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GM James Tarjan

Full name

James Tarjan

Born

1952 (age 73)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

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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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