Gert Jan Timmerman

{{Short description|Dutch chess player}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Gert Jan Timmerman | image =  | | caption = | full_name =  | country = Netherlands | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|4|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | title = | worldchampion = | ICCFworldchampion = 1996–2002 | rating = | peakrating = }}

'''Gert Jan Timmerman''' (born 15 April 1956) is a Dutch chess player, most famous for being the fifteenth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess, 1996–2002.<ref>[http://tables.iccf.com/world/wcfin/wch-15.htm ICCF - 15th CC World Championship]</ref> Before becoming the fifteenth World Correspondence Champion, Timmerman won Final B of the 5th World Cup between 1987 and 1994.<ref>[http://tables.iccf.com/world/cup/wcup-05b.htm ICCF - 5th CC World Cup Final B]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iccf.com/event?id=38687 | title=Cross Table }}</ref>

He tied for second place behind Mikhail Umansky in a "champion of champions" tournament, the ICCF 50 Years World Champion Jubilee. This was a special invitational correspondence tournament involving all living former ICCF World Champions.<ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=39859&crosstable=1|50th World Champions Jubilee Tournament (2003)]</ref>

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==External links== * {{Chessgames player|28207}} * {{ICCF}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Timmerman, Gert Jan}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:World Correspondence Chess Champions Category:Correspondence chess grandmasters Category:Dutch chess players Category:People from Capelle aan den IJssel Category:20th-century Dutch people