James Edward Tarjan's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2229643 games
James Edward Tarjan, Grandmaster from United States, has 643 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Edward Tarjan most often opens with 1.c4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White317 games · +145 =111 −61 · 63%
As Black326 games · +101 =133 −92 · 51%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening40%127 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%100 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%83 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game43%66 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%60 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%61 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%24 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%23 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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