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Benages, Alfred
Current rating: 1942 (#331)

Grand Prix Krakow 2019 (M20 limited) starting rating: 1846
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 391 Kaminek, Petr (1752) Won 2-1 +161862
2sealed 365 Park, Sangwook (1750) Lost 1-2 -201842
3sealed 406 Kovacs, Gabor (1343) Lost 1-2 -261816
4sealed 409 Bazrafkan, Nima (1482) Won 2-0 +121828
5sealed 267 Alves, Jose (1565) Won 2-1 +131841
6sealed 206 Baudys, Ondrej (1806) Won 2-0 +181859
7sealed 286 Superson, Dawid (1579) Won 2-1 +131872
8sealed 257 Hillemans, Jeroen (1546) Won 2-0 +121884
10draft 331 Ratilainen, Tomi (1721) Won 2-1 +151899
11draft 379 Vanek, Jiri (1917) Lost 0-2 -181881
12draft 379 Tedeschi, Davide (1649) Won 2-0 +141895
13draft 326 Levy, Olivier (1915) Won 2-1 +191914
14draft 387 Polkowski, Grzegorz (1696) Won 2-1 +141928
15draft 376 Marczewski, Grzegorz (1694) Won 2-1 +141942
top average opponent: 1673record: 11-3 new rating: 1942

Grand Prix Turin 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1851
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 190 Goffi, Davide (1500) Won 2-0 +121863
2sealed 116 Fornasiero, Mattia (1480) Won 2-1 +121875
3sealed 247 Spoerk, Markus (1752) Lost 0-2 -211854
4sealed 202 Breviglieri, Massimo (1505) Won 2-0 +121866
5sealed 137 Maiocco, Marco (1739) Lost 0-2 -201846
6sealed 191 Grabnar, Tomaz (1519) Won 2-0 +121858
7sealed 128 Battistuzzi, Nicolo (1597) Lost 1-2 -221836
8sealed 213 Magnani, Matteo (1402) Won 2-1 +101846
top average opponent: 1562record: 5-3 new rating: 1846

Grand Prix Madrid 2015 (ORI limited) starting rating: 1765
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 440 Malkov, Andrey (1529) Won 2-0 +141779
2sealed 111 Gil, Enrique (1518) Won 2-1 +131792
3sealed 208 Steinborn, Robin (1814) Lost 1-2 -171775
4sealed 387 Ortiz de Zarate, Javier (1598) Won 2-1 +141789
5sealed 84 Francisco Andres, Pere (1541) Lost 1-2 -221767
6sealed 246 Creston, Juan (1517) Won 2-1 +141781
7sealed 177 Pinto, Goncalo (1836) Won 2-0 +191800
8sealed 109 Rausch, Oliver (1914) Won 2-0 +201820
9sealed 121 Alami Merroun Khlifi, Sidi Mohamed (1572) Won 2-1 +131833
10draft 16 De La Pena Fernandez, Jesus (1590) Won 2-1 +141847
11draft 23 Fernandez Martin, Cesar (1658) Won 2-0 +141861
12draft 31 Ojeda, Ivan (1637) Won 2-1 +141875
13draft 2 Rodrigues, Jose (1721) Won 2-1 +161891
14draft 62 Coimbra, Andre (1977) Lost 1-2 -171874
15draft 23 Hauser, Valentin (1608) Lost 0-2 -231851
top average opponent: 1669record: 11-4 new rating: 1851

Grand Prix Valencia 2013 (THS limited) starting rating: 1757
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 199 Lin, Jinchu (1481) Won 2-0 +131770
2sealed 36 Von Kalkstein, Christian (1834) Lost 1-2 -171753
3sealed 352 Navarro Lozano, Miguel Angel (1583) Won 2-1 +151768
4sealed 231 Navacerrada Torras, Josep Albert (1534) Won 2-1 +141782
5sealed 128 Corwood, James (1514) Won 2-1 +131795
6sealed 72 Alcubilla, Nicolas (1532) Lost 0-2 -221773
7sealed 207 Garcia, Juan Antonio (1645) Won 2-1 +151788
8sealed 68 Bleys, Tony (1499) Lost 1-2 -231765
top average opponent: 1578record: 5-3 new rating: 1765

Grand Prix London 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1761
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 193 Karlsson, Rasmus (1500) Won 2-0 +131774
2sealed 432 Corwood, James (1427) Won 2-1 +121786
3sealed 187 Young, Paul (1574) Lost 0-2 -221764
4sealed 521 Klauser, Benedikt (1851) Lost 0-2 -161748
5sealed 442 Heng, Chin (1475) Won 2-1 +131761
6sealed 293 Costa, Nuno (1784) Lost 0-2 -181743
7sealed 537 Neri, Sidney (1500) Won 2-1 +141757
top average opponent: 1587record: 4-3 new rating: 1757

Grand Prix Moscow 2012 (M13 limited) starting rating: 1703
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 85 Kitavin, Dima (1500) Won 2-0 +141717
2sealed 126 Kochurov, Andrey (1630) Won 2-1 +171734
3sealed 26 Pedchenko, Mikhail (1536) Won 2-1 +141748
4sealed 38 Enduraev, Pavel (1561) Won 2-0 +151763
5sealed 23 Bornelov, Susanne (1600) Won 2-1 +151778
6sealed 4 Cifka, Stanislav (1924) Won 2-0 +211799
7sealed 4 Nikitin, Dmitry (1879) Won 2-0 +191818
8sealed 4 Sciesinski, Marcin (1799) Lost 0-2 -181800
9sealed 6 Krautmann, Wenzel (1660) Lost 0-2 -211779
10draft 8 Dolmatov, Dmitry (1662) Won 2-1 +161795
11draft 24 Takeda, Hiroki (1654) Lost 1-2 -201775
12draft 51 Telipko, Sergey (1617) Lost 0-2 -211754
13draft 53 Pomazkov, Alexander (1544) Won 2-1 +141768
14draft 43 Filimonov, Alexey (1584) Won 2-1 +151783
15draft 32 Shalashov, Artem (1570) Lost 0-2 -221761
top average opponent: 1648record: 10-5 new rating: 1761

Grand Prix Brighton 2009 (M10 limited) starting rating: 1766
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 72 Verovski, Serge (1557) Lost 1-2 -221744
4sealed 221 Nauer, Gerry (1518) Lost 0-2 -221722
5sealed 228 Vieren, Peter (1682) Lost 0-2 -191703
top average opponent: 1586record: 0-3 new rating: 1703

Grand Prix Barcelona 2009 (ARB standard) starting rating: 1768
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 101 Vieira, Hugo (1518) Lost 1-2 -221746
4standard 214 Escamilla Manas, Antonio (1449) Won 2-0 +121758
5standard 121 Ruggeri, Christian (1550) Won 2-0 +151773
6standard 54 Varady, Balazs (1563) Won 2-1 +141787
7standard 18 Sele, Yves (1850) Won 2-0 +191806
8standard 27 Vazquez, Francisco Fidel (1686) Lost 1-2 -201786
9standard 41 Sokolowski, Konrad (1670) Lost 0-2 -201766
top average opponent: 1612record: 4-3 new rating: 1766

Grand Prix Madrid 2008 (EVE limited) starting rating: 1816
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 119 Ayuso Galan, Diego (1449) Lost 0-2 -251791
3sealed 132 Janak, Tomas (1498) Lost 1-2 -231768
top average opponent: 1473record: 0-2 new rating: 1768

Pro Tour Prague 2006 (DIS draft) starting rating: 1817
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 196 Heitzmann, Russell (1500) Won 2-0 +121829
2draft 40 Rohner, Adriano (1866) Won 2-0 +191848
3draft 33 Maaten, Rogier (1860) Won 2-0 +181866
4draft 201 Al-Bacha, Wesimo (1937) Lost 1-2 -161850
5draft 62 Osawa, Takuya (1861) Lost 1-2 -181832
6draft 77 Oiso, Masashi (1931) Lost 0-2 -161816
top average opponent: 1826record: 3-3 new rating: 1816

Grand Prix Nottingham 2005 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1715
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 76 Benzarti, Jonas (1521) Won 2-0 +141729
3sealed 9 Mitsios, Johannes (1636) Lost 1-2 -201709
4sealed 159 Cornet, Yves (1415) Won 2-1 +131722
5sealed 67 Polukejevs, Vitalijs (1478) Won 2-1 +141736
6sealed 46 McKeon, Robert (1573) Won 2-0 +151751
7sealed 33 Vanrie, Dirk (1500) Won 2-1 +131764
8sealed 25 Long, Darragh (1614) Won 2-1 +161780
9draft 8 Bonnotte, Julien (1686) Won 2-1 +161796
10draft 24 Malin, Antti (2013) Won 2-1 +221818
11draft 12 Pinkster, Wilco (1871) Lost 0-2 -171801
12draft 6 Ta, Luc (1818) Won 2-1 +181819
13draft 5 West, Nicholas (1712) Won 2-1 +161835
14draft 3 Heeswijk, Roel (1706) ID 01835
Qdraft Reich, Philip (1830) Lost 1-2 -181817
top average opponent: 1669record: 10-3-1 new rating: 1817

Grand Prix Paris 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1667
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 20 Ferretti, Elie (1570) Lost 0-2 -191648
4sealed 167 Mayeur, Michael (1518) Lost 0-2 -211627
5sealed 195 Grass, Sebastien (1497) Won 2-0 +161643
6sealed 164 Mary, Florian (1522) Won 2-0 +161659
7sealed 89 Bakouche, Paul (1598) Won 2-0 +171676
8sealed 71 Will, Robert (1837) Won 2-0 +211697
9sealed 24 Lindgren, Tommi (1691) Won 2-0 +181715
top average opponent: 1605record: 5-2 new rating: 1715

Grand Prix Vienna 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1657
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 32 Wiltsch, Martin (1578) Lost 1-2 -191638
4sealed 154 Wudarski, Filip (1517) Won 2-0 +161654
5sealed 76 Eidam, Martin (1492) Lost 0-2 -211633
6sealed 144 Katic, Filip (1537) Won 2-0 +161649
7sealed 154 Ghini, Davide (1672) Won 2-0 +181667
8sealed 119 Huttenberger, Christian (1512) Won 2-0 +161683
9sealed 74 Jedlicka, Stefan (1839) Lost 1-2 -161667
top average opponent: 1593record: 4-3 new rating: 1667

Grand Prix Madrid 2004 (DST limited) starting rating: 1675
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 32 Garcia Lopez, David Miguel (1551) Won 2-1 +161691
4sealed 112 Chan, Tiago (1707) Lost 0-2 -181673
5sealed 167 Hilty, Frederic (1664) Won 2-1 +181691
6sealed 121 Wiegersma, Jelger (1955) Lost 0-2 -131678
7sealed 153 Alberti, Valentin (1547) Lost 0-2 -211657
top average opponent: 1685record: 2-3 new rating: 1657

Grand Prix Lyon 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1590
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 184 Barberet, Stephane (1517) Won 2-1 +171607
3sealed 99 Ragull, Guillem (1495) Lost 0-2 -211586
4sealed 186 Cormier, Anthony (1518) Won 2-1 +171603
5sealed 119 Olszak, Michael (1514) Won 2-0 +171620
6sealed 96 Lefranc, Florent (1748) Won 2-0 +201640
7sealed 19 Richard, Laurent (1547) Won 2-0 +161656
8sealed 13 Zatlkaj, Matej (1756) Won 2-0 +201676
9sealed 19 Soubrie, Gregoire (1660) Won 2-1 +181694
10rochester 22 Labarre, Nicolas (1982) Lost 0-2 -131681
11rochester 10 Remie, Jeroen (2043) Lost 0-2 -121669
12rochester 23 Jeudon, Florent (1916) Won 2-0 +231692
13rochester 26 Rodriguez Vilanova, Nestor (1557) Lost 1-2 -211671
14rochester 5 Payen, Laurent (1681) Lost 0-2 -181653
15rochester 26 Haim, Christophe (1864) Won 2-1 +221675
top average opponent: 1700record: 9-5 new rating: 1675

Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1552
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 83 Dragstra, Mark (1536) Won 2-1 +171569
3block 50 Kamola, Konrad (1491) Won 2-1 +171586
4block 48 Blazquez, David (1570) Draw 1-1 01586
5block 37 Canu, Franck (1876) Lost 0-2 -131573
6block 80 Mellaerts, Damien (1623) Won 2-0 +191592
7block 46 Dent, Adam (1549) Won 2-1 +171609
8block 27 McNally, Sean (1554) Lost 0-2 -191590
top average opponent: 1600record: 4-2-1 new rating: 1590

Grand Prix Seville 2003 (LGN limited) starting rating: 1547
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 47 Cid Fernandez, Daniel (1572) Won 2-0 +181565
3sealed 102 Garcia, Jose Rodrigo (1535) Lost 1-2 -181547
4sealed 123 Fegert, Klaus (1500) Won 2-1 +171564
5sealed 68 Mello, Patrick (1946) Draw 1-1 +71571
6sealed 100 Matos, Julio (1509) Lost 0-2 -191552
top average opponent: 1612record: 2-2-1 new rating: 1552

Grand Prix Reims 2002 (extended) starting rating: 1489
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 251 Zagdoun, Alexandre (1500) Won 2-0 +181507
2extended 197 Fenu, Davide (1481) Won 2-0 +181525
3extended 115 Scholz, Florian (1513) Draw 1-1 01525
4extended 98 Locard, Olivier (1474) Won 2-0 +171542
5extended 48 Holzweiss, Ralf (1648) Won 2-1 +201562
6extended 22 Lauriol, Sylvain (1718) Lost 0-2 -161546
7extended 65 Aouidad, Karim (1574) Won 2-0 +191565
8extended 40 Nguyen, Florent (1572) Lost 1-2 -181547
top average opponent: 1560record: 5-2-1 new rating: 1547

Grand Prix Barcelona 2002 (TOR limited) starting rating: 1487
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 141 Moragon, Francesc (1500) Won 2-0 +191506
2sealed 81 Rabionet Janssen, Raul (1517) Won 2-1 +181524
3sealed 22 Choffat, Patrice (1557) Lost 0-2 -181506
4sealed 174 Castella, Pol Santamaria (1556) Lost 0-2 -171489
5sealed 162 Cerda, Miguel (1479) Won 2-0 +181507
6sealed 177 Ruiz, Jose-Luis (1502) Lost 1-2 -181489
top average opponent: 1518record: 3-3 new rating: 1489

Grand Prix Biarritz 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1439
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 153 Dominguez, Alex (1512) Won 2-1 +191458
2sealed 48 Sequeira, Ricardo (1574) Lost 1-2 -161442
3sealed 125 Roland, Renaud (1501) Lost 0-2 -171425
4sealed 182 Dedios Garcia, Christophe (1420) Won 2-1 +181443
5sealed 159 Garcia, Urko (1499) Won 2-0 +191462
6sealed 131 Paiva, Carlos (1566) Won 2-0 +201482
7sealed 51 Canu, Franck (1721) Lost 0-2 -141468
8sealed 84 ABOSCAL, Iker (1523) Won 2-0 +191487
top average opponent: 1540record: 5-3 new rating: 1487

Grand Prix Valencia 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1471
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 14 Marques, Hugo (1534) Lost 0-2 -161455
5sealed 52 Huerta, Pablo (1641) Won 2-1 +211476
6sealed 36 Rodrigo, Jorge (1556) Lost 1-2 -171459
7sealed 55 Curto Vives, Xavi (1768) Won 2-0 +241483
9draft 31 Nunes, Goncalo (1646) Won 2-0 +211504
10draft 26 Puig, Antoni (1532) Lost 1-2 -181486
11draft 26 Caetano, Ruben (1648) Lost 0-1 -151471
12draft 30 Plaumann, Rainer (1547) Lost 1-2 -161455
13draft 31 Vericat Vidal, Sergi (1569) Lost 1-2 -161439
top average opponent: 1605record: 3-6 new rating: 1439

Grand Prix Porto 2000 (PCY limited) starting rating: 1446
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 73 Concalves, Eduard (1500) Won 2-0 +191465
2sealed 45 Dias, Jorge (1518) Won 2-0 +191484
3sealed 24 Steinsdoerfer, Daniel (1589) Lost 0-2 -161468
4sealed 93 Cacueiro, Daniel (1518) Won 0-0 +191487
5sealed 72 Vicente Diaz, Daniel (1616) Lost 0-2 -161471
top average opponent: 1548record: 3-2 new rating: 1471

Grand Prix Madrid 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1433
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 13 Aguado, Saul (1534) Won 2-0 +191452
2extended 5 Morales, Jose (1519) Draw 1-1 +21454
3extended 51 Davila, Rafael (1518) Won 2-0 +191473
4extended 35 Cobo, Borja (1518) Won 2-0 +191492
5extended 12 Millan, Manuel (1551) Won 1-0 +191511
6extended 6 Ruel, Olivier (1661) Lost 0-2 -161495
7extended 24 Holzweiss, Ralf (1536) Won 2-0 +191514
8extended 10 Vitali, Andrea (1551) Lost 1-2 -171497
9extended 23 Sierra, David (1522) Lost 0-1 -181479
10extended 27 Simon, Marco (1571) Lost 1-2 -161463
11extended 29 Julve, Javier (1539) Lost 0-2 -171446
top average opponent: 1547record: 5-5-1 new rating: 1446

Grand Prix Milan 1999 (Urza's block) starting rating: 1447
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 141 Peruzzo, Maurizio (1500) Won 2-0 +191466
2block 19 Isijanov, Kolja (1518) Lost 0-2 -171449
3block 162 Dumay, Alexis (1425) Lost 0-2 -181431
4block 172 Scorpellimo, Luca (1482) Lost 1-2 -171414
5block 185 Pancini, Marco (1464) Won 2-0 +191433
top average opponent: 1478record: 2-3 new rating: 1433

Grand Prix Barcelona 1999 (USG sealed) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 86 Lopez, Rodrigo (1500) Lost 0-0 -181482
3sealed 126 Curto Vives, Xavi (1482) Lost 0-0 -181464
4sealed 153 Garcia, Julio [ESP] (1500) Lost 0-0 -171447
5sealed 166 Taylor, Alejandro (1482) Draw 0-0 01447
top average opponent: 1491record: 0-3-1 new rating: 1447