CHESS PLAYER

Jan Timman

1951 - Today

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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". 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Timman is the 47th most popular chess player (up from 51st in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 368th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Jan Timman ranks 47 out of 461. Before him are Borislav Ivkov, Robert Hübner, Lyudmila Rudenko, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Alexander McDonnell, and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais. After him are László Szabó, Olga Rubtsova, Nigel Short, Gioachino Greco, Yuri Averbakh, and Mir Sultan Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Jan Timman ranks 124. Before him are Beverly D'Angelo, Antonis Samaras, Joachim Streich, Lynda Carter, James Newton Howard, and Ernesto Zedillo. After him are Jakaya Kikwete, Alexander Sokurov, Philip Davis, Enki Bilal, Samuel Doe, and Alexander Bortnikov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Timman ranks 298 out of 1,646. Before him are Ludger (742), Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968), Pieter van der Aa (1659), Zacharias Janssen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), and Philip de Koninck (1619). After him are Aert de Gelder (1645), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Karel Doorman (1889), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Esaias van de Velde (1587), and Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among chess players born in Netherlands, Jan Timman ranks 2. Before him are Max Euwe (1901). After him are Fenny Heemskerk (1919), and Jorden van Foreest (1999).

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