Rakowski, Alexander
Current rating: 1536
Record: 5-3
| Grand Prix Birmingham 2008 (Lorwyn block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 133 | Lei, Benjamin (1482) | Won 2-1 | +181518 |
| 2block | 116 | Urban, Filip (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -181500 |
| 3block | 154 | Tan, Ronnie (1547) | Lost 0-2 | -171483 |
| 4block | 198 | Till, John (1432) | Won 2-1 | +171500 |
| 5block | 204 | Rodway, Peter (1501) | Won 2-1 | +181518 |
| 6block | 103 | Dardaillon, Roman (1517) | Won 0-0 | +181536 |
| 7block | 61 | Lardey, Julien (1529) | Won 2-1 | +181554 |
| 8block | 53 | Ohlhof, Frank (1586) | Lost 1-2 | -181536 |
| average opponent: 1514record: 5-3 | new rating: 1536 | |||