Jan Timman
Notable Games

Jan Timman

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Notable Games

  • 1973 Timman, Jan H vsPolugaevsky, Lev 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation 15 moves Hilversum AVRO Hilversum 1973. A 15-move miniature crushing the great Soviet grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky. On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1973 Timman, Jan H vsQuinteros, Miguel Angel 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation 29 moves IBM Amsterdam (IBM) 1973. A 29-move win over the Argentine grandmaster Miguel Quinteros. On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1977.04.22 Timman, Jan H vsVan Wijgerden, Cornelis 1-0 Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Quiet System, Czech Defense 63 moves NED-ch32 Dutch Championship 1977. A win over Cornelis van Wijgerden. On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1978.03.03 Timman, Jan H vsKarpov, Anatoly 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation 46 moves Bugojno Bugojno 1978. A win over reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov, ground out in a Queen's Gambit Declined endgame.
  • 1979.11.13 Timman, Jan H vsSmyslov, Vasily V 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense 41 moves Interpolis-03 Tilburg 1979. A win over former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, converting a QGD rook ending.
  • 1981.10.05 Timman, Jan H vsKasparov, Garry 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation, Donner Line 40 moves Interpolis-05 Tilburg 1981. Timman beats the 18-year-old Garry Kasparov — four years before Kasparov took the crown — in a King's Indian.
  • 1981.10.02 Timman, Jan H vsSpassky, Boris Vasilievich 1-0 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Dragon Formation 86 moves Interpolis-05 Tilburg 1981. An 86-move marathon win over former World Champion Boris Spassky in the Pirc.
  • 1985.11.07 Timman, Jan H vsTal, Mikhail 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense 28 moves Candidates plof-4.pl Tal-Timman +1-1=4 Candidates playoff 1985. A 28-move win over former World Champion Mikhail Tal.
  • 1985.03.18 Timman, Jan H vsLjubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Accepted 22 moves Linares-05 Linares 1985. A 22-move win over the world-class attacker Ljubomir Ljubojevic. On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1985.12.17 Timman, Jan H vsKasparov, Garry 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov-Breyer-Zaitsev Hybrid 41 moves Match Kasparov-Timman +3-1=2 KRO Hilversum 1985 — one of Timman's most celebrated wins. In a Closed Ruy Lopez he finds a game-ending combination against reigning World Champion Garry Kasparov, the queen storming in (38.Qf3+, 39.Qxf7+, 41.Qf6+). On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1990.09.24 Timman, Jan H vsShort, Nigel D 1-0 Dutch Defense: Stonewall Variation, Botvinnik Variation 30 moves Tilburg Tilburg 1990. A 30-move win over Nigel Short, three years before Short reached the World Championship final. On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1992 Timman, Jan H vsKarpov, Anatoly 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal Variation 55 moves Linares 10th Linares 1992. A win over Anatoly Karpov in the Caro-Kann Advance — a year before their 1993 FIDE World Championship match.
  • 1999.07.16 Timman, Jan H vsTopalov, Veselin 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Delayed Keres Attack 46 moves Dortmund SuperGM 27th Dortmund 1999. A win over future FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a Sicilian Scheveningen.
  • 2001.01.16 Timman, Jan H vsTopalov, Veselin 1-0 Indian Defense: Pseudo-Benko 38 moves Corus Wijk aan Zee 2001. A second win over Veselin Topalov.
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