Blackard, Alex
Current rating: 1520
Record: 8-7-1
| Grand Prix Chicago 2014 (JOU standard) | starting rating: 1464 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 197 | Nicoletti, Jonathan (1542) | Won 2-0 | +201484 |
| 3standard | 34 | Swift, Andrew (1400) | Lost 0-2 | -201464 |
| 4standard | 180 | Lim, Ming Han Sidney Reuben (1524) | Draw 1-1 | +11465 |
| 5standard | 214 | Bole, Benjamin (1515) | Lost 0-0 | -171448 |
| 6standard | 288 | Price, Greg (1420) | Won 2-0 | +171465 |
| 7standard | 208 | Green, Cyrus (1528) | Won 2-0 | +201485 |
| 8standard | 147 | VanEvery, Paul (1446) | Won 2-0 | +171502 |
| 9standard | 94 | Abram, Marvin (1508) | Won 2-0 | +181520 |
| average opponent: 1485record: 5-2-1 | new rating: 1520 | |||
| Grand Prix Cincinnati 2014 (BNG standard) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 289 | Golob, Jonathan (1449) | Lost 0-2 | -191481 |
| 3standard | 536 | Durham, Steven (1483) | Lost 1-2 | -181463 |
| 4standard | 637 | Mullins, Taylor (1483) | Won 2-1 | +181481 |
| 5standard | 510 | Moser, Sean (1503) | Lost 1-2 | -171464 |
| 6standard | 495 | Lucier, Sean (1481) | Won 2-1 | +181482 |
| 7standard | 386 | Sutton, Cory (1469) | Won 2-0 | +181500 |
| 8standard | 332 | Chambers, Alison (1490) | Lost 0-2 | -181482 |
| 9standard | 266 | Heywood, Sam (1501) | Lost 0-2 | -181464 |
| average opponent: 1482record: 3-5 | new rating: 1464 | |||