Jan Timman

His other books include Timman's Selected Games (1995) Fischer World Champion! (2002) an account of the 1972 World Championship and Curaçao 1962: The Battle of Minds That Shook the Chess World (2007) which covers the 1962 Candidates Tournament and The Art of the Endgame (My journeys in the Magical World Endgame Studies) (2011). Bb3 Ba6 25. Bxa4 Qb6 23.

At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West". He has won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and has been a Candidate for the World Championship several times.