Niwa, Makoto
Current rating: 1572
Record: 6-2-1
| Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 308 | Takemoto, Takaaki (1539) | Won 2-0 | +191519 |
| 2block | 164 | Miyake, Tetsuya (1535) | Lost 0-2 | -181501 |
| 3block | 408 | Mino, Tetsuya (1481) | Won 2-0 | +181519 |
| 4block | 397 | Abe, Ryou (1563) | Lost 0-2 | -181501 |
| 5block | 469 | Takegawa, Junpei (1498) | Draw 1-1 | 01501 |
| 6block | 378 | Takada, Taichi (1467) | Won 2-1 | +181519 |
| 7block | 259 | Fujiwara, Kenichi (1518) | Won 1-0 | +181537 |
| 8block | 186 | Higashimura, Genki (1534) | Won 2-0 | +181555 |
| 9block | 121 | Kitahara, Hiroyuki (1537) | Won 2-0 | +171572 |
| average opponent: 1519record: 6-2-1 | new rating: 1572 | |||