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Chelf, Ben
Current rating: 1497

MagicCon Las Vegas 2023 Limited Open (WOE limited) starting rating: 1505
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 3408 Ballve, Antonio (1482) Lost 1-2 -181487
2sealed 3445 Gonzalez Hidalgo, Francisco Jose (1643) Won 2-1 +211508
3sealed 3433 Allen, Timothy (1622) Won 2-1 +201528
4sealed 3308 Lopez Villalobos, Jose Gabriel (1828) Lost 1-2 -131515
5sealed 3344 Huang, Toley (1499) Lost 0-2 -181497
top average opponent: 1615record: 2-3 new rating: 1497

Grand Prix Reno 2020 (THB limited) starting rating: 1463
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 81 O'Connor, Michael (1643) Lost 0-2 -151448
3sealed 228 Gaitonde, Gaurav (1575) Won 2-0 +211469
4sealed 147 Contreras, Jonathan (1521) Won 2-1 +191488
5sealed 131 Maginnis, Peter (1828) Won 2-0 +231511
6sealed 79 Abramowitz-Reif, Max (1575) Won 2-1 +201531
7sealed 28 Avila, Eric (1633) Lost 1-2 -161515
8sealed 42 Nollen, Dylan (2029) Lost 0-2 -101505
top average opponent: 1686record: 4-3 new rating: 1505

Grand Prix Seattle 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1430
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
A2sealed 420 Cho, Steven (1447) Won 2-0 +181448
A3sealed 110 Ward, Daniel (1740) Lost 0-2 -131435
A4sealed 275 Dunn, Zach (1845) Lost 0-2 -111424
A5sealed 296 Yurick, Corey (1501) Won 2-0 +201444
A6sealed 230 Dillon, Rax (1657) Won 2-1 +221466
A7sealed 154 Ornatov, Andrew (1536) Lost 1-2 -171449
B2sealed 324 Didra, Richard (1506) Won 2-0 +191468
B3sealed 169 Barbero, Joseph (1327) Lost 1-2 -211447
B4sealed 209 Gellis, Dylan (1810) Lost 1-2 -111436
B5sealed 271 Rice, Timothy (1586) Won 2-0 +201456
B6sealed 306 Clay, Ellis (1760) Won 2-0 +241480
B7sealed 109 Zielske, Drake (1543) Lost 1-2 -171463
top average opponent: 1605record: 6-6 new rating: 1463

Grand Prix Calgary 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1447
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 1 Frosst, Andrew (1498) Lost 0-2 -171430
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1430

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1464
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 137 Agnew, Andrew (1495) Lost 0-2 -171447
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1447

Grand Prix Oakland 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1449
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 206 Baker, Robert (1595) Won 2-1 +211470
4modern 28 Kirner, Alex (1554) Lost 0-2 -161454
5modern 129 Martinez, Steven (1583) Won 2-0 +201474
6modern 65 Magdaleno, Joseph (1554) Lost 0-2 -171457
7modern 144 Perlee, Travis (1774) Won 2-0 +241481
8modern 124 Ahmad, Sam (1559) Lost 0-2 -171464
top average opponent: 1603record: 3-3 new rating: 1464

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1474
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 39 Alberg, Robin (1532) Won 2-0 +191493
4standard 18 Valencia, Omar (1724) Lost 0-2 -141479
5standard 105 Daniel, Johnny (1613) Lost 0-2 -151464
6standard 211 Smith, Ian (1533) Lost 1-2 -171447
7standard 299 Kim, William 6413 (1528) Lost 1-2 -161431
8standard 257 Grabs, Stefan (1479) Won 2-0 +181449
top average opponent: 1568record: 2-4 new rating: 1449

Grand Prix Sacramento 2018 (M19 limited) starting rating: 1455
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 234 Peters, Stephen (1742) Won 2-0 +231478
4sealed 41 Garvin, Andrew (1689) Won 2-0 +221500
5sealed 19 Dodge, Joel (1809) Lost 0-2 -131487
6sealed 54 Martin, Christopher6413 (1582) Won 2-0 +201507
7sealed 49 Sanchez, Aaron (1483) Lost 1-2 -191488
8sealed 132 Lawrence, Jamie (1703) Lost 1-2 -141474
top average opponent: 1668record: 3-3 new rating: 1474

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (limited) (DOM limited) starting rating: 1485
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 309 Heffern, Scott (1536) Won 1-0 +191504
4sealed 63 Merejil, Robert (1516) Lost 0-2 -181486
5sealed 173 Koo, Eugene (1595) Lost 1-2 -161470
6sealed 467 Roti Roti, Joseph (1657) Lost 1-2 -151455
7sealed 413 Poncelet, Kevin (1537) Lost 1-2 -161439
8sealed 349 Kindler, Jim (1323) Won 2-0 +161455
top average opponent: 1527record: 2-4 new rating: 1455

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1440
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 39 Lee, Daniel (1749) Won 2-0 +241464
4modern 262 Cooper, Travis (1655) Lost 0-2 -151449
5modern 396 Musser, Westin (1537) Won 2-1 +201469
6modern 161 Johnson, Derek 5330 (1585) Lost 0-2 -161453
7modern 322 Okada, Naoya (1781) Won 2-0 +231476
8modern 318 Ailes, Nicholas (1590) Won 2-0 +211497
9modern 5210 Vance, James (1850) Lost 0-2 -121485
top average opponent: 1678record: 4-3 new rating: 1485

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2018 (DOM limited) starting rating: 1434
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 99 Romick, Michael (1544) Lost 0-2 -161418
3sealed 337 Whitehurst, Clinton (1652) Lost 0-2 -141404
4sealed 458 Crowe, Joshua (1612) Lost 1-2 -141390
5sealed 437 Argumaniz, Cordell (1466) Won 2-1 +191409
6sealed 361 Porchas, Justin (1560) Won 2-0 +211430
7sealed 260 Ugale, Ashwin (1774) Lost 0-2 -121418
8sealed 233 Lowry, William (1664) Won 2-0 +221440
top average opponent: 1610record: 3-4 new rating: 1440

Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (standard) (RIX standard) starting rating: 1468
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 16 Delucchi, Brian (1439) Lost 1-2 -191449
3standard 477 Stickney, Kameron (1457) Won 2-0 +181467
4standard 235 Kurd-Misto, Mohammed (1479) Lost 1-2 -181449
5standard 359 Cayan, Grant (1528) Won 2-0 +201469
6standard 351 Reynolds, Michael (1514) Lost 1-2 -171452
7standard 363 Pierce, Daniel (1451) Lost 0-2 -181434
top average opponent: 1478record: 2-4 new rating: 1434

Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (legacy) (legacy) starting rating: 1519
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2legacy 24 Grimes, Sean (1491) Lost 1-2 -181501
3legacy 628 Dillon, Rax (1642) Lost 0-2 -161485
4legacy 603 Trendall, Tim (1354) Won 2-1 +161501
5legacy 582 Charland, Nicholas (1647) Lost 0-2 -151486
6legacy 528 Anderson, James (1494) Lost 1-2 -181468
7legacy 484 Mcgreevy, Ben (1442) Won 2-1 +171485
8legacy 389 Flowers, Tj (1502) Lost 1-2 -171468
top average opponent: 1510record: 2-5 new rating: 1468

Grand Prix Phoenix 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1492
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 173 deQuack, Jacob (1479) Lost 0-2 -181474
3modern 317 Geary, Caleb (1557) Won 2-0 +191493
4modern 343 Kanger, Kristopher (1522) Won 2-1 +191512
5modern 195 Paskett, Spencer (1535) Won 2-0 +181530
6modern 72 Ruacho, Marc (1556) Won 2-0 +191549
7modern 74 Pisano, Rob (1805) Lost 0-2 -141535
8modern 162 Mohr, William (1649) Lost 0-2 -161519
top average opponent: 1586record: 4-3 new rating: 1519

Grand Prix Phoenix 2017 (XLN limited) starting rating: 1512
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 15 Wade, Justin (1517) Won 2-1 +181530
2sealed 194 Moreno, Eduardo (1481) Lost 1-2 -191511
3sealed 303 Castaneda, Marco (1498) Lost 0-2 -181493
4sealed 442 Rhett, Matthew (1465) Lost 1-2 -191474
5sealed 457 Marshello, Donald (1388) Lost 1-2 -191455
6sealed 462 Mercado, Neil (1448) Won 2-1 +181473
7sealed 399 Morphis, James (1649) Lost 0-2 -151458
8sealed 361 Shannon, Ryan (1362) Won 2-1 +161474
9sealed 90 Mendoza, Brandon (1460) Won 2-0 +181492
top average opponent: 1474record: 4-5 new rating: 1492

Grand Prix Indianapolis 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1534
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 170 Stevens, Matthew (1571) Lost 0-2 -171517
2sealed 367 Schmidt, Adam (1516) Lost 1-2 -181499
3sealed 518 Perkins, Tony (1540) Lost 0-2 -181481
4sealed 547 Sloan Westmoreland, Tad (1443) Won 2-0 +181499
5sealed 498 Foster, Reigh (1465) Lost 0-2 -191480
6sealed 472 Reed-Smith, River (1447) Won 2-0 +181498
7sealed 412 Ferries, Ryan (1443) Lost 0-2 -191479
8sealed 364 Mason, Donald (1383) Won 2-0 +161495
9sealed 316 Desrochers, Joseph (1447) Won 2-1 +171512
top average opponent: 1473record: 4-5 new rating: 1512

Grand Prix Denver 2017 (HOU standard) starting rating: 1547
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 69 McKinley, Austin (1500) Won 2-0 +171564
2standard 47 Seelig, Jakob (1522) Won 2-0 +171581
3standard 73 Huynh, Anthony (1893) Lost 1-2 -121569
4standard 152 Gay, Randall (1656) Lost 1-2 -171552
5standard 405 Thimsen, Tyler (1511) Lost 1-2 -191533
6standard 417 Ma, Thomas (1669) Won 2-0 +211554
7standard 316 Sawyer, Ronald (1499) Lost 0-2 -191535
8standard 320 Mahan, Melissa (1418) Won 2-0 +161551
9standard 267 Blue, Vivienne (1618) Lost 0-2 -171534
top average opponent: 1587record: 4-5 new rating: 1534

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1538
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 55 Whaley, William (1385) Won 2-1 +161554
2modern 2104 Kent, Doug (1478) Lost 1-2 -201534
3modern 1132 Webb, Luke (1588) Lost 0-2 -171517
4modern 1061 Necci, Lucca (1462) Won 2-0 +171534
5modern 1130 Baity, Aaron (1500) Won 2-1 +181552
6modern 741 Hall, James (1450) Won 2-1 +161568
7modern 393 Klaus, Zachary (1529) Won 2-1 +171585
8modern 290 Whitehill, Cj (1439) Lost 0-2 -211564
9modern 427 Prince, Nicholas (1584) Lost 1-2 -171547
top average opponent: 1491record: 5-4 new rating: 1547

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (limited) (AKH limited) starting rating: 1529
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 659 Chan, Wayne (1358) Won 2-0 +151544
2sealed 428 Tweedly, Jarrid (1549) Lost 1-2 -181526
3sealed 844 Tsukano, Jay (1540) Won 2-1 +181544
4sealed 513 Nelson, Jon (1476) Lost 0-2 -191525
5sealed 554 Kumar, Nikhil (1503) Lost 1-2 -191506
6sealed 715 Botello, Enrique (1480) Won 2-1 +181524
7sealed 672 Kay, Chad (1489) Won 2-1 +171541
8sealed 387 Banek, Gregory (1404) Lost 0-2 -201521
9sealed 488 Tran, Saron (1504) Won 2-0 +171538
top average opponent: 1478record: 5-4 new rating: 1538

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (legacy) (legacy) starting rating: 1509
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1legacy 614 Sudendorf, Vanessa (1523) Won 2-1 +191528
2legacy 58 Ghesquiere, Michael (1529) Lost 0-2 -181510
3legacy 798 Mcdonnell, Ed (1501) Won 2-0 +171527
4legacy 431 Mayne, Daniel (1576) Lost 0-2 -171510
5legacy 686 Veslany, Nick (1588) Lost 1-2 -161494
6legacy 878 McArtor, Brad (1514) Won 2-0 +181512
7legacy 799 Seok, Hanwool (1463) Won 2-1 +171529
8legacy 530 Mound, Josh (1503) Won 2-0 +181547
9legacy 377 Rempel, Peter (1542) Lost 1-2 -181529
top average opponent: 1527record: 5-4 new rating: 1529

Grand Prix Orlando 2017 (AER limited) starting rating: 1388
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 745 Sokol, Greg (1827) Won 2-1 +251413
3sealed 629 Zurawski, Alex (1577) Lost 1-2 -151398
4sealed 775 Modica, Vinny (1482) Won 2-1 +201418
5sealed 767 Mathis, Jeremy (1700) Won 2-0 +231441
6sealed 695 Alvarez, Corey (1497) Won 2-1 +191460
7sealed 572 Hartman, Jimmy (1564) Won 2-1 +201480
8sealed 571 Lax, Ari (2106) Lost 0-2 -81472
9sealed 588 Anderson, Ben (1802) Lost 0-2 -121460
10draft 688 Juza, Martin (1958) Lost 0-2 -101450
11draft 687 Mondello, Jake (1856) Won 2-0 +251475
12draft 687 Hostutler, Justin (1829) Won 2-0 +241499
13draft 781 Walker, Nathaniel (1844) Lost 1-2 -121487
15draft 768 Mullin, Geoff (1714) Won 2-0 +221509
top average opponent: 1750record: 8-5 new rating: 1509

Grand Prix Vancouver 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1417
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 2315 Go, Calvin (1519) Lost 1-2 -161401
3modern 2386 Wiediger, Ronald (1441) Lost 0-2 -181383
4modern 2675 Thompson, Zachary (1432) Draw 1-1 +11384
5modern 2588 Bintorio, Nicholas (1480) Won 2-0 +201404
6modern 2449 Borthwick, Noah (1497) Lost 0-2 -161388
top average opponent: 1474record: 1-3-1 new rating: 1388

Grand Prix San Jose 2017 (AER limited) starting rating: 1390
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 426 Cervantes, Carl (1518) Lost 1-2 -161374
3sealed 692 Cockrell, Derek (1567) Won 2-1 +221396
4sealed 469 Nguyen, Philip (1576) Won 2-1 +211417
top average opponent: 1554record: 2-1 new rating: 1417

Grand Prix Portland 2016 (EMN standard) starting rating: 1412
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 270 Liston, Ryley (1519) Lost 0-2 -161396
3standard 455 Liwag, Justin (1579) Lost 0-2 -151381
4standard 596 Moore, Colby (1430) Won 2-0 +191400
5standard 477 Otteson, Whitney (1489) Lost 1-2 -161384
6standard 553 Brewe, Garth (1443) Lost 0-2 -171367
7standard 574 VanNood, Eric (1464) Lost 1-2 -171350
8standard 502 Yeley, Nicholas (1442) Won 2-0 +201370
9standard 404 Mahr, Philip (1459) Won 0-0 +201390
top average opponent: 1478record: 3-5 new rating: 1390

Grand Prix Los Angeles 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1416
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 37 Newbom, Aaron (1514) Lost 1-2 -171399
2modern 815 Flath, Nathaniel (1482) Won 2-1 +201419
3modern 530 Salazar, David (1565) Lost 1-2 -151404
4modern 940 Torres, Luis (1482) Lost 1-2 -171387
5modern 1004 Peterson, Thomas (1449) Lost 1-2 -171370
6modern 938 Newman, Chelsea (1445) Won 2-0 +201390
7modern 768 Eggleston, Brian (1432) Won 2-1 +181408
8modern 667 Salyers, Christopher (1537) Won 2-0 +211429
9modern 511 Newhard, Brian (1496) Lost 0-2 -171412
top average opponent: 1489record: 4-5 new rating: 1412

Grand Prix New York 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1412
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 62 Amorin, Brandon (1500) Won 2-0 +201432
2standard 17 Campbell, Neil (1518) Won 2-0 +191451
3standard 271 Wong, Matthew (1528) Lost 0-2 -161435
4standard 312 Freel, Dan (1798) Lost 1-2 -121423
5standard 708 Murphy, Steven (1500) Lost 0-2 -171406
6standard 745 Baquero, Andy (1624) Won 2-1 +221428
7standard 636 Rose, Leo (1505) Won 2-0 +201448
8standard 414 Strock, Stephen (1560) Lost 0-2 -161432
9standard 423 Madill, Jamie (1540) Lost 1-2 -161416
top average opponent: 1564record: 4-5 new rating: 1416

Grand Prix Albuquerque 2016 (SOI limited) starting rating: 1450
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 128 Fischer, Marie (1500) Won 2-0 +191469
2sealed 223 Birch, Ricky (1622) Lost 1-2 -151454
3sealed 395 Lebedowicz, Osyp (1920) Won 2-1 +261480
4sealed 227 Rubio, Matthew (1522) Lost 0-2 -171463
5sealed 357 Andres, Josh (1620) Won 2-0 +201483
6sealed 246 Dang, Deanna (1562) Lost 1-2 -161467
7sealed 303 Cooper, Russell 2 (1422) Lost 0-2 -191448
8sealed 330 Musick, David (1528) Lost 0-2 -161432
9sealed 296 Overlin, Kristina (1349) Lost 0-2 -201412
top average opponent: 1560record: 3-6 new rating: 1412

Grand Prix Vancouver 2016 (OGW limited) starting rating: 1505
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 414 Ristau, Robert (1500) Lost 0-2 -181487
2sealed 791 Mekk, Sander (1482) Won 2-1 +181505
3sealed 584 Wadsworth, Jared (1548) Lost 0-0 -171488
4sealed 595 Watters, Ace (1465) Lost 1-2 -191469
5sealed 715 Redd, Caila (1496) Won 2-0 +191488
6sealed 559 Nadeau, Branden (1450) Won 2-0 +171505
7sealed 520 Mabbott, Joel (1505) Lost 1-2 -181487
8sealed 463 Green, Marcell (1434) Lost 1-2 -191468
9sealed 386 Henry, Lucas (1467) Lost 1-2 -181450
top average opponent: 1483record: 3-6 new rating: 1450

Grand Prix Oakland 2016 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1473
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 488 Stahl, Jason (1465) Won 2-1 +181491
2standard 88 Slone, Ryan (1673) Lost 0-2 -151476
3standard 657 Bowers, Jeremy (1501) Won 2-0 +191495
4standard 279 Greenstein, Josh (1517) Won 2-0 +181513
5standard 253 Baros, Zach (1499) Won 2-0 +181531
6standard 74 Wang, Peizhe (1701) Lost 1-2 -151516
7standard 340 Harder, Gideon (1539) Won 2-0 +181534
8standard 146 Speer, Izea (1523) Won 2-0 +181552
9standard 155 Jaimes, Brishen (1490) Lost 0-2 -191533
10standard 234 Soares, David (1555) Won 2-1 +181551
11standard 135 Dizon, Marcel (1803) Lost 1-2 -131538
12standard 170 Werstler, Alex (1561) Lost 0-2 -181520
13standard 174 Ernstson, Evan (1535) Won 2-1 +191539
14standard 100 Zunter, Brian (1668) Lost 0-2 -161523
15standard 158 Blais, Ryan (1537) Lost 1-2 -181505
top average opponent: 1571record: 8-7 new rating: 1505

Grand Prix Sacramento 2014 (THS limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 386 Lamping, William (1712) Lost 0-2 -141486
2sealed 424 Reaves, Marshall Louis (1591) Won 2-1 +201506
3sealed 292 Burke, Timothy (1500) Won 2-0 +181524
4sealed 185 Ha, Nicolas (1516) Lost 0-2 -191505
5sealed 262 Dorman, Rayman (1543) Lost 0-2 -171488
6sealed 313 Oakes, Connor (1658) Lost 1-2 -151473
top average opponent: 1587record: 2-4 new rating: 1473