Yamada, Akira
Current rating: 1569
Record: 16-13-3
| Grand Prix Niigata 2005 (Kamigawa block) | starting rating: 1488 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 89 | Ohmura, Satoshi (1555) | Won 2-1 | +191507 |
| 2block | 63 | Tanaka, Eiji (1518) | Won 2-0 | +181525 |
| 3block | 23 | Tanahashi, Masayasu (1575) | Won 2-0 | +191544 |
| 4block | 48 | Okamoto, Jin (1823) | Draw 1-1 | +51549 |
| 5block | 36 | Toshimi, Hirokazu (1549) | Won 2-0 | +181567 |
| 6block | 16 | Tomita, Shuntarou (1663) | Lost 1-2 | -161551 |
| 7block | 53 | Sasagawa, Tomohide (1745) | Draw 1-1 | +31554 |
| 8block | 71 | Anzai, Yoshio (1400) | Won 2-1 | +151569 |
| top | average opponent: 1603record: 5-1-2 | new rating: 1569 | ||
| Grand Prix Utsunomiya 2002 (ONS rochester) | starting rating: 1488 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 229 | Taketou, Kiyoshi (1500) | Won 2-1 | +191507 |
| 2sealed | 113 | Takano, Masayuki (1517) | Won 2-1 | +181525 |
| 3sealed | 86 | Ishibashi, Masashi (1424) | Lost 1-2 | -201505 |
| 4sealed | 150 | Kozakai, Yukio (1526) | Won 2-0 | +181523 |
| 5sealed | 93 | Miyagi, Akira (1554) | Lost 0-2 | -171506 |
| 6sealed | 99 | Shimeno, Yu (1489) | Lost 0-2 | -181488 |
| top | average opponent: 1502record: 3-3 | new rating: 1488 | ||
| Grand Prix Sendai 2001 (extended) | starting rating: 1505 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2extended | 73 | Takemasa, Iwao (1404) | Lost 0-2 | -201485 |
| 3extended | 108 | Seki, Yoshio (1549) | Draw 1-1 | +11486 |
| 4extended | 146 | Suzuki, Mayumi (1487) | Won 2-1 | +181504 |
| 5extended | 107 | Ebina, Ikumi (1483) | Won 2-1 | +181522 |
| 6extended | 61 | Matsushita, Masakazu (1538) | Lost 1-2 | -181504 |
| 7extended | 95 | Hoshino, Fumio (1615) | Lost 0-1 | -161488 |
| top | average opponent: 1513record: 2-3-1 | new rating: 1488 | ||
| Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) | starting rating: 1464 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 437 | Harada, Toshiyuki (1464) | Won 2-1 | +181482 |
| 2block | 251 | Yamashita, Hideto (1518) | Won 2-1 | +191501 |
| 3block | 40 | Terasawa, Kazuya (1518) | Won 2-1 | +181519 |
| 4block | 132 | Kataoka, Kazuyuki (1538) | Lost 0-2 | -181501 |
| 5block | 251 | Deyama, Hirofumi (1506) | Lost 1-2 | -181483 |
| 6block | 194 | Igawa, Yoshihiro (1518) | Won 2-1 | +191502 |
| 7block | 116 | Imamichi, Takashi (1640) | Lost 1-2 | -151487 |
| 8block | 209 | Akahoshi, Toru (1517) | Won 2-1 | +181505 |
| top | average opponent: 1527record: 5-3 | new rating: 1505 | ||
| Grand Prix Kyoto 2000 (extended) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1extended | 184 | Shimizu, Masaaki (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -181482 |
| 2extended | 254 | Sasaki, Masakuni (1482) | Won 2-1 | +181500 |
| 3extended | 267 | Ogura, Tatsuo (1500) | Lost 1-2 | -181482 |
| 4extended | 307 | Atake, Tomoki (1482) | Lost 0-2 | -181464 |
| top | average opponent: 1491record: 1-3 | new rating: 1464 | ||