

Jan Timman and Gennadi Sosonko Chess Olympiad 1984 in Thessaloniki

Timman took part in the chess Olympiads in 1972 , 1974 , 1976 , 1978 , 1980 , 1982 , 1984 , 1990 , 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 and 2004 with the Dutch national team. The most successful for him was the 1976 Chess Olympiad, in which he and the team took second place and in the individual ranking first place on the first board.

Timman also represented the Netherlands at the 1989 World Team Championships and the 1983, 1997 and 2005 European Team Championships. In 1983 he achieved the best result on the top board, in 2005 he won with the Dutch team.

In 1984 he was appointed to the second board of the world selection in the competition between the USSR and the rest of the world and was defeated by Garry Kasparov with 1.5: 2.5.

societies

In the 1970s and 1980s Timman played for the team from Volmac Rotterdam , with whom he also took part in the European Club Cup three times and was able to book the greatest success in the 1979 final. From 1996 to 2006 he played for Breda , with whom he became Dutch team champions in 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 and 2006 and won the European Club Cup in 1998.

Timman played in the German Bundesliga from 1997 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2007 for SG Porz , with which he became German team champion in 1998 , 1999 and 2000 . He has been playing for the Düsseldorfer SK since 2017, including in the 1st Bundesliga in the 2018/19 season. In the Swedish Elitserien he played from 2000 to 2003 for Limhamns SK , in the French Top 16 he played in 2008 for La Tour Sarrazine Antibes . He also played for the Belgian club Anderlecht , with whom he took part in the European Club Cup in 1990, and the Koninklijke Gentse Schaakkring Ruy Lopez .

Works (selection)

• Jan Timman analyzes grandmaster games . The chess archive, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-88086-048-3 .
• Schaakwerk I Analyzes and Studies . Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1983, ISBN 90-6742-001-8 . (German: studies and games)
• Schaakwerk II. Aanvalswendingen en Eindspelfinesses. Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1991, ISBN 978-90-351-1086-1 .
• Chess the adventurous way . New In Chess, Alkmaar 1994, ISBN 90-71689-85-9 .
• Selected endgame studies . Koblenz 1995, ISBN 3-929291-03-7 . (with 40 of Timman's best studies)
• On the attack . New In Chess, Alkmaar 2006, ISBN 90-5691-187-2 .
• The power of light figures . New In Chess, Alkmaar 2006, ISBN 90-5691-196-1 .
• The Art of the Endgame. My Journeys in the Magical World of Endgame Studies. New In Chess, Alkmaar 2011, ISBN 978-90-5691-369-4 .

literature

• Tibor Károlyi: Legendary Chess Careers - Jan Timman . Chess Evolution, Niepolomice 2015, ISBN 978-83-937009-0-5 .

Web links

Commons : Jan Timman  - Collection of Images

• Literature by and about Jan Timman in the catalog of the German National Library
• Dossier with personal bibliography ( Memento of January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), prepared by the Royal Library of the Netherlands
• Replayable chess games by Jan Timman on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eric Lobron : Timman is a candidate! Schach-Echo , No. 1/1986, pp. 3–4 (report and games).
2. ↑ Jules Welling: Timman missed his opportunities . Die Schachwoche 1993, Issue 38, pp. 3–6 (report, picture and games).
3. ↑ German individual chess championship 1977 in Bad Lauterberg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
4. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: G. Sosonko and J. Timman won in Wijk aan Zee . Schach-Echo 1981, volume 4, title page (with cross table).
5. ↑ Jan C. Roosendaal: Jan Timman great winner in Amsterdam! Schach-Echo 1981, issue 12, title page (with cross table).
6. ^ Jan C. Roosendaal: Chess match Timman - Ljubojevic . Schach-Echo 1988, Issue 1, pp. 9 and 10 (report, games).
7. ^ Obituary for Ton Timman at the Dutch Chess Federation (Dutch)
8. ↑ Ton Timman's FIDE index card ( Memento from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (as of August 26, 2014)
9. ↑ Ton Timman's Elo development up to 2001 on olimpbase.org (English)
10. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
11. ↑ Jan Timman's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
12. ↑ Jan Timmans results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
13. ↑ Jan Timman's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
14. ↑ ^{a b c} Jan Timmans results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)