Lyford-Smith, David
Current rating: 1610
Record: 48-50-2
Grand Prix London 2002Grand Prix London 2003Grand Prix Birmingham 2004Grand Prix Krakow 2007Grand Prix Brighton 2009Grand Prix Gothenburg 2010Grand Prix Florence 2010Grand Prix Lisbon 2012Grand Prix Valencia 2013Grand Prix Madrid 2014Grand Prix Copenhagen 2015Grand Prix London 2016Grand Prix Metz 2017Grand Prix London 2018
| Grand Prix London 2018 (RIX limited) | starting rating: 1615 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 262 | Barnett, Adam M (1670) | Lost 0-2 | -171598 |
| 2sealed | 596 | Williams, Gareth (1483) | Won 2-0 | +161614 |
| 3sealed | 543 | Birtwistle, Louis (1529) | Won 2-0 | +161630 |
| 4sealed | 421 | Horlock, Rhys (1624) | Won 2-0 | +181648 |
| 5sealed | 289 | Kalin, Felix (1554) | Lost 0-2 | -201628 |
| 6sealed | 546 | Fernandez Torres, Alvaro (1590) | Lost 0-2 | -181610 |
| top | average opponent: 1575record: 3-3 | new rating: 1610 | ||
| Grand Prix Metz 2017 (HOU limited) | starting rating: 1609 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 91 | Schatz, Markus (1557) | Won 2-0 | +171626 |
| 2sealed | 283 | Hedouin, Nils (1499) | Won 2-1 | +161642 |
| 3sealed | 191 | Bizet, Philippe (1376) | Draw 1-1 | -51637 |
| 4sealed | 179 | Markovic, Dejan (1418) | Won 2-0 | +141651 |
| 5sealed | 89 | Noorlander, Niels (1852) | Lost 1-2 | -141637 |
| 6sealed | 210 | Gros, Florian (1517) | Won 2-0 | +161653 |
| 7sealed | 135 | Rauer, Joerg Michael (1551) | Lost 0-2 | -201633 |
| 8sealed | 233 | Kohl, Reinhold (1638) | Lost 0-2 | -181615 |
| top | average opponent: 1551record: 4-3-1 | new rating: 1615 | ||
| Grand Prix London 2016 (KLD limited) | starting rating: 1592 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 141 | Simm, Reece (1624) | Won 2-0 | +191611 |
| 2sealed | 390 | Olivella, Lluis (1830) | Won 2-0 | +221633 |
| 3sealed | 456 | Verheul, Olivier (1501) | Won 2-1 | +161649 |
| 4sealed | 244 | Knocinski, Przemek (1753) | Lost 1-2 | -171632 |
| 5sealed | 181 | Buszkiewicz, Marek (1422) | Won 2-1 | +151647 |
| 6sealed | 277 | Gotfredsen, Anders (1755) | Lost 0-2 | -161631 |
| 7sealed | 387 | Jones, Chris [ENG] (1563) | Won 2-1 | +161647 |
| 8sealed | 271 | Leahy, George (1597) | Lost 1-2 | -181629 |
| 9sealed | 497 | Pan, Deng (1551) | Lost 0-2 | -201609 |
| top | average opponent: 1622record: 5-4 | new rating: 1609 | ||
| Grand Prix Copenhagen 2015 (modern) | starting rating: 1522 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 103 | Blennow, William (1591) | Won 2-1 | +191541 |
| 3modern | 136 | Vanek, Tomas (1791) | Won 2-0 | +231564 |
| 4modern | 88 | Ahlstrom, Christian (1784) | Won 2-1 | +211585 |
| 5modern | 33 | van den Bogaard, Ricardo (1774) | Won 2-0 | +221607 |
| 6modern | 8 | Hemmingsen, Frederik (1692) | Lost 1-2 | -171590 |
| 7modern | 78 | Takahashi, Yuta (1876) | Won 2-0 | +231613 |
| 8modern | 27 | Riffert, Till (1881) | Lost 0-2 | -131600 |
| 9modern | 58 | Bruni, Matteo (1733) | Won 2-1 | +211621 |
| 10modern | 73 | Sauerborn, Nico (1570) | Lost 1-2 | -191602 |
| 11modern | 72 | Bardh, Simon (1657) | Won 2-0 | +191621 |
| 12modern | 56 | Wallin, Peter (1708) | Lost 1-2 | -171604 |
| 13modern | 56 | Ciotta, Andrea (1608) | Won 2-1 | +181622 |
| 14modern | 37 | Gobern, Luis (1816) | Lost 1-2 | -141608 |
| 15modern | 52 | Bastos, Frederico (1752) | Lost 0-2 | -161592 |
| top | average opponent: 1731record: 8-6 | new rating: 1592 | ||
| Grand Prix Madrid 2014 (modern) | starting rating: 1504 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 6 | Sanchez, Xisco (1500) | Won 2-0 | +181522 |
| 2modern | 32 | Facca, Leo (1643) | Won 2-0 | +201542 |
| 3modern | 88 | Marques, Ricardo (1540) | Lost 1-2 | -181524 |
| 4modern | 513 | Garcia, Angel (1384) | Won 2-1 | +161540 |
| 5modern | 138 | Serrano Garcia, Jaime (1501) | Won 2-1 | +171557 |
| 6modern | 91 | Pereira, Pedro (1603) | Lost 0-2 | -171540 |
| 7modern | 184 | Carrera, Jorge (1543) | Lost 1-2 | -181522 |
| top | average opponent: 1531record: 4-3 | new rating: 1522 | ||
| Grand Prix Valencia 2013 (THS limited) | starting rating: 1481 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 209 | Moure, Matteo (1519) | Won 2-0 | +191500 |
| 4sealed | 209 | Henriques, Sergio P (1525) | Won 2-1 | +181518 |
| 5sealed | 209 | Holm, Soren (1473) | Won 2-1 | +171535 |
| 6sealed | 209 | Fuentes Ortiz, Jose Luis (1629) | Lost 1-2 | -161519 |
| 7sealed | 209 | Alcantara, Adrian (1701) | Draw 1-1 | +31522 |
| 8sealed | 209 | Silva, Andre (1512) | Lost 0-2 | -181504 |
| top | average opponent: 1560record: 3-2-1 | new rating: 1504 | ||
| Grand Prix Lisbon 2012 (RTR limited) | starting rating: 1459 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 626 | Filipe, Joao (1500) | Won 2-0 | +181477 |
| 2sealed | 517 | Malheiro, Rui (1560) | Lost 1-2 | -161461 |
| 3sealed | 645 | Holm, Soren (1468) | Won 2-0 | +181479 |
| 4sealed | 677 | Alves, Rui (1472) | Won 2-1 | +181497 |
| 5sealed | 646 | Musmacher, Thomas (1463) | Won 2-1 | +171514 |
| 6sealed | 577 | Saborido, Roberto (1506) | Lost 1-2 | -181496 |
| 7sealed | 577 | de Goeijen, Gijs (1650) | Lost 0-2 | -151481 |
| top | average opponent: 1517record: 4-3 | new rating: 1481 | ||
| Grand Prix Florence 2010 (SOM limited) | starting rating: 1425 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4sealed | 28 | Afonso, Tiago (1489) | Won 2-0 | +191444 |
| 5sealed | 2 | Pettenuzzo, Daniele (1575) | Lost 1-2 | -161428 |
| 6sealed | 60 | Petruzzella, Mauro (1554) | Lost 0-2 | -161412 |
| 7sealed | 123 | Sanchez, Eugeni (1759) | Won 2-1 | +251437 |
| 8sealed | 51 | Marzano, Davide (1518) | Won 2-1 | +191456 |
| 9sealed | 39 | Perez Rodriguez, Jose (1607) | Won 2-0 | +211477 |
| 10draft | 45 | Montanari, Mattia (1554) | Lost 0-2 | -171460 |
| 11draft | 9 | Angeli, Alessio (1719) | Won 2-1 | +231483 |
| 12draft | 57 | Charlton, Conor (1579) | Won 2-1 | +201503 |
| 13draft | 45 | Dato, Federico (1737) | Lost 0-2 | -141489 |
| 14draft | 8 | Jelecevic, Jan (1611) | Lost 1-2 | -161473 |
| 15draft | 63 | Mango, Gennaro (1675) | Lost 0-2 | -141459 |
| top | average opponent: 1615record: 6-6 | new rating: 1459 | ||
| Grand Prix Gothenburg 2010 (M11 limited) | starting rating: 1349 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4sealed | 561 | Soh, Weng Heng (1705) | Won 2-1 | +241373 |
| 5sealed | 504 | De Coster, Jan (1855) | Won 2-0 | +261399 |
| 6sealed | 514 | Horno, Marcos (1685) | Lost 1-2 | -121387 |
| 7sealed | 523 | Urosevic, Stefan (1589) | Won 2-0 | +211408 |
| 8sealed | 512 | Yukuhiro, Ken (1780) | Won 2-0 | +251433 |
| 9sealed | 509 | Linden, Mikael (1696) | Lost 0-2 | -141419 |
| 10draft | 4 | Korber, Philipp (1542) | Lost 1-2 | -151404 |
| 11draft | 32 | Geist, Jonathan (1562) | Won 2-0 | +201424 |
| 12draft | 51 | Kot, Jan (1593) | Lost 1-2 | -151409 |
| 13draft | 67 | Ochoa, David (1993) | Lost 1-2 | -81401 |
| 15draft | 51 | Holzinger, Thomas (1718) | Won 2-0 | +241425 |
| top | average opponent: 1702record: 6-5 | new rating: 1425 | ||
| Grand Prix Brighton 2009 (M10 limited) | starting rating: 1380 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 67 | Hodgson, Paul (1520) | Lost 0-2 | -151365 |
| 3sealed | 217 | Chaillot, Pierre (1502) | Lost 0-2 | -161349 |
| top | average opponent: 1511record: 0-2 | new rating: 1349 | ||
| Grand Prix Krakow 2007 (LRW standard) | starting rating: 1423 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4standard | 543 | Carvalho, Paulo (1744) | Lost 1-2 | -121411 |
| 5standard | 561 | Ivancic, Aljaz (1588) | Lost 1-2 | -151396 |
| 6standard | 591 | Kennel, Francis (1518) | Lost 1-2 | -161380 |
| top | average opponent: 1616record: 0-3 | new rating: 1380 | ||
| Grand Prix Birmingham 2004 (DST limited) | starting rating: 1456 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 108 | Wong, Kris (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -171439 |
| 2sealed | 182 | Rushton, Daniel (1481) | Won 2-0 | +181457 |
| 3sealed | 103 | Henry, Joel (1501) | Lost 0-2 | -171440 |
| 4sealed | 225 | Waggett, Jonathan (1481) | Lost 1-2 | -171423 |
| top | average opponent: 1491record: 1-3 | new rating: 1423 | ||
| Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) | starting rating: 1444 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 151 | Churcher, Joseph (1500) | Won 2-0 | +191463 |
| 2block | 31 | Puech, Leon (1519) | Lost 0-2 | -171446 |
| 3block | 103 | Washington, Thomas (1463) | Lost 1-2 | -181428 |
| 4block | 185 | Trommelen, Jorn (1481) | Won 2-0 | +191447 |
| 5block | 165 | van der Velden, Stan (1704) | Won 2-0 | +231470 |
| 6block | 108 | Geuze, Henk-Jan (1591) | Lost 0-2 | -161454 |
| 7block | 145 | Reid, Gavin (1501) | Won 2-0 | +191473 |
| 8block | 110 | Bricout, Francois (1527) | Lost 1-2 | -171456 |
| top | average opponent: 1536record: 4-4 | new rating: 1456 | ||
| Grand Prix London 2002 (Odyssey block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 161 | Frutuoso, Miguel (1416) | Lost 1-2 | -201480 |
| 2block | 221 | Lowton, John (1482) | Lost 0-2 | -171463 |
| 3block | 278 | Tucker, Matthew (1432) | Lost 0-2 | -191444 |
| top | average opponent: 1443record: 0-3 | new rating: 1444 | ||