James Tarjan

Country

USA

Birth Year

1952

Gender

M

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

2000180

FIDE ratings

2229

Classical

Published FIDE

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Rapid

Published FIDE

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Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#6793
National rank · USA
#253

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating history

Highest recorded rating
2525 Jan 2001
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
316

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Oct 2026.

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-07 (UTC).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
51 2021-07-25 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 9.4 James Tarjan Larry Christiansen 0-1 51 Open
52 2021-07-24 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 8.5 Alexander Shabalov James Tarjan 0-1 38 Open
53 2021-07-23 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 7.2 James Tarjan Melikset Khachiyan 1-0 47 Open
54 2021-07-22 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 6.1 Leonid Sokolin James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 68 Open
55 2021-07-20 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 5.2 James Tarjan Alex Yermolinsky 1/2-1/2 34 Open
56 2021-07-19 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 4.1 Alexander Fishbein James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 62 Open
57 2021-07-18 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 3.5 James Tarjan Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 34 Open
58 2021-07-17 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 2.3 Gregory Kaidanov James Tarjan 1-0 38 Open
59 2021-07-16 ch-USA Seniors 2021 Saint Louis USA 1.5 Igor Novikov James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 43 Open
60 2021-04-25 PNWCC Super G60 Apr Gp1 chess.com INT 6.7 Anthony He James Tarjan 1-0 60 Open
61 2021-04-25 PNWCC Super G60 Apr Gp1 chess.com INT 5.11 James Tarjan Milind Maiti 1-0 45 Open
62 2021-04-24 PNWCC Super G60 Apr Gp1 chess.com INT 3.9 James Tarjan Evgeniya Doluhanova 1/2-1/2 54 Open
63 2021-04-24 PNWCC Super G60 Apr Gp1 chess.com INT 2.7 Anton Demchenko James Tarjan 1-0 63 Open
64 2021-03-28 PNWCC Super G60 Mar Gp1 chess.com INT 6.5 Rohan Talukdar James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 83 Open
65 2021-03-28 PNWCC Super G60 Mar Gp1 chess.com INT 5.6 James Tarjan Christopher Woojin Yoo 0-1 69 Open
66 2021-03-27 PNWCC Super G60 Mar Gp1 chess.com INT 3.8 James Tarjan Leonardo Valdes Romero 1-0 32 Open
67 2021-03-27 PNWCC Super G60 Mar Gp1 chess.com INT 2.6 Rinat Jumabayev James Tarjan 1-0 26 Open
68 2021-02-28 PNWCC Super G60 Feb Gp1 chess.com INT 6.6 James Tarjan Rohan Talukdar 1/2-1/2 70 Open
69 2021-02-28 PNWCC Super G60 Feb Gp1 chess.com INT 5.6 Anthony He James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 38 Open
70 2021-02-27 PNWCC Super G60 Feb Gp1 chess.com INT 3.7 James Tarjan Zachary Tanenbaum 1/2-1/2 41 Open
71 2021-02-27 PNWCC Super G60 Feb Gp1 chess.com INT 2.8 Jason Wang James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 32 Open
72 2021-01-17 PNWCC Super G60 Jan Gp1 chess.com INT 6.1 James Tarjan Andy Woodward 1-0 45 Open
73 2021-01-17 PNWCC Super G60 Jan Gp1 chess.com INT 5.6 Aleksandr Lenderman James Tarjan 1-0 46 Open
74 2021-01-16 PNWCC Super G60 Jan Gp1 chess.com INT 3.9 James Tarjan Ryan Amburgy 1-0 59 Open
75 2021-01-16 PNWCC Super G60 Jan Gp1 chess.com INT 2.11 Sanan Sjugirov James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 4 Open
76 2021-01-10 CCCSA Charlotte Open 2021 lichess.org INT 6.15 James Tarjan Eshan Guha 1-0 96 Open
77 2021-01-10 CCCSA Charlotte Open 2021 lichess.org INT 5.11 Dean Ippolito James Tarjan 1-0 32 Open
78 2021-01-09 CCCSA Charlotte Open 2021 lichess.org INT 3.1 James Tarjan Bryan Xie 1-0 43 Open
79 2021-01-09 CCCSA Charlotte Open 2021 lichess.org INT 2.15 Alice Lee James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 39 Open
80 2020-12-28 PNWCC WOW Open chess.com INT 9.18 Teddie Wen James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 46 Open
81 2020-12-28 PNWCC WOW Open chess.com INT 8.17 James Tarjan Sergey Volkov 0-1 41 Open
82 2020-12-27 PNWCC WOW Open chess.com INT 6.1 James Tarjan Zhamsaran Tsydypov 0-1 49 Open
83 2020-12-27 PNWCC WOW Open chess.com INT 5.24 Samrug Narayanan James Tarjan 0-1 76 Open
84 2020-12-26 PNWCC WOW Open chess.com INT 3.8 James Tarjan Timur Gareyev 0-1 45 Open
85 2020-12-26 PNWCC WOW Open chess.com INT 2.2 Bryan Xie James Tarjan 0-1 64 Open
86 2020-11-29 PNWCC Thanksgiving Open chess.com INT 9.15 James Tarjan Joseph Levine 1-0 66 Open
87 2020-11-29 PNWCC Thanksgiving Open chess.com INT 8.18 Davis Zong James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 34 Open
88 2020-11-28 PNWCC Thanksgiving Open chess.com INT 6.1 Shelev Oberoi James Tarjan 1-0 52 Open
89 2020-11-28 PNWCC Thanksgiving Open chess.com INT 5.15 James Tarjan Tommy Wen 1/2-1/2 37 Open
90 2020-11-27 PNWCC Thanksgiving Open chess.com INT 3.4 Grigoriy Oparin James Tarjan 1-0 71 Open
91 2020-11-27 PNWCC Thanksgiving Open chess.com INT 2.16 James Tarjan Maryana Huda 1-0 47 Open
92 2020-07-06 PNWCC Masters WOO 2020 chess.com INT 9.24 James Tarjan Sullivan Mcconnell 1/2-1/2 45 Open
93 2020-07-06 PNWCC Masters WOO 2020 chess.com INT 8.27 Alex Yuxuan Wang James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 31 Open
94 2020-07-05 PNWCC Masters WOO 2020 chess.com INT 6.35 James Tarjan Donald Johnson 1-0 22 Open
95 2020-07-05 PNWCC Masters WOO 2020 chess.com INT 5.5 Neeraj Harish James Tarjan 0-1 27 Open
96 2020-07-04 PNWCC Masters WOO 2020 chess.com INT 3.37 Aja Sampath James Tarjan 1-0 32 Open
97 2020-07-04 PNWCC Masters WOO 2020 chess.com INT 2.34 James Tarjan Alexander Yang 0-1 40 Open
98 2020-05-25 PNWCC Masters 2020 chess.com INT 9.12 Rohan Talukdar James Tarjan 1-0 96 Open
99 2020-05-25 PNWCC Masters 2020 chess.com INT 8.13 James Tarjan Kirk Ghazarian 1/2-1/2 37 Open
100 2020-05-24 PNWCC Masters 2020 chess.com INT 6.12 Austen Green James Tarjan 0-1 25 Open

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