Notable Games
Jan Timman
14 celebrated games · 1354 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Timman – Polugaevsky · 1973 · 1–0
Hilversum 1973. A 15-move miniature crushing the great Soviet grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky. On his chessgames notable list.
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Timman – Quinteros · 1973 · 1–0
Amsterdam (IBM) 1973. A 29-move win over the Argentine grandmaster Miguel Quinteros. On his chessgames notable list.
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Timman – Van Wijgerden · 1977 · 1–0
Dutch Championship 1977. A win over Cornelis van Wijgerden. On his chessgames notable list.
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Timman – Karpov · 1978 · 1–0
Bugojno 1978. A win over reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov, ground out in a Queen's Gambit Declined endgame.
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Timman – Smyslov · 1979 · 1–0
Tilburg 1979. A win over former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, converting a QGD rook ending.
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Timman – Kasparov · 1981 · 1–0
Tilburg 1981. Timman beats the 18-year-old Garry Kasparov — four years before Kasparov took the crown — in a King's Indian.
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Timman – Spassky · 1981 · 1–0
Tilburg 1981. An 86-move marathon win over former World Champion Boris Spassky in the Pirc.
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Timman – Tal · 1985 · 1–0
Candidates playoff 1985. A 28-move win over former World Champion Mikhail Tal.
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Timman – Ljubojevic · 1985 · 1–0
Linares 1985. A 22-move win over the world-class attacker Ljubomir Ljubojevic. On his chessgames notable list.
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Timman – Kasparov · 1985 · 1–0
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.
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Timman – Short · 1990 · 1–0
Tilburg 1990. A 30-move win over Nigel Short, three years before Short reached the World Championship final. On his chessgames notable list.
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Timman – Karpov · 1992 · 1–0
Linares 1992. A win over Anatoly Karpov in the Caro-Kann Advance — a year before their 1993 FIDE World Championship match.
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Timman – Topalov · 1999 · 1–0
Dortmund 1999. A win over future FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a Sicilian Scheveningen.
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Timman – Topalov · 2001 · 1–0
Wijk aan Zee 2001. A second win over Veselin Topalov.
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