Jan Timman
Soviet era · Netherlands · b. 1951
The best of the West in the 1980s, and a World Championship finalist in 1993.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
228Wins
480Draws
292Losses
47%Score
1967–2024Active
Head-to-Head Records
1000 Games · Page 5 of 5
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky White KRO m D58 0-1
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky White Tilburg A40 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky White Linares C73 0-1
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky Black KRO m C26 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky White KRO m A40 1-0
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky Black Niksic B83 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky Black KRO m E41 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mikhail Tal Black Niksic C94 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Efim Geller Black Phillips&Drew B73 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bugojno E17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Mar del Plata B81 0-1
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov White Tilburg D58 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov White Luzern ol (Men) E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Phillips&Drew B64 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Garry Kasparov White Bugojno E84 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Viktor Korchnoi White KRO m E16 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black KRO m E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Viktor Korchnoi White KRO m A17 1-0
- 1982 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black KRO m A28 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Viktor Korchnoi White KRO m E16 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black KRO m A33 1-0
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen Black Bugojno C28 0-1
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Tilburg E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Mar del Plata A54 0-1
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Las Palmas Interzonal B38 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miguel Najdorf White Mar del Plata C85 1-0
- 1982 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Bugojno A77 0-1
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian White Las Palmas Interzonal D16 0-1
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Bugojno E46 1-0
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Tilburg E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Mar del Plata E18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Bugojno E15 0-1
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch Black Tilburg E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch White Phillips&Drew E17 1-0
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch Black Mar del Plata E41 0-1
- 1982 vs Nigel Short White Phillips&Drew E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Vasily Smyslov White Las Palmas Interzonal D94 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Vasily Smyslov White Tilburg C60 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky Black Hamburg TV-B B25 1-0
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky Black Phillips&Drew C42 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky White Bugojno D58 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky White Hamburg TV-B B00 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Hoogovens C81 1-0
- 1981 vs Efim Geller White Moscow C82 1-0
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow D42 1-0
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amsterdam A30 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov White Tilburg E66 1-0
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov White Moscow E83 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Las Palmas E16 1-0
- 1981 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Las Palmas E42 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Bent Larsen Black Las Palmas B66 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Bent Larsen White Las Palmas E12 1-0
- 1981 vs Bent Larsen Black Tilburg B83 0-1
- 1981 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Tigran Petrosian White Tilburg C16 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Moscow E54 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Amsterdam B50 1-0
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch Black Amsterdam A29 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch White Moscow C42 1-0
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Amsterdam A46 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow A39 1-0
- 1981 vs Boris Spassky White Tilburg B09 1-0
- 1980 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Bugojno E43 0-1
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov Black IBM B08 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov White Tilburg C42 0-1
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov White Bugojno C92 0-1
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Buenos Aires B64 0-1
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov White Malta ol (Men) E54 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov White IBM E19 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Hoogovens E12 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Phillips&Drew E13 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen Black Tilburg A46 0-1
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen Black IBM A29 0-1
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen White IBM B19 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen White Bugojno C43 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen White Phillips&Drew B82 1-0
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen White Buenos Aires A17 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Buenos Aires A30 1-0
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Bugojno A10 0-1
- 1980 vs Lajos Portisch Black Tilburg A34 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lajos Portisch White Malta ol (Men) E19 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Nigel Short Black Phillips&Drew B52 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Boris Spassky White Tilburg B81 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Mikhail Tal Black Bugojno E20 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Mikhail Tal White Tilburg A29 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Nona Gaprindashvili White Hoogovens A29 1-0
- 1979 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Bled/Portoroz E41 0-1
- 1979 vs Anatoly Karpov White Montreal A28 0-1
- 1979 vs Anatoly Karpov White Tilburg C93 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Montreal B07 1-0
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen Black Bled/Portoroz A29 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen White Montreal A10 1-0
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen Black Tilburg A13 1-0
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen Black Montreal A40 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Tigran Petrosian White Rio de Janeiro Interzonal E81 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Breda m D82 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Breda m D87 0-1
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Hoogovens E16 0-1
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Breda m A30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Breda m D34 1-0
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Breda m A34 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Breda m A33 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Breda m E15 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Breda m E12 1-0
- 1979 vs Lajos Portisch Black Rio de Janeiro Interzonal E41 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg A30 1-0
- 1979 vs Lajos Portisch Black Montreal E63 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Lajos Portisch White Montreal A28 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Vasily Smyslov White Tilburg D38 1-0
- 1979 vs Boris Spassky White Tilburg D36 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Boris Spassky White Montreal C91 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Boris Spassky Black Montreal D87 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Mikhail Tal White Montreal A34 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Mikhail Tal Black Montreal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Niksic D34 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bugojno D34 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Buenos Aires ol (Men) D34 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White Bugojno D35 1-0
- 1978 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Hoogovens D85 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Bent Larsen White Tilburg B56 1-0
- 1978 vs Bent Larsen White Bugojno A30 0-1
- 1978 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Hoogovens A43 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg E42 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens E41 1-0
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch Black Bugojno E66 0-1
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Niksic A30 1-0
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch Black Buenos Aires ol (Men) A10 1-0
- 1978 vs Boris Spassky Black Tilburg B07 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Boris Spassky Black Buenos Aires ol (Men) B25 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Boris Spassky Black Bugojno D88 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Mikhail Tal White Bugojno D46 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Efim Geller Black Hoogovens B08 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Tilburg E41 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bad Lauterberg C59 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Bad Lauterberg B83 1-0
- 1977 vs Anatoly Karpov White Las Palmas A19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Tilburg B08 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black NLD-ch A28 1-0
- 1977 vs Bent Larsen Black Las Palmas E63 1-0
- 1977 vs Bent Larsen Black Geneve B52 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black IBM A29 0-1
- 1977 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Tilburg B58 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Mikhail Tal Black Las Palmas B68 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amsterdam E30 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amsterdam B08 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Skopje B69 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Leeuwarden m A16 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Leeuwarden m C69 0-1
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Leeuwarden m C18 1-0
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Leeuwarden m E30 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Leeuwarden m A10 1-0
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Leeuwarden m E94 1-0
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Leeuwarden m C19 0-1
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Leeuwarden m A86 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Miguel Najdorf White Haifa ol (Men) A19 1-0
- 1976 vs Miguel Najdorf White Reykjavik E31 0-1
- 1976 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Skopje A16 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs David Bronstein White Teeside E94 1-0
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black Hoogovens B05 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black Teeside B05 1-0
- 1975 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hoogovens D00 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens A41 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vasily Smyslov White Teeside E31 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Efim Geller White IBM C93 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Nice olm fin-A E91 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Nice olm fin-A C19 0-1
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Nice olm fin-A A29 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Venice E12 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs David Bronstein White Tallinn D16 0-1
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black AVRO B85 1-0
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White AVRO D59 0-1
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hastings7374 E88 1-0
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White Tallinn D34 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian White IBM C68 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White AVRO B96 1-0
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Tallinn A36 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black AVRO B36 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black London B08 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky Black IBM E88 1-0
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky Black Tallinn E30 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White Sochi A14 0-1
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White Tallinn E92 0-1
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Sochi C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White Hastings7374 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black IBM D78 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lev Polugaevsky White IBM E18 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens D97 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Hoogovens B06 1-0
- 1972 vs Mikhail Tal Black Skopje ol (Men) fin-A B07 1-0
- 1971 vs Nona Gaprindashvili Black Goglidze mem B47 0-1
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric White IBM C69 0-1
- 1971 vs Paul Keres White IBM E50 0-1
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch White IBM A15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov Black IBM B08 1-0
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hastings6970 E43 1-0
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hastings6970 A75 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Hastings6970 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Anatoly Karpov Black EU-ch U18 f-A 6768 A17 1-0
- 1967 vs Anatoly Karpov White EU-ch U18 sf 6768 D03 1/2-1/2
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