Esser, Ralph
Current rating: 1580
Record: 72-85-1
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2020
| Grand Prix Brussels 2020 (pioneer) | starting rating: 1421 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1pioneer | 404 | Helder, Willem (1437) | Won 2-0 | +181439 |
| 2pioneer | 322 | Alkio, Anssi (1926) | Won 2-0 | +261465 |
| 3pioneer | 38 | Klocker, Mario (1602) | Won 2-1 | +211486 |
| 4pioneer | 199 | Borgel, Nicolas (1667) | Won 2-1 | +211507 |
| 5pioneer | 9 | Lawton, James (1766) | Won 2-1 | +231530 |
| 6pioneer | 22 | Tuinstra, Sebastiaan (1703) | Won 2-1 | +211551 |
| 7pioneer | 24 | Garnham, Matthew (1933) | Lost 0-2 | -121539 |
| 8pioneer | 41 | Goldsworthy, Oliver (1515) | Won 2-0 | +181557 |
| 9pioneer | 15 | Granger, Theophile (1799) | Won 2-0 | +221579 |
| 10pioneer | 18 | Mery, Theau (1961) | Lost 0-2 | -111568 |
| 11pioneer | 30 | Brownson-Smith, Callum (1790) | Won 2-0 | +221590 |
| 12pioneer | 31 | Mutin, Guillaume (1647) | Won 2-1 | +191609 |
| 13pioneer | 16 | Martino, Valerio (2011) | Lost 1-2 | -111598 |
| 14pioneer | 20 | Villa Perez, Pablo (1588) | Lost 0-2 | -181580 |
| 15pioneer | 38 | Luckhaupt, Lars (1865) | ID | 01580 |
| top | average opponent: 1747record: 10-4-1 | new rating: 1580 | ||
| Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (std) (DOM standard) | starting rating: 1469 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 100 | de Groot, Bjorn (1535) | Won 2-1 | +191488 |
| 4standard | 80 | Orizio, Simone (1401) | Lost 1-2 | -191469 |
| 5standard | 249 | Lassila, Toni (1486) | Lost 0-2 | -181451 |
| 6standard | 332 | Warnock, Alan (1724) | Lost 1-2 | -131438 |
| 7standard | 291 | Banks, Andrew (1482) | Lost 1-2 | -171421 |
| top | average opponent: 1526record: 1-4 | new rating: 1421 | ||
| Grand Prix Amsterdam 2017 (AKH standard) | starting rating: 1513 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 7 | De Groot, Vincent (1487) | Won 2-1 | +171530 |
| 4standard | 145 | Aubin, Maxime (1834) | Lost 0-2 | -131517 |
| 5standard | 95 | Aristov, Boris (1701) | Lost 0-2 | -141503 |
| 6standard | 348 | De Leijer, Jop (1602) | Lost 0-2 | -161487 |
| 7standard | 313 | Vatthauer, Hannes (1512) | Lost 0-2 | -181469 |
| top | average opponent: 1627record: 1-4 | new rating: 1469 | ||
| Grand Prix Copenhagen 2017 (modern) | starting rating: 1561 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3modern | 313 | Boelens, Jasper (1843) | Lost 1-2 | -131548 |
| 4modern | 559 | Horosiewicz, Lukas (1638) | Lost 0-2 | -161532 |
| 5modern | 620 | Kae, Klaus (1502) | Lost 1-2 | -191513 |
| 6modern | 747 | Okland, Inghild (1471) | Won 2-1 | +171530 |
| 7modern | 548 | Medici, Julien (1591) | Won 2-1 | +201550 |
| 8modern | 468 | Haleblian, Boris (1561) | Won 2-0 | +181568 |
| 9modern | 267 | Bachofner Gran, Emil (1543) | Won 2-1 | +171585 |
| 10modern | 495 | Brandt, Sebastian (1612) | Lost 1-2 | -171568 |
| 11modern | 445 | Schafer, Benedikt (1557) | Lost 0-2 | -181550 |
| 12modern | 464 | Jensen, Jakob (1489) | Won 2-1 | +171567 |
| 13modern | 447 | Dosch, Dominik (1554) | Lost 1-2 | -191548 |
| 14modern | 428 | Van Deun, Luca (1589) | Lost 1-2 | -171531 |
| 15modern | 429 | Knauss, Daniel (1504) | Lost 1-2 | -181513 |
| top | average opponent: 1573record: 5-8 | new rating: 1513 | ||
| Grand Prix Barcelona 2017 (AER standard) | starting rating: 1547 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 182 | Scharr, Jules (1405) | Won 2-1 | +161563 |
| 3standard | 163 | Wang, Haokang (1904) | Lost 0-2 | -121551 |
| 4standard | 306 | Bratu, Cosmin (1516) | Won 2-1 | +171568 |
| 5standard | 157 | Bouillot, Damien (1816) | Won 2-0 | +231591 |
| 6standard | 65 | Dagen, Pierre (1996) | Lost 0-2 | -111580 |
| 7standard | 144 | Coret Barneto, Asier (1549) | Won 2-0 | +171597 |
| 8standard | 164 | Baptista, Ricardo Filipe (1596) | Lost 1-2 | -181579 |
| 9standard | 215 | Guerra Diaz, Victor (1585) | Lost 1-2 | -181561 |
| top | average opponent: 1671record: 4-4 | new rating: 1561 | ||
| Grand Prix Utrecht 2017 (AER standard) | starting rating: 1602 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 264 | Fesser, Meik (1613) | Won 2-1 | +181620 |
| 3standard | 5 | Norberg, Andreas (1590) | Won 2-1 | +181638 |
| 4standard | 64 | Nielsen, Kasper (1853) | Lost 0-2 | -141624 |
| 5standard | 121 | Noorlander, Niels (1871) | Lost 1-2 | -141610 |
| 6standard | 265 | Santin, Massimiliano (1469) | Lost 0-2 | -211589 |
| 7standard | 329 | Jelinek, Jan (1397) | Lost 0-2 | -211568 |
| 8standard | 409 | Cossu, Andrea (1426) | Lost 0-2 | -211547 |
| top | average opponent: 1603record: 2-5 | new rating: 1547 | ||
| Grand Prix Prague 2017 (AER limited) | starting rating: 1586 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 96 | Matthies, Mario (1604) | Lost 0-2 | -171569 |
| 3sealed | 666 | Peuker, Thomas (1545) | Lost 1-2 | -191550 |
| 4sealed | 847 | Burke, Seamus (1462) | Won 2-1 | +171567 |
| 5sealed | 702 | Rovsek, Erika (1499) | Lost 0-2 | -201547 |
| 6sealed | 742 | Dirkx, Michael (1481) | Won 2-0 | +171564 |
| 7sealed | 602 | Starnini, Matteo (1571) | Won 2-1 | +181582 |
| 8sealed | 533 | Rossi, Kevin (1591) | Won 2-0 | +181600 |
| 9sealed | 285 | Danz, Jonathan (1737) | Won 2-1 | +211621 |
| 10draft | 248 | Cinquin, Antoine (1447) | Won 2-0 | +151636 |
| 11draft | 200 | Romanczyk, Peter (1631) | Lost 0-2 | -181618 |
| 12draft | 233 | Milanes, Miguel (1867) | Lost 1-2 | -141604 |
| 13draft | 291 | Bok, Jan (1606) | Won 2-0 | +181622 |
| 14draft | 113 | Tozzo, Nicolas (1511) | Lost 0-2 | -201602 |
| top | average opponent: 1581record: 7-6 | new rating: 1602 | ||
| Grand Prix Madrid 2016 (KLD standard) | starting rating: 1501 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 153 | Martino, Valerio (1689) | Won 2-0 | +211522 |
| 3standard | 274 | Fischer, Juliane (1247) | Won 2-1 | +131535 |
| 4standard | 12 | Smithells, Rose (1523) | Lost 1-2 | -181517 |
| 5standard | 131 | Oliveira, Jose (1499) | Lost 1-2 | -181499 |
| 6standard | 278 | Mendez Rodriguez, Lesmes (1393) | Won 2-1 | +161515 |
| 7standard | 229 | Cardenas, Antonio (1549) | Lost 0-2 | -181497 |
| 8standard | 381 | Fernandez Moreno, Andres (1447) | Won 2-1 | +181515 |
| 9standard | 247 | Riera Pierola, Gabriel (1476) | Won 2-1 | +171532 |
| 10standard | 217 | Kauf, Jamin (1737) | Won 2-0 | +211553 |
| 11standard | 84 | Habert, Alexandre (1654) | Won 2-1 | +201573 |
| 12standard | 65 | Berger, Meciek (1852) | Lost 1-2 | -131560 |
| 13standard | 99 | Mineri, Claudio (1622) | Lost 1-2 | -171543 |
| 14standard | 146 | Mengucci, Andrea (1764) | Won 2-1 | +221565 |
| 15standard | 122 | Matos, Bruno (1724) | Won 2-1 | +211586 |
| top | average opponent: 1584record: 9-5 | new rating: 1586 | ||
| Grand Prix Lille 2016 (modern) | starting rating: 1467 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 17 | Knapper, Stefan (1529) | Lost 1-2 | -171450 |
| 3modern | 624 | van Doorn, Lorenzo (1414) | Won 2-1 | +171467 |
| 4modern | 268 | Russell, Thomas P (1680) | Lost 0-2 | -141453 |
| 5modern | 629 | Rousseaux, Edouard (1386) | Won 2-1 | +171470 |
| 6modern | 366 | Gilles, Maxime (1669) | Won 2-1 | +211491 |
| 7modern | 203 | Pommier, Emmanuel (1567) | Won 2-0 | +201511 |
| 8modern | 246 | Ruffinazzi, Michele (1769) | Won 2-0 | +221533 |
| 9modern | 115 | Van Deun, Luca (1641) | Won 2-0 | +201553 |
| 10modern | 49 | Lesaege, Clement (1778) | Lost 0-2 | -141539 |
| 11modern | 93 | Klocker, Elias (1838) | Lost 0-2 | -121527 |
| 12modern | 165 | Fromberg, Michael (1703) | Lost 0-2 | -151512 |
| 13modern | 220 | Chabrier, Damien (1588) | Lost 1-2 | -171495 |
| 14modern | 206 | Diniz, Hugo (1768) | Lost 1-2 | -131482 |
| 15modern | 196 | Monet, Yves (1522) | Won 2-1 | +191501 |
| top | average opponent: 1632record: 7-7 | new rating: 1501 | ||
| Grand Prix Brussels 2015 (BFZ standard) | starting rating: 1443 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 207 | Svensson, Eric (1519) | Won 0-0 | +191462 |
| 3standard | 161 | Varady, Balazs (1626) | Lost 1-2 | -151447 |
| 4standard | 361 | Geist, Jonathan (1736) | Won 2-0 | +231470 |
| 5standard | 188 | Moffa, Luca (1514) | Lost 1-2 | -171453 |
| 6standard | 534 | Rasmussen, Thomas (1771) | Won 2-0 | +241477 |
| 7standard | 320 | Musmacher, Thomas (1711) | Lost 0-2 | -141463 |
| 8standard | 388 | Van Kuijk, Harm-Joost (1601) | Won 2-1 | +201483 |
| 9standard | 228 | Badea, Marius (1558) | Lost 1-2 | -161467 |
| top | average opponent: 1630record: 4-4 | new rating: 1467 | ||
| Grand Prix Prague 2015 (ORI standard) | starting rating: 1371 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 208 | Gregoir, Christophe (2063) | Lost 0-2 | -71364 |
| 3standard | 473 | Vardzik, Tomas (1517) | Won 2-1 | +211385 |
| 4standard | 301 | Szczepanski, Pawel (1544) | Won 2-0 | +211406 |
| 5standard | 166 | Kenyeres, Akos (1794) | Won 2-1 | +251431 |
| 6standard | 94 | Hardstam, Johan (1530) | Lost 1-2 | -171414 |
| 7standard | 181 | Hallmchen, Sebastian (1537) | Won 2-1 | +211435 |
| 8standard | 92 | Pieringer, Stefan (1564) | Lost 0-2 | -161419 |
| 9standard | 158 | Drapala, Thomas (1751) | Won 2-0 | +241443 |
| top | average opponent: 1663record: 5-3 | new rating: 1443 | ||
| Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) | starting rating: 1401 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 131 | Stevenson, Craig (1422) | Won 2-0 | +191420 |
| 3standard | 143 | Dogana, Marco (1524) | Lost 0-2 | -161404 |
| 4standard | 313 | Arod, Christophe (1524) | Lost 0-2 | -161388 |
| 5standard | 321 | Brogan, John (1469) | Lost 0-2 | -171371 |
| top | average opponent: 1485record: 1-3 | new rating: 1371 | ||
| Grand Prix Lille 2015 (legacy) | starting rating: 1430 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2legacy | 121 | Dudragne, Maxime (1531) | Won 2-1 | +201450 |
| 3legacy | 67 | Swiecki, Robert (1566) | Lost 1-2 | -161434 |
| 4legacy | 213 | Rizzi, Nicolo (1517) | Lost 1-2 | -161418 |
| 5legacy | 552 | Calon, Arnaud (1505) | Lost 0-2 | -171401 |
| top | average opponent: 1530record: 1-3 | new rating: 1401 | ||
| Grand Prix Copenhagen 2015 (modern) | starting rating: 1355 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 39 | Vaananen, Aleksi (1717) | Won 2-1 | +251380 |
| 3modern | 87 | Demol, Ken (1508) | Lost 0-2 | -161364 |
| 4modern | 367 | Innholt, Jan Michaels (1467) | Won 2-1 | +201384 |
| 5modern | 278 | Moller Sorensen, Jacob (1541) | Won 2-1 | +211405 |
| 6modern | 136 | Steinaa, Peter (1827) | Won 2-0 | +251430 |
| 7modern | 89 | Le Briand, Loic (1833) | Lost 0-2 | -111419 |
| 8modern | 107 | Kullberg, Miika (1630) | Won 2-0 | +221441 |
| 9modern | 89 | Faber, Manuel (1884) | Lost 1-2 | -111430 |
| top | average opponent: 1676record: 5-3 | new rating: 1430 | ||
| Grand Prix Utrecht 2015 (MM2 limited) | starting rating: 1384 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 121 | Jansen, Rens (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -151369 |
| 3sealed | 416 | Stone, Yonathan (1635) | Lost 0-2 | -141355 |
| top | average opponent: 1576record: 0-2 | new rating: 1355 | ||
| Grand Prix Paris 2015 (DTK standard) | starting rating: 1369 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 109 | Weidlich, Christopher (1500) | Draw 1-1 | +21371 |
| 3standard | 353 | Lauwers, Franck (1546) | Lost 0-2 | -151356 |
| 4standard | 490 | Wootton, Nigel (1591) | Won 2-1 | +221378 |
| 5standard | 332 | Briquet, Damien (1544) | Won 2-0 | +211399 |
| 6standard | 198 | Griffiths, Pip (1544) | Lost 0-2 | -151384 |
| top | average opponent: 1545record: 2-2-1 | new rating: 1384 | ||
| Grand Prix Vancouver 2015 (modern) | starting rating: 1354 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 166 | Sanders, Devin (1500) | Won 2-1 | +211375 |
| 2modern | 102 | Saxena, Anubhav (1519) | Won 2-0 | +211396 |
| 3modern | 133 | Gross, William (1521) | Lost 1-2 | -161380 |
| 4modern | 153 | McIntyre, Trenton (1492) | Lost 1-2 | -161364 |
| 5modern | 344 | Birch, Chris (1499) | Won 2-1 | +201384 |
| 6modern | 293 | Symons, Sean (1518) | Lost 0-2 | -151369 |
| top | average opponent: 1508record: 3-3 | new rating: 1369 | ||
| Grand Prix Utrecht 2014 (M15 standard) | starting rating: 1358 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 72 | Witt, Hannes (1500) | Won 2-0 | +201378 |
| 4standard | 31 | Van Eijsden, Enrico (1724) | Lost 0-2 | -121366 |
| 5standard | 270 | Van de Steen, Glenn (1438) | Lost 0-2 | -161350 |
| 6standard | 363 | Boinet, Eric (1535) | Won 2-1 | +211371 |
| 7standard | 146 | Petrushchenko, Sergey (1439) | Lost 0-2 | -171354 |
| top | average opponent: 1527record: 2-3 | new rating: 1354 | ||
| Grand Prix Vienna 2014 (BNG limited) | starting rating: 1391 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 19 | Schwarz, Iris (1716) | Lost 1-2 | -131378 |
| 4sealed | 240 | Wolf, Jan-Christoph (1522) | Lost 0-2 | -151363 |
| 5sealed | 424 | Wallner, Johann (1630) | Won 2-0 | +231386 |
| 6sealed | 123 | Dick, Alexander (1615) | Lost 0-2 | -141372 |
| 7sealed | 313 | Dzino, Paul (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -161356 |
| 8sealed | 315 | Velo, Marina (1302) | Lost 1-2 | -191337 |
| 9sealed | 303 | Pavelek, Jakub (1483) | Won 2-1 | +211358 |
| top | average opponent: 1538record: 2-5 | new rating: 1358 | ||
| Grand Prix Prague 2014 (modern) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1modern | 204 | van Alphen, Pascal (1494) | Lost 0-2 | -181482 |
| 2modern | 451 | Pokorny, Gernot (1421) | Won 2-0 | +171499 |
| 3modern | 379 | Meoni, Stefano (1527) | Lost 0-2 | -181481 |
| 4modern | 624 | Melisek, David (1562) | Lost 0-2 | -161465 |
| 5modern | 584 | Renger, Michael (1365) | Lost 1-2 | -201445 |
| 6modern | 587 | Oswald, Wolfgang (1468) | Lost 0-2 | -181427 |
| 7modern | 552 | Hillmann, Alexander (1424) | Lost 0-2 | -181409 |
| 8modern | 499 | Soustelle, Romain (1372) | Lost 0-2 | -181391 |
| top | average opponent: 1454record: 1-7 | new rating: 1391 | ||