Youichi N.,
Current rating: 1547
Record: 5-3
| Grand Prix Kobe 2012 (DKA limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 98 | Aizawa, Taku (1501) | Won 2-1 | +181518 |
| 3sealed | 179 | Tomonori H., (1534) | Won 2-1 | +181536 |
| 4sealed | 51 | Hiromasa K., (1539) | Lost 0-2 | -181518 |
| 5sealed | 99 | Tsukahara, Kazuto (1611) | Won 2-0 | +201538 |
| 6sealed | 112 | Ichikawa, Yuuki (1560) | Lost 1-2 | -181520 |
| 7sealed | 191 | Obayashi, Naoki (Hiroshima) (1533) | Won 2-0 | +191539 |
| 8sealed | 114 | Urata, Takurou (1537) | Won 2-1 | +181557 |
| 9sealed | 59 | Kuroda, Masashiro (2060) | Lost 1-2 | -101547 |
| average opponent: 1609record: 5-3 | new rating: 1547 | |||