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Stein, Sam
Current rating: 1728 (#4916)

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (limited) (AKH limited) starting rating: 1755
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 419 Hogan, Kyle (1636) Won 2-1 +161771
2sealed 90 Strader, Seth (1536) Lost 1-2 -221749
3sealed 714 Tactacan, Anthony (1554) Lost 0-2 -211728
top average opponent: 1575record: 1-2 new rating: 1728

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2009 (extended) starting rating: 1800
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 102 Nishimura, Timothy (1613) Won 2-0 +151815
5extended 30 Stanley, Justin N (1538) Lost 0-2 -231792
6extended 77 Allen, Creed J (1513) Won 2-1 +131805
7extended 49 Boggemes, Kyle (1579) Won 2-1 +141819
8extended 40 Shenhar, Shahar (1546) Won 2-1 +131832
9extended 12 Parker, Neil (1744) Lost 0-2 -191813
10extended 26 Rietzl, Paul (1795) Lost 0-2 -191794
11extended 40 Bernat, Michael (1892) Lost 1-2 -161778
12extended 56 Nass, Matthew (1522) Lost 0-2 -231755
top average opponent: 1638record: 4-5 new rating: 1755

2008 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1850
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 23 Sim, Chapman (1772) Lost 1-2 -191831
2standard 87 Aten, Timothy (1823) Won 2-1 +181849
3standard 97 Sjoblom, Fabian (1528) Won 2-1 +121861
4standard 59 De Rosa, Antonino (1798) Won 2-1 +171878
5standard 34 Sam, Jimmy (1553) Lost 1-2 -241854
6standard 36 van Medevoort, Robert (1847) Lost 0-2 -181836
7draft 32 Katz, Adam [ZAF] (1517) Lost 0-2 -241812
8draft 146 Hron, Mike (1849) Lost 0-2 -171795
9draft 110 Oca, Ramon Allan (1529) Won 2-1 +131808
10draft 58 Finkel, Jon (1984) Won 2-1 +211829
11draft 116 Mislov, Nikola (1532) Won 2-0 +131842
12draft 7 Lee, Kai Yip (1526) Lost 1-2 -231819
13extended 91 Mihara, Makihito (1984) Lost 1-2 -151804
14extended 99 Sacher, AJ (1687) Won 2-0 +151819
15extended 87 Gurney, Michael (1761) Lost 0-2 -191800
top average opponent: 1713record: 7-8 new rating: 1800

Grand Prix Kansas City 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1768
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 18 Vidugiris, Gaudenis (1802) Won 2-1 +191787
5sealed 43 McCleaf, Brett (1582) Won 2-1 +141801
6sealed 3 Bulger, Tim (1660) Lost 0-2 -211780
7sealed 45 Cores, Ari (1711) Won 2-0 +171797
8sealed 18 Peyton, Jason (1597) Won 2-0 +141811
9sealed 8 Cox, Patrick (1556) Won 2-0 +141825
10draft 10 Penick, John (1844) Lost 0-2 -181807
11draft 11 Schwarzott, Christopher (1704) Won 2-1 +161823
12draft 19 Kozal, Tyler (1645) Won 2-0 +151838
13draft 10 Young, Kelvin (1712) Won 2-1 +161854
14draft 10 Kane, DeWitt (1701) Won 2-0 +151869
15draft 1 Landale, Tim (1815) Lost 0-2 -191850
top average opponent: 1694record: 9-3 new rating: 1850

Pro Tour Hollywood 2008 (SHM standard) starting rating: 1798
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 83 Floch, Ivan (1875) Lost 1-2 -161782
2standard 144 Pejhovsky, Lubos (1517) Lost 0-2 -231759
3standard 180 Light, Matthew (1464) Won 2-0 +131772
4standard 122 Roggio, Fausto (1520) Won 2-0 +131785
5standard 115 Mueller, Andre (1852) Won 2-1 +201805
6standard 42 Gregoir, Christophe (1866) Lost 0-2 -171788
7standard 105 Morra, Matteo (1687) Lost 1-2 -201768
top average opponent: 1683record: 3-4 new rating: 1768

Pro Tour Kuala Lumpur 2008 (MOR draft) starting rating: 1807
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 63 Martin Bermejo, Daniel (1537) Won 2-1 +141821
2draft 88 Hermes, Maxime (1764) Lost 0-2 -191802
3draft 128 Irvine, David (1842) Won 0-0 +181820
4draft 143 Bowman, Mathew (1638) Won 2-1 +151835
5draft 1 Loeb, Davy (1706) Lost 0-2 -201815
6draft 86 Lau, Terry (1681) Won 2-1 +151830
7draft 33 DeTora, Melissa (1818) Won 2-0 +181848
8draft 20 Demazeau, Fabien (1594) Lost 1-2 -231825
9draft 54 Phanchaicharoen, Viroj (1740) Won 2-1 +171842
10draft 43 DeTora, Melissa (1837) Lost 0-2 -181824
11draft 19 Hung, Chi Hang (1648) Lost 1-2 -211803
12draft 37 Eberbach, Wolf (1574) Won 2-0 +141817
13draft 33 Hung, Chi Hang (1654) Won 2-0 +151832
14draft 2 Nassif, Gabriel (2003) Lost 1-2 -151817
15draft 1 Tanaka, Hisaya (1805) Lost 0-2 -191798
top average opponent: 1723record: 8-7 new rating: 1798

2007 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1775
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 189 Kaji, Tomohiro (1776) Won 2-0 +181793
2standard 49 Ootsuka, Koutarou (1983) Won 2-1 +221815
3standard 40 Stradner, Stefan (1727) Won 2-1 +161831
4standard 15 Zampere Junior, Celso (1794) Won 2-1 +171848
5standard 3 Bogachkin, Leonid (1584) Won 2-1 +141862
6draft 81 Doise, Jan (2007) Won 2-0 +201882
7draft 177 Huber, Christoph (1932) Lost 0-2 -171865
8draft 2 Lachmann, Chris (1712) Won 2-0 +161881
9draft 38 Mori, Katsuhiro (2104) Lost 0-2 -141867
10draft 126 Walls, Gabe (1971) Lost 0-2 -171850
11draft 164 Chapin, Patrick (1917) Lost 0-2 -161834
12legacy 26 Scott-Vargas, Luis (1986) Lost 0-2 -161818
13legacy 41 Makuch, Michal (1632) Won 2-0 +151833
14legacy 28 Cardenal Fernandez, Marcos (1767) Lost 0-2 -191814
15legacy 44 Nurmi, Mikko (1696) Won 2-0 +161830
16legacy 33 Lee, Charles (1588) Lost 0-2 -231807
top average opponent: 1823record: 9-7 new rating: 1807

Grand Prix Daytona Beach 2007 (LRW limited) starting rating: 1798
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 23 Malka, Sol (1819) Lost 1-2 -181780
5sealed 57 Kessling, Mike (1538) Lost 0-2 -221758
6sealed 161 Carriveau, Kurt (1495) Won 2-0 +131771
7sealed 73 Gerrish, Colby (1488) Won 2-1 +131784
8sealed 86 Wright, Troy (1502) Won 2-0 +131797
9sealed 32 Edwards, Rudy (1579) Lost 0-2 -221775
top average opponent: 1570record: 3-3 new rating: 1775

Pro Tour Valencia 2007 (extended) starting rating: 1663
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 110 Porojan, Raul (1704) Won 2-0 +191682
2extended 51 Hernandez, Richard (1679) Lost 0-2 -181664
3extended 75 Jackson, Jeremy (1491) Won 2-0 +151679
4extended 83 Blazquez, David (1588) Won 2-1 +161695
5extended 34 Lauriol, Sylvain (1807) Won 2-0 +201715
6extended 34 Wafo-Tapa, Guillaume (2121) Won 2-1 +251740
7extended 22 Capristrani, Ary (1713) Won 2-0 +181758
8extended 6 Mihara, Makihito (2156) Lost 0-2 -121746
9extended 21 Carboni, Simone (1682) Won 2-0 +171763
10extended 11 Larsen, Christoffer (1616) Won 2-0 +161779
11extended 7 Hall, Zack (1858) Won 2-1 +191798
12extended 2 Parker, Richard (1658) Won 2-0 +151813
13extended 1 Koike, Takayuki (1806) ID 01813
Qextended Mueller, Andre (1948) Lost 1-3 -151798
top average opponent: 1773record: 10-3-1 new rating: 1798

Grand Prix San Francisco 2007 (Time Spiral block) starting rating: 1667
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 75 Azuma, Motokiyo (1815) Won 2-1 +201687
5block 3 Sidher, Ricky (1555) Won 2-1 +161703
6block 6 Vidugiris, Gaudenis (1621) Lost 0-2 -201683
7block 48 Steht, Lee (1722) Won 2-1 +191702
8block 10 De Guzman, Ray (1656) Lost 1-2 -191683
9block 24 Edelson, Steve (1556) Lost 0-0 -201663
top average opponent: 1654record: 3-3 new rating: 1663

Pro Tour Geneva 2007 (PLC draft) starting rating: 1706
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 134 Rohde, Karl Heinz (1763) Lost 0-2 -171689
2draft 58 Sedgman, Charles (1505) Won 2-0 +151704
3draft 77 da Costa Cabral, Bernardo (1806) Lost 0-2 -171687
4draft 41 Schreurs, Jos (1641) Lost 1-2 -181669
5draft 53 Costa, Nuno (1781) Won 2-1 +201689
6draft 108 Cnotalski, Artur (1468) Lost 1-2 -221667
top average opponent: 1661record: 2-4 new rating: 1667

2006 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1767
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 21 Lauriol, Sylvain (1845) Lost 1-2 -171750
2standard 132 He, Timothy L (1801) Lost 0-2 -171733
3standard 171 Alvisi, Manuel (1575) Won 2-0 +151748
4standard 103 Stephenson, Calum (1491) Lost 1-2 -231725
5standard 143 Kosarev, Artemiy V (1480) Won 2-0 +141739
6standard 112 Milevski, Miki (1504) Lost 1-2 -221717
7draft 45 Herrero, Sergi (1672) Won 2-0 +171734
8draft 16 Williams, Roy (1513) Won 2-0 +141748
9draft 94 Leong, Felix (1819) Lost 1-2 -171731
10draft 52 Perez, Bastien (1863) Won 2-1 +211752
11draft 67 Liu, Tsu Wei (1524) Won 2-0 +141766
12draft 59 Stanilov, Ivko (1602) Won 2-1 +151781
13extended 64 Wright, Stuart (1847) Lost 0-2 -171764
14extended 63 Barciella, Francisco (1523) Lost 1-2 -221742
15extended 81 Fiorillo, John (1827) Lost 1-2 -171725
16extended 103 Brucker, David (2069) Lost 0-2 -121713
17extended 110 Gontaev, Eugene (1498) Lost 1-2 -221691
18extended 115 Schleinzer, Emanuel (1498) Won 2-0 +151706
top average opponent: 1664record: 8-10 new rating: 1706

Pro Tour Kobe 2006 (TSP draft) starting rating: 1772
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 180 Malin, Antti (1836) Won 2-1 +201792
2draft 175 Gurov, Igor (1558) Lost 0-2 -231769
3draft 185 Hegstad, Brian (1675) Lost 1-2 -191750
4draft 84 Bandou, Junichirou (1741) Won 2-1 +181768
5draft 45 Boyd, Gerard (1508) Won 2-0 +131781
6draft 12 Steurer, Matthaus (1662) Won 2-0 +161797
7draft 19 Hill, Zac (1741) Lost 0-2 -191778
8draft 62 Derrickson, David (1547) Won 2-0 +141792
9draft 5 De Rosa, Antonino (2025) Lost 0-2 -141778
10draft 16 Ziegler, Brian (1526) Won 2-0 +131791
11draft 51 Gan, Vincent (1809) Won 2-0 +191810
12draft 8 Ishii, Hayato (1701) Won 2-0 +161826
13draft 41 Sienko, Piotr (1778) Lost 1-2 -191807
14draft 58 Ewing, John (1570) Lost 1-2 -221785
15draft 48 Sanchez, Kyle (1783) Lost 0-2 -181767
top average opponent: 1697record: 8-7 new rating: 1767

Grand Prix Phoenix 2006 (CSP limited) starting rating: 1678
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 24 Sittner, Alex (1538) Won 2-1 +151693
5sealed 8 Emami, Kevan (1576) Won 2-1 +161709
6sealed 10 Bucknelo, Jimmy (1602) Won 2-0 +161725
7sealed 1 Bailey, Jake (1619) Won 2-0 +161741
8sealed 1 Szleifer, Gadiel (1967) Lost 1-2 -141727
9draft 27 Levy, Raphael (2044) Lost 0-2 -121715
10draft 2 Brockway, Brian (1697) Won 2-1 +171732
11draft 31 Komuro, Shuu (1825) Won 2-1 +201752
12draft 14 Szleifer, Gadiel (1958) Lost 1-2 -141738
13draft 26 Hayes, David (1636) Won 2-1 +161754
14draft 7 Bucknelo, Jimmy (1675) Won 2-1 +171771
Qdraft Szleifer, Gadiel (1984) Won 2-0 +211792
Sdraft Inoue, Sean (1686) Lost 1-2 -201772
top average opponent: 1754record: 9-4 new rating: 1772

Pro Tour Honolulu 2006 (GPT standard) starting rating: 1670
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 62 Darland, Eric (1633) Won 2-1 +171687
2standard 58 Ootsuka, Koutarou (1875) Lost 1-2 -151672
3standard 118 Kaji, Tomohiro (2052) Lost 1-2 -111661
4standard 158 Martin, Quentin (1909) Won 2-1 +221683
5standard 124 Bresland, Noel (1492) Won 2-1 +151698
6standard 71 Messel, Nicolas (1541) Won 2-0 +151713
7standard 24 Kelton, Gregory (1621) Lost 0-2 -201693
8standard 60 Dominguez, Javier (1820) Lost 1-2 -151678
top average opponent: 1743record: 4-4 new rating: 1678

Pro Tour Los Angeles 2005 (extended) starting rating: 1703
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 8 Godinez Estrada, Gerardo (1693) Lost 1-2 -181685
2extended 146 Hanaoka, Toshifumi (1379) Won 2-0 +131698
3extended 94 Scheel, Brandon (1541) Won 2-0 +151713
4extended 60 Fujita, Tsuyoshi (2033) Lost 1-2 -121701
5extended 103 Lebedowicz, Osyp (1862) Lost 0-2 -161685
6extended 112 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1803) Lost 0-2 -151670
top average opponent: 1719record: 2-4 new rating: 1670

Grand Prix Detroit 2005 (BOK limited) starting rating: 1734
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 49 Grinnell, Joshua (1553) Won 2-0 +151749
5sealed 10 Mechler, Kyle (1519) Lost 0-2 -231726
6sealed 58 Persello-Seefeld, Glenn (1572) Won 2-1 +161742
7sealed 14 Tormos, Ervin (1563) Lost 0-2 -221720
8sealed 36 Krempels, Craig (1766) Lost 1-2 -171703
top average opponent: 1595record: 2-3 new rating: 1703

Pro Tour Nagoya 2005 (COK rochester) starting rating: 1684
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 54 Komuro, Shuu (1757) Lost 0-2 -171667
2rochester 112 Ishihara, Jun (1730) Won 2-1 +191686
3rochester 44 Stok, Alex (1487) Won 2-1 +151701
4rochester 57 Huber, Christoph (1692) Lost 0-2 -191682
5rochester 41 Blech, Reinhard (1766) Won 2-0 +201702
6rochester 48 Magalhaes, Hugo (1491) Won 2-0 +141716
7rochester 40 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1750) Lost 1-2 -171699
8rochester 16 Zidek, Arnost (1700) Won 2-1 +181717
9rochester 22 Nishino, Kenta (1683) Lost 0-2 -191698
10rochester 19 Salvin, Jean Charles (1765) Won 2-0 +191717
11rochester 21 Blaas, Jasper (1595) Lost 0-2 -201697
12rochester 28 Scriven, Jarrod (1558) Lost 1-2 -201677
13rochester 7 Rietzl, Paul (1824) Won 2-1 +201697
14rochester 29 Nishino, Kenta (1658) Won 2-1 +181715
15rochester 27 Salvin, Jean Charles (1780) Won 2-1 +191734
top average opponent: 1682record: 9-6 new rating: 1734

Grand Prix Austin 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1643
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 14 Lipp, Scott (1482) Won 2-0 +151658
5sealed 23 Frazier, Matthew (1665) Won 2-0 +191677
6sealed 7 Thompson, Gerry (1747) Lost 0-2 -171660
7sealed 23 Bryant, Brandon (1559) Won 2-0 +161676
8sealed 15 Corbett, Justin (1538) Won 2-1 +151691
9rochester 2 LaPointe, Phillip (1601) Won 2-1 +171708
10rochester 29 Levin, Eugene (1650) Lost 0-2 -191689
11rochester 30 Zamora, Nathan (1517) Won 2-1 +151704
12rochester 25 Sklar, Jacob (1621) Lost 0-2 -201684
13rochester 23 Quirk, Kevin (1723) Won 2-0 +191703
14rochester 16 Jacob, Michael (1640) Lost 0-2 -191684
top average opponent: 1613record: 7-4 new rating: 1684

Grand Prix Oakland 2004 (DST limited) starting rating: 1574
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 63 Edwards, David (1500) Won 2-0 +171591
2sealed 6 Ochoa, David (1641) Won 2-0 +191610
3sealed 18 Talim, Gary (1788) Won 2-1 +211631
4sealed 49 Benjamin, Matt (1445) Won 2-1 +151646
5sealed 21 Bulthaup, Sean (1637) Won 2-0 +181664
6sealed 13 Dunham, Kory (1742) Lost 0-2 -171647
7sealed 38 Knadler, Johnny (1559) Lost 1-2 -191628
8sealed 32 Campusano, Eric (1508) Won 2-0 +151643
top average opponent: 1603record: 6-2 new rating: 1643

Grand Prix Anaheim 2003 (extended) starting rating: 1523
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 33 Schrader, Jeff (1540) Won 2-0 +181541
4extended 43 Mercado, Guillermo (1500) Won 2-0 +171558
5extended 17 Ravitz, Joshua (1637) Won 2-1 +201578
6extended 9 Szigeti, Peter (1757) Won 2-1 +211599
7extended 5 Ochoa, David (1594) Won 2-0 +181617
8extended 2 Abraham, Mike (1743) Lost 0-2 -161601
9extended 5 Meves, Nick (1587) Lost 0-2 -181583
10extended 13 Wiitanen, Josh (1551) Won 2-0 +171600
11extended 6 Starleaf, Derek (1692) Lost 1-2 -161584
12extended 14 Tsang, Terry (1769) Lost 0-2 -151569
13extended 20 Stocks, Jonathan (1601) Won 2-0 +191588
14extended 13 Walls, Gabe (1838) Lost 0-2 -141574
top average opponent: 1651record: 7-5 new rating: 1574

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 94 consilvio, anthony (1518) Won 2-1 +181518
3sealed 68 Hsiung, Kenny (1724) Lost 1-2 -141504
4sealed 141 Reyes, Ray (1518) Won 2-0 +181522
5sealed 95 Villere, Darcy (1508) Won 2-1 +181540
6sealed 48 Bulthaup, Sean (1583) Lost 0-2 -171523
top average opponent: 1570record: 3-2 new rating: 1523