“The computer has no soul. It can’t create beauty, it can only calculate.”

— Jan Timman

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About Jan Timman

Chess Grandmaster • Dutch

Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. Born in Amsterdam, he was a nine-time Dutch Chess Champion and was a candidate for the World...

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