Jan Timman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jan Timman

Dutch chess player

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1951

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: journalist, chess player, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.