Saito, Takanobu
Current rating: 1505
Record: 27-29-4 (GP) / 2-3 (professional)
| Grand Prix Yokohama 2004 (COK limited) | starting rating: 1488 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 14 | Katsumata, Chihiro (1483) | Won 2-0 | +181506 |
| 3sealed | 16 | Kushibe, Toshiki (1575) | Lost 0-2 | -171489 |
| 4sealed | 147 | Matsuoka, Shuji (1481) | Won 2-0 | +181507 |
| 5sealed | 88 | Mori, Katsuhiro (1937) | Won 2-1 | +251532 |
| 6sealed | 49 | Okada, Seiji (1675) | Draw 1-1 | +31535 |
| 7sealed | 56 | Kaji, Tomohiro (1831) | Lost 0-2 | -131522 |
| 8sealed | 83 | Katsuta, Souichi (1566) | Lost 0-2 | -171505 |
| top | average opponent: 1650record: 3-3-1 | new rating: 1505 | ||
| Grand Prix Nagoya 2004 (5DN standard) | starting rating: 1521 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 41 | Murata, Yutaka (1483) | Won 2-1 | +171538 |
| 3standard | 27 | Nishiwaki, Masato (1454) | Won 2-0 | +171555 |
| 4standard | 109 | Furukawa, Ken'ichi (1603) | Lost 0-2 | -181537 |
| 5standard | 150 | Sasaki, Hideto (1534) | Won 2-1 | +181555 |
| 6standard | 122 | Sakajo, Yasuhisa (1614) | Lost 0-2 | -171538 |
| 7standard | 108 | Mori, Takashi (1552) | Lost 1-2 | -171521 |
| 8standard | 145 | Kawanishi, Mitsunobu (1555) | Lost 1-2 | -181503 |
| 9standard | 158 | Mukuno, Yuuji (1631) | Lost 1-2 | -151488 |
| top | average opponent: 1553record: 3-5 | new rating: 1488 | ||
| Pro Tour San Diego 2004 (DST draft) | starting rating: 1526 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1draft | 6 | Stavola, Kate (1719) | Lost 1-2 | -151511 |
| 2draft | 135 | Werner, Alex (1685) | Lost 0-2 | -141497 |
| 3draft | 143 | Moskovich, Valentin (1726) | Lost 1-2 | -141483 |
| 4draft | 157 | Henke, Tobias (1634) | Won 2-1 | +201503 |
| 5draft | 87 | Kvaloe, Tarjei (1470) | Won 2-0 | +181521 |
| top | average opponent: 1647record: 2-3 | new rating: 1521 | ||
| Grand Prix Sendai 2004 (DST limited) | starting rating: 1475 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 39 | Toyota, Shimpei (1500) | Won 2-0 | +181493 |
| 2sealed | 46 | Nakata, Yusuke (1521) | Lost 1-2 | -171476 |
| 3sealed | 96 | Nakajima, Chikara (1712) | Won 2-1 | +221498 |
| 4sealed | 108 | Suzuki, Yuichi (1496) | Lost 1-2 | -181480 |
| 5sealed | 146 | Oohira, Kenta (1476) | Won 2-1 | +181498 |
| 6sealed | 120 | Sugiura, Kiyohiro (1555) | Won 2-1 | +191517 |
| 7sealed | 54 | Yamada, Tsutomu (1639) | Won 2-0 | +201537 |
| 8sealed | 39 | Fujita, Osamu (1930) | Lost 0-2 | -111526 |
| top | average opponent: 1604record: 5-3 | new rating: 1526 | ||
| Grand Prix Shizuoka 2003 (MRD limited) | starting rating: 1533 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 147 | Chikusa, Shinya (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -181515 |
| 2sealed | 190 | Goto, Seiji (1321) | Lost 0-2 | -221493 |
| 3sealed | 269 | Shimada, Fumiaki (1466) | Lost 1-2 | -181475 |
| top | average opponent: 1429record: 0-3 | new rating: 1475 | ||
| Grand Prix Utsunomiya 2002 (ONS rochester) | starting rating: 1497 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 11 | Imai, Takashi (1517) | Won 2-1 | +181515 |
| 2sealed | 128 | Iwasaki, Yoshitaka (1536) | Won 2-1 | +191534 |
| 3sealed | 7 | Kurosawa, Yoshihito (1590) | Lost 1-2 | -171517 |
| 4sealed | 74 | Deyama, Hirofumi (1507) | Lost 0-2 | -191498 |
| 5sealed | 203 | Kawazoe, Hiroki (1486) | Draw 1-1 | 01498 |
| 6sealed | 155 | Aoki, Takahiro (1498) | Won 2-1 | +181516 |
| 7sealed | 109 | Tano, Fumiaki (1467) | Won 2-0 | +171533 |
| top | average opponent: 1515record: 4-2-1 | new rating: 1533 | ||
| Grand Prix Sapporo 2002 (Odyssey block) | starting rating: 1435 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 71 | Sato, Kei (1538) | Won 2-0 | +201455 |
| 2block | 13 | Takahashi, Masaki (1463) | Draw 1-1 | 01455 |
| 3block | 83 | Ueno, Takamasa (1529) | Lost 1-2 | -171438 |
| 4block | 141 | Horiuchi, Yosuke (1500) | Lost 1-2 | -171421 |
| 5block | 169 | Sato, Hisaumi (1480) | Won 2-1 | +191440 |
| 6block | 135 | Ishigami, Kei (1493) | Won 2-0 | +191459 |
| 7block | 94 | Hatsuyama, Kenji (1485) | Won 2-1 | +191478 |
| 8block | 92 | Tazaki, Shinya (1536) | Won 2-1 | +191497 |
| top | average opponent: 1503record: 5-2-1 | new rating: 1497 | ||
| Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) | starting rating: 1465 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2block | 212 | Ishioka, Tomohiro (1517) | Lost 1-2 | -171448 |
| 3block | 304 | Kadono, Satoru (1499) | Lost 1-2 | -171431 |
| 4block | 568 | Okuda, Keisuke (1482) | Lost 1-2 | -171414 |
| 5block | 550 | Taniguchi, Atsushi (1387) | Won 2-1 | +181432 |
| 6block | 461 | Nakajima, Chikara (1495) | Won 2-1 | +191451 |
| 7block | 347 | Nakachi, Yusuke (1469) | Lost 1-2 | -181433 |
| 8block | 295 | Katayama, Hidenori (1481) | Won 2-0 | +191452 |
| 9block | 203 | Imajuku, Katsuji (1498) | Lost 1-2 | -171435 |
| top | average opponent: 1478record: 3-5 | new rating: 1435 | ||
| Grand Prix Hiroshima 2001 (INV limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 8 | Nakamuro, Masaaki (1533) | Draw 1-1 | +11501 |
| 2sealed | 112 | Arai, Jin (1516) | Won 2-1 | +181519 |
| 3sealed | 68 | Yasooka, Shota (1499) | Lost 0-2 | -181501 |
| 4sealed | 119 | Matsumoto, Takafumi (1537) | Lost 1-2 | -181483 |
| 5sealed | 143 | Kobashi, Hideto (1482) | Lost 0-2 | -181465 |
| top | average opponent: 1513record: 1-3-1 | new rating: 1465 | ||
| Grand Prix Sapporo 2000 (PCY limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 48 | Abe, Masahide (1518) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 3sealed | 24 | Osaka, Yusuke (1498) | Won 2-0 | +181536 |
| 4sealed | 23 | Higashino, Masayuki (1594) | Lost 1-2 | -171519 |
| 5sealed | 33 | Mitsuhashi, Takashi (1451) | Lost 1-2 | -191500 |
| 6sealed | 67 | Tsuji, Toshiharu (1517) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 7sealed | 50 | Guerrette, Chris (1520) | Lost 0-2 | -181500 |
| top | average opponent: 1516record: 3-3 | new rating: 1500 | ||