Sano, Takaya
Current rating: 1535
Record: 5-3
| Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 76 | Honda, Jiro (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -181482 |
| 2block | 533 | Sakai, Nobuaki (1482) | Won 2-1 | +181500 |
| 3block | 298 | Okura, Hirotaka (1481) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 4block | 334 | Sasaki, Shou (1481) | Lost 1-2 | -191499 |
| 5block | 468 | Shige, Kazuhiro (1501) | Won 2-0 | +181517 |
| 6block | 263 | Komori, Suguru (1516) | Won 2-0 | +181535 |
| 7block | 203 | Kishimoto, Daichi (1534) | Won 2-0 | +181553 |
| 8block | 127 | Miyake, Tetsuya (1568) | Lost 0-2 | -181535 |
| average opponent: 1508record: 5-3 | new rating: 1535 | |||