Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - O ruru eru ugboro abụọ maka asọmpi ndị na-azọ ọkwa ịbụ onye mmeri ụwa n'egwuregwu Chess. Na asọmpi ndị na-azọ ọkwa 1988 maka 1990 Classical Chess World Championship
Jan Timman (+0−1=5) meriri ya na agba nke 16 (egwuregwu mbụ). N'asọmpi Candidates maka 1996 FIDE World Chess Championship ọ meriri egwuregwu abụọ mbụ ya megide Alexander Khalifman (+4−0=2) na Jan Timman (+2−1=5) iji ruo quarterfinals, ebe Gata Kamsky meriri ya (+0−4=3).