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Balfour, Brandon
Current rating: 1551

Regional Championships Lille 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1611
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 245 Rosadini, Edoardo (1528) Lost 1-2 -201591
2pioneer 247 Bach, Wolfgang (1722) Lost 0-2 -151576
3pioneer 278 Tron, Arthur (1447) Won 2-0 +151591
4pioneer 262 Sutherland, Jamie (1490) Lost 0-2 -201571
5pioneer 276 Amer, Valerio (1439) Lost 0-2 -201551
top average opponent: 1525record: 1-4 new rating: 1551

Grand Prix Brussels 2020 (pioneer) starting rating: 1503
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 112 Truszkowski, Andreas (1465) Won 2-0 +171520
2pioneer 317 Rask, Love (1932) Lost 0-2 -111509
3pioneer 181 De Meyer, Marc (1460) Won 2-0 +171526
4pioneer 317 Parisi, Alessandro (1526) Won 2-0 +181544
5pioneer 287 Hugon, Lionel (1618) Won 2-1 +201564
6pioneer 223 Mieth, Tobias (1729) Lost 0-2 -151549
7pioneer 266 Sanz, Alex (1328) Won 2-0 +141563
8pioneer 93 Kolle, Niklas (1520) Won 2-0 +171580
9pioneer 57 Hendriks, Thomas (1858) Lost 1-2 -131567
10pioneer 133 Wu, Yanfei (1548) Won 2-0 +181585
11pioneer 117 Faustino, Javier (1717) Lost 1-2 -161569
12pioneer 124 Saussez, Baudoin (1693) Won 2-1 +201589
13pioneer 104 Chansin, Kenny (1529) Lost 1-2 -191570
14pioneer 117 Molder, Petter (1705) Won 2-0 +211591
15pioneer 107 Stifter, Christian (1712) Won 2-1 +201611
top average opponent: 1622record: 10-5 new rating: 1611

Players Tour Brussels 2020 (pioneer) starting rating: 1564
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 42 Ramis Pascual, Toni (1934) Lost 1-2 -121552
2draft 149 Holzinger, Thomas (1724) Lost 0-2 -151537
3draft 110 Tanner, Craig (1381) Lost 0-2 -211516
4pioneer 181 Kundegraber, Michael (1775) Lost 1-2 -131503
top average opponent: 1703record: 0-4 new rating: 1503

Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (std) (DOM standard) starting rating: 1564
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 215 McCord, Kristopher (1747) Lost 0-2 -151549
4standard 185 Dent, Graham (1466) Won 2-1 +171566
5standard 184 Richards, Branoc (1547) Won 2-1 +171583
6standard 59 Patterson, Ben (1547) Lost 1-2 -181565
7standard 240 LoBreglio, Oliver (1517) Won 2-1 +171582
8standard 165 Russell, Marc (1563) Lost 1-2 -181564
top average opponent: 1565record: 3-3 new rating: 1564

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1586
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 4 Carr, Richard (1583) Lost 0-2 -181568
4modern 360 Amaral da Cruz, Duarte (1460) Lost 1-2 -201548
5modern 447 Rasmussen, Morten (1469) Won 2-0 +161564
6modern 492 Edvardsson, Cassandra (1524) Won 2-0 +181582
7modern 364 Brandt, Sebastian (1594) Lost 0-2 -181564
8modern 337 Skovgaard, Kaare (1520) Won 2-1 +171581
9modern 333 Nazarenus, Julian (1633) Lost 1-2 -171564
top average opponent: 1540record: 3-4 new rating: 1564

Grand Prix Utrecht 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1599
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 240 Chronopoulos, Bill (1950) Lost 0-2 -121587
4standard 313 Brohette, Nicolas (1519) Won 2-1 +171604
5standard 270 Beavan, Andrew (1474) Lost 0-2 -201584
6standard 323 Harle, Thomas (1677) Won 2-0 +191603
7standard 272 Murgey, Alexandre (1598) Won 2-1 +181621
8standard 170 Bonnie, Chris (1659) Lost 1-2 -171604
9standard 187 Haag, Benedikt (1588) Lost 0-2 -181586
top average opponent: 1638record: 3-4 new rating: 1586

Grand Prix Warsaw 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1504
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 204 Vandermaelen, Yves (1317) Won 2-1 +141518
4standard 128 Pilichowski, Karol (1599) Won 2-1 +201538
5standard 45 Lesaege, Clement (1881) Won 2-0 +241562
6standard 31 Larsson, Sebastian (1648) Won 2-1 +191581
7standard 8 Stark, Ben S (2047) Lost 0-2 -101571
8standard 24 Sanchez, Patxi (1803) Lost 1-2 -141557
9standard 87 Flury, Julian Felix (1913) Won 2-1 +251582
10standard 31 de Togni, Marco (1892) Won 2-0 +231605
11standard 37 Ciotta, Andrea (1756) Lost 0-2 -151590
12standard 54 Spoerk, Markus (1667) Lost 1-2 -171573
13standard 112 Law, Tom (1891) Won 2-0 +241597
14standard 47 Krawczyk, Szymon (1688) Lost 1-2 -171580
15standard 77 Gaponov, Nikita (1623) Won 2-0 +191599
top average opponent: 1748record: 8-5 new rating: 1599

Grand Prix Prague 2016 (legacy) starting rating: 1510
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 63 Filatriau, Franck (1500) Won 2-0 +181528
4legacy 110 Anttila, Markku (1618) Won 2-1 +191547
5legacy 80 Hitz, Michael (1779) Won 2-0 +221569
6legacy 7 Enevoldsen, Thomas (1918) Lost 0-2 -111558
7legacy 61 Sorensen, Mads (1605) Lost 0-2 -181540
8legacy 116 Salmenharju, Auvo (1526) Lost 0-2 -181522
9legacy 210 Kral, Martin (1491) Lost 1-2 -181504
top average opponent: 1634record: 3-4 new rating: 1504

Grand Prix Manchester 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1513
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 118 van der Linden, Bob (1557) Won 1-0 +181531
4standard 75 Karageorgis, Stefanos (1660) Won 2-1 +211552
5standard 53 Darras, Alexandre (1745) Lost 1-2 -151537
6standard 196 Nowak, Maciej (1793) Won 2-0 +231560
7standard 105 Liapatis, Theodoros (1703) Lost 1-2 -161544
8standard 221 Lazarides, Nicolas (1527) Lost 1-2 -181526
9standard 200 Kedrovic, Ondrej (1533) Won 2-0 +181544
10standard 156 Sakellis, Ioannis (1576) Lost 0-2 -171527
11standard 221 Niemeijer, Johnny (1586) Lost 0-2 -171510
top average opponent: 1631record: 4-5 new rating: 1510

Grand Prix Paris 2016 (OGW standard) starting rating: 1581
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 332 Ward, Daniel (1972) Lost 1-2 -111570
4standard 444 van der Linden, Leon (1491) Lost 1-2 -191551
5standard 547 Tank, Chris (1473) Lost 1-2 -201531
6standard 523 Deshayes, Nicolas (1499) Lost 1-2 -181513
top average opponent: 1609record: 0-4 new rating: 1513

Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1563
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 48 Lane, Kenneth (1486) Won 2-1 +171580
4standard 65 Rushent, Josh (1554) Lost 1-2 -191561
5standard 185 Di Renzo, Danilo (1500) Won 2-1 +171578
6standard 326 Hoonderd, Marco (1481) Won 2-1 +161594
7standard 44 Berger, Maximilien (1731) Lost 1-2 -151579
8standard 95 Bakalarz, Mikolaj (1514) Won 2-1 +171596
9standard 45 Krautmann, Wenzel (1784) Lost 1-2 -151581
top average opponent: 1579record: 4-3 new rating: 1581

Grand Prix Liverpool 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1518
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 13 McEwan, Andrew (1500) Won 2-0 +181536
3sealed 23 Spratt, Fraser (1538) Won 2-0 +181554
4sealed 13 Jamieson, Graeme (1530) Won 2-0 +181572
5sealed 47 Scott-Vargas, Luis (1823) Won 2-1 +221594
6sealed 14 Choi, Chiha (1565) Lost 0-2 -181576
7sealed 63 Vojta, Jakub (1843) Lost 1-2 -141562
8sealed 221 Bardini, Alain (1631) Won 2-0 +201582
9sealed 139 Thompson, Ashley (1563) Lost 1-2 -191563
top average opponent: 1624record: 5-3 new rating: 1563

Grand Prix Manchester 2014 (Theros block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 430 van der Linden, Mark (1498) Won 2-1 +181518
2block 287 Espargiliere, Bastien (1364) Lost 0-2 -211497
3block 368 Fried, Joseph (1482) Won 2-0 +181515
4block 224 Blake, Kevin (1566) Won 2-0 +191534
5block 255 Irons, Sonny (1536) Won 2-0 +181552
6block 110 Stone, Benjamin (1604) Lost 0-2 -171535
7block 125 Royde, Daniel (1619) Lost 0-2 -171518
top average opponent: 1524record: 4-3 new rating: 1518