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Payen, Laurent
Current rating: 1712 (#5809)

Grand Prix Lyon 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 1702
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 588 Weber, Nicole (1648) Won 2-0 +171719
2sealed 344 Mery, Boris (1455) Won 2-0 +131732
3sealed 152 Prophete, Nicolas (1535) Lost 1-2 -211711
4sealed 522 Buszkiewicz, Marek (1417) Won 2-0 +121723
5sealed 219 Patois, Yves (1636) Won 2-0 +171740
6sealed 148 Lihoreau, Ibai (1431) Lost 0-2 -241716
7sealed 193 Glasner, Richard (1603) Won 2-0 +161732
8sealed 254 Wafo-Tapa, Bruno (1579) Lost 0-0 -201712
top average opponent: 1538record: 5-3 new rating: 1712

Grand Prix Paris 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1719
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 359 Grabowski, Alexandre (1499) Won 2-0 +141733
2standard 245 Fortier, Remi (1751) Won 2-0 +181751
3standard 243 Filatriau, Franck (1563) Won 2-1 +151766
4standard 93 Saiyasely, Liking (1735) Lost 1-2 -191747
5standard 208 Guesnel, Quentin (1407) Lost 1-2 -241723
6standard 395 Delille, Quentin (1521) Lost 0-2 -211702
top average opponent: 1579record: 3-3 new rating: 1702

Grand Prix London 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1737
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 346 Valkamaa, Sami (1682) Won 2-1 +171754
3sealed 205 Sabel, Dion (1583) Lost 1-2 -211733
4sealed 506 Toffolo, Nathan (1516) Won 2-1 +141747
5sealed 384 Aston, Chris (1545) Lost 1-2 -221725
6sealed 344 Groeh, Andreas (1576) Won 2-0 +161741
7sealed 375 Weber, Nicole (1539) Lost 1-2 -221719
top average opponent: 1573record: 3-3 new rating: 1719

Grand Prix Lyon 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1727
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 160 Ferenc, Turcsanyi (1529) Won 2-1 +151742
2modern 149 Pierrot, Alexandre (1483) Draw 1-1 -51737
3modern 111 Kelterbaum, Morgane (1537) Won 2-1 +141751
4modern 100 Castillan, Julien (1516) Won 2-0 +141765
5modern 50 de Graat, Julien (1582) Won 2-0 +151780
6modern 30 Etourneaud, Eric (1508) Lost 0-2 -231757
7modern 65 Calzolari, Lorenzo (1643) Lost 0-2 -201737
top average opponent: 1542record: 4-2-1 new rating: 1737

Grand Prix Manchester 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 478 Berkemeier, Christian (1653) Won 2-1 +171725
3sealed 457 Ipsen, Kristian Kjolle (1536) Won 2-1 +141739
4sealed 481 Terrier, Lucas (1623) Lost 1-2 -201719
5sealed 490 Cannistraro, Michael (1695) Won 2-0 +181737
6sealed 425 Doropoulos, Konstantinos (1445) Won 2-0 +131750
7sealed 437 Soumet, Arnaud (1669) Lost 0-2 -201730
8sealed 437 Bernabeu-Edo, Jesus (1717) Lost 0-2 -181712
9sealed 589 Savage, Jason (1566) Won 2-0 +151727
top average opponent: 1613record: 5-3 new rating: 1727

Grand Prix Lille 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1703
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 63 Devriesere, David (1519) Draw 1-1 -31700
2standard 187 Yu, Shao-Chi (1545) Won 2-1 +151715
3standard 129 Turek, Nicolas (1414) Lost 0-2 -231692
4standard 258 Catonne, Hadrien (1502) Won 2-1 +141706
5standard 184 Chica, Alexandru V (1526) Won 2-0 +151721
6standard 126 Descamps, Benjamin (1530) Won 2-1 +151736
7standard 78 Gilloppe, Damien (1484) Lost 0-2 -231713
8standard 127 Pilartz, Nicolas (1548) Lost 0-2 -211692
9standard 153 Gameiro, Kevin-Romain (1560) Won 2-1 +161708
top average opponent: 1514record: 5-3-1 new rating: 1708

Pro Tour Dark Ascension (DKA standard) starting rating: 1780
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 163 Chapin, Patrick (1980) Lost 0-2 -141766
2standard 114 Egan, Isaac (1829) Lost 1-2 -171749
3standard 218 Khodasevich, Egor (1632) Lost 0-2 -201729
4standard 213 Valkamaa, Sami (1738) Lost 0-2 -181711
5standard 210 Ronnkvist, Per (1574) Lost 1-2 -211690
6draft 110 Haussmann, Phil (1625) Won 2-1 +171707
7draft 104 Steiner, Stefan (1557) Won 2-0 +151722
8draft 166 Kiwanont, Sukhum (1652) Lost 1-2 -191703
top average opponent: 1698record: 2-6 new rating: 1703

Grand Prix Barcelona 2011 (MBS standard) starting rating: 1777
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 48 Navarro Garcia, Javier (1518) Lost 1-2 -231754
3standard 138 Galera, Angel A. (1468) Won 2-0 +131767
4standard 151 Moreira Samon, Pau (1441) Won 2-0 +121779
5standard 50 Lansou, Vincent (1562) Lost 1-2 -221757
6standard 136 Shunkov, Valeriy (1547) Won 2-0 +141771
7standard 96 Dorle, Anthony (1652) Won 2-0 +161787
8standard 61 van der Beek, Johan (1568) Lost 0-2 -221765
9standard 72 Mauri, David (1582) Won 2-0 +151780
top average opponent: 1542record: 5-3 new rating: 1780

Grand Prix Paris 2011 (MBS limited) starting rating: 1751
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 516 Epting, Patrick (1500) Won 2-0 +141765
2sealed 587 Box, Jesper (1556) Won 2-0 +141779
3sealed 609 Brendemuhl, Bernd (1678) Lost 0-2 -201759
4sealed 726 Pinchon, Pierre (1797) Won 2-0 +191778
5sealed 609 Strom, Tobias (1766) Lost 0-2 -181760
6sealed 686 Roelofs, Frank (1699) Won 2-0 +171777
top average opponent: 1666record: 4-2 new rating: 1777

Grand Prix Paris 2009 (ZEN limited) starting rating: 1745
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 94 Wolff, Tobias (1515) Lost 0-2 -221723
3sealed 205 Dartois, Guillaume (1484) Won 2-0 +141737
4sealed 224 Martineau, Jerome (1538) Won 2-0 +141751
top average opponent: 1513record: 2-1 new rating: 1751

Grand Prix Barcelona 2009 (ARB standard) starting rating: 1716
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 168 Martins, Julio (1526) Won 2-1 +151731
2standard 45 Kuca, Jeremie (1518) Won 2-1 +141745
3standard 93 Garcia Blanco, Alberto (1500) Won 2-0 +141759
4standard 34 Liu Xu, Johnny (1621) Lost 0-2 -211738
5standard 152 Tuduri, Ricard (1655) Lost 1-2 -191719
6standard 188 Hofmann, Mike (1623) Won 2-1 +161735
7standard 132 Barbera Asin, Juan (1560) Won 2-1 +151750
8standard 90 Benzi, Luca (1618) Won 2-0 +151765
9standard 59 Otero Martinez, Ruben (1653) Lost 1-2 -201745
top average opponent: 1586record: 6-3 new rating: 1745

Grand Prix Brussels 2008 (SHM limited) starting rating: 1712
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 18 Dave, Pooja (1518) Won 2-0 +141726
3sealed 79 Brihaye, Yannick (1519) Won 2-1 +151741
4sealed 44 Grafensteiner, Daniel (1851) Won 2-1 +201761
5sealed 6 Ruel, Antoine (1846) Lost 0-2 -171744
6sealed 42 Barbier, Guillaume (1512) Lost 0-2 -221722
7sealed 84 Milis, Michael (1536) Won 0-0 +151737
8sealed 60 Carroll, Ryan R (1600) Lost 1-2 -211716
top average opponent: 1626record: 4-3 new rating: 1716

Grand Prix Strasbourg 2007 (Time Spiral block) starting rating: 1752
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 105 Picard, Nathanael (1549) Won 2-0 +141766
3block 21 Queroub, Steve (1702) Lost 1-2 -191747
4block 166 Martongelli, Umberto (1518) Won 2-0 +141761
5block 63 Ziemer, Philipp (1621) Lost 1-2 -201741
6block 150 Roman, Luc (1520) Lost 1-2 -221719
7block 146 Magnier, Aurelien (1576) Won 2-1 +151734
8block 97 Stephan, Juergen (1495) Lost 1-2 -221712
top average opponent: 1569record: 3-4 new rating: 1712

Grand Prix Toulouse 2006 (DIS limited) starting rating: 1669
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 102 Barrofet, Xavier (1456) Won 2-0 +141683
3sealed 91 Fenet, Camille (1631) Won 2-0 +171700
4sealed 23 van Ruth, Eelco (1532) Won 2-1 +151715
5sealed 3 Picard, Maxime (1568) Won 2-1 +161731
6sealed 9 Le Montagner, Mathieu (1772) Draw 1-1 01731
7sealed 8 Bonnotte, Julien (1831) Lost 1-2 -161715
8sealed 25 Marsal, Basile (1615) Won 2-1 +161731
9draft 28 Carron, Lois (1602) Won 2-0 +161747
10draft 20 Stropoli, Julien (1613) Lost 0-2 -201727
11draft 15 Rabie, Mikael (1640) Won 2-0 +161743
12draft 24 Warmenhoven, Ruud (1960) Won 2-0 +221765
13draft 16 Karsten, Frank (2053) Lost 0-2 -131752
14draft 12 Perthuis, Thibault (1667) ID 01752
top average opponent: 1688record: 8-3-2 new rating: 1752

Grand Prix Hasselt 2006 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1676
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 46 Witt, Alexander (1767) Won 2-0 +201696
3sealed 65 Mantellina, Carlo (1539) Won 2-0 +151711
4sealed 5 De Ridder, Maarten (1500) Lost 1-2 -221689
5sealed 91 Ullrich, Dirk (1559) Won 2-1 +161705
6sealed 29 Nassif, Gabriel (1877) Lost 1-2 -151690
7sealed 80 Marsman, Mark (1525) Lost 1-2 -211669
top average opponent: 1628record: 3-3 new rating: 1669

Grand Prix Lille 2005 (legacy) starting rating: 1719
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 16 Boudaoud, Hakim (1615) Lost 1-2 -201699
4legacy 65 Lamarche, Alexandre (1460) Lost 1-2 -231676
top average opponent: 1538record: 0-2 new rating: 1676

Grand Prix Nottingham 2005 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1671
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 8 De Wael, Tom (1638) Won 2-0 +181689
3sealed 12 McFeely, Matthew (1537) Lost 1-2 -211668
4sealed 91 Wollaert, Kjell (1565) Won 2-0 +161684
5sealed 73 Fitzgerald, Sean M (1474) Won 2-0 +141698
6sealed 68 Preto, Sergio (1540) Won 2-0 +161714
7sealed 15 Bornarel, Nicolas (1802) Lost 0-2 -171697
8sealed 61 Jedlicka, Stefan (1887) Won 2-0 +221719
top average opponent: 1635record: 5-2 new rating: 1719

Grand Prix Eindhoven 2005 (extended) starting rating: 1663
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 104 Michna, Michael (1536) Won 2-0 +161679
4extended 34 Johannsen, Dennis (1556) Lost 0-2 -201659
5extended 81 Gerstmayr, Werner (1509) Won 2-0 +151674
6extended 50 Fink, Johann (1742) Lost 1-2 -171657
7extended 127 Kraft, Lukas (1628) Won 2-0 +181675
8extended 86 Kasumov, Arif (1561) Won 2-0 +161691
9extended 54 De Wael, Tom (1620) Lost 0-2 -201671
top average opponent: 1593record: 4-3 new rating: 1671

Pro Tour Nagoya 2005 (COK rochester) starting rating: 1663
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 26 Evans, Murray (1666) Lost 0-2 -181645
2rochester 25 Blech, Reinhard (1753) Lost 1-2 -161629
3rochester 110 Jagereder, Andreas (1664) Won 2-1 +191648
4rochester 42 Stronguin, Michel (1488) Lost 0-2 -211627
5rochester 55 Lindgren, Tommi (1649) Won 2-1 +181645
6rochester 69 Damizet, Stephane (1641) Won 2-1 +181663
top average opponent: 1643record: 3-3 new rating: 1663

Grand Prix Paris 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1668
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 62 Py, Romain (1518) Won 2-0 +151683
3sealed 73 Salom, Michael (1535) Won 2-0 +151698
4sealed 44 Taburiaux, Boris (1554) Lost 0-2 -201678
5sealed 69 Hristov, Hristo (1485) Won 2-0 +141692
6sealed 66 Panara, Bruno (1491) Won 2-1 +141706
7sealed 50 Fornasari, Michele (1433) Lost 1-2 -221684
8sealed 73 Debroas, Philippe (1557) Lost 1-2 -211663
top average opponent: 1510record: 4-3 new rating: 1663

Grand Prix Brussels 2004 (DST standard) starting rating: 1679
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 100 Van De Brouck, Ward (1521) Won 2-0 +151694
4standard 71 Lerch, Matthias (1634) Won 2-1 +171711
5standard 35 Henke, Tobias (1645) Lost 0-2 -201691
6standard 49 Zink, Sebastian (1634) Lost 1-2 -191672
7standard 64 Pecourt, Pierre Michel (1544) Won 2-0 +161688
8standard 40 Goineau, Jerome (1550) Lost 0-2 -201668
top average opponent: 1588record: 3-3 new rating: 1668

Grand Prix Lyon 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1631
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 67 Audras, Jean-Baptiste (1536) Won 2-0 +171648
4sealed 43 Pizzoccheri, Stefano (1574) Lost 1-2 -201628
5sealed 109 Masson, Vincent (1503) Won 2-0 +161644
6sealed 58 Aubert, Florian (1562) Won 2-0 +171661
7sealed 16 Beraud, Jeremie (1579) Won 2-1 +161677
8sealed 18 Blech, Reinhard (1879) Lost 1-2 -141663
9sealed 66 Prebay, Thibault (1561) Won 2-0 +161679
10rochester 3 Arod, Christophe (1593) Won 2-0 +161695
11rochester 16 Rodriguez Vilanova, Nestor (1551) Won 2-1 +161711
12rochester 10 Gundersen, Thomas (1887) Lost 0-2 -151696
13rochester 5 da Costa Cabral, Bernardo (1880) Lost 0-2 -151681
14rochester 5 Benages, Alfred (1671) Won 2-0 +181699
15rochester 16 Rodriguez Vilanova, Nestor (1565) Lost 1-2 -201679
top average opponent: 1642record: 8-5 new rating: 1679

Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1627
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 84 Salvin, Jean Charles (1747) Won 2-1 +201647
4block 46 Karsten, Frank (1822) Lost 1-2 -151632
5block 44 Costa, Nuno (1666) Lost 1-2 -171615
6block 146 Powell, Richard (1501) Won 2-1 +161631
7block 63 Loeb, Davy (1700) Lost 1-2 -171614
8block 98 Bittner, Jacques (1583) Won 2-1 +171631
top average opponent: 1670record: 3-3 new rating: 1631

2003 European Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1556
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 66 De Sio, Jakub (1463) Won 2-1 +161572
2standard 58 Winkelmann, Horst (1584) Lost 1-2 -181554
3standard 49 Coghlan, David (1361) Lost 1-2 -211533
4rochester 121 Harle, Thomas (1521) Lost 1-2 -191514
5rochester 14 Gun, Genco (1485) Won 2-1 +181532
6rochester 24 Altrichter, Stefan (1512) Won 2-0 +181550
7rochester 93 Rusconi, Matteo (1482) Won 2-1 +161566
8rochester 122 Andrason, Hjalti (1528) Lost 0-2 -181548
9rochester 10 Ovutmen, Alp (1522) Won 2-1 +171565
10rochester 40 Menard, Antoine (1763) Lost 0-2 -141551
11standard 59 Nagy, Tamas (1498) Won 2-1 +171568
12standard 46 Baussaron, Pierre (1709) Won 2-1 +201588
13standard 33 Landgraf, Svante (1694) Won 2-1 +201608
14standard 27 Angeli, Alessio (1641) Won 2-0 +191627
top average opponent: 1554record: 9-5 new rating: 1627

Pro Tour Chicago 2003 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1592
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 9 Mabry, Chris (1539) Lost 1-2 -191573
2rochester 158 Fear, Edward (1766) Lost 1-2 -151558
4rochester 147 Franz, Eric (1563) Lost 1-2 -181540
5rochester 142 Coghlan, David (1380) Won 2-0 +161556
top average opponent: 1562record: 1-3 new rating: 1556

Grand Prix Reims 2002 (extended) starting rating: 1600
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 241 Perez Fernandez, Juan (1500) Won 2-0 +161616
2extended 43 Verhulst, Johan (1596) Lost 1-2 -181598
3extended 236 Valot, Denis (1500) Lost 1-2 -201578
4extended 266 Kohl, Nikolaus (1484) Won 2-1 +161594
5extended 246 Fabregat, Jose (1551) Won 2-1 +181612
6extended 180 Cable, Axel (1517) Lost 1-2 -201592
top average opponent: 1525record: 3-3 new rating: 1592

Grand Prix London 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1568
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 47 Purcha, Jean-Pierre (1672) Won 2-0 +201588
2block 57 Dunn, William (1517) Lost 1-2 -191569
3block 118 Bryce, Alasdair (1482) Won 2-1 +161585
4block 203 da Costa Cabral, Bernardo (1761) Won 2-0 +211606
5block 109 Hornby, William (1535) Won 2-1 +171623
6block 34 Clays, Mats (1504) Lost 1-2 -201603
7block 67 Hoglund, Kim (1530) Lost 0-2 -191584
8block 115 Oberauer, Florian (1496) Won 2-0 +161600
top average opponent: 1562record: 5-3 new rating: 1600

Grand Prix Biarritz 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1532
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 99 Samson, Florian (1518) Won 2-0 +181550
2sealed 16 Schwass, Mark (1522) Won 2-1 +171567
3sealed 62 Llopis Martinez, Paco Francisco (1769) Won 2-0 +221589
4sealed 21 Rueda, Francisco (1503) Lost 1-2 -201569
5sealed 72 Gentil, Pascal (1537) Won 2-0 +181587
6sealed 30 Arias Garcia, Jacob (1590) Lost 1-2 -181569
7sealed 54 Aguado, Saul (1568) Lost 1-2 -181551
8sealed 117 Pascal, Maxime (1518) Won 2-0 +171568
top average opponent: 1565record: 5-3 new rating: 1568

Grand Prix Warsaw 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1546
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 6 Matikiewicz, Michal (1518) Won 2-0 +181564
3block 25 Kucharski, Mariusz (1578) Won 2-1 +181582
4block 36 Osterberg, Rickard (1810) Lost 0-2 -141568
5block 38 Kolesinski, Andrzej (1535) Lost 1-2 -181550
6block 82 Pietron, Krzysztof (1518) Won 2-1 +171567
7block 35 Laur, Pierre-Alain (1727) Won 2-1 +211588
8block 44 Horecki, Tomek Goral (1528) Won 2-1 +171605
9block 13 Koberda, Maciej (1560) Lost 0-2 -191586
10block 30 Sienko, Piotr (1554) Won 2-0 +171603
11block 16 Kuhn, Janosch (1717) Lost 0-2 -151588
12block 26 Jautakis, Andrius (1553) Lost 1-2 -191569
13block 25 Pache, Roland (1553) Lost 1-2 -181551
14block 28 Fedorovich, Dmitry (1526) Lost 1-2 -191532
top average opponent: 1591record: 6-7 new rating: 1532

Grand Prix London 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 136 Poulsen, Palle (1561) Lost 1-2 -171483
3block 184 Wysong, Richard (1501) Won 2-0 +181501
4block 72 Breen, Julian (1519) Won 2-0 +191520
5block 69 Vliegenthart, Benjamin (1571) Won 2-0 +191539
6block 38 Bertelsen, Daniel Smits (1671) Won 2-0 +201559
7block 11 Mills, Mark (1554) Won 2-1 +181577
8block 15 Nassif, Gabriel (1663) ID 01577
9block 20 Doise, Jan (1695) Lost 0-2 -161561
10block 21 Martin, Quentin (1655) Lost 0-2 -161545
11block 28 Humphreys, Mark Brian (1606) Lost 1-2 -171528
12block 30 Martin, Christian [FRA] (1546) Won 2-0 +181546
13block 27 Warmenhoven, Ruud (1566) Lost 0-2 -171529
14block 27 Lloyd, Robert (1517) Won 2-1 +171546
top average opponent: 1586record: 7-5-1 new rating: 1546