Cates, James
Current rating: 1444
| Grand Prix Portland 2018 (modern) | starting rating: 1433 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 549 | Taut, Emanuel (1500) | Won 2-0 | +191452 |
| 2modern | 211 | Kirkham, Jonathan (1518) | Won 2-0 | +191471 |
| 3modern | 81 | Nguyen, Viet (1571) | Lost 1-2 | -161455 |
| 4modern | 227 | Nielson, Nathan (1542) | Lost 0-2 | -161439 |
| 5modern | 536 | Lin, Daniel (1688) | Won 2-1 | +221461 |
| 6modern | 314 | Brady, Kyle (1494) | Lost 1-2 | -171444 |
| top | average opponent: 1552record: 3-3 | new rating: 1444 | ||
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (modern) (modern) | starting rating: 1468 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 382 | Mendez, Daniel (1488) | Lost 1-2 | -181450 |
| 2modern | 685 | Provencher, Danny (1481) | Lost 1-2 | -171433 |
| top | average opponent: 1485record: 0-2 | new rating: 1433 | ||
| Grand Prix Phoenix 2018 (modern) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 284 | Robles, Jesse (1580) | Won 2-1 | +191519 |
| 2modern | 257 | Biedenbach, Christopher (1591) | Lost 1-2 | -161503 |
| 3modern | 545 | Ring, Alex (1467) | Lost 1-2 | -191484 |
| 4modern | 599 | Snyder, Jeffrey (1591) | Lost 1-2 | -161468 |
| top | average opponent: 1557record: 1-3 | new rating: 1468 | ||