Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jan Timman.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Timman vs Maarten Etmans, Netherlands, 1967
[ Rxe8 w/dxc6 ]
b)
Timman vs Hans Bouwmeester, Vleuten, 1967
[ Nc4 ]
c)
Timman vs Van der Vliet, Leeuwarden, 1979
[ Rxf6 ]
d)
Timman vs Van der Sterren, KNSB 8081, 1980
[ Bg2 ]
e)
Timman vs Terje, Jerusalem, 1967
[ Qf1 w/Rxg7+ ]
Timman, Part II. White to move and win.
a)
Timman vs J Piket, Belgium, 1988
[ Nxe4+ w/Bxg5+ ]
b)
Timman vs P Dijkhuis, Netherlands, 1965
[ b7 if Nxb7 Bb6+ & Bb5+ ]
c)
Timman vs Michel Benoit, Paris, 1966
[ Qc4 ]
d)
Timman vs C Klaassen, Delft, 1966
[ Qg6 w/Nf5 ]
e)
Timman vs Amikan Balshan, Jerusalem, 1967
[ Be8 ]
Timman, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Timman vs H Crabbendam, Amsterdam, 1967
[ Bxh7+ ]
b)
White Mates in 9. Timman vs Fred Van der Vliet, Breda, 1967
[ Bf5+ w/Be6+ & Qf5 ]
c)
Timman vs Algimentas Butnorius, Vilnius, 1969
[ Bc5 ]
d)
Timman vs Larry Evans, Islington Op, 1970
[ Nxf6+ ]
e)
Timman vs Kick Langeweg, Netherlands, 1970
[ Bh4+ ]
Timman, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Timman vs Bjorn Brinck-Claussen, Wijk aan Zee, 1971
[ Ng5 ]
b)
Timman vs Jerzy Kostro, Wijk aan Zee, 1971
[ Re1 if Qxf5 Re8+ mates ]
c)
Timman vs Kick Langeweg, Amsterdam, 1971
[ Rxf7 w/Rd7+ & Bxb7 ]
d)
Timman vs Jerzy Lewi, Stockholm, 1971
[ Rxf6 if gxf6 Nxe4 ]
e)
Timman vs Fernando Visier Segovia, Malaga, 1971
[ Nxd5 w/Rxf7+ & Qa2 ]
Timman, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 7. Timman vs Arend Van Dop, Leeuwarden, 1972
[ R4xf7+ if Kg8 Rg7+ & Qd2 ]
b)
White Mates in 4. Timman vs Jan Donner, Amsterdam, 1973
[ Bh6 ]
c)
Timman vs Bert Enklaar, Amsterdam, 1973
[ Nf5+ w/Qh3+ ]
d)
Timman vs Lev Polugaevsky, Hilversum, 1973
[ Nb3 ]
e)
White Mates in 9. Timman vs Zoltan Ribli, Amsterdam, 1973
[ g7+ ]
Timman, Part VI. White to move and win except.
a)
Timman vs Bakkali, Nice (OL), 1974
[ Ne5 w/Bb5+ ]
b)
Timman vs Chris Baljon, Leeuwarden, 1974
[ Nxa6 w/Qxd4 ]
c)
Timman vs William Hartston, Nice, 1974
[ Bf5 ]
d)
Timman vs Werner Hug, Nice (OL), 1974
[ Ra8+ w/Nc7+ ]
e)
Timman vs Vlastimil Jansa, Amsterdam, 1974
[ Nd7 ]
Timman, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Timman vs Werner Hug, Haifa, 1976
[ Nd5 if Qxc1 Ne7+ mates ]
b)
Timman vs Francisco Sanz Alonzo, Orense, 1976
[ Nf6+ w/Nd7 ]
c)
Timman vs Jovon Sofrevski, Skopje, 1976
[ b4 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Timman vs Cabrera, Las Palmas, 1977
[ Rbxb7 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Timman vs Leo Hofland, Leeuwarden, 1977
[ Nf6+ ]
Timman, Part VIII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Timman vs Robert Huebner, Tilburg, 1977
[ Qh6 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Timman vs Borislav Ivkov, Geneva, 1977
[ Rxe8+ ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Timman vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca, Las Palmas, 1977
[ Nh6+ w/Nf5 ]
d)
Timman vs Stefano Tatai, Amsterdam, 1977
[ Ne5 w/Rd1 ]
e)
White Mates in 12. Timman vs Eugene Torre, Amsterdam, 1977
[ Nh5 ]
Timman, Part IX. White to move and win.
a)
Timman vs Bohm, Wijk aan Zee, 1980
[ Qc3 w/Qf6 ]
b)
Timman vs Bent Larsen, London, 1980
[ Rxc6 w/f6 ]
c)
Timman vs Kick Langeweg, Leeuwarden, 1981
[ Rd3 ]
d)
Timman vs Robert Huebner, Tilburg, 1982
[ d5 ]
e)
Timman vs Robert Huebner, Wijk aan Zee, 1982
[ Nd7 if Qe7 Ne6 ]
Timman, Part X. White to move and win.
a)
Timman vs Oscar Panno, Mar del Plata, 1982
[ Qc5+ w/Re7 ]
b)
Timman vs Lajos Portisch, London, 1982
[ Nfxd5 ]
c)
Timman vs Eugenio Torre, Tilburg, 1982
[ Re4 ]
d)
Timman vs Krunoslav Hulak, Indonesia, 1983
[ Rxd5 ]
e)
Timman vs Erling Mortensen, Plovdiv, 1983
[ Bf4+ w/Rxd8+ Rxe8 Qxb7+ & Nd6+ ]
Timman, Part XI. White to move and win.
a)
Timman vs Hans Ree, Arnheim, 1983
[ Rxe4+ ]
b)
Timman vs Wlodzimiers Schmidt, Indonesia, 1983
[ Bd4 w/Kc1 ]
c)
Timman vs Fred Van der Vliet, Hilversum, 1983
[ Qxe5 w/Bd7 ]
d)
Timman vs Stefan Djuric, Sarajevo, 1984
[ Nd6+ w/Nf7+ ]
e)
Timman vs Krunoslav Hulak, Zagreb, 1985
[ Qxf6+ w/Nxe4+ ]
Timman, Part XII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Timman vs Garik Kasparov, Hilversum, 1985
[ d6 w/Qf3+ ]
b)
Timman vs Kuijk, Wijk aan Zee, 1985
[ Rxd7 w/Qxf7+ ]
c)
Timman vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Linares, 1985
[ N4f5+ w/Nxf5+ & Qh3 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Timman vs Marcel Sisniega, Taxco, 1985
[ Nh7+ ]
e)
Timman vs Anthony Miles, Brussels, 1986
[ R1f5 ]
Timman, Part XIII. White to move and win.
a)
Timman vs Rafael Vaganian, Amsterdam, 1986
[ Rxd4 w/Nxf6+ ]
b)
Timman vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Tilburg, 1987
[ Qe5 w/Bxe7 Nf5+ ]
c)
Timman vs Liafbern Riemersma, Hilversum, 1987
[ Ra8 ]
d)
Timman vs Nigel Short, Brussels, 1987
[ Ba6 ]
e)
Timman vs Andrei Sokolov, Tilburg, 1987
[ Qc2 ]
Timman, Part XIV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Timman vs Arthur Yusupov, Tilburg, 1987
[ Re8+ ]
b)
White Mates in 7 (2 solutions).
Timman vs Valery Salov, Amsterdam, 1989
[ Qg7+ or Nc6+ ]
c)
Timman vs Nigel Short, Tilburg, 1990
[ e7 if Re8 Qc4+ mates ]
d)
Timman vs Robert Huebner, Sarajevo, 1991
[ Be3 w/a4 traps the Q ]
e)
Timman vs Bachar Kouatly, Cannes, 1992
[ Bg3 ]
Timman, Part XV. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Timman vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Linares, 1993
[ Qxe7 w/Nxf6 & Nd5+ ]
b)
Timman vs Nigel Short, El Escorial, 1993
[ Nb2 w/Qe1 & a4 ]
c)
Timman vs Artur Yusupov, Dortmund, 1994
[ Rxg5+ ]
d)
White Mates in 8. Timman vs Jop Delemarre, Wijk aan Zee, 1995
[ Nxg6+ ]
e)
Timman vs Peter Leko, Groningen, 1996
[ Qc8+ w/Nf5 ]
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