Jan Timman, the chess grandmaster who has died aged 74, was one of the world’s finest players from the 1970s through to the 1990s; in an era of Soviet dominance he was known as “the Best of the West”.

AMSTERDAM, Feb 19 - Dutch chess grandmaster Jan Timman, known as "the best of the West" in a time when chess was dominated by players from the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 74, the Dutch Chess ...

Dutch GM Jan Timman was one of the West’s best in the decades after U.S. world champ Bobby Fischer fled the scene in 1975. Overshadowed a bit by the long dominance of the Russian Ks — Anatoly Karpov ...

IMAGE: Jan Timman was one of the greatest figures in Dutch and international chess. Photograph: FIDE/X Key Points Dutch chess Grandmaster Jan Timman, known as "the best of the West', passed away at ...

It’s hard to think of a better match in chess between author and subject than GM Jan Timman’s new anthology, “Max Euwe’s Best Games.” Timman, the best Dutch player of his generation and a prolific ...

Learning to break free from the rules through a game between two former World Championship Challengers, Grandmasters Nigel Short and Jan Timman How do you store information in your mind? In words?

Harikrishna came up with another inspired performance, defeating Jan Timman in the sixth round to continue to lead group B of Tata Steel tournament. Harikrishna came up with another inspired ...

Thirty years ago, in September 1993, two separate World Championship matches were played in the Netherlands and England for the first and only time in chess history. It was a controversial occasion ...

Elder stateman Jan Timman is struggling as Chinese chess prodigy Wei Yi and David Navara battle away in the 2015 Tata Steel chess tournament The Tata Steel B Group at Wijk aan Zee is proving just as ...

Experience triumphed over youth in round two of the European Team Championship at Gothenburg as Jan Timman scored the only win of the match to give Holland victory over Ukraine, the winners of the ...

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Dutch chess grandmaster Jan Timman, known as “the best of the West” in a time when chess was dominated by players from the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 74, the Dutch ...