Timman's Studies - Jan Timman

Timman's Studies

Jan Timman completes an impressive and fascinating trilogy with his collected studies. In Timman's Titans, winner of the 2017 ECF Book of the Year Award, he writes about the world champions he admires. In Timman's Triumphs, he annotates his hundred best games. In Timman's Studies, he offers his collected compositions of endgame studies.

Throughout his career, Jan Timman has been captivated by the mystery and splendor of endgame studies. Even during his most successful and busy years as a world-class player, he continued to compose and admire endgame studies. He has always believed that his exploration of this magical world helped him grow as a player.

In this book, he presents 160 studies and explains how they were created, whether inspired by the works of other composers or game positions.

Jan Timman, a former world championship candidate, rose to number two on the FIDE world rankings. He is the author of several bestsellers, including Timman's Titans, Timman's Triumphs, The Art of the Endgame, 100 Endgame Studies You Must Know, and Max Euwe's Best Games. In 2022, he was awarded the title of FIDE Master of Composition.

Reviews

WIM Alexey Root on sparkchess.com
“I tried solving a few studies and failed. Suspecting that I would never get the right answers, I stopped trying. Instead, I played through Timman’s answers and appreciated their beauty. Timman’s Studies: My Collected Endgame Studies and Their Origins is likely to win book of the year for 2025. The studies’ origin stories and the glimpses of Timman’s colleagues are fascinating.”