Chess grandmaster Jan Timman, “best of the West”, dies aged 74 - DutchNews.nl

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Bohemian, rock star with a lush head of hair, but certainly also a gifted grandmaster: with the death of Jan Timman, the Netherlands loses an iconic...

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Jan Timman, the third Dutch chess grandmaster ever, led the life of a bohemian. He had little time for modern chess players on the computer and preferred to prepare for a match from the pub.

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He had the nickname "the best in the West"

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Jan Timman was a Bohemian. Instead of going to the military, he preferred to play chess, even landed in the penal camp for it. He travelled from tournament to tournament and in the end even played around the world championship. Now he has died.