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| Oct-03-17 | | GrandMaesterPycelle: Actually, he won against Kosteniuk. Though the game hasn't yet found its way to the database. |
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| Oct-03-17 | | diagonal: <GMP> thanks!
James Tarjan beat Alexandra Kosteniuk:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... no gender discrimination, please :)) |
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| Oct-03-17 | | Petrosianic: diagonal: <At least Karjakin believes, there is such a title :) > So do you, but nevertheless, there is no such official title. It's an invention of journalists. But in fact, Korchnoi never competed for or claimed such a title, and probably wouldn't have seen much value in it. |
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| Oct-03-17 | | Howard: Soltis tells a nice story in his book on the U.S. chess championship (all three editions) as to how Tarjan became "one of the world's leading experts" on the Dragon. Check it out! |
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| Oct-03-17 | | Petrosianic: <GrandMaesterPycelle: Actually, he won against Kosteniuk. Though the game hasn't yet found its way to the database.> She's got a powerful lobby. |
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Oct-03-17
 | | Sally Simpson: Sorry James I thought it was a draw.
30 years alone with Fred Reinfeld books.
I think we have discovered the secret of chess. |
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| Oct-03-17 | | JimNorCal: What nationality does the surname Tarjan come from? What's his family's heritage? |
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Oct-03-17
 | | WannaBe: <JimNorCal> Wiki says Hungarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarj%... |
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| Oct-03-17 | | Petrosianic: Since CG is slow, I'll give you the last game. She blew it with 32...Kb8?? [Event "Isle of Man"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarjan, James"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO ""]
[CurrentPosition " 
click for larger view"] 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Nf3 Qd6 10.O-O Bf5 11.d3 Qe6 12.Ne4 O-O-O 13.Qc2 f6 14.Rfc1 Kb7 15.b4 Bxb4 16.Rab1 Be7 17.a4 Ka8 18.a5 Nd7 19.Qa4 Rb8 20.Rxc6 Qb3 21.Qxb3 Rxb3 22.Nfd2 Rb7 23.Rc2 Rhb8 24.Nc4 a6 25.Rbc1 Rb3 26.Bc3 Be6 27.f4 exf4 28.gxf4 R3b5 29.Bd4 Bb4 30.Bc3 Be7 31.Bd4 R8b7 32.Kg2 Kb8 33.Ncd6 Bxd6 34.Nxd6 Rd5 35.Nxb7 Rxd4 36.Nd8 Bd5+ 37.e4 Kc8 38.Nc6 Bxc6 39.Rxc6 Rxd3 40.Rxc7+ Kd8 41.Ra7 Rd6 42.Kf3 g5 43.Rg1 h6 44.h4 Ke7 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.fxg5 1-0 |
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| Oct-03-17 | | Gregor Samsa Mendel: <Sally Simpson: ...
30 years alone with Fred Reinfeld books.
I think we have discovered the secret of chess.> If that was really true, then <Ulhumbrus> would be world champion. |
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| Oct-03-17 | | JimNorCal: Thanks WannaBe! |
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| Oct-26-17 | | Mudphudder: Tarjan needs a new profile picture here. I vote for the one where Kramnik is shaking Tarjan's hand after resigning. |
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Oct-26-17
 | | perfidious: <Howard: Personally, I was born near the very end of the Eisenhower administration, but having been a USCF member since early 1975 (how many of such members are still out there ?!)....> Been a member since 1972. |
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Oct-27-17
 | | wwall: <Howard: Personally, I was born near the very end of the Eisenhower administration, but having been a USCF member since early 1975 (how many of such members are still out there ?!)....> Been a member since 1969. Played in the 1969 American Open. Christiansen was just a kid there. |
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Dec-08-17
 | | GrahamClayton: 1966 and 1968 Californian State Junior Champion. |
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| Dec-31-17 | | technical draw: <Howard><(how many of such members are still out there ?!), I remember Tarjan well.> I was a member from 1967 to 1969 but never renewed. I also remember Tarjan. Also in a small chess club in Valladolid, Spain, I was asked by a Spaniard if I knew Tarjan. That was in 1976. But I remembered Tarjan very well. He was in my "group". |
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| Dec-31-17 | | TheFocus: I began tournament play in the late 70's and 80's. I remember Tarjan very well. I wondered how he could give up chess like he did. Glad to see him back in the arena. Is the World Senior Championship in his sights? |
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| Jul-26-19 | | Petrosianic: <diagonal> <At least Karjakin believes, there is such a title :)> I mean there's no such title as Vice World Champion. There us such a thing as an official challenger, but that isn't a title. |
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| Oct-16-22 | | Olavi: <Petrosianic: <diagonal> <At least Karjakin believes, there is such a title :)>
I mean there's no such title as Vice World Champion. There us such a thing as an official challenger, but that isn't a title.> This discussion from a few years back reminds me of that in German chess magazins and general dailies and weeklies ca. 1978-82 Korchnoi was invariably referred to as Vize-Weltmeister. If memory serves, it was somehow reserved for him, they didn't call Spassky or Petrosian that in 66-68 or 69-71. Maybe it had to do with him settling in the German speaking sphere. |
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| Oct-28-23 | | thegoodanarchist: I wonder how many Tarzan jokes this guy has heard in his life.... |
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Jan-27-24
 | | FSR: If only he played the Orangutan Opening. Then he'd be <Tarjan of the Apes>. |
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Jan-27-24
| | Sally Simpson: It was him and possibly this game J Tarjan vs Kramnik, 2017 that sowed the seeds for Kramnik's cheating outbursts....he did have a pet called 'Cheeta' |
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| Sep-14-24 | | Petrosianic: <thegoodanarchist: I wonder how many Tarzan jokes this guy has heard in his life....> Just one, but he's probably heard it a thousand times. |
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Sep-14-24
 | | Stonehenge: Tarzan-Hulk score:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... |
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| Sep-19-24 | | MMan: I didn"t realize until a few days ago that he's the brother of Robert Tarjan, the 1986 Turing Award winner (effectively the Nobel Prize of Computer Science). |
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