Besta, Kevin
Current rating: 1556
Record: 77-73-3
- 2012
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2022
- 2023
| Regional Championships Calgary 2023 (pioneer) | starting rating: 1614 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1pioneer | 43 | Lyons, Kody (1512) | Lost 0-2 | -201594 |
| 2pioneer | 60 | Courson, Dawson (1588) | Lost 1-2 | -181576 |
| 3pioneer | 73 | Roos, Tobias (1762) | Lost 1-2 | -151561 |
| 4pioneer | 84 | Lawrence, Luna (1447) | Won 2-1 | +161577 |
| 5pioneer | 75 | Li, Raymond (1410) | Lost 1-2 | -211556 |
| top | average opponent: 1544record: 1-4 | new rating: 1556 | ||
| Regional Championships Vancouver 2023 (ONE standard) | starting rating: 1545 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 33 | Chen, James [CAN] (1553) | Draw 0-0 | 01545 |
| 2standard | 43 | Hilbach, Craig (1531) | Won 2-1 | +181563 |
| 3standard | 22 | Gellert, Kyle (1802) | Draw 1-1 | +41567 |
| 4standard | 39 | MacDonald, Laurel (1522) | Lost 0-2 | -191548 |
| 5standard | 55 | West, Nicholas (1716) | Won 2-0 | +211569 |
| 6standard | 38 | Fleurant, Jason (1743) | Won 2-0 | +211590 |
| 7standard | 27 | Gillis, Dorian (1523) | Lost 1-2 | -191571 |
| 8standard | 38 | Duncan, Braiden (1643) | Won 2-1 | +191590 |
| 9standard | 27 | Wu, Patrick (1637) | Won 1-0 | +191609 |
| 10standard | 19 | Sequeira, Sheldon (1609) | Won 2-1 | +181627 |
| 11standard | 13 | Lee Bender, Yuki (1680) | Won 2-1 | +191646 |
| 12standard | 9 | Yang, Xiao Yu (Roy) (1856) | Lost 0-2 | -141632 |
| 13standard | 14 | Horvath, Nathan (1632) | Lost 0-1 | -181614 |
| top | average opponent: 1650record: 7-4-2 | new rating: 1614 | ||
| Regional Championships Calgary 2022 (pioneer) | starting rating: 1547 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1pioneer | 33 | Flickinger, Scott (1580) | Won 2-1 | +191566 |
| 2pioneer | 25 | Hennick, Michael (1587) | Lost 1-2 | -181548 |
| 3pioneer | 41 | Polsky, Scott (1501) | Lost 0-2 | -191529 |
| 4pioneer | 102 | McKerricher, Ryan (1602) | Lost 1-2 | -161513 |
| 5pioneer | 100 | Blaquera, Bryan (1361) | Won 2-0 | +151528 |
| 6pioneer | 85 | On, Reno (1441) | Won 2-1 | +161544 |
| 7pioneer | 51 | Spicer, Lee (1467) | Won 2-0 | +171561 |
| 8pioneer | 50 | Aubin, Maxime (1774) | Won 2-1 | +221583 |
| 9pioneer | 23 | Liu, Alexander (1548) | Lost 1-2 | -191564 |
| 10pioneer | 42 | Schmitz, Dustin (1495) | Lost 0-2 | -191545 |
| top | average opponent: 1536record: 5-5 | new rating: 1545 | ||
| Grand Prix Seattle 2019 (MH1 limited) | starting rating: 1620 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| A3sealed | 102 | Bradley, James (1619) | Lost 1-2 | -181602 |
| A4sealed | 166 | Chen, Chao (1646) | Won 2-1 | +191621 |
| A5sealed | 83 | Mittertreiner, Kevin (1603) | Won 2-1 | +181639 |
| A6sealed | 115 | Sturm, Nate (1791) | Lost 0-2 | -161623 |
| A7sealed | 105 | Noble-Kelly, Thompson (1544) | Lost 0-2 | -191604 |
| B3sealed | 213 | Fusco, Roman (1653) | Lost 0-2 | -171587 |
| B4sealed | 289 | Moore, Scott (1484) | Lost 0-2 | -201567 |
| B5sealed | 305 | Philbrook, Christopher (1469) | Lost 0-2 | -201547 |
| top | average opponent: 1601record: 2-6 | new rating: 1547 | ||
| Grand Prix Calgary 2019 (modern) | starting rating: 1621 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3modern | 122 | Zax, Aryeh (1724) | Lost 0-2 | -161605 |
| 4modern | 244 | Ueda, Jay (1559) | Won 2-1 | +171622 |
| 5modern | 142 | Moes, Brandon (1555) | Won 2-1 | +171639 |
| 6modern | 28 | Moorhouse, Tyler (1592) | Lost 0-2 | -191620 |
| 7modern | 79 | Lemco, Cameron (1545) | Won 2-1 | +171637 |
| 8modern | 104 | Petryk, David (1701) | Lost 0-2 | -171620 |
| top | average opponent: 1613record: 3-3 | new rating: 1620 | ||
| Grand Prix Vancouver 2018 (UMA limited) | starting rating: 1649 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 56 | Minturn, John (1501) | Won 2-0 | +161665 |
| 4sealed | 3 | Henriksen, Kyle (1594) | Won 2-0 | +161681 |
| 5sealed | 35 | Burkhart, Corey (1930) | Lost 0-2 | -131668 |
| 6sealed | 95 | Wang, Haotian (1646) | Lost 1-2 | -191649 |
| 7sealed | 84 | Jones, Callahan (1840) | Lost 1-2 | -141635 |
| 8sealed | 139 | Cochran, Hunter (1895) | Lost 0-2 | -141621 |
| top | average opponent: 1734record: 2-4 | new rating: 1621 | ||
| Grand Prix Portland 2018 (modern) | starting rating: 1657 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3modern | 336 | Yoo, Bradley (1753) | Lost 0-2 | -161641 |
| 4modern | 293 | Slutsky, Simon (1685) | Lost 0-2 | -171624 |
| 5modern | 478 | Deleuze, Connor (1527) | Won 2-1 | +161640 |
| 6modern | 381 | Pompeo, Chris (1506) | Won 2-0 | +161656 |
| 7modern | 258 | Rocha, Sergio (1471) | Won 2-0 | +141670 |
| 8modern | 135 | Miller, Brandon (1511) | Lost 0-2 | -211649 |
| top | average opponent: 1576record: 3-3 | new rating: 1649 | ||
| Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (standard) (RIX standard) | starting rating: 1676 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 202 | Chin, Jim (1475) | Won 2-1 | +151691 |
| 4standard | 19 | Nelson, Matt 6204 (1578) | Lost 0-2 | -201671 |
| 5standard | 107 | Daley, Jackson (1476) | Won 2-1 | +141685 |
| 6standard | 177 | Langford, Chris (1424) | Won 2-1 | +131698 |
| 7standard | 40 | Dykman, Stephen (1736) | Won 2-1 | +191717 |
| 8standard | 53 | Blue, Vivienne (1703) | Lost 1-2 | -181699 |
| 9standard | 1066 | Tanforan, Jeremy (1668) | Lost 0-1 | -191680 |
| 10standard | 1129 | Niday, Lucas (1729) | Won 2-0 | +191699 |
| 11standard | 1086 | Brickwell, Luke (1567) | Won 2-1 | +161715 |
| 12standard | 1044 | Allen, Timothy (1759) | Lost 1-2 | -171698 |
| 13standard | 1081 | Malain, Nikki (1529) | Lost 0-2 | -211677 |
| 14standard | 1103 | Bair, Thomas (1600) | Lost 0-2 | -201657 |
| top | average opponent: 1604record: 6-6 | new rating: 1657 | ||
| Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (legacy) (legacy) | starting rating: 1736 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3legacy | 338 | Sears, Isaac (1823) | Lost 1-2 | -161720 |
| 4legacy | 237 | Onions, James (1565) | Lost 1-2 | -211699 |
| 5legacy | 556 | Rast, Samson (1437) | Lost 1-2 | -231676 |
| top | average opponent: 1608record: 0-3 | new rating: 1676 | ||
| Grand Prix Portland 2017 (XLN standard) | starting rating: 1731 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 320 | White, Charlie (1510) | Won 2-1 | +151746 |
| 3standard | 177 | Smith, Joshua (1587) | Lost 1-2 | -211725 |
| 4standard | 224 | Nelson, George (1372) | Lost 1-2 | -251700 |
| 5standard | 567 | Worthey, Lee (1498) | Won 2-0 | +151715 |
| 6standard | 396 | Vallotton, Brandon (1522) | Won 2-0 | +141729 |
| 7standard | 178 | Emery, Joshua (1469) | Won 2-1 | +141743 |
| 8standard | 198 | Valdez, Joseph (1555) | Lost 0-2 | -221721 |
| 9standard | 224 | Pauley, Adam (1545) | Won 2-0 | +151736 |
| top | average opponent: 1507record: 5-3 | new rating: 1736 | ||
| Grand Prix Phoenix 2017 (XLN limited) | starting rating: 1744 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 76 | Ruckman, Dustin (1477) | Lost 1-2 | -231721 |
| 3sealed | 270 | Robinson, Russell (1617) | Won 2-1 | +161737 |
| 4sealed | 362 | Jaeger, Tony (1307) | Won 2-0 | +111748 |
| 5sealed | 245 | Elmakias, Adam (1548) | Won 2-0 | +141762 |
| 6sealed | 139 | Sikkink Johnson, Matt (1960) | Lost 0-2 | -141748 |
| 7sealed | 241 | Gant, Michael (1673) | Won 2-1 | +171765 |
| 8sealed | 81 | Lee, Daniel (1634) | Lost 0-2 | -211744 |
| 9sealed | 208 | Rubin, Steve (2039) | Lost 0-2 | -131731 |
| top | average opponent: 1657record: 4-4 | new rating: 1731 | ||
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (modern) (modern) | starting rating: 1742 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 260 | Estevez, Pablo (1521) | Lost 1-2 | -221720 |
| 3modern | 1046 | [anonymous] | Won 2-1 | +201740 |
| 4modern | 980 | Stapleton, Joshua (1657) | Won 2-0 | +161756 |
| 5modern | 504 | Lopez, Andres0643 (1473) | Lost 1-2 | -231733 |
| 6modern | 875 | Bathke, Austin (1450) | Won 2-0 | +131746 |
| 7modern | 495 | Mendoza Cruz, Gerardo (1625) | Draw 1-1 | -21744 |
| top | average opponent: 1595record: 3-2-1 | new rating: 1744 | ||
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (legacy) (legacy) | starting rating: 1588 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2legacy | 260 | Huebner, Alex (1499) | Won 2-1 | +161604 |
| 3legacy | 460 | Dewey, Shawn (1515) | Won 2-0 | +161620 |
| 4legacy | 125 | Johnson, Derek 5330 (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -191601 |
| 5legacy | 475 | Slone, Steven (1601) | Won 2-0 | +181619 |
| 6legacy | 134 | Gardner, Max (1525) | Won 2-1 | +161635 |
| 7legacy | 138 | Peek, Thomas (1664) | Won 2-1 | +181653 |
| 8legacy | 46 | Cooper, Cody (1693) | Won 2-1 | +191672 |
| 9legacy | 34 | Phraner, Ryan (1839) | Lost 0-2 | -151657 |
| 10legacy | 108 | Merrien, Nick (1725) | Won 2-0 | +191676 |
| 11legacy | 50 | Juza, Martin (2186) | Lost 0-2 | -91667 |
| 12legacy | 139 | Khare, Anand (2024) | Won 2-1 | +241691 |
| 13legacy | 101 | Wood, Keaton (1591) | Won 2-0 | +161707 |
| 14legacy | 43 | Skippen, Will (1725) | Won 2-1 | +191726 |
| 15legacy | 40 | Yoshino, Kohei (1610) | Won 2-0 | +161742 |
| top | average opponent: 1694record: 11-3 | new rating: 1742 | ||
| Grand Prix Vancouver 2017 (modern) | starting rating: 1623 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3modern | 2273 | Gaieski, Ethan (1746) | Lost 0-2 | -161607 |
| 4modern | 2390 | Gribov, Omry (1594) | Won 2-0 | +181625 |
| 5modern | 2193 | Leung, Wilson (1553) | Lost 1-2 | -201605 |
| 6modern | 2386 | Oda, Hideto (1625) | Lost 0-2 | -171588 |
| top | average opponent: 1630record: 1-3 | new rating: 1588 | ||
| Grand Prix Portland 2016 (EMN standard) | starting rating: 1622 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 90 | Stephenson, Sean (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -201602 |
| 3standard | 426 | Kahn, Elizabeth (1499) | Won 2-1 | +171619 |
| 4standard | 201 | Mendoza, Raul (1521) | Won 2-1 | +161635 |
| 5standard | 195 | Franklin, Gabriel (1503) | Won 2-0 | +151650 |
| 6standard | 117 | Johnson, Eric (1453) | Won 2-0 | +151665 |
| 7standard | 40 | Hwang, Eugene (2011) | Lost 0-2 | -121653 |
| 8standard | 108 | Cornett, Thomas (1568) | Lost 1-2 | -201633 |
| 9standard | 264 | Syed, Zan (2054) | Lost 0-0 | -101623 |
| top | average opponent: 1641record: 4-4 | new rating: 1623 | ||
| Grand Prix Vancouver 2016 (OGW limited) | starting rating: 1518 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 126 | McCrae, Yves (1616) | Won 0-0 | +191537 |
| 4sealed | 111 | Traikov, Erik (1662) | Lost 0-2 | -151522 |
| 5sealed | 285 | Byun, Chong (1539) | Won 2-0 | +181540 |
| 6sealed | 161 | Laughlin, Pierson (1793) | Lost 1-2 | -131527 |
| 7sealed | 224 | Jones, Donny (1677) | Won 2-1 | +201547 |
| 8sealed | 212 | Gibson, Jamal (1527) | Won 2-1 | +181565 |
| 9sealed | 73 | Knox, Nathaniel (1605) | Lost 1-2 | -171548 |
| 10draft | 155 | Leske, Brandon (1541) | Lost 0-2 | -181530 |
| 11draft | 200 | Spicer, Kory (1506) | Won 2-1 | +171547 |
| 12draft | 31 | McNamara, Brendan (1693) | Won 2-1 | +211568 |
| 13draft | 29 | Orr, Michael (1578) | Won 2-0 | +181586 |
| 14draft | 53 | Huiras, William (1608) | Won 2-1 | +181604 |
| 15draft | 53 | Smith, Chris [CAN] (1604) | Won 2-0 | +181622 |
| top | average opponent: 1611record: 9-4 | new rating: 1622 | ||
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (1) (MM2 limited) | starting rating: 1464 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 94 | Adams, Ken (1906) | Won 2-0 | +261490 |
| 3sealed | 47 | Niemann, Zac (1562) | Won 2-0 | +191509 |
| 4sealed | 25 | Novak, Tyler (1816) | Won 2-0 | +241533 |
| 5sealed | 22 | Wong, Daniel (1535) | Won 2-0 | +181551 |
| 6sealed | 27 | Schumacher, Jason (1585) | Lost 1-2 | -181533 |
| 7sealed | 80 | O'Leary, Sanchez (1582) | Lost 1-2 | -171516 |
| 8sealed | 63 | Symanski, Cole (1557) | Won 2-0 | +191535 |
| 9sealed | 55 | Horn, Lee (1579) | Lost 1-2 | -171518 |
| top | average opponent: 1640record: 5-3 | new rating: 1518 | ||
| Grand Prix Vancouver 2015 (modern) | starting rating: 1455 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 239 | McCallum, Ryan (1518) | Won 2-0 | +191474 |
| 3modern | 193 | Clay, Ellis (1639) | Won 2-0 | +211495 |
| 4modern | 74 | Tang, Isaac (1532) | Lost 0-2 | -171478 |
| 5modern | 164 | Thomas, Evan (1492) | Lost 0-2 | -181460 |
| 6modern | 152 | Orellana, Cristian (1531) | Won 2-0 | +191479 |
| 7modern | 106 | Wetzel, Colby (1521) | Won 2-0 | +191498 |
| 8modern | 81 | Schroeder, Jeremy (1555) | Lost 0-2 | -171481 |
| 9modern | 138 | Shelloff, Alan (1537) | Lost 0-2 | -171464 |
| top | average opponent: 1541record: 4-4 | new rating: 1464 | ||
| Grand Prix Vancouver 2014 (THS standard) | starting rating: 1491 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 174 | Maroney, Bryan (1508) | Lost 0-2 | -181473 |
| 2standard | 450 | Doherty, Mike (1482) | Lost 0-2 | -181455 |
| top | average opponent: 1495record: 0-2 | new rating: 1455 | ||
| Grand Prix Vancouver 2012 (AVR limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 4sealed | 81 | Schwarz, Micheal (1541) | Lost 0-2 | -171483 |
| 5sealed | 81 | Nemecek, dyson (1481) | Won 2-1 | +181501 |
| 6sealed | 112 | Guthrie, Kentaro (1554) | Won 2-1 | +191520 |
| 7sealed | 32 | Black, Samuel (1867) | Lost 1-2 | -121508 |
| 8sealed | 118 | Abaya, Antonio III S (1554) | Lost 0-2 | -171491 |
| top | average opponent: 1600record: 2-3 | new rating: 1491 | ||