Interview With GM Jan Timman By Eugenio Dessy for cagliariscacchi.comPublished by Chessdom From 22th to 26th June an International tournament took place in Torre delle Stelle, a beautiful seaside place in Sardinia (Italy). GM Jan Timman was one of...
Timman wins Staunton Memorial
All three leaders Timman, Cherniaev, and Korchnoi won their final round games. Therefore, there was no change in the top 3 placement. Final Standings: 1. GM Timman 7 / 92. GM Cherniaev 6½3. GM Korchnoi 64. GM Davies 55-7....
Timman maintains small lead at Staunton Memorial
Standings with 1 round to go: 1. Timman, J g NED 2569 * ½ 0 . ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6 2. Cherniaev, A g RUS 2428 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ....
An excellent columnist
This is a tribute to GM Robert Byrne, one of the greatest American Grandmasters in history. This is a look back at an excellent chess column by the legendary GM Byrne. CHESS; Timman Goes Astray On His Home TurfBy...
Timman tough sound off
Ilyumzhinov FIDE president is a criminalINTERVIEW, From our reporter Rob Rt Missetpublished on October 13, 2008 02:45,updated on October 14, 2008 22:19Translation by Google (The translation is undoubtedly bad but I am sure you can get the drift) ARNHEM...
Adams and Timman lead Staunton Memorial
Staunton Memorial Round 3 Results: Timman, Jan – Cherniaev, Alexander ½-½Van Wely, Loek – Wells, Peter ½-½L’Ami, Erwin – Adams, Michael ½-½Werle, Jan – Speelman, Jon ½-½Smeets, Jan – Sokolov, Ivan 1-0Wade, Robert – Short, Nigel 0-1 Standings after...
Grandmaster tactic
I just saw this position on Chess Today. It is White to move. How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Corus Legends
Final position GM Ljubojevic (2543) – GM Timman (2561) [E00]19.01.2008Corus Honorary Group 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Nc3 a6 9.e4 g6 10.Nge2 Bg7 11.0–0 0–0 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Rb1 Re8 14.h3...
The best chess player in history!
Quotes by the participants of the Corus Honorary Group: Ljubomir Ljubojevic: “A man without frontiers. He didn’t divide the east and the west, he brought them together in their admiration for him.” Jan Timman: “A great player and a...
Sometimes it’s better to make ugly moves
Position after 13…Qg5 This was the game between GM Timman and GM Jones in the last round of Howard Staunton Memorial. Timman gave up his Queen with 14.Qxf4 and lost badly. What is the only move by White to...