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Kaestner-Frenchman, Ben
Current rating: 1757 (#3553)

Grand Prix London 2019 (WAR sealed) starting rating: 1771
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
C1sealed 134 Kovacs, Andras (1500) Lost 1-2 -231748
C2sealed 303 Marill, Lou (1474) Won 2-1 +131761
C3sealed 129 Kucukozmen, Gani Gorkem (1451) Won 2-0 +131774
C4sealed 172 Darby, Wyatt (1875) Lost 0-2 -171757
top average opponent: 1575record: 2-2 new rating: 1757

Grand Prix Liverpool 2017 (XLN limited) starting rating: 1728
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 336 Richardson, Ben (1448) Lost 1-2 -231705
2sealed 438 Porteous, Douglas (1400) Won 2-0 +131718
3sealed 372 Peters, Micha (1499) Won 2-1 +141732
4sealed 378 Buxton, Stuart (1521) Won 2-0 +141746
5sealed 94 Gilmartin, Calum (1533) Lost 0-2 -221724
6sealed 302 Jones, Declan (1453) Won 2-1 +141738
7sealed 116 Devine, Andrew (1776) Won 2-1 +181756
8sealed 99 Sajjad, Usama (1691) Won 2-0 +171773
9sealed 54 Paugsch, Lukas (1774) Lost 0-2 -181755
10draft 114 Duarte, Tiago Rafael (1428) Won 2-0 +121767
11draft 111 Johansson, Jens (1612) Won 2-0 +161783
12draft 114 Colbourne, Misha (1678) Won 2-1 +161799
13draft 55 Barnes, Aidan (1623) Won 2-1 +151814
14draft 46 Larcombe, Owain (1625) Lost 1-2 -221792
15draft 48 Cabos-Duhamel, Lilian (1602) Lost 0-2 -211771
top average opponent: 1577record: 10-5 new rating: 1771

Grand Prix London 2016 (KLD limited) starting rating: 1754
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 308 Grove, Kevin (2102) Won 2-0 +241778
2sealed 534 Kosma, Ben (1540) Lost 1-2 -221756
3sealed 693 Snowden, Huw (1502) Won 2-1 +141770
4sealed 342 Andersson, Toby (1579) Won 2-0 +141784
5sealed 296 Braunstein, Mikkel (1498) Lost 1-2 -231761
6sealed 521 Esguevillas, Luis (1522) Won 2-0 +141775
7sealed 415 Nisti, Luca (1420) Lost 1-2 -241751
8sealed 493 Chapman, Kyle (1515) Lost 1-2 -231728
top average opponent: 1585record: 4-4 new rating: 1728

Grand Prix Barcelona 2016 (SOI limited) starting rating: 1817
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 7 Fiorucci, Giacomo (1566) Lost 0-2 -231794
3sealed 591 Schroder, Harald (1485) Won 2-0 +131807
4sealed 521 Tassinari, Luca (1651) Lost 1-2 -211786
5sealed 773 van Rijn, Frank (1608) Lost 1-2 -211765
6sealed 745 Burgos Rodriguez, Adrian (1456) Won 2-1 +121777
7sealed 534 Rotondo, Damiano (1502) Lost 0-2 -231754
top average opponent: 1544record: 2-4 new rating: 1754

Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1743
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 4 Vondracek, Zdenek (1559) Won 2-1 +141757
3standard 160 Miles, Elliott (1534) Won 2-1 +141771
4standard 51 Nimwegen, Brendan (1406) Won 2-0 +121783
5standard 14 Varady, Balazs (1691) Won 2-1 +161799
6standard 6 van Montfoort, Kees (1699) Won 2-1 +171816
7standard 1 Tildesley, Matthew (1587) Won 2-1 +141830
8standard 3 Dominguez, Javier (2027) Lost 1-2 -151815
9standard 16 Magni, Luca (1613) Lost 0-2 -221793
10standard 36 Dwyer, Jamie O (1589) Lost 1-2 -211772
11standard 81 Hagelberg, Maximilian (1720) Lost 0-2 -191753
12standard 117 Marshall, Lewis (1597) Won 2-1 +151768
13standard 100 Wagner, Pascal (1504) Won 2-1 +131781
14standard 61 Neirynck, Branco (1935) Won 2-1 +211802
15standard 64 Conde-Gonzalez, Francisco Antonio (1619) Won 2-0 +151817
top average opponent: 1649record: 10-4 new rating: 1817

Grand Prix Utrecht 2015 (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1699
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 2197 Prokopovic, Marek (1507) Won 2-0 +141713
3sealed 2039 Kronenberg, Menno (1537) Won 2-1 +151728
4sealed 2015 Bieniek, Lukasz (1647) Lost 0-2 -191709
5sealed 2090 Bolwidt, Emiel (1540) Won 2-1 +151724
6sealed 2117 Uittenbogaard, Kenny (1518) Won 2-1 +141738
7sealed 2062 Feyand, Florian (1611) Lost 0-2 -201718
8sealed 2076 Daneluk, Erik (1643) Won 2-0 +161734
9sealed 2081 Gomez-Salas Ramirez, J (1617) Won 2-0 +161750
10draft 1001 Vercammen, Jan (1605) Won 2-0 +161766
11draft 1116 Jacobs, Koen (1677) Won 2-1 +161782
12draft 1040 Calligaro, Laurent (1809) Won 2-0 +181800
13draft 1056 Dauzat, Emmanuel (1688) Lost 0-2 -201780
14draft 1123 Ortmann, Christoph (1694) Lost 1-2 -191761
15draft 1086 Wallendorf, Jonas (1756) Lost 0-2 -181743
top average opponent: 1632record: 9-5 new rating: 1743

Grand Prix Liverpool 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1678
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 410 Mills, James R (1605) Won 2-0 +171695
3sealed 41 Olsen, Michelle (1508) Lost 1-2 -221673
4sealed 410 Tennivaara, Sabina (1618) Won 2-0 +171690
5sealed 226 Lee, Nai Jai (1530) Won 2-0 +151705
6sealed 158 Russell, Jason (1492) Won 2-0 +151720
7sealed 107 Blackwood, Chris (1531) Won 2-1 +141734
8sealed 74 Lombardi, Piero (1889) Lost 0-2 -151719
9sealed 93 Mantoani, Leandro (1572) Won 2-1 +151734
10draft 30 Taylor, Jeffrey [ENG] (1547) Won 2-0 +151749
11draft 60 Kot, Jan (1734) Won 2-1 +181767
12draft 37 Carvalho, Marcio (2150) Lost 0-2 -121755
13draft 44 Davies, Darrell (1662) Lost 1-2 -191736
14draft 9 Alkio, Anssi (1834) Lost 1-2 -171719
15draft 67 Norton, Daniel (1583) Lost 1-2 -201699
top average opponent: 1661record: 8-6 new rating: 1699

Grand Prix Strasbourg 2014 (KTK limited) starting rating: 1645
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 800 Kirsch, Arne (1500) Won 2-0 +151660
3sealed 783 Kronberger, Niklas (1645) Won 2-1 +181678
4sealed 743 Idelfonso, Diony (1636) Won 2-0 +171695
5sealed 724 Chauvet, Boris (1550) Won 2-0 +161711
6sealed 724 Vila, Ferran (1768) Won 2-0 +191730
7sealed 704 Konieczny, Dominik (1830) Lost 1-2 -161714
8sealed 731 Berger, Maximilien (1752) Lost 1-2 -181696
9sealed 765 Frauenschlager, Matthias (1685) Lost 1-2 -181678
top average opponent: 1671record: 5-3 new rating: 1678

Grand Prix Milan 2014 (JOU limited) starting rating: 1570
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 58 Guglielmini, Enrico (1627) Won 2-1 +191589
4sealed 53 Pace Asciak, Fabian (1385) Won 2-1 +141603
5sealed 22 Veneri, Dario (1556) Won 2-1 +171620
6sealed 25 Noorlander, Mark (1648) Won 2-1 +191639
7sealed 18 Dezani, Jeremy (2099) Lost 0-2 -111628
8sealed 14 Savini, Davide (1731) Won 2-1 +201648
9sealed 11 Floch, Ivan (2078) Lost 1-2 -101638
10draft 54 De Rosa, Antonino (1927) Won 2-1 +231661
11draft 69 Pavlov, Yassen (1575) Won 2-0 +161677
12draft 62 Lemaitre, Francois (1706) Lost 1-2 -171660
13draft 16 Bernardotti, Daniele (1688) Lost 0-2 -181642
14draft 59 Stok, Alex (1844) Won 2-1 +221664
15draft 15 Teoh, Yann Lee (1610) Lost 0-2 -191645
top average opponent: 1729record: 8-5 new rating: 1645

Grand Prix Warsaw 2014 (JOU limited) starting rating: 1510
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 44 Eriksson, Niklas (1743) Lost 0-2 -141496
2sealed 363 Serdtsev, Leonid (1457) Won 2-1 +171513
3sealed 235 Tornros, Mats (1728) Lost 1-2 -141499
4sealed 440 Domagala, Milosz (1432) Won 2-0 +171516
5sealed 276 Kobielski, Mateusz (1436) Won 2-0 +171533
6sealed 40 Paterka, Artur (1516) Lost 1-2 -191514
7sealed 305 Szczepanowski, Lukasz (1516) Won 0-0 +181532
8sealed 257 Hofmann, Lea (1486) Won 2-0 +181550
9sealed 168 Sados, Marcin (1663) Won 2-0 +201570
top average opponent: 1553record: 6-3 new rating: 1570

Grand Prix Vienna 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1519
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 151 Bsuchner, Paul (1581) Lost 0-2 -171502
4sealed 177 Juote, Jesse (1534) Won 2-1 +191521
5sealed 97 Von Kalkstein, Christian (1876) Won 2-1 +241545
6sealed 133 Plagge, Julian (1769) Won 2-0 +221567
7sealed 71 McGovern, Mark (1630) Lost 1-2 -171550
8sealed 91 Van Rooij, Peter (1349) Lost 0-2 -211529
9sealed 19 Marek, Krzysztof (1489) Lost 1-2 -191510
top average opponent: 1604record: 3-4 new rating: 1510

Grand Prix Kitakyushu 2013 (M14 standard) starting rating: 1520
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 220 Yamamoto, Kazuhide (1403) Lost 0-2 -211499
3standard 442 Sakamoto, Takumi (1500) Lost 0-2 -171482
4standard 536 Hino, Shouta (1481) Won 2-0 +171499
5standard 338 Oota, Yuuki (1631) Won 2-1 +211520
6standard 294 Maruo, Yuuta (1553) Lost 1-2 -181502
7standard 364 Hagimori, Kaku (1503) Won 2-0 +181520
8standard 269 Mita, Shohei (1475) Won 2-0 +181538
9standard 173 Kanou, Yuuki (1516) Lost 0-2 -191519
top average opponent: 1508record: 4-4 new rating: 1519

Grand Prix Bangkok 2013 (DGM limited) starting rating: 1502
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 266 Masashi, Takeyama (1500) Won 2-1 +181520
2sealed 3 Ting, Chester (1466) Lost 0-2 -191501
3sealed 201 Puchthongchai, Pipat (1500) Won 2-1 +181519
4sealed 233 M. Eusoff, Emil A (1515) Won 2-0 +181537
5sealed 176 Kijsintopchai, Eakboot (1534) Won 2-1 +181555
6sealed 66 Tantiyanon, Shitipat (1557) Lost 1-2 -181537
7sealed 79 Hagiwara, Masakatsu (1399) Lost 0-2 -211516
8sealed 176 Murae, Ryuji (1719) Lost 1-2 -141502
9sealed 188 Koh, Zhi Sin (1481) Won 2-1 +181520
top average opponent: 1519record: 5-4 new rating: 1520

Grand Prix Yokohama 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1539
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 130 Tamura, Youhei (1481) Lost 1-2 -201519
3modern 544 Suzuki, Akira (1486) Lost 1-2 -181501
4modern 510 Nakamura, Keisuke (1544) Won 2-0 +191520
5modern 487 Ookubo, Shun (1538) Lost 0-2 -181502
top average opponent: 1512record: 1-3 new rating: 1502

Grand Prix Kobe 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1482
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 88 Yoshida, Mitsutaka (1217) Won 2-1 +131495
2sealed 278 Kobayashi, Masanori (1580) Lost 1-2 -161479
3sealed 337 Yoshizumi, Tomohiro (1504) Won 2-0 +181497
4sealed 265 Maeda, Lucio (1517) Lost 0-2 -171480
5sealed 279 Nakamura, Kousuke (1387) Won 2-0 +161496
6sealed 305 Satake, Yukihiro (1467) Lost 1-2 -181478
7sealed 285 Kou, Changsu (1722) Won 2-0 +221500
8sealed 232 Furukawa, Kai (1520) Won 2-0 +181518
9sealed 151 Katagiri, Shinichi (1637) Won 2-0 +211539
top average opponent: 1506record: 6-3 new rating: 1539

Grand Prix Kitakyushu 2009 (ZEN limited) starting rating: 1466
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 69 Harada, Toshiya (1448) Won 2-0 +171483
2sealed 109 Morofuji, Takuma (1761) Won 2-0 +231506
3sealed 13 Sato, Takatoshi (1615) Lost 1-2 -161490
4sealed 143 Ueda, Katsuya (1864) Lost 1-2 -111479
5sealed 174 Murata, Kouji (1496) Won 2-1 +181497
6sealed 112 Hassaku, Jinpei (1670) Lost 0-2 -151482
top average opponent: 1642record: 3-3 new rating: 1482

Grand Prix Rotterdam 2009 (CON limited) starting rating: 1485
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 536 McGovern, Mark (1548) Lost 1-2 -171468
2sealed 593 Koevoet, Michel (1450) Won 2-0 +181486
3sealed 534 Van de Rijck, Stijn (1398) Lost 1-2 -201466
4sealed 648 Van Denderen, Martijn (1482) Won 2-1 +181484
5sealed 593 Oberauer, Felix (1453) Lost 1-2 -181466
top average opponent: 1466record: 2-3 new rating: 1466

Grand Prix Yamagata 2006 (TSP limited) starting rating: 1416
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 28 Uchiyama, Akito (1426) Won 2-0 +181434
2sealed 71 Sato, Koutarou (1517) Lost 1-2 -171417
3sealed 67 Kashima, Akihiro (1574) Lost 1-2 -151402
4sealed 139 Asari, Kouzou (1495) Draw 1-1 +21404
5sealed 129 Sawata, Michiaki (1503) Won 2-0 +201424
6sealed 101 Abe, Eriko (1500) Won 2-0 +191443
7sealed 4 Hayashi, Hiroki (1607) Won 2-0 +211464
8sealed 56 Nishimaki, Akira (1606) Won 2-1 +211485
top average opponent: 1529record: 5-2-1 new rating: 1485

Grand Prix Cardiff 2006 (GPT limited) starting rating: 1430
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 49 De Klerk, Neil (1500) Won 2-0 +191449
2sealed 48 Gilbey, Rachel (1535) Lost 0-0 -161433
3sealed 117 Gabbitas, Paul (1500) Lost 0-2 -171416
top average opponent: 1512record: 1-2 new rating: 1416

Grand Prix Nottingham 2005 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1454
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 110 Laboureau, Mickael (1466) Won 2-1 +191473
2sealed 65 Saviori, Fabio (1591) Lost 0-2 -161457
3sealed 147 Green, Chris [ENG] (1503) Won 2-0 +191476
4sealed 133 Kennes, Johan (1619) Lost 1-2 -161460
5sealed 153 Shinkins, Stewart (1595) Lost 0-2 -151445
6sealed 175 Reynolds, Adam (1611) Lost 0-2 -151430
top average opponent: 1564record: 2-4 new rating: 1430

Grand Prix Birmingham 2004 (DST limited) starting rating: 1468
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 57 Amundsen, Rune (1500) Won 2-1 +191487
2sealed 81 Haslam, Paul (1518) Won 2-0 +181505
3sealed 72 Moss, Gideon (1518) Lost 0-2 -171488
4sealed 90 Bjork, Artturi (1684) Lost 0-2 -151473
5sealed 160 Newton, Thomas (1500) Won 2-0 +191492
6sealed 118 Brett, Philip (1399) Lost 0-2 -201472
7sealed 135 Hessens, Oliver (1501) Lost 1-2 -181454
top average opponent: 1517record: 3-4 new rating: 1454

Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 6 de Jong, Sven (1500) Won 2-1 +181518
2block 3 Vila, Ferran (1675) Lost 0-2 -151503
3block 145 Lopez, Guillermo (1500) Lost 1-2 -181485
4block 179 Monteiro, Jorge (1562) Lost 0-2 -171468
top average opponent: 1559record: 1-3 new rating: 1468