Sato, Naoshi
Current rating: 1499
Record: 4-4-2
| Grand Prix Utsunomiya 2002 (ONS rochester) | starting rating: 1502 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 68 | Chiba, Katsutoshi (1482) | Draw 1-1 | -11501 |
| 2sealed | 184 | Tano, Fumiaki (1446) | Won 1-0 | +171518 |
| 3sealed | 106 | Higuchi, Daisaku (1500) | Draw 1-1 | 01518 |
| 4sealed | 181 | Sakamoto, Kazuya (1525) | Lost 0-2 | -181500 |
| 5sealed | 210 | Takita, Takeshi (1500) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 6sealed | 152 | Kawazoe, Hiroki (1486) | Lost 0-2 | -191499 |
| average opponent: 1490record: 2-2-2 | new rating: 1499 | |||
| Grand Prix Sapporo 2002 (Odyssey block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1block | 63 | Kawamura, Yuusuke (1500) | Won 2-1 | +181518 |
| 2block | 112 | Sato, Hisaumi (1516) | Won 2-1 | +181536 |
| 3block | 56 | Ishibashi, Katsumi (1590) | Lost 1-2 | -171519 |
| 4block | 70 | Koyama, Kenta (1552) | Lost 0-2 | -171502 |
| average opponent: 1539record: 2-2 | new rating: 1502 | |||