Watanabe, Shinji (Okayama)
Current rating: 1641
Record: 14-6-1
| Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) | starting rating: 1519 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2block | 43 | Kushino, Takayuki (1570) | Won 2-0 | +191538 |
| 3block | 183 | Okabe, Takahiro (1500) | Won 2-1 | +171555 |
| 4block | 110 | Ito, Masaki (1519) | Lost 0-2 | -191536 |
| 5block | 154 | Kawano, Junichi (1519) | Won 2-0 | +181554 |
| 6block | 147 | Nakanishi, Hiroyuki (1537) | Lost 1-2 | -181536 |
| 7block | 218 | Ueno, Motohiro (1550) | Won 2-1 | +181554 |
| 8block | 164 | Hamawaki, Yusaku (1537) | Won 2-1 | +181572 |
| 9block | 67 | Nishimura, Yuya (1508) | Won 2-0 | +171589 |
| 10block | 35 | Kusaka, Tadateru (1575) | Won 2-0 | +171606 |
| 11block | 18 | Kurisu, Takashi (1559) | Lost 1-2 | -191587 |
| 12block | 33 | Tsuchiya, Heinrich (1546) | Lost 0-2 | -181569 |
| 13block | 55 | Sasaki, Shou (1545) | Won 2-1 | +171586 |
| 14block | 31 | Kodani, Ryousuke (1575) | Won 2-1 | +181604 |
| 15block | 25 | Abe, Ryou (1649) | Won 2-0 | +191623 |
| 16block | 15 | Hirata, Shinya (1606) | Won 2-1 | +181641 |
| average opponent: 1553record: 11-4 | new rating: 1641 | |||
| Grand Prix Hiroshima 2001 (INV limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 173 | Doi, Fumiaki (1570) | Won 2-1 | +191519 |
| 2sealed | 47 | Kanegawa, Yasuyuki (1518) | Won 2-1 | +181537 |
| 3sealed | 24 | Nada, Satoshi (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -181519 |
| 4sealed | 113 | Kobayashi, Yasushi (1518) | Won 2-0 | +181537 |
| 5sealed | 24 | Inoue, Takeshi (1553) | Draw 1-1 | 01537 |
| 6sealed | 57 | Kishizawa, Masaki (1518) | Lost 1-2 | -181519 |
| average opponent: 1533record: 3-2-1 | new rating: 1519 | |||