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Besso, David
Current rating: 1607

Grand Prix Bologna 2017 (AKH limited) starting rating: 1598
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 296 Lorente, Fabrice (1517) Lost 0-2 -191579
2sealed 546 Freau, Cyrille (1578) Lost 1-2 -181561
3sealed 799 Tal, Nir (1464) Won 2-0 +161577
4sealed 635 Sarton, Clement (1619) Won 2-1 +191596
5sealed 639 Baerswil, Stephane (1499) Lost 0-2 -201576
6sealed 661 Brunetti, Alessandro (1483) Won 2-1 +161592
7sealed 590 Falsetti, Jacopo (1514) Won 2-1 +171609
8sealed 310 Torregrossa, Beniamino (1521) Won 2-1 +161625
9sealed 321 Jbeili, Reginald (1622) Lost 0-2 -181607
top average opponent: 1535record: 5-4 new rating: 1607

Grand Prix Madrid 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1625
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 254 Mulholland, Mark (1500) Lost 1-2 -201605
2modern 490 Varela, Daniel (1519) Lost 1-2 -191586
3modern 913 Ruiz Liso, Gonzalo (1464) Won 2-0 +151601
4modern 692 Iglesias, Fernando (1564) Won 2-0 +181619
5modern 457 Riaza Sanchez, Adrian (1485) Lost 0-2 -211598
top average opponent: 1506record: 2-3 new rating: 1598

Pro Tour Born of the Gods (modern) starting rating: 1701
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 114 Massicard, Yann (1619) Lost 0-2 -201681
3draft 111 Jasheway, Ian (1755) Lost 1-2 -161665
4modern 143 Unwin, Daniel (1957) Lost 0-2 -131652
5modern 144 Calafell, Joel (1920) Lost 1-2 -131639
6modern 171 Marti, Samuel (1830) Lost 0-2 -151624
7modern 184 Siow, Lucas (1852) Won 2-0 +221646
8modern 168 Haas, William (1492) Lost 1-2 -211625
top average opponent: 1775record: 1-6 new rating: 1625

Grand Prix Lisbon 2012 (RTR limited) starting rating: 1701
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 513 Martinez, Alexis (1810) Won 2-0 +201721
5sealed 515 Hay, Christopher (1666) Won 2-0 +171738
6sealed 507 Czapor, Grzegorz (1679) Won 2-0 +171755
7sealed 511 Duguet, Nicolas (1552) Won 2-0 +141769
8sealed 504 Negro Cortes, Adrian Elias (1707) Won 2-0 +171786
9sealed 741 Versari, Matteo (1974) Lost 1-2 -151771
10draft 44 Cifka, Stanislav (2163) Lost 1-2 -111760
11draft 60 Zacharias, Kyriakos (1565) Won 2-1 +151775
12draft 50 Coline, Mickael (1682) Lost 0-2 -201755
13draft 36 Paulmaier, Benjamin (1871) Lost 0-2 -161739
14draft 27 Van Hoof, Glenn (1660) Lost 0-2 -191720
15draft 55 Vega, Manuel (1678) Lost 0-2 -191701
top average opponent: 1751record: 6-6 new rating: 1701

Grand Prix Lyon 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1751
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4modern 514 Bagdadlian, Thomas (1566) Lost 1-2 -211730
5modern 603 Thomas, Marc (1486) Lost 0-2 -231707
6modern 621 Reling, Andreas (1560) Won 2-0 +161723
7modern 594 Joly, Olivier (1522) Lost 1-2 -221701
top average opponent: 1534record: 1-3 new rating: 1701

Grand Prix Prague 2009 (M10 limited) starting rating: 1676
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 41 Berze, Richard (1518) Lost 1-2 -211655
4sealed 137 Jacob, Jeremie (1521) Lost 1-2 -201635
5sealed 205 Musil, Milan (1501) Won 2-1 +151650
6sealed 192 Borek, Ales (1614) Won 2-1 +181668
7sealed 71 Bozzo, Rodolfo (1565) Won 2-0 +161684
8sealed 72 Molter, Max (1530) Won 2-1 +151699
9sealed 76 Iliev, Ilian (1656) Won 2-0 +171716
10draft 26 Oberauer, Felix (1535) Lost 0-2 -211695
11draft 54 Maij, Rosario (1917) Lost 0-2 -141681
12draft 16 Stadfrucker, Fedor (1553) Won 2-1 +161697
13draft 95 Grunauer, Simon (1779) Won 2-1 +191716
14draft 60 Holzinger, Thomas (1616) Won 2-1 +161732
15draft 34 Trallero, Ivan (1771) Won 2-0 +191751
top average opponent: 1621record: 9-4 new rating: 1751

Grand Prix Barcelona 2009 (ARB standard) starting rating: 1670
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 410 Cavalie, Bertrand (1536) Won 2-1 +161686
4standard 457 de Rooij, Danny (1592) Won 2-0 +161702
5standard 412 Bertiou, Simon (1688) Won 2-1 +181720
6standard 415 Darnhofer, Robert (1794) Won 2-0 +191739
7standard 401 Van Nieuwenhove, Jan (1548) Won 2-1 +151754
8standard 404 Costa, Frederico (1739) Lost 0-2 -181736
9standard 404 Cestaro, Laurent (1898) Lost 1-2 -161720
10standard 63 Diaz Garcia, Juan Pedro (1672) Won 2-0 +181738
11standard 25 Pezzotti, Fabio (1503) Lost 0-2 -231715
12standard 57 Stephan, Juergen (1628) Won 2-1 +171732
13standard 27 Wallendorf, Jonas (1667) Lost 0-2 -191713
14standard 54 Thompson, Gerry (1890) Lost 0-2 -151698
15standard 53 Lontri, Andrea (1482) Lost 0-2 -221676
top average opponent: 1664record: 7-6 new rating: 1676

Pro Tour Kyoto 2009 (CON standard) starting rating: 1689
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 54 Kiwanont, Sukhum (1728) Won 2-0 +191708
2standard 52 Yamakawa, Shinichiro (1542) Won 2-0 +151723
3standard 20 D'Ambrosio, Loren (1600) Won 2-1 +161739
4standard 21 Erickson, Jens (1590) Won 2-1 +151754
5draft 52 Nagaoka, Takayuki (1869) Won 2-0 +201774
6draft 100 Yamamoto, Akimasa (1900) Lost 0-2 -161758
7draft 50 Lindgren, Tommi (1927) Lost 1-2 -141744
8draft 75 Rigby, Neil (1655) Won 2-0 +161760
9draft 7 Kuo, Tzu-Ching (1835) Lost 0-2 -171743
10draft 30 D'Ambrosio, Loren (1625) Lost 0-2 -201723
11standard 59 Karsten, Frank (2014) Lost 1-2 -131710
12standard 68 Haggkvist, Sami (1660) Lost 0-2 -191691
13standard 79 Kaye, Kamui (1523) Lost 1-2 -211670
top average opponent: 1728record: 6-7 new rating: 1670

Grand Prix Rotterdam 2009 (CON limited) starting rating: 1705
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 11 De Marelle, Anthony (1452) Lost 0-2 -231682
4sealed 163 Mojtahedy, Babak (1632) Won 2-0 +171699
5sealed 118 Kuijs, John (1555) Won 2-1 +161715
6sealed 59 de Jong, Jasper (1543) Lost 0-2 -211694
7sealed 72 Baumert, Martin (1616) Won 2-1 +161710
8sealed 83 Kowalczyk, Romain (1546) Lost 0-2 -211689
top average opponent: 1557record: 3-3 new rating: 1689

2008 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1746
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 22 Rus, Tine (1557) Lost 0-2 -211725
2standard 141 Shinkins, Stewart (1807) Won 2-0 +191744
3standard 121 Krzikalla, Olaf (1617) Lost 1-2 -201724
4standard 101 Fernandez Baillo, Carlos (1619) Lost 0-2 -201704
5standard 129 Echeverria Paredes, Jose Luis (1737) Won 2-1 +191723
6standard 103 Rue, Charlie (1690) Lost 0-2 -191704
7draft 46 Romao, Carlos (1787) Won 2-1 +201724
8draft 85 Sucic, Stjepan (1508) Won 2-0 +141738
9draft 124 Niemi, Tero (1480) Won 2-1 +131751
10draft 56 Wolansky, Steven (1840) Lost 0-2 -161735
11draft 74 Nikolic, Isidor (1529) Lost 0-2 -221713
12draft 5 Martin, Quentin (1766) Won 2-1 +191732
13extended 98 Velhinho, Pedro (1586) Won 2-1 +161748
14extended 72 Ruess, Jan (1855) Won 2-1 +191767
15extended 53 Edel, Willy (1776) Lost 0-2 -171750
16extended 68 Oberg, Kenny (1980) Lost 0-2 -141736
17extended 80 Pascoli, Mario (1916) Lost 0-2 -151721
18extended 85 Hron, Mike (1823) Lost 1-2 -161705
top average opponent: 1715record: 8-10 new rating: 1705

Pro Tour Berlin 2008 (extended) starting rating: 1829
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 208 Imperiale, Jason (1755) Lost 1-2 -201809
2extended 119 Paxton, Corey (1485) Won 2-0 +131822
3extended 153 Heath, Christopher (1531) Lost 0-2 -231799
4extended 128 Stoddard, Samuel (1770) Lost 0-2 -191780
5extended 199 Balado Bradarich, Jose Alejandro (1564) Lost 0-2 -221758
6extended 186 Kinoshita, Atsushi (1459) Won 2-1 +131771
7extended 163 Canonici, Jean Baptiste (1402) Lost 0-2 -251746
top average opponent: 1567record: 2-5 new rating: 1746

Grand Prix Paris 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1862
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 85 Sarioglu, Sami (1559) Won 2-1 +131875
5sealed 35 Lemaitre, Maxime (1637) Lost 0-2 -221853
6sealed 96 Ferrand, Anthony (1512) Lost 1-2 -241829
top average opponent: 1569record: 1-2 new rating: 1829

Grand Prix Rimini 2008 (Lorwyn block) starting rating: 1860
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 81 Ceriani, Riccardo (1575) Won 2-1 +131873
4block 21 Martinek, Pavel (1672) Won 2-1 +151888
5block 42 Stihle, Laurent (1498) Lost 1-2 -251863
6block 42 Szoke, Zoltan (1646) Lost 1-2 -221841
7block 113 De Luca, Giorgio (1537) Won 2-1 +131854
8block 73 Fiori, Stefano (1670) Won 2-0 +141868
9block 39 Lampasona, Simone (1659) Won 2-1 +151883
10block 24 Prod Hom, Eric (1584) Lost 1-2 -241859
11block 31 Kunwald, Christian (1654) Won 2-1 +151874
12block 26 Clemente, Luca (1632) Won 2-1 +131887
13block 14 Corbera Bellalta, Marc (1726) Lost 0-2 -211866
14block 23 Rampini, Stefano (1739) Won 2-1 +161882
15block 17 Sanchez, Eugeni (1788) Lost 0-2 -201862
top average opponent: 1645record: 8-5 new rating: 1862

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2008 (EVE standard) starting rating: 1829
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 37 Ingolfsson, Bjarki (1536) Won 2-1 +131842
4standard 100 Cardoso, Ricardo (1459) Won 2-1 +111853
5standard 22 Nakamura, Shuhei (1950) Lost 0-2 -161837
6standard 66 Norgaard, Mikkel (1656) Won 2-0 +151852
7standard 40 Lindberg, David (1523) Won 2-0 +121864
8standard 22 Berthelsen, Nis (1688) Won 2-1 +151879
9standard 18 Lehmann, Robin (1723) Lost 0-2 -211858
10standard 20 Jensen, David (1722) Won 2-1 +161874
11standard 13 Jahoda, Jakub (1605) Lost 0-2 -231851
12standard 17 Ramiao, Ricardo (1742) Won 2-0 +161867
13standard 15 Martinek, Pavel (1608) Lost 0-2 -231844
14standard 24 Pasek, Maciej (1738) Won 2-0 +161860
15standard 14 Nystrom, Per (1782) ID 01860
top average opponent: 1672record: 8-4-1 new rating: 1860

Grand Prix Madrid 2008 (EVE limited) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 78 Sanz Santos, Juan Antonio (1750) Won 2-1 +181726
4sealed 27 Vega, Manuel (1573) Won 2-0 +161742
5sealed 18 Arnaud, Christophe (1589) Won 2-1 +151757
6sealed 9 Dun, Peter (1506) Won 2-0 +131770
7sealed 8 Scheel, Brandon (1951) Won 2-1 +221792
8sealed 2 Studart, Rafael (1614) Won 2-0 +141806
9sealed 49 Zatlkaj, Matej (1995) Won 2-1 +221828
10draft 54 Golia, Patrizio (1826) Lost 1-2 -181810
11draft 42 Fenaux-Briot, Romain (1766) Won 2-1 +171827
12draft 1 Arias Garcia, Jacob (1884) Won 2-1 +191846
13draft 7 Bucher, Manuel (2079) Lost 0-2 -141832
14draft 23 Norgaard, Lasse (1838) Lost 0-2 -181814
15draft 12 Juergens, Dorian (1648) Won 2-0 +151829
top average opponent: 1771record: 10-3 new rating: 1829

Pro Tour Hollywood 2008 (SHM standard) starting rating: 1753
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 31 Furrow, Tim (1500) Won 2-1 +131766
2standard 63 Zampere Junior, Celso (1729) Won 2-0 +171783
3standard 35 Choo, Yong Han (1730) Lost 0-2 -191764
4standard 26 Hopkins, Sam (1707) Lost 1-2 -191745
5standard 76 Levy, Raphael (1999) Lost 0-2 -131732
6standard 106 Williams, David A (1753) Lost 1-2 -181714
7standard 131 Bertinelli, Riccardo (1465) Won 2-0 +141728
8standard 114 Jeschke, Benjamin (1603) Lost 0-2 -201708
top average opponent: 1686record: 3-5 new rating: 1708

Pro Tour Kuala Lumpur 2008 (MOR draft) starting rating: 1765
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 28 Costa, Nuno (1692) Won 2-1 +171782
2draft 9 Greene, Christopher (1549) Lost 0-2 -221760
3draft 93 Goerres, Falko (1447) Won 0-0 +121772
4draft 147 Dang, Martin (1765) Won 2-1 +181790
5draft 48 Nakamura, Shuhei (2004) Lost 0-2 -141776
6draft 6 Wintermantel, Thomas (1485) Lost 1-2 -231753
top average opponent: 1657record: 3-3 new rating: 1753

2007 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1813
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 76 Zhang, Yin (1577) Won 2-1 +141827
2standard 91 Birner, Armin (2009) Lost 1-2 -151812
3standard 108 Sam, Jimmy (1508) Won 2-1 +131825
4standard 60 Schiermeyer, Robert (1597) Lost 0-2 -221803
5standard 103 Kvaloe, Tarjei (1633) Won 2-1 +151818
6draft 95 Herold, Jim (1741) Lost 0-2 -201798
7draft 144 Loh, Ryan (1491) Won 2-0 +131811
8draft 64 Dougherty, Robert (1735) Lost 1-2 -201791
9draft 59 Dushkevich, Artem (1652) Lost 0-2 -201771
10draft 100 Casatti, Vagner William (1627) Won 2-0 +151786
11draft 6 Ting-A-Kee, Andrew (1575) Lost 1-2 -211765
12legacy 122 Rohner, Omar (1688) Lost 1-2 -201745
13legacy 133 Ivanov, Eugene (1500) Won 2-0 +141759
14legacy 122 Wang, Ming Chee (1574) Lost 0-2 -221737
15legacy 121 Coskunoglu, Basar (1509) Won 2-1 +141751
16legacy 109 de Kler, Tijs (1512) Won 2-1 +141765
top average opponent: 1621record: 8-8 new rating: 1765

Grand Prix Krakow 2007 (LRW standard) starting rating: 1688
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 513 Graefe, Milan (1500) Won 2-0 +151703
5standard 508 Sibast, Rasmus (1849) Won 2-0 +201723
6standard 511 Edel, Willy (1796) Draw 1-1 +21725
7standard 509 Kontvainis, Juozas (1591) Draw 1-1 -31722
8standard 520 Bucher, Manuel (1770) Won 2-1 +191741
9standard 511 Nouzovsky, Zdenko (1524) Won 2-0 +141755
10standard 13 Lefebvre, Gaetan (1857) Lost 0-2 -161739
11standard 33 Labahn, Nikolas (1638) Won 2-0 +161755
12standard 18 Greiers, Maris (1664) Won 2-1 +171772
13standard 11 Yasooka, Shota (1937) Won 2-0 +211793
14standard 7 Suveges, Andras (1553) Won 2-1 +131806
15standard 3 Gregoir, Christophe (1882) Won 2-0 +201826
Qstandard Cheon, Paul (2136) Lost 1-2 -131813
top average opponent: 1746record: 9-2-2 new rating: 1813

Pro Tour Valencia 2007 (extended) starting rating: 1633
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 127 Barnes, Michael (1544) Lost 0-2 -191614
2extended 111 Rayson, Shawn (1529) Won 2-1 +161630
3extended 156 Loi, Alessandro (1503) Won 2-0 +161646
4extended 75 Mendonca, Rafael (1775) Won 2-1 +201666
5extended 30 Juza, Martin (1747) Lost 1-2 -161650
6extended 68 Willefert, Malo (1601) Lost 0-2 -191631
7extended 106 Vidugiris, Gaudenis (1632) Won 2-0 +181649
8extended 100 Wong, Garry (1685) Won 2-1 +191668
9extended 66 Galatioto, Emanuele (1549) Won 2-1 +151683
10extended 21 Fiorillo, John (1710) Won 2-0 +191702
11extended 18 Andersen, Oyvind Wefald (1806) Lost 0-2 -161686
12extended 31 Capristrani, Ary (1716) Won 2-0 +181704
13extended 17 Komuro, Shuu (1801) Lost 1-2 -161688
top average opponent: 1661record: 8-5 new rating: 1688

Grand Prix Florence 2007 (Time Spiral block) starting rating: 1558
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 359 Poladas, Luigi (1473) Won 2-0 +171575
5block 337 Berruti, Luca (1579) Won 2-0 +181593
6block 315 Levy, Raphael (2034) Won 2-0 +251618
7block 315 Garcia Copete, David (1773) Lost 1-2 -151603
8block 318 Rispal, Jonathan (1976) Won 2-1 +251628
9block 316 Roccoli, Guido (1606) Won 2-1 +171645
10block 7 Intini, Giovanni (1646) Lost 1-2 -181627
11block 30 Mygh, Sebastian (1573) Won 2-1 +171644
12block 9 Malherbaud, Pierre (1909) Won 2-0 +231667
13block 8 De Lorenzo, Gianluca (1673) Draw 1-1 01667
14block 7 Sibast, Rasmus (1846) Lost 0-2 -151652
15block 16 Neri, Riccardo (1597) Lost 0-2 -191633
top average opponent: 1724record: 7-4-1 new rating: 1633

Grand Prix Rimini 2004 (Mirrodin block) starting rating: 1512
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 91 Rosati, Paolo (1555) Won 2-0 +191531
5block 39 Tosana, Matteo (1557) Lost 0-2 -181513
6block 56 Colnaghi, Marco (1557) Lost 1-2 -171496
7block 110 Lahanas, Nikolaos (1453) Won 2-0 +171513
8block 52 Bevand, Manuel (1863) Won 2-0 +241537
9block 42 Martin, Quentin (1713) Won 2-1 +211558
top average opponent: 1616record: 4-2 new rating: 1558

Grand Prix Zurich 2004 (Mirrodin block) starting rating: 1491
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 202 Schuler, Mario (1500) Won 2-1 +181509
2block 110 Dobosz, Gauthier (1518) Won 2-0 +181527
3block 101 Loeb, Davy (1743) Won 2-0 +221549
4block 74 Gustavsson, Gustav (1489) Won 2-0 +171566
5block 18 Urbanec, Jan (1532) Lost 1-2 -191547
6block 51 Tomelitsch, Patrick (1506) Lost 1-2 -181529
7block 64 Saviori, Fulvio (1587) Lost 1-2 -171512
top average opponent: 1554record: 4-3 new rating: 1512

Grand Prix Birmingham 2004 (DST limited) starting rating: 1501
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 53 Grant, David (1568) Won 2-0 +191520
5sealed 9 Meaney, Alan (1408) Lost 1-2 -201500
6sealed 27 Siron, Geoffrey (1727) Lost 0-2 -141486
7sealed 66 Salvin, Jean Charles (1697) Lost 1-2 -141472
8sealed 84 Northcott, Michael (1518) Won 2-0 +191491
top average opponent: 1584record: 2-3 new rating: 1491

Grand Prix Genoa 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 41 Balducci, Francesco (1500) Won 2-1 +181518
2block 121 Arico, Pasquale (1531) Won 2-1 +181536
3block 66 Lombardi, Giacomo (1536) Lost 1-2 -181518
4block 92 Caramello, Enrico (1517) Won 2-0 +181536
5block 46 Macheda, Simone (1537) Won 2-1 +181554
6block 58 Negrini, Claudio (1676) Lost 0-2 -161538
7block 100 Anniballi, Matia (1519) Lost 0-2 -181520
8block 105 Carli Maltinti, Lorenzo (1464) Lost 0-2 -191501
top average opponent: 1535record: 4-4 new rating: 1501