JAN TIMMAN

'Jan Timman' (born December 14, 1951) is a Dutch chessplayer who had his greatest successes in the 1970s and 1980s. He has won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times. He was a candidate for the World Championship several times. He played for the FIDE World Championship in 1993, losing to Anatoly Karpov. In the 1980s and early 1990s he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and known as "The Best of the West". Timman continues to play actively and in 2006 won the Sigeman Tournament in Malmö Sweden. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest Dutch chess players ever.
He is one the chief editors of the magazine New In Chess. His book ''The Art of Chess Analysis'' (ISBN 1-85744-179-6) is widely considered one of the modern classics of chess literature.
Timman is twice married, with a son and a daughter from the first marriage.

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