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GM James Tarjan

James Tarjan
Full name
James Tarjan
Born
1952 (age 74)‎
Place of birth
Federation
United States
Profiles
#2798
World Ranking
2233
Classical

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces
English Opening: King's English Variation (15 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (12 games)
English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (9 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (8 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (7 games)
Black Pieces
Italian Game: Two Knights, Modern Bishop's Opening (10 games)
English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line (7 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (6 games)
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (6 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Old Line (6 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Neuris Delgado Ramirez (2487)
James Tarjan (2308)
1-0 38 2024
James Tarjan (2355)
Doug Eckert (2259)
1-0 43 2023
James Tarjan (2306)
Dylan Tang (2148)
1-0 42 2023
James Tarjan (2355)
Henry Deng (2163)
0-1 49 2023
James Tarjan (2306)
Lazaro Bruzon Batista (2606)
0-1 36 2023
James Tarjan (2355)
Patrick Angelo Tolentino (1899)
½-½ 54 2023
James Tarjan (2306)
Rose Atwell (2031)
½-½ 29 2023
Seth Homa (2219)
James Tarjan (2355)
1-0 29 2023
Samrug Narayanan (2297)
James Tarjan (2355)
1-0 70 2023
Jashith Karthi (2026)
James Tarjan (2306)
0-1 61 2023
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