Jan Timman is one of the greatest chess players never to win the world
title. For many years 'the Best of the West' belonged to the chess
elite, collecting some splendid super tournament victories. Three times
Timman was a Candidate for the World Championship and his peak in the
world rankings was second place, in 1982. For this definitive
collection, Timman has revisited his career and subjected his finest
efforts to fresh analysis supported by modern technology. The result is
startling and fascinating. From the games that he chose for his Timman's
Selected Games (1994, also published as Chess the Adventurous Way), only
10(!) made the cut. Some games that he had been proud of turned out to
be flawed, others that he remembered as messy were actually well played.
Timman's Triumphs includes wins against greats such as Karpov, Kasparov,
Kortchnoi, Smyslov, Tal, Spassky, Bronstein, Larsen and Topalov. The
annotations are in the author's trademark lucid style, that happy mix of
colourful background information and sharp, crystal-clear explanations.
Once again Jan Timman shows that he is not only one of the best players
the game has seen, but also as one of the best analysts and writers.
