Jim Tarjan's chess openings
Peak rating 230620 games
Jim Tarjan has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jim Tarjan most often opens with 1.c4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White9 games · +2 =4 −3 · 44%
As Black11 games · +3 =5 −3 · 50%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening78%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
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