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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Nunn vs Tarjan |
 | 1-0 | 21 |
1972 |
Norwich | B94 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 2. R C Balinas vs Tarjan |
 | 1-0 | 26 |
1976 |
Odessa (Ukraine) | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 3. Z Stevic vs Tarjan |
| 0-1 | 47 |
1976 |
Majdanpek (Yugoslavia) | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 4. S Kagan vs Tarjan |
 | 0-1 | 36 |
1977 |
Hastings | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 5. A J Mestel vs Tarjan |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1978 |
Buenos Aires (Argentina) | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 6. S Bouaziz vs Tarjan |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1979 |
Izt (cat.12) | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 7. Tseshkovsky vs Tarjan |
 | 0-1 | 51 |
1979 |
Izt (cat.12) | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 8. Silman vs Tarjan |
 | 0-1 | 40 |
1979 |
9th Lone Pine Round-4 25th March-4th April | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
| 9. Y Gruenfeld vs Tarjan |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1979 |
Riga izt ,IZT | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
| 10. H Van Riemsdijk vs Tarjan |
 | 1-0 | 65 |
1979 |
Izt (cat.12) | B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 |
| 11. Marjanovic vs Tarjan |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1980 |
Olympiad | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 12. Kavalek vs Tarjan |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1981 |
South Bend USA ch | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 13. Soltis vs Tarjan |
| 0-1 | 63 |
1981 |
Lone Pine (USA) | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 14. I Radulov vs Tarjan |
| 0-1 | 42 |
1983 |
It ( cat. 11 ) | B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 |
| 15. DeFirmian vs Tarjan |
| 1-0 | 33 |
1983 |
Ch USA | B94 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 16. R Byrne vs Tarjan |
| 1-0 | 52 |
1984 |
Ch USA | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 17. J Peters vs Tarjan |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1984 |
ch-USA | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
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