Murata, Kazuaki
Current rating: 1548
Record: 9-6
| Grand Prix Utsunomiya 2002 (ONS rochester) | starting rating: 1554 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 235 | Suganuma, Takeshi (1517) | Lost 0-2 | -181536 |
| 2sealed | 289 | Yamagishi, Norikazu (1483) | Won 2-1 | +171553 |
| 3sealed | 119 | Nakazawa, Kazuhiro (1539) | Lost 0-2 | -191534 |
| 4sealed | 241 | Nishimura, Yusuke (1430) | Won 2-0 | +171551 |
| 5sealed | 180 | Imagawa, Hiromasa (1508) | Won 2-0 | +171568 |
| 6sealed | 126 | Yamagishi, Yuichi (1524) | Lost 0-2 | -191549 |
| 7sealed | 134 | Ito, Yoshimasa (1499) | Lost 0-2 | -191530 |
| 8sealed | 77 | Tajiri, Satoshi (1538) | Won 2-1 | +181548 |
| average opponent: 1505record: 4-4 | new rating: 1548 | |||
| Grand Prix Hiroshima 2001 (INV limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 54 | Nakai, Hitoshi (1500) | Won 2-1 | +181518 |
| 2sealed | 100 | Okuyama, Masahide (1518) | Lost 1-2 | -181500 |
| 3sealed | 79 | Sugita, Toshihiko (1498) | Won 2-0 | +181518 |
| 4sealed | 92 | Matsuoka, Takeshi (1517) | Won 2-0 | +181536 |
| 5sealed | 44 | Jung, Heung-Jin (1563) | Lost 0-1 | -181518 |
| 6sealed | 80 | Hoshino, Fumio (1532) | Won 2-1 | +191537 |
| 7sealed | 71 | Nakano, Fumiki (1518) | Won 2-1 | +171554 |
| average opponent: 1521record: 5-2 | new rating: 1554 | |||