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Jan Timman, an Uncommon card
Jan Hendrik Timman was a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Jan Timman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jan Timman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World ______ against Anatoly Karpov.
Answer
Championship. He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov. From the Jan Timman article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Academy. Academy 80 · Gökhan Saki 75 · Kevin Kiermaier 71 · Jan Timman 67 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- At the peak of his career, he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West".
- He won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship several times.
- He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jan Timman article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Jan Timman
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Jan Timman in the power ranking, all domains together.
- AcademyUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 55
- Amateur boxingUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 64
- Gökhan SakiUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 60
- Stellar black holeUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 62
- Wilhelm von HumboldtUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 64
- Antoine de la Mothe CadillacUncommon · History · ATK 67 DEF 68
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jan Timman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : GFHund, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
