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Love, James
Current rating: 1557

Regional Championships Lille 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1598
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 92 Agricola, Giulio (1503) Lost 1-2 -191579
2pioneer 234 Thornton, Ryan (1481) Lost 1-2 -201559
3pioneer 263 Aksamit, Pawel (1467) Draw 1-1 -21557
4pioneer 297 Sercu, Joery (1520) Won 2-0 +181575
5pioneer 230 Abreu, Mario (1500) Draw 1-1 -21573
6pioneer 265 Verdiani, Luca (1687) Lost 0-2 -161557
top average opponent: 1527record: 1-3-2 new rating: 1557

Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (std) (DOM standard) starting rating: 1589
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 23 Aue, Adrian (1622) Won 2-0 +191608
4standard 79 Caillaba, Germain (1830) Won 2-0 +221630
5standard 60 Oosterbaan, Fokke (1622) Lost 0-2 -181612
6standard 93 Barreaud, Joffrey (1653) Lost 1-2 -171595
7standard 117 Salcovsky, Diego (1538) Won 2-1 +161611
8standard 171 Channing, Henry (1891) Lost 1-2 -131598
top average opponent: 1693record: 3-3 new rating: 1598

Grand Prix Liverpool 2017 (XLN limited) starting rating: 1643
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 148 Kaufmann, David (1667) Lost 1-2 -181625
4sealed 220 Leggett, Martyn (1650) Lost 1-2 -171608
5sealed 371 Arnal Avino, Josep Lluis (1582) Lost 1-2 -191589
top average opponent: 1633record: 0-3 new rating: 1589

Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1692
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 1 Ghaffarpour, Daniel (1579) Won 2-1 +161708
4modern 40 Dykes, Keith (1557) Lost 0-2 -211687
5modern 211 Paetsch, Sebastian (1540) Lost 1-2 -211666
6modern 313 Bizet, Philippe (1361) Lost 0-2 -231643
top average opponent: 1509record: 1-3 new rating: 1643

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (limited) (AKH limited) starting rating: 1719
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 37 Hernandez, Steven (1563) Lost 1-2 -211698
4sealed 685 Skolnick, Alexander (1568) Won 2-0 +161714
5sealed 303 Marland, Sean (1476) Lost 1-2 -221692
top average opponent: 1536record: 1-2 new rating: 1692

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1655
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 380 Zorzi, Giulio (1743) Won 2-1 +201675
4modern 18 Rempel, Peter (1564) Won 2-1 +161691
5modern 41 Bergmann, Gordon (1554) Lost 0-2 -211670
6modern 121 Kelly, Ricardo (1701) Won 2-0 +191689
7modern 104 Grewers, Gregor (1575) Won 2-1 +161705
8modern 61 Petreski, Samoil (1700) Won 2-0 +181723
9modern 16 Friedrich, Fabian (1946) Won 2-0 +221745
10modern 262 Le Francois, Remi (1645) Lost 0-2 -201725
11modern 274 Moon, Oliver (1618) Lost 0-2 -201705
12modern 322 Kratter, Filippo (1885) Won 2-1 +211726
13modern 319 Tobiasch, Marc (2125) Lost 0-2 -111715
14modern 313 Alfredsson, Henrik (1759) Won 2-1 +191734
15modern 290 Neirynck, Branco (1912) Lost 0-2 -151719
top average opponent: 1748record: 8-5 new rating: 1719

Grand Prix Utrecht 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1661
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 40 De Cock, David (1500) Won 2-0 +151676
4standard 30 Lob, Jonas (1555) Lost 1-2 -201656
5standard 179 Ward, Peter (1828) Lost 0-2 -151641
6standard 248 Muller, Jim (1507) Won 2-0 +161657
7standard 164 Biesmans, Wouter (1745) Won 2-0 +191676
8standard 158 Watsfeldt, Elias (2049) Won 2-0 +251701
9standard 63 Sochurek, Petr (2035) Lost 0-2 -121689
10standard 121 de Togni, Marco (1786) Won 2-1 +191708
11standard 103 Kenbeek, Wout (1711) Lost 0-2 -181690
12standard 114 Londos, Ludvig (1854) Lost 0-2 -151675
13standard 136 Widodoputro, Adityakhrisna (1565) Lost 1-2 -201655
top average opponent: 1739record: 5-6 new rating: 1655

Grand Prix Madrid 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1677
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 113 Festre, Chris (1442) Lost 0-2 -221655
4standard 279 Kauerauf, Pascal (1511) Won 2-1 +151670
5standard 282 Fortier, Remi (1938) Lost 0-2 -131657
6standard 407 Rivera Gomez, Fernando (1483) Won 2-1 +151672
7standard 232 Baden, Ashley (1590) Lost 1-2 -201652
8standard 367 Anders, Torsten (1516) Won 2-0 +161668
9standard 221 Ferrer Pardo, Noel (1547) Won 2-0 +151683
10standard 204 Martin, Laurence (1560) Won 2-1 +161699
11standard 148 Carvalho, Paulo (1757) Lost 1-2 -171682
12standard 168 Sanchez, Eugeni (1743) Lost 0-2 -171665
13standard 179 Leal Coria, Marcos (1563) Won 2-0 +171682
14standard 119 Palacios Carbonell, Gerard (1540) Lost 0-2 -211661
top average opponent: 1599record: 6-6 new rating: 1661

Grand Prix Warsaw 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1707
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 114 Chan, Yu Pan Jacky (1714) Lost 1-2 -181689
4standard 323 Czech, David (1485) Won 2-1 +151704
5standard 136 Tyynysniemi, Matti (1540) Lost 1-2 -211683
6standard 282 Mori, Roger (1432) Won 2-0 +131696
7standard 237 Tang, Duncan (1797) Lost 0-2 -161680
8standard 311 Grendelmeier, Nadine (1486) Won 1-0 +151695
9standard 212 Egorov, Arseniy (1702) Lost 1-2 -181677
top average opponent: 1594record: 3-4 new rating: 1677

Grand Prix London 2016 (KLD limited) starting rating: 1616
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 337 Hills, Nathan (1536) Won 2-1 +161632
4sealed 65 Lane, Adam J (1548) Lost 0-2 -191613
5sealed 277 Anand, Ricky (1533) Won 2-0 +161629
6sealed 237 Tobiasch, Marc (1965) Won 2-1 +241653
7sealed 113 Rosales Jimenez, Israel (1622) Won 2-0 +181671
8sealed 53 Fehr, Christian (1896) Lost 1-2 -141657
9sealed 185 Warden, Graeme (1747) Won 2-1 +191676
10draft 348 Poyntz, Sam (1534) Won 2-0 +161692
11draft 110 Ellerby, David (1569) Lost 1-2 -211671
12draft 234 Smith, Benjamin [ENG] (1596) Won 2-1 +171688
13draft 20 Wilks, John-Joseph (1587) Lost 0-2 -201668
14draft 235 Haugsted, Alexander (1743) Won 2-0 +201688
15draft 161 Vidugiris, Gaudenis (1785) Won 2-0 +191707
top average opponent: 1666record: 9-4 new rating: 1707

Grand Prix Lille 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1604
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 191 Heurtier, Geoffroy (1535) Lost 1-2 -191585
4modern 227 Uliana, Damien (1527) Lost 0-2 -191566
5modern 683 Boulinguiez, Dylan (1500) Won 2-1 +161582
6modern 523 Morhee, Lucas (1505) Won 2-1 +171599
7modern 335 Nolf, Jerome (1431) Won 2-0 +151614
8modern 102 Deane, Peter (1605) Lost 1-2 -181596
9modern 365 van Zutphen, Ronald (1698) Won 2-0 +201616
10modern 168 Zeggio, Riccardo (1640) Won 2-0 +181634
11modern 110 Vojta, Jakub (1909) Won 2-1 +231657
12modern 96 Burello, Nicholas (1601) Lost 1-2 -191638
13modern 117 Spreadborough, Andrew (1517) Lost 1-2 -201618
14modern 168 Landvatter, Matthias (1636) Won 2-0 +181636
15modern 118 Hatesur, Sven (1498) Lost 1-2 -201616
top average opponent: 1585record: 7-6 new rating: 1616

Grand Prix Manchester 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1625
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 272 Watkins, Joseph (1467) Lost 0-2 -211604
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1604

Grand Prix Barcelona 2016 (SOI limited) starting rating: 1643
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 357 de Lara Garcia, Adolfo (1495) Lost 1-2 -211622
3sealed 623 Rebollar, Ruben (1482) Lost 1-2 -201602
4sealed 844 Gartner, Michael (1532) Won 2-1 +161618
5sealed 590 Meulders, Bram (1620) Lost 1-2 -181600
6sealed 764 Noguero, Inigo (1447) Won 2-1 +161616
7sealed 640 Hottinger, Cedric (1467) Won 2-0 +151631
8sealed 408 Pola, Alex (1385) Lost 1-2 -231608
9sealed 540 Nicoud, Sacha (1521) Won 2-0 +171625
top average opponent: 1493record: 4-4 new rating: 1625

Grand Prix Paris 2016 (OGW standard) starting rating: 1652
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 33 Bobak, Andrzej (1518) Lost 1-2 -211631
3standard 439 Houbak, Alexander (1499) Won 2-1 +161647
4standard 292 Murgic, Marinko (1488) Lost 0-2 -211626
5standard 447 Garcia, Nicolas (1522) Won 2-0 +161642
6standard 378 Jansen Van Doorn, Marijn (1479) Lost 1-2 -211621
7standard 437 Bollue, Eddy (1351) Won 2-1 +131634
8standard 355 Kaukoranta, Ville (1690) Won 2-1 +191653
9standard 263 Hendriks, Thomas (1906) Won 2-0 +231676
10standard 133 Ramboa, Thierry (1918) Lost 1-2 -141662
11standard 187 Grutter, Tobias (1590) Lost 1-2 -191643
top average opponent: 1596record: 5-5 new rating: 1643

Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1683
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 182 Sneddon, Richard (1535) Won 2-0 +151698
4standard 67 Ward, Jonathan (1555) Lost 0-2 -211677
5standard 95 Skinstad, Erik (1515) Lost 0-2 -201657
6standard 284 He, Henry Z (1517) Won 2-1 +151672
7standard 161 Mckenzie, Scott R (1538) Lost 1-2 -201652
top average opponent: 1532record: 2-3 new rating: 1652

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1685
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 24 Kaerup, Simon (1500) Won 2-1 +141699
2modern 134 Leung, Tomi (1543) Lost 1-2 -211678
3modern 424 Desax, Conn (1667) Won 2-1 +181696
4modern 393 Cappuzzi, Andrea (1436) Won 2-0 +141710
5modern 243 Brusatori, Giacomo (1519) Won 2-1 +141724
6modern 78 Nielsen, Peter6766 (1554) Lost 1-2 -211703
7modern 139 Hubertus, David (1570) Lost 0-2 -201683
top average opponent: 1541record: 4-3 new rating: 1683

Grand Prix Utrecht 2015 (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1682
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 1187 Versteege, Nygel (1500) Won 2-1 +151697
2sealed 1038 Dietl, Christian (1753) Lost 1-2 -171680
3sealed 1378 Thom, Erwin (1439) Lost 0-2 -221658
4sealed 1406 Kolbeek, Pieter (1463) Won 2-0 +141672
5sealed 1246 Heyer, Daniel (1563) Won 2-0 +161688
6sealed 1174 Diaz, Salvador (1656) Won 2-1 +181706
7sealed 1110 Bleeker, Martijn (1541) Lost 1-2 -211685
top average opponent: 1559record: 4-3 new rating: 1685

Grand Prix Liverpool 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1552
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 215 Nowak, Kamil (1637) Won 2-1 +191571
2sealed 237 Jenders, Alexander (1500) Lost 0-2 -191552
3sealed 563 Hudson, Dominic (1465) Won 2-1 +171569
4sealed 396 Baddeley, Joe (1475) Won 2-1 +161585
5sealed 145 Atkinson, Thomas (1538) Won 2-1 +171602
6sealed 97 Sloan, David (1557) Won 2-0 +171619
7sealed 91 Guedj, Thomas (1774) Won 2-1 +211640
8sealed 49 Strasky, Ondrej (1980) Lost 0-2 -121628
9sealed 65 Lecercle, Jeremy (1652) Won 2-1 +181646
10draft 83 Naujokat, Ricardo (1521) Won 2-0 +161662
11draft 38 Paolucci, Matteo (1745) Lost 1-2 -161646
12draft 69 Muller, Martin (1866) Lost 1-2 -141632
13draft 54 Madgin, David (1549) Won 2-1 +161648
14draft 19 Sulzer, Jeremy (1587) Won 2-0 +171665
15draft 49 Morrissey, Thomas (1624) Won 2-1 +171682
top average opponent: 1631record: 11-4 new rating: 1682

Grand Prix Manchester 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1520
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 92 Payne, Rikki (1490) Lost 1-2 -181502
2sealed 146 Poroszkai, Laszlo (1409) Won 2-0 +161518
3sealed 132 Green, Ken (1488) Won 2-0 +181536
4sealed 114 Hall, Andy (1550) Won 2-0 +181554
5sealed 76 Kennerley, Graeme (1473) Won 2-1 +161570
6sealed 58 Toltsch, Roman (1580) Won 2-0 +191589
7sealed 41 Harvey, Dominic (1625) Lost 1-2 -181571
8sealed 38 Rosenthal, Jorn (1499) Lost 1-2 -191552
top average opponent: 1514record: 5-3 new rating: 1552

Grand Prix Krakow 2007 (LRW standard) starting rating: 1536
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 101 Kludka, Petr (1616) Won 2-0 +191555
3standard 60 Romanov, Sergey (1655) Lost 1-2 -161539
4standard 70 Spano, Daniel (1588) Lost 0-2 -171522
5standard 115 Rondine, Lorenzo (1470) Won 2-0 +171539
6standard 98 Molle, Niels (1517) Lost 1-2 -191520
top average opponent: 1569record: 2-3 new rating: 1520

Grand Prix Cardiff 2006 (GPT limited) starting rating: 1518
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 33 Pirouet, Ian (1505) Won 2-0 +181536
2sealed 11 Skocek, Jean Philippe (1566) Won 0-0 +181554
3sealed 49 Edbury, Richard (1694) Won 2-0 +211575
4sealed 37 Cox, Simon (1595) Lost 1-2 -181557
5sealed 69 Rial, Ed (1508) Won 2-0 +171574
6sealed 40 Bernabeu-Edo, Jesus (1466) Lost 1-2 -201554
7sealed 66 Hopkins, Jon (1505) Lost 0-2 -181536
top average opponent: 1548record: 4-3 new rating: 1536

Grand Prix Hasselt 2006 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1536
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 9 Perez, Zenon (1614) Lost 1-2 -161520
2sealed 175 Vanderispaillie, Niek (1482) Won 2-1 +171537
3sealed 150 Brecht, Demeyen (1500) Lost 0-2 -191518
top average opponent: 1532record: 1-2 new rating: 1518

Grand Prix Nottingham 2005 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 122 James, Nathaniel (1487) Lost 1-2 -181482
2sealed 157 Roussos, Lampros (1483) Won 2-1 +181500
3sealed 160 Allen, Ben (1500) Won 2-1 +181518
4sealed 114 Tochelovsky, Sergey (1518) Lost 0-2 -181500
5sealed 176 Schneiber, Benedikt (1544) Won 2-1 +191519
6sealed 112 Lalaire, Sebastien (1518) Won 2-0 +181537
7sealed 58 Appleyard, Rob (1524) Won 2-0 +171554
8sealed 74 Bland, Richard (1540) Lost 1-2 -181536
top average opponent: 1514record: 5-3 new rating: 1536