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Willis, Paul
Current rating: 1577

Grand Prix Manchester 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1597
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 55 Lindsay, Scott (1500) Lost 1-2 -201577
2standard 528 Kidd, James (1469) Lost 1-2 -201557
3standard 770 Berring, Nicholas (1584) Won 2-0 +181575
4standard 594 Kiourtsoglou, Vasileios (1469) Won 2-1 +161591
5standard 494 Knorr, Sebastian (1793) Lost 1-2 -141577
top average opponent: 1563record: 2-3 new rating: 1577

Grand Prix Brussels 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1632
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 421 Richter, Sascha Peter (1529) Won 0-0 +161648
2standard 72 Keuning, Pieter (1581) Lost 0-0 -191629
3standard 626 Been, Iso (1882) Lost 0-2 -131616
4standard 709 Seils, Normann (1555) Lost 0-2 -191597
top average opponent: 1637record: 1-3 new rating: 1597

Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1670
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 11 Andrews, Ben (1484) Lost 0-2 -221648
2standard 450 Jones, Benjamin P (1482) Won 2-1 +151663
3standard 440 Wilder, Harriet (1484) Won 2-0 +151678
4standard 316 Conde-Gonzalez, Francisco Antonio (1517) Lost 1-2 -211657
5standard 377 Koch, Florian (1867) Won 2-1 +221679
6standard 308 Armitstead, Julian (1526) Won 2-0 +151694
7standard 184 Spadaro, Santino (1569) Lost 1-2 -201674
8standard 186 Harpin, Jonathan (1495) Lost 1-2 -211653
9standard 185 Biesmans, Wouter (1521) Lost 1-2 -211632
top average opponent: 1549record: 4-5 new rating: 1632

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1639
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 30 Steenhoek, Edwin (1432) Won 2-1 +141653
3modern 200 Andrieu, Thibault (1748) Draw 1-1 +21655
4modern 154 Pyulze, Aarne (1562) Won 2-1 +161671
5modern 77 Nielsen-Friis, Christoffer (1581) Won 2-1 +161687
6modern 38 Sjoblom, Max (1960) Lost 0-2 -131674
7modern 110 Cardenas, Andres (1562) Won 2-1 +161690
8modern 63 Jensen, Lasse (1555) Lost 1-2 -201670
top average opponent: 1629record: 4-2-1 new rating: 1670

Grand Prix Liverpool 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1577
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 398 Watson, Ricky (1428) Won 2-0 +151592
2sealed 97 McDonald, Danny (1519) Won 2-1 +171609
3sealed 17 Sloan, Martin (1506) Won 2-1 +161625
4sealed 146 Rodriguez Frye, Karel (1557) Won 2-0 +171642
5sealed 58 Hendrikx, Dolf (1767) Lost 0-2 -161626
6sealed 133 Parker, Samuel A (1555) Won 2-0 +171643
7sealed 114 Drake, Alyx (1571) Won 2-1 +171660
8sealed 36 Channing, George (1512) Won 2-1 +151675
9sealed 37 Matousek, Pavel (1983) Lost 0-2 -131662
10draft 4 Sulzer, Jeremy (1581) Won 2-0 +171679
11draft 9 Pedrakowski, Tomasz (1776) Lost 0-2 -161663
12draft 52 Chu, Vincent (1549) Lost 1-2 -201643
13draft 3 Van Uffelen, Bart (1536) Won 2-0 +161659
14draft 18 Murphy, Tadhg (1549) Lost 1-2 -201639
top average opponent: 1599record: 9-5 new rating: 1639

Grand Prix Madrid 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1569
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 104 Monserrat Hernandez, Fernando (1500) Won 2-0 +171586
2modern 103 Harte, Ruud (1426) Won 2-0 +151601
3modern 84 Staton, Sam (1468) Draw 1-1 -31598
4modern 10 Posada, Javier (1518) Won 2-1 +171615
5modern 107 Ossorio Alfaro, Eduardo (1554) Lost 0-2 -191596
6modern 261 De Leeuw, Dennis (1557) Lost 0-2 -191577
top average opponent: 1504record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1577

Grand Prix Manchester 2014 (Theros block) starting rating: 1612
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 152 Pombinho, Fabio (1743) Lost 1-2 -151597
3block 384 Marsh, Tom (1486) Lost 0-2 -201577
4block 549 Dolan, Stephanie (1482) Won 2-0 +161593
5block 334 Wierenga, Jack (1483) Lost 1-2 -201573
6block 479 Russell, Andrew (1488) Won 2-0 +161589
7block 106 Heinonen, Aku (1449) Lost 0-2 -201569
top average opponent: 1522record: 2-4 new rating: 1569

Grand Prix Prague 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1616
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 37 Linden, Carsten (1744) Won 2-1 +201636
4modern 150 Hagedorn, David (1582) Lost 1-2 -191617
5modern 287 Didier, Nicolas (1406) Won 2-0 +141631
6modern 106 Lemaitre, Francois (1588) Won 2-0 +171648
7modern 55 Nobari, Poya (1730) Lost 1-2 -161632
8modern 118 Semerad, Petr (1555) Lost 0-2 -201612
top average opponent: 1601record: 3-3 new rating: 1612

Grand Prix London 2011 (MBS limited) starting rating: 1563
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 70 Cowderoy, Paul (1523) Lost 0-2 -191544
2sealed 115 Pursaill, Jake (1482) Won 2-0 +171561
3sealed 94 Reginia, Jakub (1505) Won 2-0 +171578
4sealed 75 Wertich, Thomas (1518) Won 2-1 +171595
5sealed 60 Parker, Richard (1724) Won 2-1 +201615
6sealed 23 Raftery, Roy (1512) Lost 1-2 -191596
7sealed 41 Bartollini, Jacopo (1523) Won 2-1 +161612
8sealed 21 Leigh, Simon (1671) Won 2-0 +191631
9sealed 24 Wilbrand, Robert (1755) Lost 1-2 -151616
top average opponent: 1579record: 6-3 new rating: 1616

Grand Prix Birmingham 2008 (Lorwyn block) starting rating: 1588
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 83 Blach, Chris (1518) Won 2-1 +171605
3block 41 Wojciechowski, Dawid (1605) Lost 0-2 -181587
4block 124 Lepenec, Nicolas (1518) Lost 1-2 -191568
5block 155 Murphy, Lee (1390) Won 2-1 +141582
6block 124 Lardey, Julien (1509) Lost 0-0 -191563
top average opponent: 1508record: 2-3 new rating: 1563

Grand Prix Vienna 2008 (extended) starting rating: 1593
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 20 Ristovsky, Tom (1542) Won 2-0 +171610
3extended 34 Dana, Jakub (1607) Lost 1-2 -181592
4extended 88 Gerecke, Piet (1539) Lost 0-2 -191573
5extended 197 Vitasek, Tomas (1501) Won 2-0 +171590
6extended 116 Esposito, Marco (1606) Won 2-1 +181608
7extended 115 Heigl, Franz (1516) Lost 0-2 -201588
top average opponent: 1552record: 3-3 new rating: 1588

Pro Tour Valencia 2007 (extended) starting rating: 1590
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 57 Fujita, Osamu (1969) Won 2-0 +241614
2extended 30 Shinkins, Stewart (1838) Lost 0-2 -141600
3extended 139 Santos De Carvalho, Marcelo (1504) Won 2-0 +171617
4extended 45 Lenain, Yves (1527) Lost 0-2 -201597
5extended 72 Wright, Stuart (1821) Lost 1-2 -141583
6extended 135 Rizner, Andrej (1608) Lost 0-2 -181565
7extended 159 Bergamaschi, Paolo (1502) Won 2-1 +171582
8extended 125 Damo da Rosa, Paulo Vitor (2034) Won 2-0 +261608
9extended 88 Woltereck, Chris (1760) Lost 0-2 -151593
top average opponent: 1729record: 4-5 new rating: 1593

Grand Prix Florence 2007 (Time Spiral block) starting rating: 1586
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 311 Reale, Riccardo (1537) Lost 0-2 -181568
4block 435 Musca, Lorenzo (1515) Won 2-1 +171585
5block 391 Joens, Klaus (1938) Won 2-1 +241609
6block 365 De Lorenzo, Gianluca (1579) Lost 1-2 -191590
7block 372 Rivas, Eduardo (1541) Won 2-1 +171607
8block 369 Heynen, Paul (1631) Lost 1-2 -171590
top average opponent: 1624record: 3-3 new rating: 1590

2004 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1558
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 8 Tsakiris, Panagiotis (1500) Won 2-0 +171575
2standard 52 Oiso, Masashi (1931) Lost 1-2 -121563
3standard 43 Anagnostopoulos, Vagos (1480) Won 2-1 +171580
4standard 52 Choi, Won Suk (1549) Lost 0-2 -191561
5standard 69 Romans, Gregory (1453) Lost 0-2 -201541
6standard 111 White, James T (1606) Won 2-0 +191560
7draft 146 Menard, Antoine (1788) Lost 0-2 -141546
8draft 6 Bohny, Nico (1575) Won 2-1 +191565
9draft 141 Okamoto, Jin (1939) Won 2-1 +241589
10draft 146 Lebedowicz, Osyp (1963) Lost 0-2 -111578
11draft 102 Williams, David A (1755) Lost 0-2 -151563
12draft 12 Remie, Jeroen (1893) Lost 0-2 -121551
13block 109 Washington, Thomas (1458) Won 2-0 +161567
14block 99 White, James T (1604) Lost 0-2 -171550
15block 105 Madan, Daniel (1657) Won 2-1 +201570
16block 83 Sacal, Alexander (1525) Lost 0-2 -191551
17block 101 Profeta, Francis Robert (1562) Won 2-0 +181569
18block 88 Bertiou, Simon (1528) Won 2-0 +171586
top average opponent: 1654record: 9-9 new rating: 1586

Pro Tour Kobe 2004 (Mirrodin block) starting rating: 1464
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 7 Bowles, Richard (1470) Won 2-0 +181482
2block 37 Scott, Stephen (1622) Lost 0-2 -161466
3block 53 Courtois, Frederic (1796) Lost 1-2 -121454
4block 73 Cloete, Werner (1545) Lost 0-2 -161438
5block 87 Ruel, Olivier (1938) Won 2-0 +261464
6block 96 Tanaka, Hisaya (1762) Won 2-1 +241488
7block 50 Asahara, Akira (1916) Won 2-0 +251513
8block 31 Gomersall, Sam (1860) Won 2-1 +241537
9block 20 Yuen, Kwan Ching (1491) Lost 1-2 -191518
10block 40 Durand, David (1610) Won 2-1 +201538
11block 30 Boistard, Nicolas (1487) Won 2-1 +171555
12block 28 Lee, Sang-Ryeol (1779) Won 2-0 +221577
13block 10 Yokosuka, Tomohiro (1839) Lost 1-2 -131564
14block 17 Ruel, Antoine (1953) Lost 0-2 -121552
15block 22 Clere, Romain (1716) Lost 0-2 -151537
16block 32 Leu, Roger (1682) Won 2-0 +211558
top average opponent: 1717record: 9-7 new rating: 1558

Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1493
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 98 Jones, Andy (1518) Won 2-1 +191512
3block 80 Stocking, Christopher (1608) Lost 1-2 -161496
4block 53 Purcha, Stephane (1716) Lost 0-2 -151481
5block 133 Price, Tom (1497) Lost 1-2 -171464
top average opponent: 1585record: 1-3 new rating: 1464

Pro Tour Venice 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1537
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 138 McAlexander, Matt (1548) Lost 0-2 -181519
2block 87 van Noordenburg, Douwe (1511) Lost 0-2 -181501
3block 133 Harkonen, Janne (1574) Lost 0-2 -171484
4block 145 Hay, Tom (1551) Lost 1-2 -171467
5block 133 Veiga Peon, Jose Enrique (1507) Won 2-1 +191486
6block 110 Beguin, Benoit (1573) Won 2-0 +201506
7block 83 Pustilnik, Michael (1826) Lost 1-2 -131493
top average opponent: 1584record: 2-5 new rating: 1493

Grand Prix London 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1525
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 25 Hewett, Michael (1500) Won 2-0 +171542
2block 149 Blanc, Patrick (1518) Lost 1-2 -181524
3block 192 Kerjean, Emmanuel (1466) Lost 0-2 -191505
4block 240 Vanquaethem, Thomas (1482) Won 2-1 +171522
5block 220 Claessen, Tim (1456) Won 2-0 +171539
6block 134 Ehara, Teruyoshi (1486) Won 2-0 +171556
7block 75 Jakubzig, Georg (1484) Lost 1-2 -191537
top average opponent: 1485record: 4-3 new rating: 1537

Grand Prix London 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 87 Brill, Harry (1448) Won 2-1 +171517
2block 92 van der Velden, Stan (1674) Won 2-1 +211538
3block 37 Wright, Stuart (1500) Lost 1-2 -191519
4block 102 Tan, Iwan (1647) Lost 1-2 -151504
5block 142 Tucker, Matthew (1484) Won 2-0 +171521
6block 107 Karlsson, Morgan (1719) Won 2-0 +221543
7block 93 Brew, Guy (1536) Lost 1-2 -181525
top average opponent: 1572record: 4-3 new rating: 1525