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▫️ Jan Timman
▫️ Dutch chess Grandmaster
▫️ Yesterday was birthday of Jan Timman

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♦️ Jan Timman
♦️ Dutch chess Grandmaster
♦️ Yesterday was birthday of Jan Timman




💢 Full name Jan Hendrik Timman
💢 Country Netherlands
💢 Born 14 December 1951 (age 65) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
💢 Title Grandmaster (1974)
💢 FIDE rating 2562 (December 2017)
💢 Peak rating 2680 (January 1990)

♦️ Jan Timman 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".

Review one of Timman's best game: 👇🏼👇🏼

🔹 Jan Timman vs Garry Kasparov
🔹 KRO Match (1985), Hilversum NED, rd 3, Dec-17
🔹 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov-Breyer-Zaitsev Hybrid (C93)


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🔹 Jan Timman vs Garry Kasparov
🔹 KRO Match (1985), Hilversum NED, rd 3, Dec-17
🔹 Download PGN file of this game 👇🏼👇🏼

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🔹 Jan Timman vs Garry Kasparov
🔹 KRO Match (1985), Hilversum NED, rd 3, Dec-17
🔹 PGN format

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🔸London Chess Classic 2017
🔸Round 8
⚪️Carlsen,Magnus (2837)
⚫️Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2729)
🔸0-1
📘 36.Qc6?
Carlsen has completely forgotten about the intermediate move 36...Qa4.
36...Qa4! 37.Q×a4 N×a4 38.c6 Nb6 39.c7 f6 40.Rb3 Nc8 0-1
🔸London Chess Classic 2017
🔸Round 8
⚪️Aronian,Levon (2805)
⚫️Carlsen,Magnus (2837)
🔸0-1
📘 39.b4?! Rad5 40.Ra1 Rb5 -/+
Aronian, who had a better position from the opening, could not adapt himself to change the situation and eventually lost. however, he could force a draw with the following continuation:
39.R7×d6 N×d6 40.R×d6 Rad5 41.R×d5 R×d5 42.e7+ K×e7 43.Bc8 Rb5 44.B×b7 Rb4 45.Ba8 =
🔸London Chess Classic 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Caruana,Fabiano (2799)
⚫️Adams,Michael (2715)
🔸1-0
📘 35.Nd4!
Caruana, after waiting for the perfect opportunity, initiates to play for a win at the right moment.
35..N×d4 36.e×d4 Rg3 only move
37.Rf3! B×f3 38.e×f3 c6 39.Kh2 R×g2+ 40.K×g2
White is a pawn up.
🔸London Chess Classic 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2782)
⚫️So,Wesley (2788)
🔸0-1
📘27.Kf1 N×c3!
After Wesley's interesting combination, Vishy made the critical mistake:
28.N4e3?
A)28.Q×c3? Qe2+ 29.Kg1 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Ne2 31.Qe1 Q×c2 -/+
B)28.N×b6!! In order to open the c-file.
28...c×b6 29.Q×c3 Qe2+ 30.Kg1 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Ne2 32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.Qf5+ = Perpetual check.

28.N4e3 Ne4 29.Qd4 c5 -+
And after a few more moves, Anand lost the game on his birthday
⚫️#167 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ivanchuk,Vassily (2711)
🔸Kasparov,Garry (2838)
🔸RUS-The World Moscow 2002
📘 16...d5!
A brilliant pawn sacrifice to take over the center. Kasparov is playing for keeps. however, he eventually lost the game.
16...Qc7 or 16...c5 would be met by 17.Bc4 or 17.f4 and White obtains a strong initiative.
⚪️#168 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ivanchuk,Vassily (2779)
🔸Romanov,Evgeny (2624)
🔸RUS-chT Olginka 2011
📘 39.Qd2!
Ivanchuk adds a defender to e3, as well as forcing Black to keep an eye on a5.
39.Bxd5 Nxd5 only makes Black's defensive task easier.
39.Bf3? allows black to obtain a winning position with a tactical blow: 39...Nxe3+! 40.Rxe3 Rxe3 41.Rxd8 Rxf3+ 42.Ke2 Qxd8-+.
⚪️#169 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Botvinnik,Mikhail
🔸Smyslov,Vassily
🔸World-ch20 1957
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 169

A: Re1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%

C: Nd1 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍 33%

B: Qe3 – 2
👍👍👍👍 22%

👥 9 people voted so far.