Stoutenborough, Ross vs Tarjan, James
West Coast Candidate Master · Round 2 · 1973.04.30 · 0-1 · A56 Benoni Defense
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[Event "West Coast Candidate Master"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "1973.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoutenborough, Ross"]
[Black "Tarjan, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteFideId "2002698"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[BlackFideId "2000180"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "A56c"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]
[Merged "true"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Ne5 15.
Ba2 Neg4 16. g3 Qc5 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 e6 22. Bc4 a5 23. h3 Nh5 24. Kg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nf6 26. e5 Ne4 27. Rc2 (
27. Nd4 Nxd2+ { game ends here (0-1) } ) 27... Ng5 0-1