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Borteh, Alex
Current rating: 1637

Grand Prix Oakland 2004 (DST limited) starting rating: 1659
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 89 Dow, Mike (1500) Won 2-0 +151674
3sealed 7 Freneau, Phil (1768) Lost 0-2 -161658
4sealed 120 Bare, Jamieson (1521) Lost 1-2 -211637
top average opponent: 1596record: 1-2 new rating: 1637

Grand Prix New Orleans 2003 (extended) starting rating: 1652
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 2 Moore, Robert (1408) Draw 1-1 -51647
4extended 60 Larkin, Brandon (1536) Won 2-1 +161663
5extended 32 Falavolito, Paul (1522) Won 2-0 +161679
6extended 13 Hill, Zac (1442) Won 2-0 +141693
7extended 8 Harvey, Eugene (1914) Lost 0-2 -141679
8extended 24 Been, Aaron (1581) Lost 1-2 -201659
top average opponent: 1567record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1659

Grand Prix Cleveland 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1673
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 43 Arthurs, Marshall (1500) Won 2-0 +151688
5block 5 Rood, David (1775) Lost 1-2 -161672
6block 60 Sprenger, Barry (1554) Lost 1-2 -201652
top average opponent: 1610record: 1-2 new rating: 1652

2002 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1712
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 110 Gary, Justin (1902) Lost 1-2 -141698
2standard 98 Aviram, Gidi (1447) Lost 1-2 -231675
3standard 102 Moya, Rogerio (1462) Won 2-0 +151690
4standard 101 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1747) Won 1-0 +191709
5standard 49 Turian, Michael (1858) Won 2-0 +201729
6standard 40 Richards, Scott (1797) Won 2-1 +201749
7draft 52 Davis, Brian (1943) Lost 1-2 -151734
8draft 68 Mello, Patrick (2020) Lost 0-2 -131721
9draft 70 Johannsson, Gunnar (1502) Won 2-0 +141735
10draft 25 Price, David (1792) Lost 1-2 -171718
11draft 24 Dong, Zhong (1529) Lost 0-2 -211697
12draft 71 Camangon, Gerald (1394) Lost 0-2 -241673
top average opponent: 1699record: 5-7 new rating: 1673

Grand Prix Milwaukee 2002 (TOR standard) starting rating: 1779
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 25 Wolbert Jr., John (1537) Lost 0-2 -221757
5standard 60 Brown, Tim (1520) Lost 1-2 -221735
6standard 125 Saunders, Nathan (1503) Lost 0-2 -231712
top average opponent: 1520record: 0-3 new rating: 1712

Pro Tour Nice 2002 (TOR draft) starting rating: 1779
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 3 Haley, Stephen (1506) Won 2-1 +141793
2draft 75 Lebedowicz, Osyp (1865) Won 2-1 +191812
3draft 64 Jarman, Jimmy (1549) Won 2-0 +131825
4draft 27 Jorstedt, Mattias (1898) Lost 1-2 -171808
5draft 36 Zink, Daniel (1925) Won 2-1 +211829
6draft 95 Lavoisier, Regis (1698) Won 2-1 +151844
7draft 9 Jonsson, Anton (1871) Lost 0-2 -171827
8draft 51 Luhrs, Christian (1767) Lost 1-2 -191808
9draft 37 Almondo, Maurizio (1556) Won 2-0 +131821
10draft 32 Jensen, William (1835) Won 2-1 +181839
11draft 24 Lombardi, Paolo (1587) Lost 0-2 -221817
12draft 54 Jensen, William (1829) Lost 1-2 -181799
13draft 15 Martins Moreira Neto, Leopoldo (1693) Lost 1-2 -201779
top average opponent: 1737record: 7-6 new rating: 1779

Pro Tour Nice 2002 Masters (extended) starting rating: 1796
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 11 Shvartsman, Alex (1872) Lost 0-0 -171779
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1779

Pro Tour Osaka 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1817
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 100 Mortensen, Andrew (1451) Lost 0-2 -241793
2block 83 Humpherys, David (1975) Lost 0-2 -151778
3block 128 Shinkins, Stewart (1753) Won 2-1 +171795
4block 118 Taylor, Jeff O (1415) Draw 1-1 -61789
5block 96 Kiernan, Shawn (1500) Won 2-0 +131802
6block 69 Beacham, Steve (1553) Won 2-1 +131815
7block 46 Lebedowicz, Osyp (1745) Lost 0-2 -191796
top average opponent: 1627record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1796

Grand Prix Tampa Bay 2002 (TOR limited) starting rating: 1880
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 40 Holguin, Jose (1500) Won 2-1 +121892
5sealed 25 Reed, Joseph (1512) Lost 1-2 -251867
6sealed 59 Douglass, Morgan (1679) Won 2-1 +151882
7sealed 38 Fear, Edward (1777) Draw 1-1 -21880
8draft 3 Clegg, Daniel (1871) Lost 1-2 -181862
10draft 18 Taylor, Eric (1667) Draw 1-1 -41858
11draft 8 Rubin, Benjamin (1935) Lost 0-1 -161842
12draft 27 Becker, Jonathan (1470) Lost 0-2 -251817
top average opponent: 1676record: 2-4-2 new rating: 1817

Pro Tour San Diego 2002 (ODY rochester) starting rating: 1904
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 127 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1814) Lost 1-2 -201884
2rochester 138 Vila, Ferran (1706) Won 2-0 +151899
3rochester 108 Mandel, Danny (1870) Won 2-1 +171916
4rochester 68 Ando, Reiji (1618) Lost 0-1 -231893
5rochester 118 Widuch, Piotr (1522) Won 2-0 +111904
6rochester 78 Finkel, Jon (1985) ID 01904
7rochester 72 Hahn, Kurtis (1557) Lost 0-2 -241880
top average opponent: 1725record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1880

Grand Prix Houston 2002 (extended) starting rating: 1889
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 28 Taylor, Jeff O (1427) Won 2-0 +101899
5extended 17 Shuler, John (1559) Draw 1-1 -61893
6extended 12 Rutherford, Quillian (1593) Won 2-0 +131906
7extended 7 Lambert, Jeff (1510) Won 2-1 +111917
8extended 3 Benafel, Chris (1877) Draw 1-1 -11916
9extended 6 Comer, Alan (1876) Won 2-0 +171933
10extended 3 Flood, Daniel (1710) Won 2-0 +141947
11extended 2 Rubin, Benjamin (1954) Draw 1-1 01947
12extended 3 Job, Jonathan (1715) Lost 1-2 -221925
13extended 6 Freneau, Phil (1721) Lost 1-2 -211904
top average opponent: 1694record: 5-2-3 new rating: 1904

Grand Prix Sendai 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1884
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 11 Asahara, Akira (1591) Won 2-0 +121896
5extended 6 Nakai, Hitoshi (1524) Won 2-0 +121908
6extended 2 Yuda, Yoshiro (1576) Won 2-0 +121920
7extended 1 Tsushima, Tomoya (1578) Lost 0-2 -241896
8extended 9 Imura, Kazuo (1650) Lost 1-2 -221874
9extended 27 Hegstad, Brian (1929) Won 2-0 +191893
10extended 15 Mitsuya, Kazuhiko (1716) Lost 1-2 -221871
11extended 22 Yoshii, Tatsuo (1699) Won 2-0 +151886
12extended 10 Harita, Masaru (1598) Won 2-0 +131899
13extended 10 Okumura, Genki (1602) Won 2-0 +131912
14extended 9 Takakuwa, Akihiro (1613) Lost 0-2 -231889
top average opponent: 1643record: 7-4 new rating: 1889

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1929
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 18 Jensen, William (1780) Lost 0-2 -211908
5extended 100 Chiang, Wayne (1517) Lost 0-2 -241884
top average opponent: 1648record: 0-2 new rating: 1884

Grand Prix Atlanta 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1895
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 31 Hubble, Bryan (1767) Lost 1-2 -201875
5sealed 53 McGuffin, Max (1515) Won 2-0 +121887
6sealed 25 Wilson, Russell (1550) Won 2-1 +121899
7sealed 28 Crosby, Joseph (1716) ID 01899
8rochester 26 Edwards, Bart (1560) Won 2-1 +121911
9rochester 7 Ellis, Chad (1811) Won 2-0 +161927
10rochester 26 Linde, Matt (1669) Lost 0-2 -221905
11rochester 13 Lagges, John (1714) Won 2-1 +141919
12rochester 19 Tice, Doug (1658) Won 2-0 +131932
13rochester 10 Ho, Ken (1768) Won 2-0 +151947
Qrochester Johnson, Andrew (1923) Lost 1-2 -181929
top average opponent: 1696record: 7-3-1 new rating: 1929

Pro Tour New Orleans 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1924
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 29 Lloyd, Tim (1523) Won 2-0 +111935
2extended 76 Monsen, Haakon (1767) Won 2-1 +151950
3extended 17 Ishida, Itaru (1743) Won 2-0 +141964
4extended 10 Walamies, Tomi (1847) Lost 0-2 -201944
5extended 18 Nakamura, Satoshi (1678) Draw 1-1 -51939
6extended 37 Krouner, Ken (1683) Lost 0-2 -221917
7extended 57 Cunningham, Jeff (1742) Lost 1-2 -221895
top average opponent: 1712record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1895

Grand Prix Montreal 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1927
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 14 Krempels, Craig (1553) Won 2-0 +111938
5sealed 19 Smith, Jeremy (1555) Draw 1-1 -61932
6sealed 11 Linskey, Ed (1669) Draw 1-1 -51927
7sealed 25 Lessard, Luc (1556) Won 2-0 +111938
8rochester 23 Stern, Jon (1597) Won 2-0 +121950
9rochester 24 Daoust, Guillaume (1614) Lost 0-2 -241926
10rochester 27 Roberge, Mathieu (1598) Draw 1-1 -51921
11rochester 5 Krakower, Gary (1722) Lost 0-2 -221899
12rochester 21 Roberge, Mathieu (1585) Won 2-0 +131912
13rochester 14 Green, Ben A (1578) Won 2-0 +121924
top average opponent: 1603record: 5-2-3 new rating: 1924

Grand Prix Denver 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1847
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 11 Bau, Philip (1464) Won 2-1 +111858
4block 5 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1891) Won 2-0 +191877
5block 3 Daley, Tim (1519) Won 2-0 +111888
6block 10 Shears, Brett (1590) Won 2-0 +131901
7block 3 Kibler, Brian (1820) Won 2-0 +171918
8block 1 Senhouse, Chris (1671) Won 2-0 +131931
9block 1 Price, David (1792) Draw 1-1 -21929
10block 2 Leiher, Peter (1876) Won 2-1 +171946
11block 1 Mandel, Danny (1915) Draw 1-1 -11945
12block 1 Batarseh, Sammy (1625) ID 01945
13block 2 Kastle, Darwin (1901) ID 01945
Qblock Mandel, Danny (1916) Lost 1-2 -181927
top average opponent: 1748record: 7-1-4 new rating: 1927

2001 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1578
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 128 Richards, Scott (1590) Draw 1-1 01578
2standard 75 Hager, Lucas (1682) Won 2-1 +201598
3standard 39 Nieminen, Tuomo (1933) Won 2-0 +241622
4standard 21 Johannesson, Johan (1519) Won 2-1 +161638
5standard 10 Gary, Justin (1897) Won 2-0 +231661
6standard 6 Ormerod, John (1976) Draw 1-1 +51666
7rochester 77 Santin, Andrea (1800) Lost 1-2 -151651
8rochester 141 Pagorek, Laurent (1666) Won 2-1 +181669
9rochester 21 Guevin, Thomas (1726) Won 2-1 +191688
10rochester 3 Cornelissen, Kamiel (1962) Won 2-0 +231711
11rochester 114 Davis, Brian (1819) Won 2-1 +201731
12rochester 2 Karsten, Frank (1941) Won 2-1 +221753
13extended 3 Tomcani, Jan (1960) Won 2-0 +211774
14extended 2 Tsang, Gabriel (1862) Won 2-1 +201794
15extended 1 Ruel, Antoine (2030) Won 2-0 +221816
16extended 1 Finkel, Jon (2131) Won 2-1 +241840
17extended 1 Turian, Michael (1858) Lost 0-2 -181822
18extended 2 van de Logt, Tom (1980) ID 01822
Qstandard Tomcani, Jan (1947) Won 3-2 +201842
Sstandard Santin, Andrea (1935) Won 3-1 +201862
Fstandard van de Logt, Tom (2017) Lost 0-3 -151847
top average opponent: 1868record: 15-3-3 new rating: 1847

Grand Prix Detroit 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1471
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 53 McClasky, Derek (1549) Won 2-0 +191490
4sealed 49 Moisson, Adam (1554) Won 2-0 +201510
5sealed 20 Jackson, Reggie (1623) Won 2-0 +201530
6sealed 5 Benafel, Chris (1981) Draw 1-1 +71537
7sealed 11 Leiher, Peter (1787) Won 2-0 +231560
8sealed 6 Boileau, Louis (1563) Won 2-0 +181578
9draft 15 Jensen, William (1928) Lost 1-2 -121566
10draft 31 Pustilnik, Michael (1998) Lost 1-2 -111555
12draft 14 McMullen, Scott (1507) Lost 1-2 -191536
13draft 1 Davis, Brian (1740) Won 2-0 +221558
14draft 6 Szigeti, Peter (1653) Won 2-0 +201578
top average opponent: 1717record: 7-3-1 new rating: 1578

Grand Prix Boston 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1451
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 19 Vangor-Toth, Barron (1520) Won 2-0 +191470
4sealed 1 Bongiovanni, Mauro (1607) Won 2-0 +211491
5sealed 23 Howe, Brennan (1571) Won 2-0 +191510
6sealed 16 Vienneau, Matthew (1784) Lost 1-2 -131497
7sealed 15 Lee, Elden (1561) Lost 0-2 -171480
8sealed 38 Harvie, Donovan (1499) Won 2-1 +191499
9draft 13 Swan, Brad (1731) Lost 0-2 -141485
10draft 6 Cacchiotti, David (1547) Won 2-1 +191504
11draft 23 Sonne, Jonathan (1531) Lost 0-2 -181486
12draft 22 Keffer, Philip (1614) Draw 1-1 +31489
13draft 27 Cormier, Francis (1498) Lost 0-2 -181471
top average opponent: 1588record: 5-5-1 new rating: 1471

Pro Tour New York 2000 (Masques block) starting rating: 1503
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 103 Witt, Alexander (1589) Lost 1-2 -161487
2block 93 White, Alexander (1484) Lost 0-2 -181469
3block 147 Sagol, Omar (1497) Lost 1-2 -181451
top average opponent: 1523record: 0-3 new rating: 1451

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1457
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 14 Johnson, Patrick (1556) Won 0-0 +201477
4extended 9 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Steven (1752) Won 0-0 +221499
5extended 3 McLean, Drew (1502) Lost 0-0 -171482
6extended 24 Maxwell, James (1551) Lost 0-0 -171465
7extended 57 Hules, Greg (1537) Won 0-0 +191484
8extended 36 Lute, John (1538) Won 0-0 +191503
top average opponent: 1573record: 4-2 new rating: 1503

Grand Prix Seattle 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1483
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 37 Boyes, Richard (1537) Lost 0-0 -171466
5extended 47 Ng, Christopher (1535) Won 0-0 +191485
6extended 19 Jensen, William (1848) Lost 0-0 -111474
7extended 40 Dirks, Andrew (1536) Lost 0-0 -171457
top average opponent: 1614record: 1-3 new rating: 1457

Pro Tour New York 1999 (Urza's block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 15 Wolf, Andrew (1414) Lost 1-2 -201480
2block 103 Shaw, Thomas (1482) Lost 1-2 -181462
3block 121 Svenson, Martin (1466) Won 2-0 +191481
4block 100 Price, David (1607) Lost 0-2 -161465
5block 114 Pilnick, Michael (1474) Won 2-1 +181483
6block 95 Francois, Fabien (1483) Won 2-1 +181501
7block 84 Kluever, Brian (1504) Lost 0-2 -181483
top average opponent: 1490record: 3-4 new rating: 1483