James Tarjan

Country

USA

Birth Year

1952

Gender

M

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

2000180

USCF ID

10991820

USCF Rating

2318

FIDE ratings

2229

Classical

Published FIDE

—

Rapid

Published FIDE

—

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#6793
National rank · USA
#253

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

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

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

USCF rating history

Published rating lists through Oct 2026.

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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: 2026-10-09 (UTC).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
101 2020-05-24 PNWCC Masters 2020 chess.com INT 5.6 James Tarjan Vitaliy Bernadskiy 0-1 40 Open
102 2020-05-23 PNWCC Masters 2020 chess.com INT 3.13 James Tarjan Erin Bian 1-0 57 Open
103 2020-05-23 PNWCC Masters 2020 chess.com INT 2.24 Brandon Xie James Tarjan 0-1 30 Open
104 2020-01-20 PNWCC Open MLK Master Kirkland USA 7.4 Craig Hilby James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 8 Open
105 2020-01-19 PNWCC Open MLK Master Kirkland USA 5.1 James Tarjan Emilio Cordova 1/2-1/2 25 Open
106 2020-01-19 PNWCC Open MLK Master Kirkland USA 4.2 Ivan Morovic Fernandez James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 41 Open
107 2020-01-18 PNWCC Open MLK Master Kirkland USA 2.3 James Tarjan Alex Yermolinsky 1/2-1/2 51 Open
108 2020-01-17 PNWCC Open MLK Master Kirkland USA 1.6 Isaac Vega James Tarjan 0-1 49 Open
109 2019-08-11 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 9.11 Dex Webster James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 83 Open
110 2019-08-10 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 8.12 James Tarjan Nguyen Khoi Nguyen Le 1-0 37 Open
111 2019-08-08 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 6.1 Kamil Dragun James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 75 Open
112 2019-08-07 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 5.2 Josef Friedman James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 44 Open
113 2019-08-06 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 4.3 James Tarjan Vyom Vidyarthi 1/2-1/2 50 Open
114 2019-08-05 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 3.3 Grant Oen James Tarjan 0-1 48 Open
115 2019-08-04 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 2.145 James Tarjan Jason Luchan 1-0 29 Open
116 2019-08-03 120th US Open 2019 Orlando USA 1.145 Alperen Kanli James Tarjan 0-1 32 Open
117 2019-06-15 National Open 2019 Las Vegas USA 7 Gergely Antal James Tarjan 1-0 64 Open
118 2019-06-14 National Open 2019 Las Vegas USA 5 James Tarjan Ioan-Cristian Chirila 1/2-1/2 43 Open
119 2019-01-07 Bay Area Int Open 2019 Burlingame USA 9.23 Aaron Jacobson James Tarjan 1-0 51 Open
120 2019-01-06 Bay Area Int Open 2019 Burlingame USA 8.25 James Tarjan Ivan Ke 1/2-1/2 60 Open
121 2019-01-05 Bay Area Int Open 2019 Burlingame USA 7.35 Tom Polgar-Shutzman James Tarjan 0-1 66 Open
122 2019-01-04 Bay Area Int Open 2019 Burlingame USA 5.33 James Tarjan Balaji Daggupati 1/2-1/2 44 Open
123 2019-01-03 Bay Area Int Open 2019 Burlingame USA 4.36 Kirk Ghazarian James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 24 Open
124 2019-01-02 Bay Area Int Open 2019 Burlingame USA 2.34 James Tarjan John Watson 1/2-1/2 24 Open
125 2019-01-01 Bay Area Int Open 2019 Burlingame USA 1.39 Abhimanyu Mishra James Tarjan 1-0 76 Open
126 2018-10-28 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 9.57 Rakesh Kulkarni James Tarjan 1-0 36 Open
127 2018-10-27 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 8.39 James Tarjan Sundar M. Shyam 0-1 57 Open
128 2018-10-26 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 7.31 Johan-Sebastian Christiansen James Tarjan 1-0 80 Open
129 2018-10-25 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 6.32 James Tarjan Semyon Lomasov 1/2-1/2 51 Open
130 2018-10-24 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 5.36 Valentin Dragnev James Tarjan 0-1 71 Open
131 2018-10-23 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 4.61 James Tarjan Inna Agrest 1-0 41 Open
132 2018-10-22 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 3.32 S.P. Sethuraman James Tarjan 1-0 49 Open
133 2018-10-21 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2.61 James Tarjan Lars Laustsen 1-0 28 Open
134 2018-10-20 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 1.17 Vladislav Artemiev James Tarjan 1-0 50 Open
135 2018-08-05 119th US Open 2018 Middleton USA 9.6 James Tarjan Elshan Moradiabadi 0-1 43 Open
136 2018-08-04 119th US Open 2018 Middleton USA 8.1 Okechukwu Iwu James Tarjan 0-1 40 Open
137 2018-08-02 119th US Open 2018 Middleton USA 6.1 Alexander Ipatov James Tarjan 1-0 55 Open
138 2018-08-01 119th US Open 2018 Middleton USA 5.2 James Tarjan Andrew Tang 1/2-1/2 37 Open
139 2018-07-31 119th US Open 2018 Middleton USA 4.4 John Langreck James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 58 Open
140 2018-07-29 119th US Open 2018 Middleton USA 2.4 Unidentified player James Tarjan 0-1 29 Open
141 2018-07-28 119th US Open 2018 Middleton USA 1.4 James Tarjan Mark Engelen 1-0 15 Open
142 2018-05-26 27th Chicago Open 2018 Chicago USA 4 James Tarjan Joshua Colas 1/2-1/2 33 Open
143 2018-02-01 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 10.83 Johannes Luangtep Kvisla James Tarjan 0-1 37 Open
144 2018-01-31 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 9.72 James Tarjan Ticia Gara 0-1 52 Open
145 2018-01-30 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 8.71 Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 30 Open
146 2018-01-29 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 7.36 James Tarjan Gabor Papp 0-1 29 Open
147 2018-01-28 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 6.38 Alexandra Kosteniuk James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 44 Open
148 2018-01-27 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 5.35 James Tarjan Alexander Donchenko 1/2-1/2 49 Open
149 2018-01-26 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 4.76 Victor Plotkin James Tarjan 0-1 38 Open
150 2018-01-25 Gibraltar Masters 2018 Caleta ENG 3.81 James Tarjan Alan J Walton 1/2-1/2 53 Open

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