| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. J D Tisdall vs J Grefe |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1975 |
Lone Pine | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 2. J D Tisdall vs D Parr |
| 1-0 | 29 |
1975 |
Lone Pine | B89 Sicilian |
| 3. J D Tisdall vs M Damjanovic |
| 0-1 | 31 |
1975 |
Lone Pine | B44 Sicilian |
| 4. J D Tisdall vs Browne |
| 0-1 | 64 |
1976 |
It (open) | B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 |
| 5. J D Tisdall vs R Blumenfeld |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1976 |
Lone Pine | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 6. J D Tisdall vs Petrosian |
| 0-1 | 27 |
1977 |
Hastings | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 7. J D Tisdall vs Hort |
| 0-1 | 48 |
1977 |
Hastings | B57 Sicilian |
| 8. J D Tisdall vs Martinovsky |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1977 |
open | B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 9. J D Tisdall vs Fedorowicz |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1977 |
Hastings | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 10. J D Tisdall vs G Lee |
 | 1-0 | 18 |
1981 |
London | B40 Sicilian |
| 11. J D Tisdall vs Petursson |
| 0-1 | 28 |
1987 |
Gausdal/SW,35,9 | B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation |
| 12. J D Tisdall vs Jansa |
 | 1-0 | 41 |
1988 |
Oslo | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 13. J D Tisdall vs Jansa |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1988 |
Gausdal | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 14. J D Tisdall vs Judit Polgar |
 | 0-1 | 33 |
1988 |
It ( shv. ) | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 15. J D Tisdall vs Suba |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1989 |
Manchester 48/309 | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 16. J D Tisdall vs J M Hodgson |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1996 |
Copenhagen (Denmark) | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 17. J D Tisdall vs Gulko |
| ½-½ | 17 |
1996 |
It (open) | B57 Sicilian |