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Possemiers, Ben
Current rating: 1647

Grand Prix Milan 2011 (ISD limited) starting rating: 1584
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 574 Chand, Vijay (1566) Won 2-0 +171601
3sealed 618 Faran, Ido (1603) Won 2-0 +181619
4sealed 567 Dolenc, Andrej (1492) Won 2-1 +161635
5sealed 548 Piovano, Daniele (1732) Won 2-0 +201655
6sealed 509 Florent, Lucas (1789) Lost 0-2 -161639
7sealed 520 Nitta, Yuki (1638) Won 2-0 +181657
8sealed 534 Ricci, Marco (1536) Won 2-1 +161673
9sealed 525 Marti, Jordi (1706) Lost 1-2 -171656
10sealed 535 Moreno Morales, Francisco (1595) Won 2-1 +171673
11draft 23 Pils, Florian (1972) Won 0-0 +231696
12draft 37 Vergoni, Davide (1666) Lost 0-2 -191677
13draft 72 Neri, Riccardo (1829) Lost 0-2 -151662
14draft 100 Mango, Gennaro (1819) Lost 0-2 -151647
top average opponent: 1688record: 8-5 new rating: 1647

Grand Prix Prague 2011 (NPH limited) starting rating: 1645
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 596 Voutsis, Othon (1479) Lost 1-2 -211624
3sealed 663 Nowak, Kamil (1525) Lost 1-2 -201604
4sealed 716 Hauer, Johannes (1463) Lost 0-2 -201584
top average opponent: 1489record: 0-3 new rating: 1584

Grand Prix Bochum 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1668
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 505 Rikola, Markku (1730) Lost 1-2 -171651
5sealed 643 Boruvka, Petr (1625) Won 2-0 +181669
6sealed 551 Grundler, Stefan (1520) Won 2-1 +151684
7sealed 557 Mundt, Tobias (1573) Lost 0-2 -201664
8sealed 554 Fegert, Klaus (1618) Lost 0-2 -191645
top average opponent: 1613record: 2-3 new rating: 1645

Grand Prix Gothenburg 2010 (M11 limited) starting rating: 1522
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 135 Tremyr, Morten (1483) Won 2-0 +171539
2sealed 43 Tegeling, Martin (1519) Won 2-0 +181557
3sealed 4 Gokhan, Sahin (1659) Won 2-1 +201577
4sealed 19 Elfgren, Bertil (2007) Lost 1-2 -111566
5sealed 45 Matignon, Guillaume (1898) Won 2-0 +241590
6sealed 48 Kratter, Filippo (1784) Won 2-0 +221612
7sealed 26 Kmet, Adam (1633) Won 2-1 +181630
8sealed 20 Luna, Javier (1674) Won 2-0 +191649
9sealed 1 Fosse, Jostein (1586) Lost 0-2 -191630
10draft 32 Korsell, Samuel (1712) Won 2-0 +191649
11draft 42 Algander, Per (1600) Won 2-0 +171666
12draft 12 Kvaloe, Tarjei (1702) Lost 1-2 -171649
13draft 66 Astrom, Jens (1626) Won 2-0 +171666
14draft 6 Yamamoto, Akimasa (1784) Won 2-0 +211687
15draft 11 Jonassen, Kristoffer (1654) Lost 1-2 -191668
top average opponent: 1688record: 11-4 new rating: 1668

Grand Prix Prague 2009 (M10 limited) starting rating: 1475
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 547 Caron, Jean Marc (1508) Lost 0-2 -171458
3sealed 682 Barrett, Dan (1466) Won 2-0 +181476
4sealed 643 Michlits, Mario (1654) Won 2-1 +211497
5sealed 600 Faehse, Sven (1544) Won 2-1 +191516
6sealed 570 Wolf, Christopher (1767) Won 2-1 +231539
7sealed 545 Urosevic, Stefan (1593) Lost 0-2 -171522
8sealed 584 Liron, Tamir (1537) Won 2-0 +181540
9sealed 550 Mur, Jaka (1546) Lost 0-2 -181522
top average opponent: 1577record: 5-3 new rating: 1522

Grand Prix Rotterdam 2009 (CON limited) starting rating: 1529
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 439 Cortez, Paulo Ricardo (1564) Lost 1-2 -181511
5sealed 457 Uittenbogaard, Kenny (1497) Lost 1-2 -181493
6sealed 525 Kage, Sven (1520) Lost 1-2 -181475
top average opponent: 1527record: 0-3 new rating: 1475

Grand Prix Brussels 2008 (SHM limited) starting rating: 1538
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 42 Kunzler, Matthias (1779) Lost 0-2 -141524
5sealed 55 Verbeken, Dirk (1741) Won 2-1 +221546
6sealed 63 Marsal, Basile (1576) Lost 1-2 -171529
7sealed 88 Sznigir, Filip (1630) Won 2-0 +191548
8sealed 69 Zehm, Wolfgang (1443) Lost 1-2 -191529
top average opponent: 1634record: 2-3 new rating: 1529

Pro Tour Kuala Lumpur 2008 (MOR draft) starting rating: 1539
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 76 Krzikalla, Olaf (1653) Won 2-0 +201559
2draft 57 Flaaten, Christian (1796) Lost 0-2 -141545
3draft 141 Chijimi, Keiichi (1763) Lost 0-0 -141531
4draft 35 Hirosawa, Yuuta (1868) Won 2-1 +241555
5draft 104 Rus, Tine (1616) Lost 1-2 -171538
top average opponent: 1739record: 2-3 new rating: 1538

Grand Prix Stockholm 2007 (FUT limited) starting rating: 1567
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 83 Refsdal, Gunnar (1710) Won 2-1 +201587
5sealed 31 Rade, Olle (1937) Lost 1-2 -121575
6sealed 71 Alkio, Anssi (1557) Lost 0-2 -181557
7sealed 115 Almelund, Joakim (1540) Lost 0-0 -181539
top average opponent: 1686record: 1-3 new rating: 1539

Grand Prix Eindhoven 2005 (extended) starting rating: 1551
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 225 Kapitza, Johannes (1518) Won 2-0 +171568
3extended 130 Johannsen, Dennis (1537) Lost 1-2 -191549
4extended 181 Rensonnet, Pierre (1544) Won 2-1 +181567
5extended 167 Castano, Joan (1526) Won 2-1 +181585
6extended 35 Garofalo, Massimiliano (1581) Lost 1-2 -181567
top average opponent: 1541record: 3-2 new rating: 1567

Grand Prix Brussels 2004 (DST standard) starting rating: 1505
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 16 van Zutphen, Ronald (1526) Won 2-0 +181523
3standard 1 Vreux, Benoit (1536) Lost 0-2 -171506
4standard 91 Sisounthone, Daniel (1520) Won 2-0 +181524
5standard 57 Grosskopf, Tobias (1592) Won 2-1 +191543
6standard 51 Thevenon, Sandy (1624) Won 2-0 +201563
7standard 53 Gerson, Steve (1628) Draw 1-1 +11564
8standard 36 Meraghni, Farid (1839) Lost 0-2 -131551
top average opponent: 1609record: 4-2-1 new rating: 1551

Grand Prix Antwerp 2002 (TOR limited) starting rating: 1523
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 80 Vilm, Jerome (1488) Lost 0-2 -191504
3sealed 136 Christidis, Chris (1551) Won 2-0 +191523
4sealed 75 Johannsen, Dennis (1521) Lost 1-2 -181505
top average opponent: 1520record: 1-2 new rating: 1505

2001 European Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1542
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 98 Maia, Dinis (1536) Lost 1-2 -181524
2standard 104 Harle, Thomas (1540) Lost 0-2 -181506
3standard 116 Chapman, Jonny (1465) Won 2-0 +171523
4standard 111 Cornelissen, Kamiel (1944) Lost 0-2 -111512
5standard 103 Groenhof, Jan Pieter (1473) Lost 0-2 -181494
6standard 124 Harkonen, Jarno (1577) Won 2-1 +191513
7standard 98 Vilm, Jerome (1521) Won 2-0 +181531
8rochester 62 Jakimov, Blagoj (1538) Lost 1-2 -181513
9rochester 40 Todorovic, Dejan (1475) Won 2-0 +181531
10rochester 21 Ekebom, Erno (1768) Draw 1-1 +41535
11rochester 121 Gundersen, Thomas (1713) Won 2-1 +211556
12rochester 92 Hugi, Niklaus (1689) Lost 0-2 -151541
13rochester 37 Garcia, Carmelo (1550) Lost 0-2 -181523
top average opponent: 1599record: 5-7-1 new rating: 1523

Pro Tour Tokyo 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1474
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 20 Wong, Nicholas Jonathan (1719) Lost 1-2 -141460
2block 85 Spengler, Fabien (1605) Won 2-0 +211481
3block 78 Snygg, Mikko (1598) Won 2-1 +201501
4block 40 Hager, Lucas (1535) Won 2-0 +191520
5block 9 Olivieri, Nicolas (1765) Lost 0-2 -141506
6block 40 Taylor, Eric (1577) Lost 1-2 -171489
7block 61 Hernandez, Marc [FRA] (1594) Won 2-0 +201509
8block 50 Odegaard, Oyvind (1842) Won 2-0 +241533
9block 38 Vernay, Emmanuel (1587) Won 2-1 +191552
10block 19 Jordan, Paul (1564) Won 2-1 +181570
11block 19 Itadani, Eisaku (1669) Lost 1-2 -161554
12block 22 Cleemann, Jonas (1676) Lost 0-2 -161538
13block 36 Di Tomaso, Matteo (1612) Lost 1-2 -161522
14block 37 Pagorek, Laurent (1635) Won 2-1 +201542
top average opponent: 1641record: 8-6 new rating: 1542

Grand Prix Amsterdam 2001 (INV limited) starting rating: 1463
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 53 Blum, Damien (1500) Draw 1-1 +11464
3sealed 106 Debard, Michael (1604) Lost 1-2 -151449
4sealed 208 Bias, Torsten (1501) Won 2-1 +191468
5sealed 133 Riedl, Alexander (1516) Won 2-0 +181486
6sealed 85 Steinbach, Michael (1538) Won 2-0 +191505
7sealed 57 Postema, Bas (1722) Lost 0-2 -141491
8sealed 86 Vliegenthart, Benjamin (1521) Lost 0-2 -171474
top average opponent: 1557record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1474

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2000 (PCY limited) starting rating: 1515
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 58 Friberg, Henrik (1500) Lost 1-2 -181497
4sealed 101 Toikka, Seppo (1615) Lost 1-2 -161481
5sealed 102 Gruss, Andreas (1483) Lost 1-2 -181463
top average opponent: 1533record: 0-3 new rating: 1463

Grand Prix Tours 1999 (MMQ limited) starting rating: 1376
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 161 Francisco, Daniel (1500) Draw 1-1 +21378
3sealed 121 Le Loeuff, Julien (1447) Won 2-1 +191397
4sealed 87 Gemund, Tobias (1542) Won 2-0 +211418
5sealed 42 Alquier, Laurent (1570) Lost 1-2 -151403
6sealed 62 Hugi, Niklaus (1497) Won 2-0 +191422
7sealed 128 Mineau, Emerick (1540) Won 2-0 +201442
8sealed 128 Espenhein, Rune (1562) Won 0-0 +211463
9draft 11 Magnusson, Mikael (1577) Won 2-1 +201483
10draft 7 Gleizes, Camille (1615) Lost 0-2 -161467
11draft 12 Sullivan, Adrian (1734) Won 2-0 +231490
12draft 9 Guillaumin, Bertrand (1608) Won 2-1 +201510
13draft 6 Labarre, Nicolas (1726) Lost 0-2 -141496
14draft 17 Peset, Alexandre (1589) Won 2-1 +191515
top average opponent: 1577record: 9-3-1 new rating: 1515

Grand Prix Barcelona 1999 (USG sealed) starting rating: 1418
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 22 Aranzana, Ivan (1518) Won 0-0 +201438
4sealed 26 Odegaard, Oyvind (1482) Lost 0-0 -171421
5sealed 60 Llinares, Daniel (1518) Won 0-0 +201441
6sealed 40 Baberowski, Dirk (1449) ID 01441
7sealed 28 Bosco, Umberto (1553) Lost 0-0 -161425
8sealed 31 Pifferer, Victor (1519) Lost 0-0 -171408
9sealed 31 Malveiro, Joao (1516) Lost 0-0 -161392
10sealed 32 Bonte, Jeremie (1462) Lost 0-0 -161376
top average opponent: 1502record: 2-5-1 new rating: 1376

Pro Tour Rome 1998 (extended) starting rating: 1464
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 70 Malherbaud, Pierre (1555) Lost 0-0 -161448
2extended 125 Brunello, Massimo (1482) Won 0-0 +181466
3extended 47 Maki, Koichiro (1482) Lost 0-2 -171449
4extended 110 Cleemann, Jonas (1484) Lost 0-0 -181431
5extended 102 Selden, Brian (1713) Lost 0-0 -131418
top average opponent: 1543record: 1-4 new rating: 1418

Pro Tour Los Angeles 1998 (Tempest block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 75 Earley, Ben (1500) Lost 0-0 -181482
2block 156 Sagol, Omar (1482) Won 0-0 +181500
3block 94 Ormerod, John (1500) Won 0-0 +181518
4block 50 Isidro, Joao (1518) Won 0-0 +181536
5block 13 Pikula, Chris (1536) Lost 0-0 -181518
6block 72 Herdeman, Chris (1518) Won 0-0 +181536
7block 53 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1536) ID 01536
8block 46 Chinnock, John (1536) Lost 0-0 -181518
9block 47 Cole, Ryan (1518) Won 0-0 +181536
10block 31 Chan, Feming (1536) Lost 0-0 -181518
11block 38 Kroger, Peer (1518) Lost 0-0 -181500
12block 44 Fujita, Osamu (1500) Lost 0-0 -181482
13block 44 Yoo, John (1482) Lost 0-0 -181464
top average opponent: 1514record: 5-7-1 new rating: 1464