Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Sport
Chess
Languages
Dutch
Children
1 child: Dehlia Timman
Zodiac Sign
♐ Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac
兔 Rabbit
Name Origin
English < Old French < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew (יוֹחָנָן)
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Jan Timman: Dutch chess player.
Born in Amsterdam (died at age 74).
Biography
Jan Timman is a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading chess 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 Chess Championship several times. He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.
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Jan Timman was born on and passed away on at the age of 74.
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Jan Timman was born in Amsterdam.
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