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Ball, David H
Current rating: 1608

Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1640
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 407 Schwartz, Dylan (1500) Won 2-0 +151655
2standard 81 Wightman, Robert (1463) Lost 1-2 -211634
3standard 319 Torbitt, Robin (1503) Won 2-0 +151649
4standard 240 Whyte, Ailsa (1439) Lost 0-2 -211628
5standard 243 Pacholek, Marek (1536) Lost 0-2 -201608
top average opponent: 1488record: 2-3 new rating: 1608

Grand Prix Brighton 2009 (M10 limited) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 126 Nunn, Richard (1708) Lost 1-2 -181690
3sealed 162 King, James G (1531) Lost 0-2 -211669
4sealed 276 Rodway, Joe J (1482) Won 2-0 +151684
5sealed 275 Bateman, Christian (1484) Lost 0-2 -221662
6sealed 249 Van Doorsselaere, Sam (1407) Lost 0-2 -221640
top average opponent: 1522record: 1-4 new rating: 1640

Grand Prix Genoa 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1725
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 94 Soum, Julien (1642) Won 2-1 +171742
4block 19 Barth, Fabian (1500) Lost 0-2 -221720
5block 96 Mourad, Chalala (1607) Lost 1-2 -201700
6block 141 Balducci, Francesco (1520) Won 2-0 +141714
7block 113 Graefling, Beat (1554) Won 2-1 +151729
8block 32 Barbera, Giuseppe (1551) Lost 1-2 -211708
top average opponent: 1562record: 3-3 new rating: 1708

Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1633
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 69 Haberkorn, Pascal (1614) Lost 0-2 -181615
4block 85 Smith, Craig (1527) Won 2-0 +161631
5block 67 van den Broek, Victor (1776) Won 2-0 +211652
6block 63 Wolf, Jurgen (1690) Won 2-1 +181670
7block 35 Polley, David (1577) Won 2-0 +171687
8block 9 Kolb, Markus (1737) ID 01687
9block 10 de Diego, Pedro (1580) Won 2-0 +161703
10block 12 Reinderman, Dimitri (1640) Won 2-1 +171720
11block 5 Karsten, Frank (1885) Lost 0-2 -151705
12block 10 Nygaard, Nikolas (1773) Won 2-1 +191724
13block 6 Rider, Josh (1792) Lost 0-2 -171707
14block 12 Costa, Nuno (1732) Won 2-1 +181725
top average opponent: 1694record: 8-3-1 new rating: 1725

2003 European Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1661
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 58 Cerasari, Andrea (1519) Lost 0-2 -201641
2standard 132 Veral, Eray (1322) Lost 0-2 -241617
3standard 105 Curti, Andrea (1529) Won 2-1 +171634
4rochester 9 Milinkovic, Milos (1488) Won 2-0 +151649
5rochester 77 Aperghis, Dimitris (1584) Lost 0-2 -191630
6rochester 102 van de Logt, Tom (1800) Won 2-1 +211651
7rochester 81 Meraghni, Farid (1653) Lost 1-2 -181633
top average opponent: 1557record: 3-4 new rating: 1633

Pro Tour Venice 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1530
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 15 Dabkowski, Mateusz (1481) Lost 1-2 -191511
2block 100 Edbury, Richard (1688) Won 2-0 +211532
3block 54 Fischer, Adam (1631) Lost 1-2 -161516
4block 113 DeTora, Melissa (1688) Won 2-0 +211537
5block 69 Ognibene, Giovanni Maria (1570) Won 2-1 +191556
6block 72 Chan, Tiago (1746) Won 2-0 +211577
7block 33 Talim, Gary (1699) ID 01577
8block 41 Brucker, David (2058) Won 2-0 +261603
9block 14 Hassaku, Jinpei (1797) Won 2-1 +221625
10block 16 Vollebregt, Joost (1915) Lost 0-2 -131612
11block 23 Caumes, Benjamin (1960) Won 2-1 +241636
12block 12 Karsten, Frank (1748) Won 2-1 +201656
13block 13 Mitsuya, Kazuhiko (1873) Lost 0-2 -141642
14block 14 Barbero, Jose (1733) Won 2-0 +191661
top average opponent: 1756record: 9-4-1 new rating: 1661

Pro Tour Houston 2002 (extended) starting rating: 1529
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 81 Fischer, Adam (1628) Won 2-0 +201549
2extended 52 Dougherty, Robert (1985) Draw 1-1 +81557
3extended 43 Cunningham, Jeff (1994) Lost 0-2 -111546
4extended 85 Chadha, Carlos (1633) Won 2-1 +201566
5extended 54 Cuomo, Dario (1600) Lost 0-2 -181548
6extended 88 Madsen, Kenneth (1498) Draw 1-1 -11547
7extended 90 Shuldiner, Allan (1560) Lost 0-2 -171530
top average opponent: 1700record: 2-3-2 new rating: 1530

Grand Prix London 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1497
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 36 Bertelsen, Daniel Smits (1682) Won 2-1 +211518
3block 51 McClare, Alastair (1536) Lost 0-2 -171501
4block 117 Jenkins, Dan (1503) Draw 1-1 01501
5block 153 Lacan, Eric (1478) Won 2-1 +171518
6block 93 Loh, Mark (1547) Won 2-1 +191537
7block 60 Johannsen, Dennis (1554) Won 2-1 +181555
8block 34 Burden, Christopher (1598) Won 2-0 +191574
9block 29 Ranque, Wilfried (1723) Won 2-1 +211595
10block 17 Minieri, Dario (1857) Lost 0-2 -141581
11block 23 Shinkins, Stewart (1727) Lost 1-2 -151566
12block 23 Fries, Stefan (1517) Lost 0-2 -191547
13block 29 Easton, Steve (1565) Lost 0-2 -181529
top average opponent: 1607record: 6-5-1 new rating: 1529

Pro Tour San Diego 2002 (ODY rochester) starting rating: 1464
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 12 Krakower, Gary (1742) Won 2-1 +231487
2rochester 135 Canu, Franck (1732) Lost 1-2 -141473
3rochester 40 Reid, Kyle (1616) Lost 0-2 -151458
4rochester 155 Hoffman, Ryan (1487) Won 2-0 +181476
5rochester 17 Sigrist, Mike (1633) Lost 0-2 -151461
6rochester 54 Vogelheim, Thorsten (1478) Won 2-1 +181479
7rochester 101 Harper, Matthew (1470) Won 2-0 +181497
top average opponent: 1594record: 4-3 new rating: 1497

Grand Prix London 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1451
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 134 Moore, Stephen (1500) Won 2-0 +191470
2block 53 Verhulst, Johan (1559) Won 2-1 +201490
3block 38 Ormerod, John (2032) Lost 0-2 -91481
4block 109 O'Donnell, Tim (1411) Won 2-1 +171498
5block 62 Schneiders, Felix (1538) Lost 0-2 -181480
6block 119 Devos, Carl (1555) Lost 0-2 -161464
top average opponent: 1599record: 3-3 new rating: 1464

Grand Prix Manchester 2000 (INV limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 4 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Steven (1770) Lost 1-2 -131487
5sealed 52 Prosper, Philippe (1462) Lost 1-2 -191468
6sealed 57 Burden, Christopher (1521) Lost 0-2 -171451
top average opponent: 1584record: 0-3 new rating: 1451