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Kobayashi, Masanori
Current rating: 1620

Grand Prix Kobe 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1504
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 212 Kaneda, Yuuji (1463) Won 2-0 +171521
2modern 85 Ueta, Kazuaki (1501) Won 2-0 +171538
3modern 99 Watanabe, Yuuki (1438) Won 2-1 +171555
4modern 237 Kisanuki, Akira (1455) Won 2-0 +161571
5modern 23 Ikedo, Masakazu (1656) Lost 0-2 -171554
6modern 319 Nishimura, Yoshiyasu (1584) Won 2-0 +191573
7modern 150 Yan, Wai Lap (1645) Won 2-0 +191592
8modern 105 Chew, Kelvin (2211) Lost 1-2 -81584
9modern 194 Tamura, Ryo (1819) Won 2-0 +221606
10modern 122 Yamane, Yuuki (1627) Won 2-0 +191625
11modern 40 Nukita, Yosuke (1710) Won 2-1 +191644
12modern 37 Lam, Joe (1892) Won 2-1 +231667
13modern 26 Natsume, Takuya (1756) Lost 1-2 -171650
14modern 46 Yam, Wing Chun (1889) Lost 1-2 -131637
15modern 78 Kariya, Kazuki (1706) Lost 1-2 -171620
top average opponent: 1690record: 10-5 new rating: 1620

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1521
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 105 Hjortness, Joel (1558) Lost 0-2 -171504
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1504

Grand Prix Chiba 2016 (legacy) starting rating: 1516
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2legacy 398 Clark, Anthonlee (1655) Won 2-1 +201536
3legacy 435 Soejima, Naoki (1536) Lost 0-2 -181518
4legacy 726 Maezono, Kenta (1724) Won 2-0 +221540
5legacy 263 Oota, Kazuki (1573) Lost 0-2 -171523
6legacy 624 Szatkowski, David (1355) Won 2-1 +151538
7legacy 428 Hayashi, Tatsuya (1435) Won 2-1 +161554
8legacy 323 Usami, Taro (1806) Won 2-1 +221576
9legacy 237 Fukushima, Yuuhei (1558) Lost 1-2 -181558
10legacy 288 Nobe, Hiroyuki (1417) Won 2-1 +151573
11legacy 157 Nakamura, Yuya (1604) Won 2-1 +191592
12legacy 163 Horita, Toshiki (1676) Lost 1-2 -171575
13legacy 221 Sakamoto, Jun (1601) Lost 0-2 -171558
14legacy 237 Kanetomi, Hidetaka (1538) Lost 1-2 -191539
15legacy 250 Nakamura, Masashi (1507) Lost 0-2 -181521
top average opponent: 1570record: 7-7 new rating: 1521

Grand Prix Tokyo 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1495
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 98 Konndou, Hiromi (1518) Won 2-0 +191514
3standard 14 Suzuki, Takumi (1503) Won 2-0 +171531
4standard 244 Yasuda, Takaaki (1545) Won 2-1 +191550
5standard 97 Hirashima, Yuutarou (1798) Won 2-1 +221572
6standard 60 Boussaud, Eliott (1961) Lost 0-1 -111561
7standard 56 Usami, Taro (1823) Lost 1-2 -141547
8standard 434 Takasu, Yusuke (1558) Lost 0-2 -171530
9standard 448 Takeishi, Kouji (1757) Lost 1-2 -141516
top average opponent: 1683record: 4-4 new rating: 1516

Grand Prix Nagoya 2016 (OGW limited) starting rating: 1487
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 109 Kamiyama, Takaaki (1450) Won 2-1 +171504
3sealed 111 Yoshida, Kazushi (1704) Lost 1-2 -141490
4sealed 628 Fujii, Takashi6341 (1518) Lost 1-2 -181472
5sealed 937 Harada, Daisaku (1534) Won 2-1 +191491
6sealed 609 Uemoto, Takahiro (1542) Won 2-1 +191510
7sealed 507 Makino, Hiroyuki (1510) Lost 0-2 -181492
8sealed 553 Hattori, Kazuki (1667) Won 2-0 +211513
9sealed 468 Sato, Tatsuo (1507) Lost 1-2 -181495
top average opponent: 1554record: 4-4 new rating: 1495

Grand Prix Chiba 2015 (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1479
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 983 Terashita, Kazuhiro (1518) Lost 1-2 -171462
3sealed 1147 Kanai, Atsushi (1501) Won 2-0 +181480
4sealed 1018 Tasaki, Yasuhiro (1390) Lost 0-2 -191461
5sealed 1193 Asai, Ikuya (1499) Won 2-1 +181479
6sealed 989 Kawaguchi, Toshifumi (1520) Won 2-1 +191498
7sealed 1022 Yam, Wing Chun (1867) Lost 1-2 -111487
top average opponent: 1549record: 3-3 new rating: 1487

Grand Prix Kyoto 2015 (legacy) starting rating: 1517
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2legacy 29 Nishida, Makoto (1428) Won 2-0 +171534
3legacy 93 Tsuboyama, Shuta (1356) Lost 1-2 -221512
4legacy 307 Andou, Shuusuke (1544) Lost 1-2 -171495
5legacy 334 Ogawa, Satoshi (1496) Won 2-0 +181513
6legacy 214 Miyamoto, Akihiro (1461) Lost 1-2 -191494
7legacy 264 Itazu, Boram (1500) Lost 1-2 -181476
8legacy 221 Sugimoto, Yuta (1449) Lost 0-2 -181458
9legacy 201 Nanjo, Masashi (1643) Won 2-0 +211479
top average opponent: 1485record: 3-5 new rating: 1479

Grand Prix Kitakyushu 2013 (M14 standard) starting rating: 1505
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 140 Shigehara, Toshinori (1739) Lost 0-2 -141491
3standard 321 Aritaka, Ryouichi (1584) Won 2-0 +201511
4standard 315 Itani, Shintaro (1593) Lost 1-2 -171494
5standard 451 Ueda, Tadahiko (1355) Won 2-1 +161510
6standard 198 Kainuma, Satoru (1547) Won 2-1 +191529
7standard 176 Motoyama, Kazuhiko (1724) Lost 1-2 -151514
8standard 215 Muranaka, Hiroya (1599) Won 2-0 +201534
9standard 146 Suzuki, Ryuuichi (1619) Lost 1-2 -171517
top average opponent: 1595record: 4-4 new rating: 1517

Grand Prix Nagoya 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1583
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 384 Miyake, Yousuke (1519) Lost 1-2 -191564
3standard 524 Ueda, Tadahiko (1500) Won 2-1 +171581
4standard 248 Miyashiro, Ronaldo (1566) Lost 1-2 -181563
5standard 604 Kato, Ryuta (1483) Lost 1-2 -201543
6standard 561 Oohira, Tsugunobu (1483) Lost 0-2 -191524
7standard 531 Nishiguchi, Hajime (1469) Lost 0-2 -191505
top average opponent: 1503record: 1-5 new rating: 1505

Grand Prix Yokohama 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1579
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 39 Kawaguchi, Takahiro (1492) Won 2-1 +161595
3modern 44 Tateno, Tomoaki (1373) Won 2-0 +141609
4modern 85 Takata, Mutsumu (1449) Won 2-0 +151624
5modern 76 Sakamoto, Sakito (1724) Lost 0-2 -161608
6modern 150 Shirakihara, Ryuuichi (1540) Lost 0-2 -191589
7modern 177 Mizobuchi, Yuuji (1606) Won 2-1 +181607
8modern 143 Arai, Takeshi (1508) Won 2-1 +161623
9modern 70 Nakamura, Shuhei (1899) Won 2-0 +231646
10modern 70 Oiso, Masashi (2046) Lost 0-2 -111635
11modern 74 Misumi, Kyouhei (1577) Lost 0-2 -191616
13modern 68 Kim, Cynic (1789) Won 2-0 +211637
14modern 63 Ebihara, Hirotaka (1596) Lost 0-2 -191618
15modern 52 Hosokawa, Yuya (1722) Lost 1-2 -161602
16modern 63 Tatsumi, Kouji (1541) Lost 1-2 -191583
top average opponent: 1633record: 7-7 new rating: 1583

Grand Prix Kobe 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1580
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 278 Kaestner-Frenchman, Ben (1495) Won 2-1 +171597
3sealed 166 Yokomori, Kantarou (1539) Won 2-0 +171614
4sealed 77 Shimizu, Naoki (1776) Lost 1-2 -151599
5sealed 156 Matsuoka, Tomohide (1796) Lost 0-2 -151584
6sealed 255 Kikuchi, Shou (1434) Lost 1-2 -201564
7sealed 294 Yamaguchi, Tetsuya (1518) Lost 0-2 -191545
8sealed 270 Suzuki, Ryuuichi (1595) Won 2-0 +191564
9sealed 175 Nakamura, Yoichi (1392) Won 2-0 +151579
top average opponent: 1568record: 4-4 new rating: 1579

Pro Tour Nagoya 2011 (Scars block) starting rating: 1625
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 89 Fondum, Tim (1548) Lost 0-2 -201605
2block 134 Pham, Daniel (1604) Lost 1-2 -181587
3block 173 Bernat, Michael (1767) Won 2-0 +211608
4block 153 Calcano, Christian (1805) Lost 1-2 -141594
5block 126 Darras, Alexandre (1685) Won 2-1 +201614
6draft 12 Kashiwa, Tatsuya (1594) Lost 1-2 -191595
7draft 81 Kuo, Tzu-Ching (1770) Lost 0-2 -151580
top average opponent: 1682record: 2-5 new rating: 1580

Grand Prix Yokohama 2010 (extended) starting rating: 1562
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 186 Kohiyama, Wataru (1500) Lost 1-2 -191543
2extended 386 Kagami, Gen (1567) Won 2-0 +191562
3extended 254 Fujimori, Masayoshi (1469) Won 2-0 +161578
4extended 268 Moriya, Masaki (1520) Lost 0-2 -191559
5extended 321 Ookubo, Hironobu (1499) Won 2-1 +171576
6extended 177 Mizutani, Yosuke (1518) Won 2-0 +171593
7extended 187 Hatta, Tetsuya (1547) Won 2-1 +171610
8extended 55 Huang, Hao-Shan (1607) Draw 1-1 01610
9extended 95 Takeshita, Yoshiyasu (1422) Won 2-0 +151625
top average opponent: 1517record: 6-2-1 new rating: 1625

Grand Prix Kitakyushu 2009 (ZEN limited) starting rating: 1458
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 74 Uto, Yoriaki (1463) Won 2-1 +181476
2sealed 59 Ishimaru, Ken (1696) Won 2-0 +221498
3sealed 60 Kimura, Yoshihiro (1561) Lost 1-2 -171481
4sealed 92 Yamasaki, Sadaharu (1413) Won 2-1 +171498
5sealed 62 Komuro, Shuu (1789) Lost 1-2 -131485
6sealed 87 Yashiro, Takuya (1531) Won 2-1 +191504
7sealed 58 Kondou, Keiichi (1676) Won 2-1 +211525
8sealed 70 Nakajima, Chikara (1824) Won 2-0 +231548
9draft 6 Seki, Keita (1708) Won 2-0 +211569
10draft 36 Narumiya, Ryuuma (1503) Won 2-1 +171586
11draft 26 Katayama, Hidenori (1690) Lost 0-2 -161570
12draft 29 Kumoura, Daisuke (1865) Won 2-1 +231593
13draft 24 Kamei, Shunsuke (1736) Lost 0-2 -151578
14draft 14 Yamano, Tomoya (1735) Lost 1-2 -161562
top average opponent: 1656record: 9-5 new rating: 1562

Grand Prix Kobe 2009 (extended) starting rating: 1494
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 73 Murakami, Keisuke (1500) Won 2-0 +181512
2extended 123 Murase, Hiroshi (1605) Won 2-1 +201532
3extended 14 Sakamoto, Ryousuke (1532) Lost 1-2 -181514
4extended 80 Nakagawa, Tsukasa (1426) Won 2-0 +161530
5extended 99 Okano, Tetsuya (1547) Lost 0-2 -171513
6extended 101 Imamura, Hirotaka (1423) Lost 0-2 -201493
7extended 45 Nakamura, Yuichiro (1605) Lost 0-2 -161477
8extended 60 Takatsuki, Ryo (1416) Lost 0-2 -191458
top average opponent: 1507record: 3-5 new rating: 1458

Grand Prix Okayama 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1529
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 192 Nitta, Yuki (1475) Lost 0-0 -191510
2sealed 181 Michibata, Tatsuya (1511) Won 2-0 +181528
3sealed 161 Fujimori, Masayoshi (1552) Lost 0-2 -171511
4sealed 214 Yamaguchi, Hiroshi (1574) Lost 1-2 -171494
top average opponent: 1528record: 1-3 new rating: 1494

Grand Prix Kobe 2008 (Lorwyn block) starting rating: 1464
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 56 Kanazawa, Ayanobu (1564) Lost 1-2 -171447
2block 251 Shigehara, Akinori (1416) Won 2-1 +181465
3block 161 Ozawa, Tetsuya (1551) Won 2-0 +191484
4block 180 Detera, Christopher (1519) Won 2-0 +191503
5block 148 Shimada, Atsuki (1608) Won 2-1 +201523
6block 70 Tamaki, Junnosuke (1569) Lost 0-2 -171506
7block 136 Hirata, Minoru (1655) Won 2-0 +211527
8block 67 Ichikawa, Kazuyuki (1614) Lost 1-2 -171510
9block 109 Shouyama, Youhei (1582) Won 2-0 +191529
top average opponent: 1564record: 6-3 new rating: 1529

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2008 (MOR standard) starting rating: 1475
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 204 Oogoshi, Satoshi (1500) Won 2-0 +191494
2standard 171 Hashimoto, Yuu (1665) Lost 0-2 -151479
3standard 279 Yoshida, Ryuu (1450) Lost 0-2 -191460
4standard 337 Takehana, Yuki (1509) Won 2-1 +191479
5standard 246 Nishio, Yoshiaki (1541) Won 2-1 +191498
6standard 123 Enatsu, Youhei (1519) Lost 1-2 -171481
7standard 172 Yamamoto, Shouta (1502) Won 2-1 +181499
8standard 160 Lee, Woosuk (1517) Lost 0-2 -181481
9standard 163 Kobashi, Motoki (1501) Lost 1-2 -171464
top average opponent: 1523record: 4-5 new rating: 1464

Grand Prix Kitakyushu 2007 (LRW limited) starting rating: 1509
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 100 Kawakami, Hiroshi (1548) Lost 1-2 -181491
2sealed 102 Suzuki, Masatsuna (1627) Lost 0-2 -151476
3sealed 133 Katsumoto, Tomomi (1463) Won 2-1 +181494
4sealed 126 Higashi, Takao (1485) Lost 1-2 -191475
5sealed 134 Yasunaga, Takumi (1467) Won 2-0 +181493
6sealed 116 Azuma, Nobuaki (1488) Lost 0-2 -181475
top average opponent: 1513record: 2-4 new rating: 1475

Grand Prix Kyoto 2007 (PLC standard) starting rating: 1524
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 225 Chi, Tatsuya (1500) Lost 0-2 -181506
2standard 284 Hayashi, Kazuyuki (1482) Won 2-0 +171523
3standard 161 Hasegawa, Takao (1500) Won 2-0 +181541
4standard 184 Senba, Kotaro (1564) Lost 1-2 -181523
5standard 243 Aono, Kazumichi (1500) Lost 0-2 -181505
6standard 278 Minoshima, Takenori (1463) Won 2-1 +171522
7standard 190 Fujimori, Yuki (1451) Won 2-1 +171539
8standard 168 Shimura, Ichirou (1792) Lost 0-2 -141525
9standard 145 Yanagisawa, Tadahiro (1603) Lost 0-2 -161509
top average opponent: 1539record: 4-5 new rating: 1509

Grand Prix Hiroshima 2006 (CSP limited) starting rating: 1559
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 2 Nakamura, Yuichiro (1500) Lost 1-2 -191540
5sealed 85 Aoki, Ryousuke (1631) Lost 0-2 -161524
6sealed 104 Ozaki, Youichirou (1494) Won 2-0 +171541
7sealed 66 Yamada, Tsutomu (1568) Lost 0-2 -171524
top average opponent: 1548record: 1-3 new rating: 1524

Grand Prix Kitakyushu 2005 (extended) starting rating: 1588
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 7 Murata, Shouta (1500) Lost 0-2 -201568
2extended 85 Omori, Ken'ichirou (1348) Won 2-1 +141582
3extended 50 Koshiba, Norihiko (1515) Won 2-0 +171599
4extended 46 Yanaseko, Kentarou (1500) Lost 0-2 -201579
5extended 87 Tsuzaki, Tatsuya (1484) Lost 0-2 -201559
top average opponent: 1469record: 2-3 new rating: 1559

Grand Prix Matsuyama 2005 (BOK limited) starting rating: 1618
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 96 Deyama, Hirofumi (1370) Lost 1-2 -221596
2sealed 114 Tajiri, Satoshi (1455) Won 2-1 +151611
3sealed 92 Watanabe, Shinji (1490) Lost 0-2 -201591
4sealed 146 Suzuoki, Ryou (1462) Won 2-1 +161607
5sealed 120 Takayama, Kenta (1554) Lost 1-2 -191588
top average opponent: 1466record: 2-3 new rating: 1588

Grand Prix Yokohama 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1610
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 36 Hayashi, Yuki (1441) Lost 1-2 -211589
3sealed 128 Shimizu, Taeko (1500) Won 2-1 +161605
4sealed 116 Masuda, Kazuki (1520) Lost 1-2 -191586
5sealed 157 Terada, Atsushi (1535) Won 2-0 +171603
6sealed 149 Mera, Kenichi (1559) Won 2-1 +171620
7sealed 112 Mori, Junpei (1562) Won 2-0 +171637
8sealed 99 Takehana, Yuki (1600) Lost 0-2 -191618
top average opponent: 1531record: 4-3 new rating: 1618

Grand Prix Nagoya 2004 (5DN standard) starting rating: 1599
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 99 Kawabata, Tomoyuki (1484) Won 2-1 +161615
2standard 175 Terada, Tadashi (1518) Won 2-1 +161631
3standard 45 Nakamura, Yuusuke (1587) Won 2-1 +181649
4standard 3 Okita, Kenichiro (1637) Lost 1-2 -191630
5standard 122 Shimada, Masatake (1751) Lost 0-2 -151615
6standard 241 Nakashima, Toshihiko (1486) Won 2-1 +151630
7standard 145 Nakamura, Masaya (1507) Lost 1-2 -201610
top average opponent: 1567record: 4-3 new rating: 1610

Grand Prix Kyoto 2003 (LGN limited) starting rating: 1637
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 41 Mouri, Takemasa (1659) Lost 0-2 -181619
4sealed 100 Niwa, Kohei (1518) Lost 0-2 -201599
top average opponent: 1588record: 0-2 new rating: 1599

Grand Prix Hiroshima 2003 (extended) starting rating: 1669
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 67 Takemoto, Takaaki (1500) Lost 0-2 -211648
3extended 101 Vanderburg, Aaron B (1501) Won 2-0 +151663
4extended 103 Koide, Kentaro (1516) Lost 1-2 -201643
5extended 132 Kusumoto, Masahiro (1433) Won 2-1 +141657
6extended 107 Maehata, Yasuhito (1539) Lost 0-2 -201637
top average opponent: 1498record: 2-3 new rating: 1637

Pro Tour Chicago 2003 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1714
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 165 Gallitz, Donald (1890) Lost 1-2 -141700
2rochester 152 Kastle, Darwin (1887) Lost 1-2 -151685
3rochester 137 Weinkath, Michael (1604) Won 2-1 +161701
4rochester 166 Desprez, Kevin (1512) Lost 1-2 -211680
5rochester 146 Davidson, Michael C (1437) Won 2-1 +141694
6rochester 39 Jarman, Jimmy (1477) Draw 1-1 -41690
7rochester 53 Lee, Gary (1531) Lost 1-2 -211669
top average opponent: 1620record: 2-4-1 new rating: 1669

Grand Prix Utsunomiya 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1590
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 144 Miyoshi, Hideaki (1518) Won 2-1 +171607
3sealed 34 Endo, Toyokazu (1536) Won 2-0 +161623
4sealed 51 Yagi, Wataru (1492) Won 2-0 +161639
5sealed 27 Higaki, Takao (1785) Won 2-1 +211660
6sealed 8 Kiyota, Ken (1593) Lost 0-2 -201640
7sealed 19 Satou, Daisuke (1571) Won 2-0 +171657
8sealed 60 Tachibana, Satoshi (1585) Won 2-1 +171674
9rochester 7 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1831) Won 2-0 +211695
10rochester 4 Kubota, Yuuhi (1687) Won 2-0 +181713
11rochester 5 Fujita, Tsuyoshi (1839) Won 2-1 +201733
12rochester 2 Kiyota, Ken (1674) Won 2-0 +171750
13rochester 7 Nakamura, Shuhei (1874) Lost 0-2 -161734
14rochester 24 Hashimoto, Rei (1646) ID 01734
Qrochester Hashimoto, Rei (1646) Lost 0-2 -201714
top average opponent: 1663record: 10-3-1 new rating: 1714

Grand Prix Sapporo 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1600
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 25 Maeno, Ryuju (1479) Won 2-1 +151615
5block 24 Ito, Akitsugu (1658) Lost 0-2 -171598
6block 30 Urata, Masayasu (1518) Lost 0-2 -191579
7block 72 Itou, Masayoshi (1504) Won 2-0 +161595
8block 22 Sato, Yukihiro (1546) Won 2-0 +171612
9block 21 Ebina, Ikumi (1484) Won 2-0 +161628
10block 1 Yamano, Tomoya (1614) Lost 1-2 -181610
11block 24 Konagai, Ryota (1509) Lost 0-2 -201590
top average opponent: 1539record: 4-4 new rating: 1590

Pro Tour Nice 2002 (TOR draft) starting rating: 1609
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 74 Walker, Rory (1449) Lost 0-2 -211588
2draft 118 Berti, Francesco (1460) Won 2-0 +161604
3draft 57 Pippin, Russell (1688) Won 2-0 +201624
4draft 20 Bernard, Laurent (1634) Lost 0-2 -181606
5draft 3 Fabiano, Gerard (1777) Lost 0-2 -151591
6draft 13 Turian, Michael (1843) Won 2-0 +221613
7draft 62 McCord, Scott (1846) Lost 0-2 -131600
top average opponent: 1671record: 3-4 new rating: 1600

Grand Prix Fukuoka 2002 (TOR limited) starting rating: 1603
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 103 Egashira, Hiroyuki (1500) Won 2-1 +161619
2sealed 21 Matsuo, Akiyoshi (1555) Lost 1-2 -191600
3sealed 129 Jung, Seong-hoon (1503) Won 2-0 +161616
4sealed 65 Nomura, Shintaro (1519) Won 2-0 +161632
5sealed 42 Shinohara, Tetsuya (1588) Lost 0-2 -191613
6sealed 111 Iioka, Kenta (1516) Won 2-0 +171630
7sealed 62 Ishimatsu, Takahiro (1502) Lost 0-2 -211609
top average opponent: 1526record: 4-3 new rating: 1609

Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1535
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 95 Omori, Masaharu (1500) Won 2-1 +171552
2block 320 Sato, Shinichi (1604) Draw 1-1 +11553
3block 239 Kaji, Tetsuya (1500) Lost 0-2 -191534
4block 416 Takada, Taichi (1465) Won 2-1 +171551
5block 277 Okamoto, Yoshihiko (1566) Won 2-0 +181569
6block 164 Sasaki, Ken (1587) Won 2-0 +181587
7block 111 Sasaki, Takeshi (1554) Lost 1-2 -181569
8block 187 Nakachi, Yusuke (1486) Won 2-0 +161585
9block 122 Yamada, Yuuki (1552) Won 2-1 +181603
top average opponent: 1535record: 6-2-1 new rating: 1603

Grand Prix Kyoto 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 224 Sauchi, Toshihiro (1500) Lost 0-2 -181482
2extended 240 Yamada, Uchu (1482) Won 2-0 +181500
3extended 274 Yamamoto, Yusuke (1500) Won 2-0 +181518
4extended 149 Kaplan, Lain (1518) Won 2-0 +181536
5extended 67 Takahashi, Satoshi 2 (1519) Won 2-1 +181554
6extended 86 Yamasaki, Rintarou (1537) Lost 0-2 -191535
7extended 116 Mizobuchi, Kaoru (1535) Won 2-0 +181553
8extended 81 Murakami, Takumi (1519) Lost 0-2 -181535
top average opponent: 1514record: 5-3 new rating: 1535