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Polgary, Mikael
Current rating: 1704 (#6233)

Grand Prix Gothenburg 2013 (DGM limited) starting rating: 1721
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 110 Reitti, Veli-Matti (1500) Won 2-1 +141735
2sealed 142 Nygaard, Nikolas (1836) Won 2-1 +201755
3sealed 87 Nielsen, Simon (1586) Lost 0-2 -211734
4sealed 196 Vallone, Matteo (1519) Won 2-0 +141748
5sealed 79 Merdem, Knut-Erik (1529) Lost 0-2 -221726
6sealed 160 Thoren, Lars (1522) Lost 1-2 -221704
top average opponent: 1582record: 3-3 new rating: 1704

Grand Prix Stockholm 2007 (FUT limited) starting rating: 1747
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 99 Pollack, Frank (1602) Won 2-0 +161763
5sealed 52 Unfried, Jorg (1734) Draw 1-1 -11762
6sealed 32 Joens, Klaus (1810) Lost 0-2 -171745
7sealed 73 Jones, Craig (1772) Lost 0-0 -181727
8sealed 116 Andersen, Mark (1517) Won 2-0 +151742
9sealed 81 Leskinen, Sampsa (1596) Lost 0-2 -211721
top average opponent: 1672record: 2-3-1 new rating: 1721

Pro Tour Geneva 2007 (PLC draft) starting rating: 1767
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 83 Sonne, Jonathan (1904) Lost 0-2 -161751
2draft 154 Bongaards, Jasper (1463) Lost 0-2 -231728
3draft 161 Sondag, Guido (1510) Won 2-1 +141742
4draft 89 Pirie, James (1560) Won 2-1 +151757
5draft 7 Siira, Erkki (1682) Won 2-1 +171774
6draft 57 Arita, Ryuichi (1898) Won 2-1 +201794
8draft 2 Tenenbaum, Amiel (1929) Lost 1-2 -161778
9draft 51 da Costa Cabral, Bernardo (1835) Lost 0-2 -171761
10draft 51 Pejhovsky, Lubos (1551) Won 2-0 +151776
11draft 19 Hirose, Daisuke (1646) Lost 0-2 -211755
12draft 48 Cardin, Guillaume (1731) Won 2-0 +181773
13draft 39 Wires, Anton (1618) Won 2-0 +151788
14draft 39 Hirose, Daisuke (1672) Lost 1-2 -201768
15draft 46 Hammerer, Lucas (1626) Lost 0-2 -211747
top average opponent: 1687record: 7-7 new rating: 1747

2006 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1882
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 151 Tsumura, Kenji (2021) Won 2-0 +201902
2standard 50 Koekemoer, Marthinus (1486) Won 2-1 +111913
3standard 25 Chao, Peter (1703) Lost 0-2 -221891
4standard 64 de Diego, Pedro (1622) Won 2-0 +141905
5standard 41 Keskitalo, Mikko (1519) Won 2-1 +111916
6standard 9 Doise, Jan (2019) Won 2-1 +201936
7draft 87 He, Timothy L (1872) Lost 1-2 -191917
8draft 37 Au Yong, Wai Kin (1860) Won 2-1 +171934
9draft 18 Kunzler, Matthias (1660) Draw 1-1 -51929
10draft 79 Kunzler, Matthias (1665) Lost 1-2 -231906
11draft 5 Levin, Eugene (1724) Lost 0-2 -211885
12draft 32 Levy, Raphael (1955) Lost 0-2 -171868
13extended 67 Bonilla, Luis (1641) Lost 0-2 -221846
14extended 84 Sutthisakorn, Channarong (1583) Lost 1-2 -231823
15extended 102 Laycock, Kerel (1485) Lost 1-2 -241799
16extended 113 Grealish, Roger (1486) Lost 0-2 -231776
17extended 122 Duport, Olivier (1510) Won 2-1 +131789
18extended 107 Chick, Hoi (1550) Lost 1-2 -221767
top average opponent: 1687record: 7-10-1 new rating: 1767

Grand Prix Malmo 2006 (CSP limited) starting rating: 1814
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 10 Nepper-Christensen, Niels (1607) Won 2-1 +141828
5sealed 27 Karsten, Frank (2053) Lost 0-2 -141814
6sealed 61 Stalder, Roman (1520) Won 2-1 +131827
7sealed 33 Warmenhoven, Ruud (1897) Lost 1-2 -171810
8sealed 36 Mets, Martin (1545) Won 2-0 +131823
9draft 11 Brackmann, Aaron (1851) Won 2-0 +191842
10draft 23 Lindroos, Jani (1453) Won 2-0 +111853
11draft 14 Stein, Harald (1860) Won 2-0 +181871
12draft 28 Pettersson, Thomas (1661) Lost 1-2 -221849
13draft 10 Dahl, Kasper (1665) Won 2-0 +151864
14draft 8 Malin, Antti (1854) Won 2-0 +181882
top average opponent: 1724record: 8-3 new rating: 1882

2005 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1832
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 33 Sele, Yves (1732) Lost 1-2 -201812
2standard 113 Bloch, Felix (1502) Won 2-1 +131825
3standard 57 Andreasen, Dennis (1559) Won 2-0 +131838
4standard 53 Krempels, Craig (1822) Lost 0-2 -181820
5standard 60 Ishikawa, Ren (1767) Lost 1-2 -191801
6standard 86 Dmitriev, Ruslan (1489) Won 1-0 +121813
7draft 44 Carlsson, Simon (1748) Lost 1-2 -191794
8draft 134 Morita, Masahiko (1998) Lost 1-2 -141780
9draft 133 Verenko, Roman (1494) Lost 1-2 -231757
10draft 71 Burn, Seth (1683) Won 2-0 +161773
11draft 76 Bueno, Julian (1498) Won 2-0 +131786
12draft 59 Krepli, Tibor Balazs (1493) Won 2-0 +131799
13extended 80 Dal Farra, Gionata (1664) Won 2-0 +161815
14extended 55 Bracht, Maximilian (1843) Won 2-0 +181833
15extended 49 Fabiano, Gerard (1943) Lost 0-2 -161817
16extended 66 Oppliger, Daniel (1574) Won 2-0 +141831
17extended 51 Peset, Alexandre (1868) Lost 1-2 -171814
18extended 59 Joens, Klaus (1681) ID 01814
top average opponent: 1686record: 9-8-1 new rating: 1814

Grand Prix Nottingham 2005 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1816
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 59 Runtao, Sun (1536) Won 2-0 +131829
4sealed 54 Davidson, Greig (1539) Won 2-0 +131842
5sealed 8 Guetl, Ronald (1681) Won 2-1 +151857
6sealed 13 Jedlicka, Niki (1798) Won 2-0 +171874
7sealed 6 Kohler, Tim (1622) Won 2-1 +141888
8sealed 3 Reich, Philip (1799) Draw 1-1 -21886
9draft 24 Fritz Kunc, Ziga (1862) Lost 1-2 -181868
10draft 23 Heeswijk, Roel (1628) Lost 1-2 -231845
11draft 22 Wageningen, Mathijs (1549) Lost 0-2 -231822
12draft 9 Swan, Martin (1564) Won 2-1 +131835
13draft 8 Snarheim, Dagfinn (1705) Won 2-0 +161851
14draft 8 Meissner, Patrick (1794) Lost 0-2 -191832
top average opponent: 1673record: 7-4-1 new rating: 1832

Pro Tour London 2005 (SOK draft) starting rating: 1863
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 100 Aten, Timothy (1668) Won 2-0 +151878
2draft 74 Nguyen, Xuan-Phi (1854) Lost 1-2 -191859
3draft 117 Zambrano, Carlos (1605) Lost 1-2 -221837
4draft 7 Platzer, Lubos (1699) Lost 0-2 -211816
top average opponent: 1706record: 1-3 new rating: 1816

Pro Tour Philadelphia 2005 (Kamigawa block) starting rating: 1905
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 69 Tsumura, Kenji (1651) Lost 1-2 -221883
2block 85 van de Logt, Tom (1620) Won 2-1 +131896
3block 62 Meulders, Fried (1646) Won 2-0 +131909
4block 49 Bandou, Junichirou (1746) Lost 0-2 -211888
5block 67 Toochika, Takayuki (1467) Lost 0-2 -251863
top average opponent: 1626record: 2-3 new rating: 1863

Grand Prix Lisbon 2005 (BOK limited) starting rating: 1812
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 14 Lemos, Pedro 2 (1537) Won 2-0 +141826
4sealed 19 Freitas, Fabio (1578) Won 2-0 +131839
5sealed 6 Campos, Paulo (1558) Lost 1-2 -231816
6sealed 42 da Costa, Jorge (1601) Won 2-0 +141830
7sealed 20 Baldellon Robayna, Cesar (1529) Won 2-0 +131843
8sealed 9 Sirvent, Antonio (1585) Won 2-0 +131856
9sealed 7 Levy, Raphael (1822) Won 2-0 +181874
10draft 59 Gutierrez, Demetrio (1539) Won 2-0 +121886
11draft 14 Luengo, Jorge (1670) Won 2-0 +141900
12draft 1 Carvalho, Marcio (1893) Lost 1-2 -181882
13draft 4 Martinez, Manuel (1637) Won 2-1 +131895
14draft 16 Sanz Santos, Juan Antonio (1669) Won 2-0 +141909
15draft 1 Carvalho, Marcio (1924) ID 01909
Qdraft Meurisse, Pierre-Jerome (1711) Won 2-0 +151924
Sdraft Sousa, Luis (1881) Lost 1-2 -191905
top average opponent: 1676record: 11-3-1 new rating: 1905

Pro Tour Nagoya 2005 (COK rochester) starting rating: 1836
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 25 Akritas, Pavlos (1714) Lost 1-2 -211815
2rochester 67 Brerat, Damien (1568) Won 2-1 +141829
3rochester 60 Kaminek, Petr (1632) Lost 0-2 -211808
4rochester 26 Forestier, Nicolas (1502) Won 2-0 +121820
5rochester 78 Gurevich, Alexander (1524) Won 2-0 +131833
6rochester 42 Dictus, Mark (1700) Lost 1-2 -211812
top average opponent: 1607record: 3-3 new rating: 1812

Grand Prix Helsinki 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1792
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 7 Salovaara, Jussi (1834) Lost 1-2 -181774
5sealed 68 Persson, Andreas (1643) Won 2-1 +161790
6sealed 54 Lindqvist, Kristoffer (1585) Won 2-0 +141804
7sealed 18 Kataja, Jyri (1589) Won 2-1 +141818
8sealed 20 Krejsa, Tomas (1602) ID 01818
9rochester 6 Boyko, Andrey (1475) Won 2-0 +121830
10rochester 18 Timonen, Jussi (1730) Lost 1-2 -191811
11rochester 16 Siira, Erkki (1544) Lost 1-2 -231788
12rochester 10 Nyfors, Mika (1647) Won 2-1 +151803
13rochester 6 Holtin, Benjamin (1672) Won 2-0 +161819
14rochester 21 Harding, Oyvind (1750) Won 2-0 +171836
top average opponent: 1643record: 7-3-1 new rating: 1836

Grand Prix Vienna 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1723
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 105 Galimov, Oleg (1496) Won 2-1 +141737
5sealed 29 Sereinig, Christoph (1472) Won 2-1 +131750
6sealed 16 Huber, Christoph (1678) Won 2-1 +171767
7sealed 5 Gutting, Martin (1620) Won 2-1 +151782
8sealed 5 Todorovic, Borut (1714) Lost 1-2 -191763
9sealed 16 Dato, Andrea (1672) Won 2-0 +161779
10rochester 40 Bevere, Gianluca (1623) Won 2-0 +151794
11rochester 29 Eigner, Nikolaus (1910) Lost 0-2 -161778
12rochester 53 O'Neill, Patrick (1634) Won 2-0 +161794
13rochester 12 Goertzen, Simon (1761) Won 2-0 +171811
14rochester 23 Kroger, Peer (1956) ID 01811
15rochester 44 Girolami, Mario (1727) Lost 0-2 -191792
top average opponent: 1689record: 8-3-1 new rating: 1792

Pro Tour San Diego 2004 (DST draft) starting rating: 1722
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 12 Sixkiller, Gerald (1465) Won 2-0 +141736
2draft 61 Ruel, Olivier (1959) Lost 0-2 -141722
3draft 104 Pascoli, Mario (1872) Won 2-1 +201742
4draft 66 Aten, Timothy (1744) Lost 0-2 -181724
5draft 70 Hay, Tom (1664) Won 2-0 +171741
6draft 40 Tamblyn, Mitchell (1707) Lost 0-2 -181723
top average opponent: 1735record: 3-3 new rating: 1723

Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004 (MRD rochester) starting rating: 1761
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 104 Tachibana, Satoshi (1646) Lost 0-2 -201741
2rochester 12 Smith, Justin (1620) Won 2-0 +161757
3rochester 96 Ostrovich, Diego (1974) Lost 0-2 -141743
4rochester 124 Saito, Tomoharu (1601) Lost 1-2 -211722
top average opponent: 1710record: 1-3 new rating: 1722

Grand Prix Munich 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1726
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 21 Kroker, Kolja (1518) Won 2-0 +141740
4sealed 17 Trossbach, Martin (1478) Won 2-0 +141754
5sealed 30 Hein, Dirk (1606) Lost 1-2 -211733
6sealed 99 Krautmann, Wenzel (1548) Won 2-1 +151748
7sealed 40 Salamon, Michal (1693) Won 2-0 +171765
8sealed 11 Lysak, Zdenek (1688) Lost 0-2 -201745
9sealed 46 Cauwelier, Quinten (1637) Won 2-0 +161761
top average opponent: 1596record: 5-2 new rating: 1761

Grand Prix Gothenburg 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1677
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 8 Dam, Lars (1598) Lost 1-2 -191658
4sealed 74 Martikainen, Pekka (1508) Won 2-0 +151673
5sealed 36 Levinson, Oskar (1538) Won 2-0 +161689
6sealed 52 Myrvig, Peter (1870) Lost 0-2 -151674
7sealed 55 Magnusson, Petter (1549) Won 2-0 +161690
8sealed 57 Pettersen, Jostein (1534) Won 2-0 +151705
9rochester 17 Blech, Reinhard (1803) Won 2-0 +201725
10rochester 16 Lepisto, Pekka (1619) Won 2-1 +161741
11rochester 10 Karsten, Frank (1796) Won 2-1 +191760
12rochester 4 Ruel, Antoine (1802) Lost 0-2 -171743
13rochester 22 Carlsson, Simon (1825) Lost 1-2 -171726
14rochester 19 Hothow, Dominik (1778) ID 01726
top average opponent: 1685record: 7-4-1 new rating: 1726

Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1763
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 90 Kolb, Markus (1673) Lost 0-2 -201743
3block 132 Massue, Michel (1572) Lost 1-2 -211722
4block 208 Janon, Quentin (1480) Lost 1-2 -221700
5block 217 Bays, Olivier (1434) Lost 1-2 -231677
top average opponent: 1540record: 0-4 new rating: 1677

Pro Tour Yokohama 2003 (LGN draft) starting rating: 1762
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 22 Nitter, Eivind (1990) Won 2-0 +221784
2draft 21 Colomb, Julien (1819) Won 2-1 +181802
3draft 22 Stern, Jon (1719) Lost 0-2 -191783
4draft 20 Courtois, Frederic (1762) Lost 0-2 -181765
5draft 56 Harding, Oyvind (1679) Won 2-1 +161781
6draft 29 Szigeti, Peter (1692) Lost 0-2 -201761
7draft 53 van de Logt, Tom (1860) Draw 0-0 +21763
top average opponent: 1789record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1763

Grand Prix Prague 2003 (LGN limited) starting rating: 1814
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 7 Hrubisko, Mikulas (1536) Lost 1-2 -231791
4sealed 117 Fink, Johann (1498) Draw 1-1 -51786
5sealed 179 Casnji, Daniel (1434) Lost 0-2 -241762
top average opponent: 1489record: 0-2-1 new rating: 1762

Grand Prix Singapore 2003 (LGN limited) starting rating: 1682
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 4 Chan, Kok Weng (1624) Won 2-0 +171699
5sealed 1 Tan, Steven (1539) Won 2-0 +151714
6sealed 8 Cher, Chin Wee (1640) Won 2-0 +171731
7sealed 1 Chua, Chang (1748) Won 2-0 +181749
8draft 8 Hoon, Kelvin (1756) Lost 0-2 -181731
9draft 23 De Rosa, Antonino (1958) Won 2-1 +221753
10draft 15 Tang, Kai Cheong (1694) Lost 0-2 -191734
11draft 30 Song, Huachao (1569) Won 2-1 +151749
12draft 7 Soh, Terry (1581) Won 2-0 +151764
13draft 1 Chua, Chang (1798) ID 01764
Qdraft Tang, Kai Cheong (1676) Won 2-0 +171781
Sdraft Hoon, Kelvin (1803) Won 2-0 +181799
Fdraft Soh, Terry (1631) Won 2-0 +151814
top average opponent: 1694record: 10-2-1 new rating: 1814

Pro Tour Chicago 2003 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1611
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 80 Stern, Jon (1720) Won 2-1 +201631
2rochester 74 Weber, Joe (1610) Won 2-1 +171648
3rochester 41 Bing, Justin (1659) Won 2-1 +191667
4rochester 32 Paselli, Andrea (1656) Draw 1-1 -11666
5rochester 13 Lee, Winston (1567) Lost 1-2 -191647
6rochester 118 Boneau, Trent (1568) Won 2-0 +161663
7rochester 64 Haim, Christophe (1920) Lost 0-2 -131650
8rochester 16 Gomersall, Sam (1791) Won 2-1 +201670
9rochester 44 Fiore, Stefano (1894) Lost 0-2 -141656
10rochester 38 Nassif, Gabriel (1909) Won 2-1 +231679
11rochester 12 Hoelzl, Johannes (1675) Lost 1-2 -181661
12rochester 36 Kassis, Eli (1618) Lost 1-2 -191642
13rochester 25 West, Justin T (1582) Won 2-1 +171659
14rochester 14 Jonsson, Anton (1952) Won 2-0 +231682
top average opponent: 1723record: 8-5-1 new rating: 1682

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1566
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 52 Wiegersma, Jelger (1867) Lost 1-2 -121554
5sealed 44 Henriksen, Erik (1509) Won 2-1 +171571
6sealed 26 Luhrs, Christian (1798) Lost 1-2 -141557
7sealed 64 Ammermann, Kai (1583) Won 2-0 +191576
8sealed 42 Freimann, Kim (1552) Won 2-0 +171593
9rochester 10 Lund, Kim Robin (1536) Won 2-0 +171610
10rochester 25 Lagerstrom, Marcus (1591) Won 2-0 +181628
11rochester 10 Ukskoski, Marko (1545) Won 2-0 +161644
12rochester 19 Eriksson, Daniel (1560) Lost 1-2 -191625
13rochester 15 Tenenbaum, Amiel (1897) Lost 0-2 -141611
14rochester 21 Struik, Martin (1577) Draw 1-1 01611
top average opponent: 1638record: 6-4-1 new rating: 1611

Grand Prix Gothenburg 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1551
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 96 Gjals, Tomas (1517) Won 2-0 +171568
3sealed 12 Dobson, Tony (1595) Lost 1-2 -171551
4sealed 65 Abrahamsson, Hakan (1517) Won 2-0 +171568
5sealed 68 van Leeuwen, Arjan (1462) Draw 1-1 -21566
6sealed 57 Backfjard, Johan (1536) Won 2-0 +171583
7sealed 33 Rosholm, Thomas (1640) Lost 0-2 -171566
top average opponent: 1545record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1566

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2000 (PCY limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 76 Lindblom, Alfred (1500) Won 2-1 +181518
2sealed 106 Vammen, Mikkel (1482) Lost 0-2 -191499
3sealed 164 Swierk, Pawel (1464) Won 2-0 +181517
4sealed 160 Behrens, Andreas (1482) Won 2-0 +171534
5sealed 132 Seidel, Christian (1501) Won 2-1 +171551
6sealed 86 Roennau, Justus (1502) Won 2-0 +181569
7sealed 68 Steinsdoerfer, Daniel (1572) Lost 0-2 -181551
top average opponent: 1500record: 5-2 new rating: 1551