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356 TIMMAN<br />
IIMMAN, JAN HENDRICK (1951 ), IhC<br />
strongest Dutch player <strong>to</strong> folo* EUE, national<br />
ch<strong>amp</strong>ion 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978 (shared). 1980,<br />
1981, and 1983, lnternational Grandmaster (1974).<br />
His nrst win i. a strong eve.t was at Hasdngs<br />
l9?H when he shared tbe pnze with rczMIN,<br />
szaE6, and ,^L An oudght vic<strong>to</strong>ry at Natanya<br />
1975 and a shared win al Reykjavik 1976, wncn he<br />
*.red +9=4 2 and lied with ou.ssoN. were<br />
folowed <strong>by</strong> three vic<strong>to</strong>ries i. loumanents oi<br />
calegory 12orstronge.: Nildit 1978 (+5=6), a tie<br />
-ith clLrci Annerdam i978 (+7=5-1)i and<br />
Bled Por<strong>to</strong>roz 1979 (+7=8) ahcad of uRsEN.<br />
Also in 1979 Timman played a p.adice nar.h with<br />
polucAy.vsxv (+2=5 1) dnd enlered the Rio de<br />
Ja.eno inteuonal: in this he camc fourth<br />
(+6:10 t) half a point after the joint winners<br />
HtBNEr, pEnosyN, and 6Rrrs.{, failitrg <strong>by</strong> thn<br />
narrcw margi. <strong>to</strong> becone a cNDrDArE.<br />
Tinnan cootinued lo nake good resultsiBugojno1980,thnd(+3=7<br />
1)afie'qRmvandLaEe.<br />
ahead ofTalr Amslerdam 1980, second (+4=10)<br />
after KarporiTilburg 1980, thnd (+3=? 1) alter<br />
Karpov and ?oriiscb, ahead ol spAsso and Tal:<br />
Buenos Aires 1980- second (+6=6-1) aier<br />
Lasen aheadot Kaeov; wijk aa. zee 1981, firs1<br />
(+6=4-2) eqnal sith sosoN(o i Absterdan 1981.<br />
nrsl (+1-7) ahead oI Karpo! and Portischi and<br />
LasPalmas 1981, 0st (+7:3) ahcadolLa6enand<br />
(oRcHxor. Ahcady ranking as one ofthe world s<br />
best ten o. twebe playeE. Tinnan excelled<br />
hinself at Mar del Piata 1982, a cateCory 13<br />
<strong>to</strong>ufranent in wbich be came fi6r (+8:3-2) rwo<br />
poink aheadofaneld that included (arpov. ln tbe<br />
caregory 14 Tilburg <strong>to</strong>ur.ametrr later thar year<br />
Timnan came second (+3=8) hall a point after<br />
Karpov. He played for the Netherlands in every<br />
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TIMOSHENKO. GENNADY ANTOLYEVICH<br />
(1949 ), soviet player. International Grandmasrer<br />
(1980), winner of <strong>to</strong>nrnanents at Polanica<br />
zdr6j 1976 and Slupsk 1979 (+5=5), events oI<br />
category 9 a.d 8 resPectively.<br />
IIMUR, or Timu.Lens (nmu the lame) (133G<br />
i405), known 6Tamerlane. Monsol emperor Nbo<br />
namedone ol his sons sllls RUc.In his courl was<br />
the PeEian la*yer and hislorian Alr'addin atrs{zi<br />
(1he Aladdin or cniH.ent sroriet, kno{n<br />
as Ali ash-Shal.anji because of hn sLill at ctess.<br />
Timur said he had no rilal 6 a ruler, Ali<br />
Eh-Shatranii none as a ches$player. Tinur was<br />
also addicted 10 cREAr.HEss and rouND csEss.<br />
TIMTJR'S CI|ISS- see cnFAr .Hxss<br />
TITLES, see rD!mLEs. Commenting on zuEnroRr's<br />
spurious claim lo be a doc<strong>to</strong>r ofmedicine<br />
sENrz said lhat ifone could become a doc<strong>to</strong>r oi<br />
<strong>chess</strong> then Zuker<strong>to</strong>rt sould fully des€ne it.<br />
Proposals lor a <strong>chess</strong> professional body tbar would<br />
awa.d grsdes of nenbership, perhaps based on<br />
examination. have not been realized.<br />
TOLSTOY. LEO NIKOLAYEVICH (1828<br />
1910), great Ru$ian w.iter a.d <strong>chess</strong> ranatic. He<br />
vrites (ina leflerdaled 1899) ihar durine the siese<br />
of sebas<strong>to</strong>pol (185.L5) Irincc Sergei s. Urusov. a<br />
braveollicer. agreat eccendc, and one otlhe best<br />
Europca. ches-playe$', pioposed lo play a gane<br />
ol <strong>chess</strong> with ad Englishnan <strong>to</strong> detcrmin€ possession<br />
oi lhe first tench ottn.nfth bastionwhichhad<br />
long beencontested at ihe cost olnanylivesiand<br />
that Urusov app.oached hn conmanding omce.,<br />
Ceneml saken, who summarily dismissed the<br />
proposal. Tols<strong>to</strong>y, allhough sympathetic. implies<br />
tbat he was only a <strong>by</strong>staflder, btrt lhere nay have<br />
been complicity lor he and Utuso! played cness<br />
endlessly lhrougbout the c<strong>amp</strong>aign. Of Tols<strong>to</strong>y's<br />
obsesionAylmerMaudewritesi. .whe.Tols<strong>to</strong>y<br />
qas quite a youog oiicer in the Caucasus he was<br />
promised a Sr George Cross lor braleryi but.<br />
absorbed in a gane olcbess, be lailed <strong>to</strong> go on duly<br />
the nighl before the awards wcre <strong>to</strong> be distribnled.<br />
It unluckily happcned ihal the commadder ofthe<br />
dilision vkited lhe gunswhichshould have been in<br />
Tols<strong>to</strong>y s charge, and, nolonding him at nis post,<br />
placed hin under arrcst. <strong>The</strong> .exl day, when lhe<br />
crosses sere disrdbured, Tolsloy Nas a prisoncr<br />
,nd miised rhe colered honour . ..' iTmes<br />
Weekly E.lition,3 Ma\ l9A1).<br />
TOLUSH, ALEXANDER KAZIMIROVICH<br />
(191H9), soviet player. Inremational Grandmas<br />
ter (1953), Inter.ational Correspondence cheN<br />
Ma(er (1965). ch€slournalist. Thoush he {as an<br />
outstandi.s naster of attack, his Dlay was never
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