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Knipping, Kai
Current rating: 1766 (#3228)

Grand Prix Brussels 2020 (pioneer) starting rating: 1785
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3pioneer 336 Tetteroo, Bas (1471) Lost 1-2 -241761
4pioneer 493 Porten, Andreas (1565) Won 2-0 +151776
5pioneer 131 Noguez Aignasse, Jason (1686) Won 2-0 +161792
6pioneer 207 Frobose, Marcel (1469) Won 2-1 +121804
7pioneer 139 Pastukhov, Sergiy (1767) Lost 1-2 -181786
8pioneer 181 Stifter, Christian (1703) Lost 1-2 -201766
top average opponent: 1610record: 3-3 new rating: 1766

Grand Prix Utrecht 2019 (ELD limited) starting rating: 1805
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 93 Rohling, Markus (1462) Won 2-0 +121817
4sealed 124 Drescher, Florian (1606) Won 2-0 +141831
5sealed 30 Winner, Fabian (1630) Lost 0-2 -221809
6sealed 97 Rauser, Thomas (1538) Won 2-1 +131822
7sealed 35 van der Linden, Leon (1746) Lost 0-2 -191803
8sealed 81 Gobert, Alois (1782) Lost 1-2 -181785
top average opponent: 1627record: 3-3 new rating: 1785

Grand Prix London 2019 (WAR sealed) starting rating: 1712
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
A1sealed 243 Kroger, Jana Katherina (1311) Won 2-1 +111723
A2sealed 64 Vinther, Michael (1445) Won 2-1 +131736
A3sealed 85 Huang, Matej (1700) Won 2-1 +181754
A4sealed 18 Dalmasso, Leonardo (1745) Won 2-1 +181772
A5sealed 4 Brown, Matt [ENG] (1910) Won 2-1 +201792
A6sealed 8 Kraft, Rene (1737) Won 2-0 +171809
A7sealed 2 Fernandez Torres, Alvaro (1806) Won 2-0 +181827
sealed 4 Prinzell, Johan (1783) Lost 1-2 -191808
sealed 31 Chan, Jason (1892) Lost 0-2 -161792
sealed 44 Palmason, Heimir (1748) Lost 0-2 -191773
sealed 54 Lave, Ole (1768) Won 2-1 +181791
sealed 219 Rohner, Dorian (1601) Won 2-0 +141805
sealed 203 Fung, Christopher (1614) Won 2-1 +151820
sealed 197 Tornros, Mats (1965) Lost 0-2 -151805
top average opponent: 1716record: 10-4 new rating: 1805

Grand Prix Prague 2019 (UMA limited) starting rating: 1751
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 549 Joakit, Ekvard (1583) Lost 0-2 -211730
3sealed 807 Exler, Lukas (1425) Won 2-1 +131743
4sealed 475 Spellenberg, Philipp (1520) Won 2-1 +141757
5sealed 329 Papp, Marton (1537) Lost 1-2 -221735
6sealed 522 Rossi, Claudio (1495) Lost 0-2 -231712
top average opponent: 1512record: 2-3 new rating: 1712

Grand Prix Warsaw 2018 (GRN limited) starting rating: 1694
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 197 Jania, Marek (1493) Lost 1-2 -221672
2sealed 632 A Benevides, Marcos A (1500) Won 2-0 +151687
3sealed 669 Heene, Florian (1482) Won 2-0 +151702
4sealed 518 Abis, Davide (1632) Won 2-0 +161718
5sealed 287 Sondag, Guido (1809) Lost 0-2 -161702
6sealed 334 Mohr, Lars (1687) Won 2-0 +181720
7sealed 322 Heersma, Ralf (1752) Won 2-0 +181738
8sealed 162 Holmqvist, Andreas (1562) Won 2-0 +151753
9sealed 164 De Rosa, Marco (1619) Won 2-0 +161769
10draft 313 Geffroy, Francois (1790) Lost 0-2 -181751
top average opponent: 1633record: 7-3 new rating: 1751

Grand Prix Brussels 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1694
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 167 Tang, Duncan (1779) Lost 0-2 -161678
4standard 262 Lob, Jonas (1567) Lost 1-2 -201658
5standard 327 Braun, Matthias (1548) Won 2-1 +161674
6standard 244 Boinet, Eric (1671) Won 2-0 +181692
7standard 239 Schneider, Patrick (1735) Won 2-1 +191711
8standard 157 Lipinski, Michal (1789) Lost 1-2 -171694
top average opponent: 1682record: 3-3 new rating: 1694

Grand Prix Barcelona 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1720
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 110 Alvarez Manzano, Francisco (1500) Lost 1-2 -221698
2modern 402 Rubi Fernandez, Oscar (1467) Won 2-0 +141712
3modern 629 Mariusdottir, Thorey (1492) Lost 1-2 -221690
4modern 556 Melone, Catherine (1455) Won 2-0 +141704
5modern 525 Tarrida, Joan (1566) Lost 1-2 -211683
6modern 495 Fernandez Matabuena, Eder (1489) Won 2-0 +151698
7modern 429 Piwko, Pawel (1607) Won 2-1 +161714
8modern 267 Karesvuori, Karo (1621) Lost 1-2 -201694
top average opponent: 1525record: 4-4 new rating: 1694

Grand Prix Metz 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1624
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 298 Schneebeli, Christian (1538) Won 2-1 +161640
3sealed 199 Hribek, Michal (1850) Won 2-1 +221662
4sealed 99 Norgaard, Lasse (1825) Won 2-1 +211683
5sealed 52 Hugony, Francesco (1885) Lost 1-2 -151668
6sealed 138 Ammirata, Antonino (1461) Won 2-1 +151683
7sealed 58 Calzolari, Lorenzo (1660) Won 2-1 +171700
8sealed 44 Delavy, Theophile (1797) Lost 0-2 -161684
9sealed 88 Dion, Guillaume (1574) Won 2-0 +161700
10draft 65 Molle, Niels (2006) Won 2-0 +231723
11draft 65 Wallner, Johann (1843) Lost 0-2 -151708
12draft 61 Watsfeldt, Elias (2076) Won 2-1 +241732
13draft 204 Sele, Yves (2004) Won 2-1 +231755
14draft 54 Hauck, Christian (1903) Lost 0-2 -151740
15draft 10 van der Vaart, Martijn (1642) Lost 1-2 -201720
top average opponent: 1790record: 9-5 new rating: 1720

Grand Prix Utrecht 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1587
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 274 Flouzat, Julien (1512) Won 2-0 +171604
3standard 43 Kuhnert, Paul-Phillipp (1486) Won 2-0 +161620
4standard 107 Bouillot, Damien (1874) Lost 1-2 -131607
5standard 144 Van Kuijk, Harm-Joost (1632) Lost 1-2 -181589
6standard 338 Porter, Martin (1670) Won 2-1 +191608
7standard 142 Leroy, Quentin (1448) Lost 1-2 -201588
8standard 326 Huebner, Dylan (1510) Won 2-1 +161604
9standard 236 Barbosa, Andre (1618) Won 2-1 +181622
10standard 112 Gates, Dominic (1610) Lost 1-2 -181604
11standard 148 Enckels, Simon (1770) Lost 0-2 -151589
12standard 176 Grauwiler, Lukas (1485) Won 2-1 +161605
13standard 163 Sevcik, Miroslav (1667) Won 2-1 +191624
14standard 116 De Canck, Steven (1599) Won 2-0 +181642
15standard 114 Groot, Wessel (1627) Lost 1-2 -181624
top average opponent: 1608record: 8-6 new rating: 1624

Grand Prix Barcelona 2016 (SOI limited) starting rating: 1628
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 246 Drignon, Thibault (1537) Lost 1-2 -201608
4sealed 643 Esper Berthoud, Lucas (1841) Lost 1-2 -131595
5sealed 653 Niemeijer, Hugo (1473) Won 2-1 +151610
6sealed 498 Sauer, Joachim (1591) Draw 1-1 01610
7sealed 490 Bernat, BurguenO Barris (1529) Lost 0-2 -191591
8sealed 576 Coret Barneto, Asier (1526) Lost 0-2 -201571
9sealed 557 Gallego, Sergio (1468) Won 2-0 +161587
top average opponent: 1567record: 2-4-1 new rating: 1587

Grand Prix Paris 2016 (OGW standard) starting rating: 1670
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 229 Diez, Mikel (1848) Won 2-0 +221692
4standard 10 Linnett, Patrick (1514) Lost 0-2 -221670
5standard 304 Van Koekenbeek, Benjamin (1659) Won 2-1 +181688
6standard 120 Lihoreau, Ibai (1586) Lost 0-2 -201668
7standard 189 Dhennin, Luc (1541) Lost 1-2 -201648
8standard 351 Llobet, Benjamin (1541) Lost 0-2 -201628
top average opponent: 1615record: 2-4 new rating: 1628

Grand Prix Brussels 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1658
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 99 Coors, Raphael (1421) Won 2-0 +141672
4standard 209 de Groot, Bjorn (1596) Won 2-1 +161688
5standard 95 Glasner, Richard (1624) Lost 0-1 -191669
6standard 143 Kowalski, Grzegorz (1917) Lost 1-2 -131656
7standard 207 Lodder, Robert (1490) Won 2-0 +151671
8standard 209 Bastos, Frederico (1781) Lost 1-2 -161655
9standard 198 Baydar, Tansel (1531) Won 2-0 +151670
top average opponent: 1623record: 4-3 new rating: 1670

Grand Prix Prague 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1646
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 289 Ristovsky, Tom (1807) Lost 1-2 -151631
4standard 395 Milosevic, Nikola (1508) Lost 1-2 -201611
5standard 362 Petrushchenko, Sergey (1552) Won 2-0 +171628
6standard 243 Essl, Bernhard (1508) Won 2-0 +161644
7standard 298 Zygarlowski, Jan (1505) Won 2-0 +151659
8standard 139 van Montfort, Wouter (1565) Won 2-0 +171676
9standard 74 Bayer, Jonas (1696) Lost 0-2 -181658
top average opponent: 1591record: 4-3 new rating: 1658

Grand Prix Utrecht 2015 (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1597
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 1183 Sochurek, Petr (1822) Lost 0-2 -141583
4sealed 1281 Dopking, Lars (1623) Lost 1-2 -171566
5sealed 1368 Fysh, Paul (1499) Won 2-1 +171583
6sealed 1207 Smith, David [ENG] (1515) Won 2-0 +171600
7sealed 1094 Lippi, Alessandro (1601) Won 2-0 +181618
8sealed 1130 Kaminek, Petr (1617) Won 2-0 +181636
9sealed 1036 Cheung, Ka-Way (1507) Won 2-1 +151651
10draft 1053 Fesser, Meik (1594) Lost 1-2 -191632
11draft 1119 Kok, Bram (1580) Lost 1-2 -191613
12draft 1168 Sellers, Jonathan (1585) Won 2-0 +181631
13draft 1001 Jaworski, Dominik (1595) Won 2-0 +171648
14draft 1028 Collinet, Patrick (1626) Lost 1-2 -181630
15draft 1129 Bleif, Moritz (1559) Won 2-0 +161646
top average opponent: 1594record: 8-5 new rating: 1646

Grand Prix Paris 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1581
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 112 de Jong, Bob (1436) Won 2-0 +161597
4standard 146 Clement, Baptiste (1534) Lost 1-2 -191578
5standard 231 Channing, George (1438) Won 2-0 +151593
6standard 116 Garcia Crespo, Javier (1676) Won 2-0 +201613
7standard 89 Safai, Soheil (1592) Lost 0-2 -191594
8standard 128 Wellinger, Serafin (1775) Lost 0-2 -151579
9standard 177 Thomas, Marc (1570) Won 2-0 +181597
top average opponent: 1574record: 4-3 new rating: 1597

Grand Prix Stockholm 2014 (KTK standard) starting rating: 1585
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 188 Rodrigues, Thiago (1612) Draw 1-1 01585
4standard 339 Lonnberg, Sixten (1535) Lost 1-2 -191566
5standard 236 Axelsson, Daniel (1579) Lost 0-2 -181548
6standard 312 Gerhardt, Rostislav (1545) Won 1-0 +181566
7standard 223 Alfonsson, Andreas (1517) Won 2-0 +181584
8standard 159 Niemi, Christoffer (1540) Lost 0-2 -191565
9standard 175 Stralberg, Mikael (1493) Won 2-0 +161581
top average opponent: 1546record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1581

Grand Prix Utrecht 2014 (M15 standard) starting rating: 1534
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 207 de Gooijer, Dennis (1500) Won 2-0 +181552
2standard 274 Blaauw, Axel (1518) Lost 0-2 -191533
3standard 492 Wilmotte, Sebastien (1616) Lost 1-2 -161517
4standard 591 Moeken, Ed (1304) Won 2-0 +141531
5standard 387 Tank, Chris (1486) Won 2-1 +171548
6standard 238 Verheesen, Rene (1474) Won 2-1 +171565
7standard 295 Paalvast, Mike (1533) Lost 1-2 -191546
8standard 269 Schorr, Tilmann (1519) Won 2-1 +181564
9standard 198 Van Goethem, Stijn (1730) Won 2-0 +211585
top average opponent: 1520record: 6-3 new rating: 1585

Grand Prix Antwerp 2013 (modern) starting rating: 1582
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 60 Solverod, Finn Erik (1500) Lost 1-2 -191563
3modern 451 Moulin, Yannick (1501) Won 2-0 +161579
4modern 304 Higashino, Shogo (1524) Lost 0-2 -191560
5modern 398 Remi, Alexander (1389) Won 2-0 +151575
6modern 282 Dykast, Kadir (1517) Lost 1-2 -191556
7modern 464 Delhaye, Gilles (1498) Won 2-0 +171573
8modern 341 Valcke, Michiel (1456) Lost 1-2 -201553
9modern 344 Berger, Natalia (1518) Lost 1-2 -191534
top average opponent: 1488record: 3-5 new rating: 1534

Grand Prix Bochum 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1552
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 597 Wierz, Jurgen (1518) Lost 0-2 -191533
3standard 730 Cleuren, Jurgen (1440) Won 2-1 +161549
4standard 658 Lindner, Max (1520) Won 2-1 +181567
5standard 630 Louring Koch, Thorbjor (1536) Won 2-0 +171584
6standard 554 Storch, Florian (1628) Won 2-0 +191603
7standard 520 Cordier, Kris (1507) Won 2-1 +161619
8standard 526 Geertsen, Ditlev (1590) Lost 1-2 -181601
9standard 544 Dageroth, Benjamin (1559) Lost 1-2 -191582
top average opponent: 1537record: 5-3 new rating: 1582

Grand Prix Lille 2012 (DKA standard) starting rating: 1517
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 567 Liapatis, Theodoros (1714) Lost 1-2 -141503
5standard 634 Szoke, Zoltan (1830) Won 2-0 +241527
6standard 599 Roos, Sander (1553) Won 2-0 +181545
7standard 527 Ettlinger, Maximilien (1555) Won 2-0 +181563
8standard 511 Bondoc, Jake (1541) Won 2-0 +181581
9standard 516 Gutierrez Gallego, Jose Francisco (1670) Lost 0-2 -161565
10standard 40 Aucler, Jean-Baptiste (1623) Lost 0-2 -171548
11standard 78 Menzies, Barney (1579) Won 2-0 +181566
12standard 56 Klein, Mike (1578) Lost 0-2 -181548
13standard 87 Gilis, Lucas (1631) Lost 1-2 -161532
14standard 85 Lindekens, Simon (1575) Lost 1-2 -171515
15standard 92 Zrelov, Maxim (1542) Won 2-1 +181533
16standard 82 Klapwijk, Jeroen (1564) Won 2-0 +191552
top average opponent: 1612record: 7-6 new rating: 1552

Grand Prix Madrid 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 609 Serrano Arroyo, Antonio (1682) Won 2-1 +211521
3sealed 638 Bergonzoni, Luca (1734) Lost 1-2 -141507
4sealed 761 Monteiro, Jorge (1660) Lost 1-2 -151492
5sealed 770 Kohl, Reinhold (1607) Lost 1-2 -161476
6sealed 826 Weeda, Chris (1480) Won 2-0 +181494
7sealed 766 Suzuki, Futaro (1529) Won 2-0 +181512
8sealed 746 Jabs, Slawomir (1646) Lost 1-2 -151497
9sealed 740 Gardeux, Matthieu (1638) Won 2-0 +201517
top average opponent: 1622record: 4-4 new rating: 1517

Grand Prix Milan 2011 (ISD limited) starting rating: 1480
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 502 Lundgren, Erik (1549) Lost 0-2 -161464
2sealed 766 Espenlaub, Fritz (1482) Lost 0-2 -181446
3sealed 848 Miccoli, Maurizio (1428) Won 2-0 +181464
4sealed 887 G., Jacopo (1483) Won 2-0 +181482
5sealed 727 Zeller, Gabor (1520) Won 2-1 +191501
6sealed 653 Viesca Gutierrez, Ricardo (1501) Won 2-1 +181519
7sealed 664 Notting, Wander (1569) Won 2-0 +191538
8sealed 557 Montanari, Enrico (1556) Lost 0-2 -181520
9sealed 607 Lagarde, Jeremie (1399) Lost 0-2 -201500
top average opponent: 1499record: 5-4 new rating: 1500

Grand Prix Bochum 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 234 Thiele, Fabian (1446) Lost 0-2 -191481
2sealed 321 Van Den Brande, Wim (1427) Draw 1-1 -11480
3sealed 317 Ammann, Petra (1489) Draw 1-1 01480
4sealed 365 Konigs, Stefan (1482) Lost 1-2 -181462
5sealed 325 Keskenti, Roman (1445) Won 2-1 +181480
6sealed 266 Weiser, Thomas (1485) Lost 0-2 -181462
7sealed 208 Janssen, Matthias (1483) Won 2-0 +181480
top average opponent: 1465record: 2-3-2 new rating: 1480