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Polak, Martin
Current rating: 1517

Grand Prix Paris 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1470
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 117 mocquillon, Yannick (1519) Lost 0-2 -171453
3sealed 266 Forte, Frederic (1500) Won 2-1 +191472
4sealed 174 Gouroutidis, Kiriakos (1651) Won 2-1 +211493
5sealed 101 Gezolme, Julien (1536) Won 2-0 +191512
6sealed 153 Goyvaerts, Maarten (1502) Won 2-1 +181530
7sealed 51 Gomersall, Sam (1863) Lost 0-2 -131517
top average opponent: 1595record: 4-2 new rating: 1517

Grand Prix Vienna 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1466
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 227 Katic, Filip (1538) Won 2-1 +201486
3sealed 48 Vozdecky, Lukas (1608) Lost 1-2 -161470
top average opponent: 1573record: 1-1 new rating: 1470

2004 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1503
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 130 Miller, Roger (1576) Lost 1-2 -171486
2standard 124 Soh, Joe (1646) Won 2-0 +211507
3standard 53 Tamblyn, Mitchell (1810) Lost 0-2 -131494
4standard 80 Geyser, Wynand (1484) Lost 1-2 -181476
5standard 122 Li, Jie (1673) Lost 0-2 -141462
6standard 139 Kjartansson, Halldor S (1418) Won 2-0 +171479
7draft 48 Dumitrescu, Alexandru (1533) Lost 1-2 -171462
8draft 126 Hoeh, Hans Joachim (1715) Lost 1-2 -141448
9draft 102 Simao Teixeira, Eduardo (1440) Lost 0-2 -181430
10draft 47 Linde, Matt (1685) Won 2-0 +231453
11draft 64 Ross, Edward (1628) Lost 1-2 -151438
12draft 141 Gerson, Steve (1565) Won 2-0 +201458
13block 126 Aziz, Gabriel (1459) Won 2-0 +181476
14block 108 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1772) Won 2-0 +231499
15block 112 Soh, Joe (1616) Lost 0-2 -161483
16block 115 Bertiou, Simon (1490) Lost 1-2 -171466
17block 120 Manicolo, Kevin (1506) Won 2-0 +181484
18block 111 Sirilertvorakul, Veerapat (1491) Lost 0-2 -181466
top average opponent: 1584record: 7-11 new rating: 1466

Grand Prix New Jersey 2004 (Mirrodin block) starting rating: 1482
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 118 Thoms, Christopher (1500) Lost 0-2 -181464
3block 218 Cooper, Geddes (1548) Lost 0-2 -161448
4block 311 Weingard, Daniel (1482) Won 2-0 +181466
5block 231 Robertson, Erik (1499) Won 2-1 +191485
6block 204 Zgrabik, Christopher (1454) Won 2-0 +171502
7block 148 Han, William (1520) Won 2-0 +191521
8block 56 Stelmack, Andrew (1509) Lost 1-2 -181503
top average opponent: 1502record: 4-3 new rating: 1503

Grand Prix Munich 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1434
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 256 Reich, Matthias (1500) Won 2-1 +191453
2sealed 121 Garling, Chris (1500) Lost 1-2 -171436
3sealed 306 Jansen, Patrick (1493) Won 2-0 +191455
4sealed 188 Jungling, Sebastian (1516) Lost 1-2 -171438
5sealed 294 Richard, Mark (1504) Won 2-0 +191457
6sealed 188 Cwalina, Andrzej (1556) Won 2-0 +201477
7sealed 174 Haberkorn, Pascal (1687) Lost 0-2 -141463
8sealed 135 Fritzsche, Severin (1519) Won 2-1 +191482
top average opponent: 1534record: 5-3 new rating: 1482

Grand Prix Prague 2003 (LGN limited) starting rating: 1468
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 67 Bayer, Patrick (1588) Lost 0-2 -161452
3sealed 335 Showers, Chris (1450) Lost 0-2 -181434
top average opponent: 1519record: 0-2 new rating: 1434

Grand Prix Vienna 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1473
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 41 Comte, Florian (1537) Won 2-0 +191492
5sealed 20 Marek, Libor (1594) Lost 0-2 -161476
6sealed 51 Boeken, Noah (1774) Lost 0-2 -121464
7sealed 101 Meier, Arndt (1539) Won 2-1 +191483
8sealed 41 Lavoisier, Regis (1640) Lost 1-2 -151468
top average opponent: 1617record: 2-3 new rating: 1468

2001 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1542
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 31 Perala, Jussi (1519) Lost 0-2 -191523
2standard 145 Brett, Philip (1322) Lost 0-2 -221501
3standard 138 Hassidim, Ayal (1374) Lost 0-2 -201481
4standard 134 Swan, Brad (1781) Won 2-1 +231504
5standard 118 Vila, Ferran (1440) Lost 1-2 -191485
6standard 143 Westerley, Alexander (1451) Won 2-0 +181503
7rochester 31 Bolca, Sinan (1464) Won 2-0 +171520
8rochester 14 Cheung, Yu Kwong (1506) Lost 1-2 -181502
9rochester 125 Schneiders, Felix (1626) Won 2-1 +201522
10rochester 122 Sy, Manchester (1484) Lost 0-2 -191503
11rochester 97 Mukka, Daniel (1590) Lost 0-2 -161487
12rochester 128 Ross, Edward (1649) Lost 1-2 -151472
13extended 128 Coghlan, David (1430) Lost 1-2 -191453
14extended 129 Walamies, Tomi (1773) Lost 0-2 -121441
15extended 131 Kozachuk, Artem (1357) Won 2-0 +161457
16extended 126 Chung, Wing Tat (1387) Won 2-0 +171474
17extended 117 Barbero, Jose (1476) Lost 0-2 -181456
18extended 120 Melgar, Jorge (1421) Won 2-1 +171473
top average opponent: 1503record: 7-11 new rating: 1473

Pro Tour Tokyo 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1540
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 23 Thomsen, Skye (1724) Won 2-1 +211561
2block 55 Rider, Justin (1585) Lost 0-2 -171544
3block 86 Nitter, Eivind (1791) Won 2-1 +221566
4block 20 Maruyama, Tomohiro (1733) Won 2-0 +211587
5block 15 Ziegner, Mark (1518) Won 2-1 +171604
6block 5 Olivieri, Nicolas (1778) Won 2-0 +211625
7block 3 Freneau, Phil (1593) Lost 0-2 -181607
8block 26 Walamies, Tomi (1840) Lost 1-2 -141593
9block 42 Vollebregt, Joost (1671) Lost 1-2 -171576
10block 54 Vernay, Emmanuel (1568) Lost 0-2 -181558
11block 58 Alexander, David (1480) Won 2-1 +171575
12block 42 Kamimachi, Yoku (1535) Lost 0-2 -191556
13block 47 Richards, Scott (1598) Lost 0-2 -171539
14block 52 Sayers, Adrian (1699) Draw 0-0 +31542
top average opponent: 1651record: 6-7-1 new rating: 1542

Grand Prix Prague 2001 (PLS limited) starting rating: 1546
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 86 Berka, Martin (1500) Draw 1-1 -11545
2sealed 160 Padziunas, Pawel (1500) Lost 0-2 -191526
3sealed 232 Horecky, Stepan (1482) Won 2-1 +171543
4sealed 170 Mrazek, Jiri (1464) Lost 1-2 -191524
5sealed 216 Varak, Petr (1483) Won 2-0 +171541
6sealed 162 Melzer, James (1497) Lost 0-2 -191522
7sealed 191 Smirnov, Alexey (1518) Won 2-0 +181540
top average opponent: 1492record: 3-3-1 new rating: 1540

Grand Prix Amsterdam 2001 (INV limited) starting rating: 1490
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 18 Loos, Sebastian (1500) Lost 0-2 -181472
2sealed 264 Muller, Andreas (1482) Won 2-1 +181490
3sealed 146 Bos, Eugene (1500) Won 2-0 +191509
4sealed 181 Ranque, Wilfried (1500) Won 2-0 +171526
5sealed 121 Smith, Jake [ENG] (1496) Lost 1-2 -181508
6sealed 118 Lauter, Michael (1521) Won 2-0 +181526
7sealed 85 Le Guiffant, Simon (1537) Won 2-1 +181544
8sealed 67 Ristedt, Ralph (1612) Draw 1-1 +21546
top average opponent: 1519record: 5-2-1 new rating: 1546

Grand Prix Florence 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1447
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 105 Romero, Hugo (1498) Won 2-0 +191466
2extended 129 Fasci, Emanuele (1447) Lost 0-2 -191447
3extended 200 Jaki, Thomas (1465) Lost 0-2 -171430
4extended 193 Giglio, Antonio (1481) Won 2-0 +191449
5extended 193 Catsiyannis, Maximilien (1501) Won 2-1 +191468
6extended 113 Foschi, Bernnardo (1518) Won 2-0 +191487
7extended 87 Crotta, Massimo (1621) Lost 0-2 -161471
8extended 106 Holzweiss, Ralf (1533) Won 2-0 +191490
top average opponent: 1508record: 5-3 new rating: 1490

1999 European Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 60 Bastos, Frederico (1500) Won 2-0 +181518
2standard 31 Mello, Patrick (1575) Lost 0-2 -171501
3standard 63 Horemans, Michiel (1502) Lost 1-2 -181483
4standard 92 Senyuz, Aras (1454) Lost 0-2 -181465
5standard 96 Baudys, Ondrej (1480) Lost 0-2 -181447
top average opponent: 1502record: 1-4 new rating: 1447