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Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half

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Jan Timman
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 14
Chess Composer
Chess Grandmaster
Chess Player
Journalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Amsterdam
Netherlands
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