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Benafel, Chris
Current rating: 1965 (#230)

MagicCon Las Vegas 2023 Limited Open (WOE limited) starting rating: 1981
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 3518 Konieczny, Kenneth (1522) Won 2-1 +101991
2sealed 3132 Williams, David A (1718) Lost 1-2 -231968
3sealed 3352 Hall, Dylan (1573) Won 2-1 +111979
4sealed 3197 Kong, Peter (1532) Won 2-0 +111990
5sealed 3152 Lambert, Eric (1488) Won 2-0 +91999
6sealed 3122 Sherman, Sam (1882) Lost 0-2 -201979
7sealed 3153 McNamara, Dylan (1495) Won 2-0 +101989
8sealed 3125 Abela, Andrew (1656) Lost 1-2 -241965
top average opponent: 1608record: 5-3 new rating: 1965

Grand Prix Reno 2020 (THB limited) starting rating: 2026
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 78 Brown, Aaron (1647) Won 2-0 +122038
2sealed 153 Trainor, Micah (1459) Won 2-1 +82046
3sealed 62 Young, Michael M (1611) Won 2-1 +112057
4sealed 64 Dao, Phu (1775) Lost 0-2 -232034
5sealed 45 Salguero, Christopher (1505) Lost 0-2 -272007
6sealed 134 Childers, Kenneth (1522) Lost 0-2 -261981
top average opponent: 1587record: 3-3 new rating: 1981

Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch (modern) starting rating: 2062
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 165 Snepvangers, Bram (1725) Won 2-1 +122074
2draft 59 Schneider, Justin (1866) Lost 0-2 -222052
3draft 112 He, Yue (1538) Won 2-1 +102062
4modern 27 Wu, Allen (1805) Lost 1-2 -232039
5modern 126 Webster, Aaron (1829) Lost 1-2 -222017
6modern 131 Burkhart, Corey (2047) Won 2-1 +192036
7modern 87 Dezani, Jeremy (1982) Lost 1-2 -192017
8modern 125 Bifero, Francesco (1526) Won 2-0 +92026
top average opponent: 1790record: 4-4 new rating: 2026

Grand Prix Mexico City 2016 (OGW limited) starting rating: 2055
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 270 Castillo Trujillo, Eduardo (1433) Won 2-0 +82063
2sealed 82 Rodriguez Gomez, Iran (1446) Won 2-0 +82071
3sealed 116 Rodriguez Lobato, Joaquin Antonio (1500) Won 2-1 +92080
4sealed 15 Sclauzero, Joseph (1941) Lost 1-2 -212059
5sealed 57 Arrieta, Salvador (1557) Won 2-0 +102069
6sealed 34 Isaacs, Jason (1604) Lost 0-2 -262043
7sealed 61 Strautz, Marcel (1611) Won 2-0 +112054
8sealed 86 Maza Pimienta, Carlos Gabriel (1526) Won 2-0 +92063
9sealed 45 Buchner, Hans (1602) Won 2-1 +102073
10draft 69 Haro Pina, Alexis 0500 (1596) Lost 0-2 -262047
11draft 10 Hernandez-Santamaria, Victor (1561) Won 0-0 +102057
12draft 88 Ortega, Carlos (1590) Won 2-0 +102067
13draft 8 Ponce Franco, Jose Manuel (1597) Won 2-0 +102077
14draft 8 Cascante Marin, Paolo (1596) Lost 0-2 -262051
15draft 8 Silva, Dagoberto (1661) Won 2-1 +112062
top average opponent: 1588record: 11-4 new rating: 2062

Grand Prix Atlanta 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 2008
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 215 Goins, John (1394) Won 2-1 +82016
2sealed 297 Craddock, William (1841) Won 2-0 +152031
3sealed 241 Pritt, Gary (1528) Won 2-0 +102041
4sealed 112 Mahaffey, Mike (1461) Won 2-0 +82049
5sealed 25 Castro Saa, Eduardo (1673) Won 2-1 +122061
6sealed 24 Andress, Nathan (1825) Won 2-0 +142075
7sealed 14 Meyer, Benjamin (1722) Lost 0-2 -252050
8sealed 26 Clutter, Matt (1701) Won 2-0 +122062
9sealed 46 Frederick, Jacob (1741) Won 2-1 +132075
10draft 5 Majors, Michael (2075) Lost 1-2 -182057
11draft 6 Young, Ryan (1888) Won 2-0 +152072
12draft 6 Chen, Chao (1867) Lost 1-2 -222050
13draft 57 Ogreenc, Greg (1754) Lost 0-2 -232027
14draft 75 Seck, Ben (1779) Won 2-0 +132040
15draft 74 Williams, David A (1878) Won 2-0 +152055
top average opponent: 1742record: 11-4 new rating: 2055

Grand Prix Madison 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 1826
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 522 Kha, Xeeyee (1428) Won 2-0 +111837
2sealed 137 Stephan, Christopher (1518) Won 2-0 +121849
3sealed 17 Medvedev, Dmitry (1623) Won 2-1 +141863
4sealed 106 Haussmann, Phil (1724) Won 2-0 +161879
5sealed 20 Johnson-Epstein, Jasper (2002) Won 2-1 +201899
6sealed 40 Lantto, Magnus (2036) Lost 0-2 -151884
7sealed 120 Sigrist, Mike (2177) Won 2-0 +231907
8sealed 16 Rolph, Sam-Luca (1857) Won 2-0 +171924
9sealed 37 Gascoyne, Evan (1609) Won 2-1 +121936
10draft 82 Dalke, Cody (1640) Won 2-1 +131949
11draft 84 Maine, Andrew (1767) Lost 1-2 -211928
12draft 29 Hottmann, Alex (2021) Won 2-0 +201948
13draft 62 Turtenwald, Owen (2083) Won 2-1 +201968
14draft 76 Boussaud, Eliott (2069) Won 2-1 +201988
15draft 67 Blohon, Lukas (2135) Won 2-0 +202008
top average opponent: 1846record: 13-2 new rating: 2008

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (2) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1739
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 41 Crockett, Jackson (1535) Won 2-0 +141753
4sealed 5 Dulak, David (1676) Won 2-1 +171770
5sealed 22 Velasquez, Gonzalo (1536) Won 2-1 +141784
6sealed 10 Shutov, Mike (1561) Won 2-0 +141798
7sealed 9 Kou, Conor (1612) Lost 1-2 -221776
8sealed 31 Cheon, Paul (2006) Won 2-0 +221798
9sealed 6 Romero, Henry (1963) Lost 1-2 -151783
11draft 7 Steinfeld, Alexander (1739) Won 2-1 +181801
12draft 22 McFarland, James (1619) Won 2-0 +141815
13draft 109 O'Brien, Matt (1770) Won 2-0 +171832
14draft 2 Shade, Richard (1671) Won 2-0 +161848
15draft 6 Dziengelewski, Austin (1651) Lost 1-2 -221826
top average opponent: 1695record: 9-3 new rating: 1826

Grand Prix San Diego 2011 (ISD limited) starting rating: 1780
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 515 Jason M., (1536) Won 2-1 +131793
3sealed 466 Gasgonia, Benedict (1536) Won 2-0 +141807
4sealed 464 Webster, Harry (1556) Lost 1-2 -231784
5sealed 494 Temple, Keith (1519) Lost 1-2 -231761
6sealed 521 Tuttle, Brad (1507) Lost 1-2 -221739
top average opponent: 1531record: 2-3 new rating: 1739

Grand Prix Atlanta 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1766
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 119 Shapiro, Jeremy (1712) Lost 0-2 -191747
4sealed 170 Lieberman, Jeffrey R (1518) Draw 1-1 -41743
5sealed 160 LeGear, Adam L (1473) Lost 0-2 -231720
6sealed 188 Brignon, Caleb R (1430) Won 2-0 +131733
7sealed 143 Frayman, Igor (1762) Won 2-1 +181751
8sealed 104 Stilton, Adam (1539) Won 2-0 +151766
9sealed 72 Huckaby, Kyle (1538) Won 2-0 +141780
top average opponent: 1567record: 4-2-1 new rating: 1780

Grand Prix Kansas City 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1740
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 138 Peyton, Jason (1520) Lost 0-2 -221718
3sealed 246 Bessey, Stan (1512) Won 2-1 +141732
4sealed 203 Novak, Nick (1498) Won 2-0 +141746
5sealed 82 Franson, Sean (1537) Won 2-1 +141760
6sealed 108 Terry, Richard (1558) Won 2-0 +151775
7sealed 31 Milner, John (1522) Won 2-0 +131788
8sealed 28 Miller, Ben (1552) Lost 0-2 -221766
top average opponent: 1528record: 5-2 new rating: 1766

Grand Prix Kansas City 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1770
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 63 Grossman, Jonathan (1538) Lost 1-2 -221748
4sealed 97 Smith, Josh (1546) Won 2-0 +151763
5sealed 87 Pearce, Matthew (1502) Lost 0-2 -231740
top average opponent: 1529record: 1-2 new rating: 1740

Grand Prix Detroit 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1809
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 61 Bramlett, Nathan (1532) Won 2-1 +131822
5block 36 Krieger, Nate (1573) Won 2-0 +131835
6block 15 Goodson, Tony (1512) Won 2-0 +131848
7block 7 Smerling, Lester (1674) Lost 1-2 -221826
8block 24 Clougherty, John (1689) ID 01826
9block 17 Sullivan, Adrian (1652) Lost 0-2 -211805
10block 24 Hamilton, Michael 2 (1570) Won 2-1 +141819
11block 18 Paquette, Aeo (1594) Won 2-0 +141833
12block 13 Tan, Iwan (1733) Lost 0-2 -201813
13block 18 Charnesky, Brandon (1592) Lost 1-2 -221791
14block 21 Berrios, Stephen (1640) Lost 0-2 -211770
top average opponent: 1615record: 5-5-1 new rating: 1770

Pro Tour Yokohama 2003 (LGN draft) starting rating: 1837
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 91 Wise, Gary (1907) Lost 1-2 -161821
2draft 16 da Costa, Jorge (1538) Won 2-1 +131834
3draft 63 Skjetne, Endre Helgesen (1708) Draw 1-1 -31831
5draft 48 Boeken, Noah (1695) Lost 0-2 -201811
6draft 3 Parker, Zachary (1607) Won 2-0 +141825
7draft 43 Herzog, Nicolai (1901) Lost 0-2 -161809
top average opponent: 1726record: 2-3-1 new rating: 1809

Pro Tour Venice 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1885
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 93 van der Velden, Stan (1707) Won 2-0 +141899
2block 53 Schneider, Steve (1491) Lost 0-2 -251874
3block 81 Guevin, Thomas (1875) Lost 1-2 -181856
4block 121 Warmenhoven, Ruud (1800) Lost 0-2 -191837
top average opponent: 1718record: 1-3 new rating: 1837

Grand Prix Boston 2003 (LGN limited) starting rating: 1899
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 72 Fiorillo, John (1556) Won 2-0 +121911
5sealed 26 March, Devyn (1544) Draw 1-1 -61905
6sealed 24 Rodriguez, Erik (1529) Won 2-1 +111916
7sealed 11 White, Jeremy (1658) Lost 0-2 -221894
8sealed 32 Smith, Matt (1545) Won 2-1 +111905
9sealed 18 Fear, Edward (1750) Lost 1-2 -201885
top average opponent: 1597record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1885

Pro Tour Chicago 2003 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1815
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 144 Jarman, Jimmy (1505) Won 2-0 +131828
2rochester 18 Demedts, Geert (1538) Won 2-1 +131841
3rochester 40 Bell, Markus (1893) Won 2-0 +181859
4rochester 21 Wichert, Kelly (1503) Won 2-0 +121871
5rochester 11 Eisel, Nick (1820) Lost 0-2 -191852
6rochester 132 Nassif, Gabriel (1933) Won 2-0 +201872
7rochester 52 Snepvangers, Bram (1882) Lost 0-2 -181854
8rochester 2 Quelle, Blake (1721) Won 2-1 +161870
9rochester 15 Hebert, Ruger (1594) Won 2-0 +131883
10rochester 15 Stead, Bill (1904) Won 2-1 +181901
11rochester 48 Gardelin, Jonas (1720) Lost 1-2 -211880
12rochester 28 Kibler, Brian (2003) Won 2-0 +201900
13rochester 27 Snepvangers, Bram (1910) Lost 1-2 -181882
14rochester 52 Krempels, Craig (1821) Won 2-1 +171899
top average opponent: 1768record: 10-4 new rating: 1899

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1750
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 18 Mindes, Michael (1570) Won 2-0 +151765
5sealed 11 Hegstad, Brian (1764) Draw 1-1 01765
6sealed 20 Patterson III, MacKenzie (1559) Won 2-0 +141779
7sealed 10 Swarowski, Peter (1573) Draw 1-1 -41775
8sealed 23 Weil, Noah (1807) Won 2-1 +191794
9rochester 32 Miller, Patrick (1500) Lost 0-2 -231771
10rochester 27 Muranaka, Aaron (1491) Won 2-1 +131784
11rochester 22 Quelle, Blake (1686) Won 2-0 +161800
12rochester 29 Szigeti, Peter (1706) Lost 1-2 -201780
13rochester 18 Shvartsman, Alex (1791) Won 2-1 +191799
14rochester 20 Draxler, Rory (1723) Won 2-1 +161815
top average opponent: 1652record: 7-2-2 new rating: 1815

Pro Tour Houston 2002 (extended) starting rating: 1778
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 50 Lepisto, Pekka (1563) Lost 0-2 -221756
2extended 164 Akritas, Pavlos (1606) Won 2-1 +151771
3extended 50 Sierocinski, Pawel (1742) Lost 1-2 -181753
4extended 101 Thompson, Mike (1584) Won 2-1 +141767
5extended 88 Caligaris, Gabriel (1802) Lost 0-2 -171750
top average opponent: 1659record: 2-3 new rating: 1750

Grand Prix Philadelphia 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1831
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 33 Wu, Timothy (1618) Lost 1-2 -221809
5sealed 85 Leonarczyk, James (1536) Won 2-0 +141823
6sealed 28 Krzywicki, Mike (1549) Lost 0-2 -231800
7sealed 60 Clinger, Justin (1571) Lost 1-2 -221778
top average opponent: 1568record: 1-3 new rating: 1778

2002 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1915
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 113 Minh-dot, Thai (1474) Won 2-1 +101925
2standard 2 Rossi, Simone (1530) Won 2-0 +111936
3standard 15 Napper, Josh (1540) Won 2-1 +121948
4standard 3 Lauriol, Sylvain (1737) Lost 0-2 -221926
5standard 12 Canu, Franck (1841) Lost 0-2 -201906
6standard 46 Rosati, Dante (1603) Lost 0-2 -231883
7draft 42 Zhou, Yujian (1733) Won 2-0 +151898
8draft 4 White, James T (1592) Won 2-0 +131911
9draft 25 Richards, Scott (1813) Won 2-0 +161927
10draft 93 Darras, Alexandre (1619) Lost 0-2 -241903
11draft 93 Tomcani, Jan (1726) Lost 1-2 -211882
12draft 42 Szigeti, Peter (1789) Won 2-0 +171899
13block 42 Dougherty, Robert (1911) Draw 1-1 01899
14block 36 Reutter, Juan (1621) Lost 0-2 -231876
15block 49 Fujita, Tsuyoshi (1878) Won 2-0 +181894
16block 38 Guevin, Thomas (1822) Lost 0-2 -191875
17block 50 Vaglin, Mattias (1529) Lost 0-2 -241851
18block 58 Kastle, Darwin (1782) Lost 0-2 -201831
top average opponent: 1697record: 8-9-1 new rating: 1831

Grand Prix Milwaukee 2002 (TOR standard) starting rating: 1886
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 51 Nishioka, Andrew (1598) Won 2-0 +131899
5standard 13 Wolbert Jr., John (1559) Won 2-0 +121911
6standard 26 Topham, Erik (1540) Won 2-0 +111922
7standard 21 Cassell, Steve (1548) ID 01922
8standard 17 Finn, William (1612) Won 2-0 +131935
9standard 4 Taylor, Eric (1730) Lost 1-2 -221913
10standard 7 Ziegler, Paul (1637) Won 2-0 +131926
11standard 4 Willoughby, Tom (1754) Won 2-0 +151941
12standard 4 Pustilnik, Michael (1915) Draw 1-1 -11940
13standard 4 Lempicki, Elizabeth (1696) Lost 1-2 -221918
14standard 8 Bearl, Ken (1732) Draw 1-1 -31915
top average opponent: 1665record: 6-2-3 new rating: 1915

Pro Tour Nice 2002 (TOR draft) starting rating: 1945
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 4 Ho, Ken (1967) Won 2-0 +191964
2draft 101 Lauter, Michael (1538) Won 2-0 +101974
3draft 85 Boileau, Louis (1751) Lost 1-2 -221952
4draft 161 Borek, Ales (1548) Lost 1-2 -251927
5draft 2 De Wael, Tom (1571) Won 2-0 +121939
6draft 6 Haim, Christophe (1830) Won 2-0 +161955
7draft 27 Shvartsman, Alex (1880) ID 01955
8draft 23 Major, Mike (1591) Lost 0-1 -241931
9draft 47 Lauriol, Sylvain (1738) Won 2-0 +141945
10draft 27 Huang, Jason (1644) Lost 0-2 -231922
11draft 12 Snepvangers, Bram (1859) Lost 1-2 -191903
12draft 40 Wiegersma, Jelger (1956) Lost 0-2 -171886
top average opponent: 1739record: 5-6-1 new rating: 1886

Pro Tour Nice 2002 Masters (extended) starting rating: 1943
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 14 Wise, Gary (1889) Won 2-0 +171960
2extended 7 Thoren, Jens (2119) Lost 1-2 -151945
top average opponent: 2004record: 1-1 new rating: 1945

Pro Tour Osaka 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1980
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 84 Law, Albertus Hui Chin (1977) Lost 0-2 -181962
2block 127 Weimer, Robert (1488) Lost 1-2 -261936
3block 136 Leiher, Peter (1795) Won 2-0 +161952
4block 91 Moraes, Claudio (1527) Won 2-0 +101962
5block 53 Walls, Gabe (1567) Won 2-0 +121974
6block 64 Gerhardt, Scott (1685) Draw 1-1 -61968
7block 45 Rubin, Matthew (1548) Lost 0-2 -251943
top average opponent: 1656record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1943

Grand Prix Tampa Bay 2002 (TOR limited) starting rating: 1923
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 11 Jensen, William (1919) Won 2-1 +181941
5sealed 11 Linero, Tony (1571) Won 2-0 +111952
6sealed 4 Linskey, Ed (1733) Draw 1-1 -41948
7sealed 9 Mercier, Kevin (1594) Lost 0-2 -241924
8draft 4 Aten, Timothy (1603) Lost 0-2 -231901
9draft 6 Ryder, Jake (1510) Won 2-0 +111912
10draft 23 Dougherty, Robert (1909) Won 2-0 +181930
11draft 25 Smith, Joshua (1799) Won 2-0 +151945
12draft 17 Shvartsman, Alex (2025) Won 2-0 +201965
13draft 7 Tsang, Terry (1831) Won 2-0 +151980
top average opponent: 1749record: 7-2-1 new rating: 1980

Grand Prix Heidelberg 2002 (TOR limited) starting rating: 1805
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 44 Budde, Kai (2144) Lost 1-2 -121793
5sealed 60 Fasciolo, Diego (1522) Won 2-1 +141807
6sealed 40 Maier, Gero (1698) Won 2-0 +161823
7sealed 25 Spath, Jochen (1574) Won 2-0 +131836
8sealed 15 Bisballe, Thomas (1599) ID 01836
9draft 9 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Steven (1779) Won 2-0 +171853
10draft 3 van de Logt, Tom (2006) Won 2-0 +211874
11draft 5 Malherbaud, Pierre (1844) Won 2-0 +171891
12draft 1 Vollebregt, Joost (1949) Lost 1-2 -171874
13draft 9 Sheljasov, Georg (1661) Won 2-1 +151889
14draft 8 Kozak, Stefan (1647) Won 2-1 +131902
Qdraft Wiegersma, Jelger (2023) Won 2-1 +201922
Sdraft Canu, Franck (1900) Won 2-0 +181940
Fdraft Cornelissen, Kamiel (1992) Lost 0-2 -171923
top average opponent: 1810record: 10-3-1 new rating: 1923

Pro Tour San Diego 2002 (ODY rochester) starting rating: 1841
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 71 Reeves, Neil (1695) Lost 0-2 -211820
2rochester 104 Taylor, Eric (1692) Lost 1-2 -201800
3rochester 145 Gorniak, Mariusz (1529) Won 2-0 +131813
4rochester 119 Jonsson, Anton (1894) Won 2-0 +191832
5rochester 124 Wright, Randy (1627) Draw 0-0 -31829
6rochester 34 Loubser, Pieter (1536) Lost 0-2 -241805
top average opponent: 1662record: 2-3-1 new rating: 1805

Pro Tour San Diego 2002 Masters (ODY standard) starting rating: 1858
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 8 Wiegersma, Jelger (1900) Lost 0-0 -171841
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1841

Grand Prix Houston 2002 (extended) starting rating: 1840
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 8 Silapachai, Jason (1537) Won 2-0 +131853
5extended 11 Hays, Brennan (1501) Won 2-0 +111864
6extended 2 Howell, Robert (1535) ID 01864
7extended 6 Wostal, CJ (1561) Won 2-0 +131877
8extended 3 Borteh, Alex (1917) Draw 1-1 +11878
9extended 7 Douglass, Morgan (1697) Won 2-0 +151893
10extended 4 Martell, Tom (1561) Lost 0-2 -241869
11extended 9 Freneau, Phil (1699) Draw 1-1 -31866
12extended 9 Tice, Doug (1722) Lost 0-2 -211845
13extended 15 Austin, Dal (1546) Won 2-0 +131858
top average opponent: 1628record: 5-2-3 new rating: 1858

Grand Prix Sendai 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1819
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 28 Murakami, Yuuki (Miyagi) (1518) Lost 0-2 -241795
5extended 46 Hayashi, Shinsuke (1700) Won 2-1 +171812
6extended 36 Toyoshima, Masashi (1525) Won 2-0 +131825
7extended 24 Nagaoka, Takayuki (1725) Won 2-1 +161841
8extended 10 Yokoyama, Tadashi (1776) Won 2-0 +171858
9extended 6 Adachi, Takatsugu (1655) Draw 1-1 -41854
10extended 9 Shvartsman, Alex (1849) Lost 0-2 -181836
11extended 16 Abe, Natsuki (1589) Lost 1-2 -231813
12extended 4 Yamasaki, Rintarou (1665) Draw 1-1 -21811
13extended 23 Arita, Ryuichi (1636) Won 2-0 +151826
14extended 23 Yuasa, Kentarou (1626) Won 2-0 +141840
top average opponent: 1660record: 6-3-2 new rating: 1840

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1861
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 1 Shuler, John (1500) Lost 0-1 -241837
5extended 88 Eslami, Ali (1578) Won 1-0 +131850
6extended 54 Rood, David (1619) Draw 1-1 -41846
7extended 48 Prokopin, Adam (1813) Won 2-0 +181864
8extended 25 Gerhardt, Scott (1590) Lost 1-2 -231841
9extended 30 Gresbach, Mark (1570) Draw 1-1 -51836
10extended 29 Rubin, Benjamin (1874) Lost 0-2 -171819
top average opponent: 1649record: 2-3-2 new rating: 1819

Grand Prix Hong Kong 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1888
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 11 Tong, King Yim Kingston (1587) Won 2-1 +121900
5sealed 10 Yang, Zheng Yan (1520) Lost 1-2 -241876
6sealed 22 Chang, Chih-Hsiang (1609) Lost 0-2 -231853
7rochester 7 Chung, Li Siu (1440) Won 2-0 +111864
8rochester 23 Nobushita, Jun (1624) Lost 0-2 -231841
9rochester 25 Higaki, Takao (1786) Lost 0-2 -191822
10rochester 6 Yang, Zheng Yan (1478) Won 2-0 +121834
11rochester 21 Jim, Thomas (1558) Won 2-0 +131847
12rochester 19 Chang, Chih-Hsiang (1622) Won 2-0 +141861
top average opponent: 1580record: 5-4 new rating: 1861

Pro Tour New Orleans 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1947
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 171 Dougherty, Robert (1785) Lost 0-2 -211926
2extended 116 Kikta, Mark (1439) Won 2-0 +101936
3extended 79 D'Tela, Sceadeau (1690) Lost 0-1 -231913
4extended 105 Fajardo, Luis (1483) Won 1-0 +111924
5extended 97 Tenenbaum, Amiel (1536) Won 2-0 +111935
6extended 81 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Daniel (1631) Lost 0-2 -231912
7extended 91 Benezech, Lionel (1546) Lost 1-2 -241888
top average opponent: 1587record: 3-4 new rating: 1888

Pro Tour New Orleans 2001 Masters (ODY draft) starting rating: 1905
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 15 Snepvangers, Bram (1866) Won 0-0 +171922
2draft 8 Gurney, Michael (1666) Won 0-0 +131935
Qdraft Olivieri, Nicolas (1698) Won 2-0 +141949
Sdraft Maher, Bob (1982) Won 2-1 +191968
Fdraft Pustilnik, Michael (1822) Lost 0-2 -211947
top average opponent: 1807record: 4-1 new rating: 1947

Grand Prix Montreal 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1966
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 31 Shears, Steven (1594) Lost 0-2 -251941
5sealed 55 Polin, Justin (1672) Lost 0-1 -231918
6sealed 59 Lamarre, Bertrand (1518) Won 2-0 +111929
7sealed 42 Nahmias, Jean-Philippe (1539) Lost 1-2 -241905
top average opponent: 1581record: 1-3 new rating: 1905

Grand Prix London 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 2003
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 49 Johansson, Hans (1604) Draw 1-1 -71996
5block 34 Garcia, Jonathan (1555) Won 2-1 +112007
6block 19 Bissolino, Giovanni (1659) Lost 1-2 -241983
7block 43 Ormerod, John (2019) Lost 1-2 -171966
top average opponent: 1709record: 1-2-1 new rating: 1966

Grand Prix Denver 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1989
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 45 Barnes, Joel 2 (1574) Won 2-1 +112000
5block 7 Buffi, Geno (1519) Lost 0-2 -261974
6block 42 Daley, Tim (1507) Lost 0-2 -261948
7block 57 Hakanson, Ben (1544) Won 2-0 +111959
8block 31 Jensen, William (1892) Won 2-0 +161975
9block 20 Ambrose, Justin (1522) Won 2-0 +111986
10block 14 Prokopin, Adam (1832) Won 2-1 +152001
11block 8 Kastle, Darwin (1864) Lost 0-2 -211980
12block 11 Lovell, Brian (1604) Won 2-0 +121992
13block 9 Thompson, Skylin (1623) Won 2-0 +112003
top average opponent: 1648record: 7-3 new rating: 2003

2001 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1948
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 46 Domaszewski, Krzysztof (1531) Draw 1-1 -71941
2standard 73 Zink, Daniel (1703) Draw 1-1 -41937
3standard 108 Khoo, Wei Ren (1541) Draw 1-1 -71930
4standard 111 Szabo, Lazar (1468) Draw 1-1 -81922
5standard 102 Tam, Wing Lok (1487) Won 2-0 +111933
6standard 80 Gysemans, Peter (1636) Won 2-1 +121945
7rochester 21 Richards, Scott (1608) Won 2-0 +121957
8rochester 107 Dougherty, Robert (1804) Lost 0-2 -201937
9rochester 57 Onorati, Emiliano (1477) Draw 1-1 -81929
10rochester 89 Galimbertti, Victor (1522) Won 2-1 +111940
11rochester 73 Kastle, Darwin (1802) Won 2-1 +151955
12rochester 40 Snepvangers, Bram (1843) Won 2-0 +161971
13extended 27 Nadebaum, Rob (1557) Won 2-1 +111982
14extended 18 Cornelissen, Kamiel (1943) Won 2-1 +171999
15extended 12 Gary, Justin (1928) Lost 0-2 -191980
16extended 20 Budde, Kai (2079) Lost 1-2 -161964
17extended 30 Tomse, Jakob (1683) Won 2-0 +131977
18extended 22 Perala, Jussi (1630) Won 2-1 +121989
top average opponent: 1680record: 10-3-5 new rating: 1989

Pro Tour Barcelona 2001 (PLS draft) starting rating: 1908
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 39 Godinez Estrada, Gerardo (1649) Lost 1-2 -221886
2draft 119 Freneau, Phil (1667) Won 2-0 +141900
3draft 76 Hegstad, Brian (1679) Won 2-0 +141914
4draft 14 McCarrel, Casey (1846) Won 2-0 +161930
5draft 97 Dolstra, Menno (1709) Won 2-1 +141944
6draft 123 Rush, Gary (1697) Won 2-0 +141958
7draft 7 Ellis, Chad (1745) Draw 1-1 -41954
8draft 51 Manning, Christopher (1720) Draw 1-1 -41950
9draft 54 Ellis, Chad (1731) Draw 1-1 -41946
10draft 20 Regnier, Shawn (1731) Won 2-1 +141960
11draft 4 Kastle, Darwin (1823) Won 2-0 +161976
12draft 73 Swan, Brad (1818) Lost 1-2 -211955
13draft 22 Nieminen, Tuomo (1873) Lost 1-2 -201935
14draft 42 Linde, Matt (1644) Won 2-0 +131948
top average opponent: 1738record: 8-3-3 new rating: 1948

Pro Tour Barcelona 2001 Masters (Invasion block) starting rating: 1926
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 11 Hovi, Tommi (1944) Lost 0-0 -181908
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1908

Grand Prix Detroit 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1960
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 20 Zajdner, Mark (1507) Won 2-1 +101970
5sealed 26 Breider, Aaron (1524) Won 2-0 +111981
6sealed 5 Borteh, Alex (1530) Draw 1-1 -81973
7sealed 10 Prokopin, Adam (1705) Lost 0-2 -231950
8sealed 32 Epley, Alan (1581) Lost 0-1 -241926
top average opponent: 1569record: 2-2-1 new rating: 1926

Pro Tour Tokyo 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1892
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 49 Nakamura, Kazuhiro (1465) Lost 0-2 -261866
2block 97 Gordon, Mark (1671) Won 2-1 +151881
3block 67 Mitchell, Andrew [ZAF] (1608) Won 2-0 +131894
4block 58 Jordan, Paul (1502) Lost 0-2 -251869
5block 88 Schneider, Oliver (1534) Won 2-0 +121881
6block 60 Furuta, Hiroki (1525) Won 2-1 +121893
7block 27 Sayers, Adrian (1768) Won 2-1 +161909
8block 19 Wilson, Gabriel (1829) Won 2-0 +161925
9block 7 Fleisch, Josh (1593) Won 2-1 +121937
10block 6 Sasakawa, Tomohide (1619) Won 2-1 +131950
11block 7 Chai, Royce Ming Huang (1786) Lost 0-2 -211929
12block 11 Siagian, Yohannes (1647) Won 2-0 +131942
13block 9 Snepvangers, Bram (1939) Won 2-0 +181960
14block 5 Canu, Franck (1800) Draw 1-1 -31957
Qblock Fuller, Ryan (2189) Won 3-2 +221979
Sblock Mowshowitz, Zvi (1932) Lost 1-3 -191960
top average opponent: 1713record: 11-4-1 new rating: 1960

Grand Prix Boston 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1830
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 71 Race, Allan (1554) Won 2-1 +131843
5sealed 3 Lee, Elden (1556) Won 2-0 +131856
6sealed 2 Cowley, Bruce (1688) Won 2-0 +151871
7sealed 10 Divinski, Randy (1591) Won 2-0 +131884
8sealed 4 Kastle, Darwin (1812) ID 01884
9draft 7 Rose, Kyle (1993) Lost 0-2 -161868
10draft 18 Keffer, Philip (1640) Won 2-0 +131881
11draft 9 Kastle, Darwin (1815) Won 2-0 +171898
12draft 19 Stokinger, Andrew (1698) Won 2-1 +151913
13draft 23 Vienneau, Matthew (1837) Lost 0-2 -201893
14draft 17 Maher, Bob (1959) Won 2-0 +191912
Qdraft Swan, Thomas (1751) Lost 0-2 -201892
top average opponent: 1741record: 8-3-1 new rating: 1892

Pro Tour Los Angeles 2001 (INV rochester) starting rating: 1913
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 71 Chong, Rick (1609) Lost 1-2 -231890
2rochester 146 Stark, Ben S (1626) Lost 1-2 -231867
3rochester 135 Klein, Andrew C [ZAF] (1466) Won 2-0 +111878
4rochester 67 Thicke, Michael (1492) Draw 1-1 -71871
5rochester 52 DeMaci, Chris (1550) Lost 1-2 -231848
7rochester 78 Blackwell, Trevor (1848) Lost 0-2 -181830
top average opponent: 1599record: 1-4-1 new rating: 1830

Grand Prix Amsterdam 2001 (INV limited) starting rating: 1782
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 37 Jurkovic, Robert (1554) Won 2-1 +141796
5sealed 11 Dougherty, Robert (1803) Won 2-1 +181814
6sealed 13 Vernay, Emmanuel (1576) Won 2-0 +141828
7sealed 4 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Daniel (1746) Won 2-1 +171845
8sealed 1 Doise, Jan (1585) Lost 1-2 -231822
9draft 9 Clegg, Daniel (1793) Won 2-0 +171839
10draft 5 Doise, Jan (1590) Lost 1-2 -221817
11draft 10 Karlsson, Morgan (1737) Won 2-0 +171834
12draft 8 Debard, Michael (1704) Won 2-0 +151849
13draft 4 Doise, Jan (1617) Won 2-0 +141863
14draft 3 Curto Vives, Xavi (1748) ID 01863
Qdraft Ruel, Antoine (1801) Won 2-0 +171880
Sdraft Davis, Brian (1824) Won 2-0 +171897
Fdraft Curto Vives, Xavi (1787) Won 2-0 +161913
top average opponent: 1705record: 11-2-1 new rating: 1913

Grand Prix New Orleans 2001 (INV limited) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 63 Paul, Donald (1500) Won 2-1 +141722
5sealed 11 De Rosa, Antonino (1548) Won 2-1 +151737
6sealed 13 Rush, Gary (1612) ID 01737
7sealed 9 Hubble, Bryan (1760) Won 1-0 +181755
8sealed 19 Gaffner, Andrew (1593) Draw 0-0 -31752
9draft 22 Long, Mike 2 (1772) Draw 1-1 +11753
10draft 23 Pustilnik, Michael (1910) Lost 0-2 -151738
11draft 16 Horowitz, Steve (1482) Won 2-0 +131751
12draft 14 Ellis, Randy (1649) Won 2-0 +161767
13draft 27 Bigos, Kyle (1605) Won 2-1 +151782
top average opponent: 1643record: 6-1-3 new rating: 1782

Pro Tour Chicago 2000 (INV standard) starting rating: 1759
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 68 Patnik, Michael (1500) Draw 1-1 -51754
2standard 85 Walter, Jason (1502) Lost 1-2 -221732
3standard 123 Osaka, Yusuke (1453) Won 2-0 +131745
4standard 84 Rumsey, Michael (1668) Lost 0-2 -201725
5standard 112 Ho, Lan (1752) Lost 0-2 -171708
top average opponent: 1575record: 1-3-1 new rating: 1708

Pro Tour Chicago 2000 Masters (INV draft) starting rating: 1776
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 15 Luhrs, Christian (1807) Lost 0-0 -171759
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1759

Grand Prix Phoenix 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1849
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 13 Gonzales, Roberto (1464) Won 2-1 +111860
5extended 4 Clegg, Daniel (1868) Won 2-1 +181878
6extended 4 Davis, Brian (1790) Won 2-1 +171895
7extended 2 Swarowski, Robert (1518) Lost 0-2 -251870
8extended 20 Bunsongsikul, Ped (1575) Lost 0-2 -231847
9extended 14 Osborne, James (1579) Lost 1-2 -231824
10extended 18 Harding, Philip (1531) Lost 0-2 -231801
11extended 28 Clegg, Daniel (1827) Won 2-0 +181819
12extended 20 Weber, Joe (1720) Lost 0-2 -201799
13extended 25 Robinson, Ben (1510) Lost 0-2 -231776
top average opponent: 1638record: 4-6 new rating: 1776

Grand Prix Dallas 2000 (INV limited) starting rating: 1752
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 49 Dougherty, Robert (1731) Won 2-1 +181770
5sealed 1 LePine, Mark (1767) Lost 1-2 -181752
6sealed 34 Ho, Lan (1827) Won 2-1 +191771
7sealed 9 Clark, Jeffrey 2 (1546) ID 01771
8rochester 24 Mondragon, Daniel (1602) Won 2-1 +151786
9rochester 11 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Steven (1744) Won 2-0 +181804
10rochester 11 Kuykendall, Dave (1551) Won 2-0 +131817
11rochester 23 Humpherys, David (1882) Won 2-0 +191836
12rochester 17 Vienneau, Matthew (1736) Lost 0-2 -201816
13rochester 8 Linde, Matt (1845) Won 2-0 +191835
Qrochester Stern, Dustin (1630) Won 2-0 +141849
Srochester Clegg, Daniel (1872) Won 2-0 +191868
Frochester Vienneau, Matthew (1814) Lost 2-3 -191849
top average opponent: 1734record: 9-3-1 new rating: 1849

2000 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1653
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 20 Veiga, Fernando (1500) Won 2-0 +161669
2standard 58 Zupancic, Ladislav (1460) Won 2-1 +141683
3standard 1 Preyer, Thomas (1658) Won 2-1 +171700
4standard 2 Douyama, Tsuyoshi (1563) Won 2-0 +161716
5standard 1 Vegna, Alessandro (1568) Won 2-0 +151731
6standard 4 Herms, Roc (1811) Won 2-1 +201751
7draft 12 van de Logt, Tom (1718) Lost 1-2 -191732
8draft 93 Fear, Edward (1647) Lost 1-2 -191713
9draft 86 Nitter, Eivind (1660) Won 2-0 +171730
10draft 42 Maher, Bob (1813) Lost 0-2 -171713
11draft 33 Preyer, Thomas (1686) Won 2-1 +181731
12draft 11 Hothow, Dominik (1789) Lost 1-2 -171714
13block 14 Hamon, Yann (1729) Won 2-0 +181732
14block 9 Hovi, Tommi (1896) Lost 1-2 -151717
15block 16 Barrado, Carlos (1850) Won 2-1 +201737
16block 14 Rosholm, Thomas (1606) Won 2-0 +161753
17block 7 Kuhn, Janosch (1795) Lost 0-2 -171736
18block 13 Hugi, Niklaus (1663) Won 2-1 +161752
top average opponent: 1690record: 12-6 new rating: 1752

Pro Tour New York 2000 (Masques block) starting rating: 1686
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 37 Cook, Cy (1557) Lost 1-2 -201666
2block 88 Phillips Jr., Charles (1450) Won 2-1 +141680
3block 69 Fields, Curtis (1465) Lost 0-2 -221658
4block 120 Derdak, Christoph (1576) Won 2-0 +171675
5block 89 Malka, Sol (1487) Lost 1-2 -221653
top average opponent: 1507record: 2-3 new rating: 1653

Pro Tour Los Angeles 2000 (MMQ draft) starting rating: 1508
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 103 Salazar, Frederick (1500) Won 2-0 +181526
2draft 126 Low, Devin (1570) Draw 1-1 +11527
3draft 143 Hustad, James (1539) Won 2-0 +181545
4draft 115 Van Lissum, Evan (1563) Won 2-0 +181563
5draft 32 Hofstad, Tore (1556) Draw 1-1 01563
6draft 121 McNeill, Dan (1574) Lost 1-2 -181545
7draft 91 Thompson, Mike (1690) Won 2-0 +211566
8draft 21 Pustilnik, Michael (1695) Won 2-1 +201586
9draft 36 Yoo, John (1790) Won 2-0 +221608
10draft 31 Shinkins, Stewart (1546) Won 1-0 +171625
11draft 19 Justice, Anthony (1586) Won 2-1 +171642
12draft 21 Selden, Brian (1758) Won 2-0 +201662
13draft 41 Blackwell, Trevor (1718) Lost 0-2 -171645
14draft 20 Parker, Brock (1581) Won 2-0 +171662
Qdraft Ekebom, Erno (1792) Won 3-0 +201682
Sdraft Long, Mike 2 (1842) Won 3-2 +211703
Fdraft Blackwell, Trevor (1771) Lost 1-3 -171686
top average opponent: 1651record: 12-3-2 new rating: 1686

Grand Prix Seattle 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1526
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 20 Kemp, Mark (1500) Won 0-0 +171543
2extended 48 Schaper, David (1518) Lost 0-0 -181525
3extended 84 Lundy, Derek (1574) Lost 0-0 -171508
top average opponent: 1531record: 1-2 new rating: 1508

Pro Tour Los Angeles 1999 (USG rochester) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 150 Komiya, Tadayoshi (1500) Lost 0-0 -181482
2rochester 58 Gallitz, Donald (1588) Won 2-0 +201502
3rochester 58 Muranaka, Aaron (1450) Won 2-1 +171519
4rochester 2 Fujita, Kenichi (1520) Draw 1-1 01519
5rochester 128 Rade, Olle (1668) Draw 1-1 +31522
6rochester 80 Keller, Shawn (1540) Won 0-0 +181540
7rochester 23 Buehler, Randy (1756) Lost 0-0 -141526
top average opponent: 1575record: 3-2-2 new rating: 1526