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Bains, Steve
Current rating: 1689

Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (std) (DOM standard) starting rating: 1729
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 75 Neirynck, Branco (1966) Lost 1-2 -141715
4standard 274 Carrasquinho, Miguel (1547) Won 2-0 +151730
5standard 248 Klakauskas, Paulius (1663) Won 2-1 +171747
6standard 135 Schwarz, Sascha (1785) Lost 1-2 -181729
7standard 126 Hall, Ben (1665) Lost 0-2 -191710
8standard 234 Lundqvist, Patrik (1562) Lost 1-2 -211689
top average opponent: 1698record: 2-4 new rating: 1689

Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (leg) (legacy) starting rating: 1744
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 224 Richards, Ethan (1488) Lost 0-2 -221722
4legacy 326 Bianchi, Marco (1507) Lost 0-2 -221700
5legacy 363 Klockers, Dominic (1632) Won 2-1 +171717
6legacy 313 Tuuvas, Mattias (1535) Won 2-1 +141731
7legacy 237 Klein, Peter (1622) Won 2-0 +161747
8legacy 79 Chetcuti, Karsten (1708) Lost 1-2 -181729
top average opponent: 1582record: 3-3 new rating: 1729

Grand Prix London 2018 (RIX limited) starting rating: 1743
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 428 Prokopovic, Marek (1437) Won 2-1 +131756
4sealed 43 Goding, Josef (1536) Won 2-1 +141770
5sealed 57 Ferguson, Marc (1600) Lost 0-2 -211749
6sealed 208 Zaidenberg, Roy (1553) Draw 1-1 -41745
7sealed 181 Nadezhdina, Natalia (1617) Won 2-0 +161761
8sealed 105 Nagy, Ferenc (1850) Lost 1-2 -171744
top average opponent: 1599record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1744

Grand Prix Liverpool 2017 (XLN limited) starting rating: 1696
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 107 Kathriner, Roman (1680) Won 2-1 +181714
4sealed 37 Gouzy, Jean (1703) Lost 1-2 -181696
5sealed 102 Vincent, Chris (1600) Won 2-0 +161712
6sealed 95 Franks, Luke (1633) Lost 0-2 -191693
7sealed 167 Barnes, Craig (1782) Won 2-0 +191712
8sealed 164 Freitag, Joachim (1761) Won 2-1 +191731
9sealed 65 Carvalho, Marcio (2000) Lost 0-2 -131718
10draft 25 Korevaar, Martijn (1595) Won 2-1 +161734
11draft 98 Kurki, Joonas (1703) Won 2-1 +171751
12draft 166 Leroy, Quentin (1497) Won 2-1 +141765
13draft 52 Benczedi, Jozsef (1808) Lost 0-2 -181747
14draft 76 Schaub, Marco (1640) Lost 0-2 -201727
15draft 117 Zierold, Lucas (1590) Won 2-0 +161743
top average opponent: 1692record: 8-5 new rating: 1743

Grand Prix Barcelona 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1762
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 112 Bonaventura, Ciro (1741) Lost 1-2 -181744
4standard 410 Wallis, Adam (1518) Won 2-1 +141758
5standard 185 Matsoukas, Makis (1977) Won 2-0 +221780
6standard 104 Brancewicz, Michal (1728) Lost 1-2 -191761
7standard 264 Amaya Gonzalez, Manuel (1650) Lost 0-2 -201741
8standard 310 Martinelli, Andrea (1487) Won 2-1 +131754
9standard 205 Geffroy, Francois (1619) Won 2-0 +161770
10standard 156 Floch, Ivan (2129) Lost 1-2 -121758
11standard 194 Garcia Munoz, Oscar (1483) Lost 0-2 -231735
12standard 175 Li, Sean (1763) Lost 1-2 -171718
13standard 180 Galop, Mickael (1526) Lost 0-2 -221696
top average opponent: 1693record: 4-7 new rating: 1696

Grand Prix Prague 2017 (AER limited) starting rating: 1680
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 433 Giorgio, Francesco (1938) Lost 1-2 -131667
4sealed 366 Wachsmann, Walter (1401) Won 2-0 +131680
5sealed 284 Vacher, Nicolas (1509) Won 2-1 +151695
6sealed 276 Mae, Jaanus (1553) Won 2-0 +151710
7sealed 89 Platania, Giovanni (1547) Won 2-0 +151725
8sealed 51 Orgera, Andrea (1648) Won 2-1 +171742
9sealed 13 van der Vegt, Jan (1915) Won 2-0 +211763
10draft 8 Succari, Manuel (1781) Lost 1-2 -181745
11draft 8 Libkin, Eugen (1758) Won 2-0 +191764
12draft 8 Eckl, Christoph (1725) Won 2-0 +171781
13draft 239 Succari, Manuel (1795) Lost 0-2 -181763
14draft 7 Pinto, Antonio (1793) Lost 0-2 -171746
15draft 159 Orgera, Andrea (1673) Won 2-0 +161762
top average opponent: 1695record: 9-4 new rating: 1762

Grand Prix Madrid 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1715
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 143 Lampadarios, Christoforos (1624) Lost 0-2 -191696
4standard 231 Gonzalez, Carlos A. (1543) Won 2-1 +151711
5standard 227 Repa, Tamas (1565) Won 2-1 +151726
6standard 66 Gomez Martinez, Enrique (1544) Won 2-1 +151741
7standard 48 Macho Vazquez, Antonio (1687) Won 2-0 +171758
8standard 36 Sanchez Lopez, Alvaro (1900) Lost 1-2 -151743
9standard 128 Martins, Mateus (1772) Lost 0-2 -181725
10standard 120 Cekaj, Kristian (1572) Won 2-0 +151740
11standard 150 Portaro, Alessandro (1733) Lost 0-2 -181722
12standard 149 Padial, Antonio (1619) Won 2-1 +161738
13standard 102 Noorlander, Niels (1798) Lost 1-2 -161722
14standard 137 Lopez Jimeno, Pablo (1578) Lost 1-2 -211701
15standard 135 Cruz Rueda, Ismael (1538) Lost 1-2 -211680
top average opponent: 1652record: 6-7 new rating: 1680

Grand Prix Warsaw 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1761
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 99 Wroblewski, Jaroslaw (1657) Lost 0-2 -201741
4standard 186 Mihulowicz, Maciej (1475) Won 2-1 +131754
5standard 111 Takano, Masahiro (1469) Won 2-0 +131767
6standard 119 Czuron, Alan (1538) Won 2-1 +141781
7standard 44 Oliveros, Carlos (1736) Lost 1-2 -191762
8standard 93 Canonico, Davide (1539) Lost 0-2 -221740
9standard 190 Schmidt, Mirko (1502) Won 2-0 +141754
10standard 103 Tobiasch, Marc (1889) Lost 0-2 -161738
11standard 147 Toledo, Daniel (1737) Lost 1-2 -181720
12standard 166 Bruni, Matteo (1717) Won 2-0 +181738
13standard 126 Cooman, Andy (1698) Won 2-1 +171755
14standard 124 Martin, Maxime (1670) Lost 1-2 -191736
15standard 122 Piwiec, Jacek (1606) Lost 0-2 -211715
top average opponent: 1633record: 6-7 new rating: 1715

Pro Tour Kaladesh (KLD standard) starting rating: 1880
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 11 Chan, Siu Wing (1511) Lost 1-2 -241856
2draft 11 Medeiros Merjam, Guilherme (1976) Lost 0-2 -161840
3draft 11 Nelson, Brad (2061) Lost 0-2 -141826
4standard 232 Laughlin, Pierson (1847) Lost 0-2 -181808
5standard 220 Shenhar, Shahar (1800) Lost 0-2 -181790
6standard 227 Boulinguiez, Mike (1626) Lost 0-2 -211769
7standard 220 Devlin, Matt (1461) Won 2-0 +131782
8standard 198 Shoji, Tatsuro (1603) Lost 0-2 -211761
top average opponent: 1736record: 1-7 new rating: 1761

Grand Prix Stockholm 2016 (EMN limited) starting rating: 1918
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 138 Rohm, Bjorn (1416) Won 2-0 +101928
4sealed 79 Marti, Samuel (1740) Won 2-1 +141942
5sealed 28 Suurna, Reivo (1804) Lost 0-2 -201922
6sealed 43 Carlsson, Per (1684) Lost 0-1 -221900
7sealed 195 Walzer, Friedemann (1548) Won 2-0 +121912
8sealed 109 Niznansky, Milan (1735) Won 2-0 +141926
9sealed 46 Schraut, Andreas (1718) Lost 1-2 -211905
10draft 87 Dewulf, Emmanuel (1733) Won 2-0 +151920
11draft 95 Weidemann, Felix (1841) Won 2-0 +161936
12draft 61 Ellingsen, Kenneth (1592) Lost 1-2 -241912
13draft 19 Johansson, Elias (1625) Lost 0-2 -231889
14draft 82 Bennersten, Viktor (1584) Won 2-0 +131902
15draft 47 Bietighoefer, Jerome (1716) Lost 1-2 -221880
top average opponent: 1672record: 7-6 new rating: 1880

Grand Prix Prague 2016 (legacy) starting rating: 1867
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 13 Myszkowiak, Maciej (1676) Won 2-1 +151882
4legacy 36 Pyulze, Aarne (1530) Won 2-0 +121894
5legacy 20 Lindstrom, Martin (1958) Lost 0-2 -171877
6legacy 50 Sossong, Bjorn (1528) Won 2-0 +121889
7legacy 29 Eidam, Martin (1521) Won 2-1 +111900
8legacy 56 Magri, Saverio (1679) Lost 0-2 -221878
9legacy 53 Von Kalkstein, Christian (1910) Won 2-0 +191897
10legacy 48 Sochurek, Petr (2106) Won 2-1 +221919
11legacy 48 Cadei, Angelo (1691) Won 2-0 +131932
12legacy 17 Salmenharju, Auvo (1601) Won 2-1 +131945
13legacy 14 Stihle, Julien (1922) Won 2-0 +171962
14legacy 8 Grupp, Momme (1670) Lost 0-2 -231939
15legacy 11 Garthe, Tobias (1790) Lost 1-2 -211918
top average opponent: 1737record: 9-4 new rating: 1918

Grand Prix Manchester 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1824
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 106 Luk, Bernard (1482) Lost 0-2 -241800
4standard 335 Economides, Stefanos (1488) Won 2-0 +121812
5standard 166 Glasner, Richard (1821) Draw 1-1 +11813
6standard 244 Carter, Ollie (1609) Draw 1-1 -41809
7standard 369 Matsson, Edvin (1468) Won 2-0 +121821
8standard 245 da Silva, Luis (1561) Won 2-1 +131834
9standard 159 Isaksson, Andreas (1649) Won 2-1 +151849
10standard 99 Papadopoulos, Nicolas (1664) Won 2-0 +151864
11standard 60 Wren, Daniel (1623) Won 2-1 +131877
12standard 37 van den Oever, Roy (1745) Lost 1-2 -201857
13standard 74 Abou Omar, Ashraf (1920) Lost 1-2 -171840
14standard 112 Bucholc, Filip (1574) Won 2-1 +131853
15standard 82 Martinelle, Geoffrey (1613) Won 2-1 +141867
top average opponent: 1632record: 8-3-2 new rating: 1867

Grand Prix Barcelona 2016 (SOI limited) starting rating: 1777
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 464 Bigas, Joan (1534) Won 2-1 +141791
4sealed 121 Carbonell, Leo (1800) Won 2-0 +181809
5sealed 89 Toro, Rafa (1564) Lost 1-2 -231786
6sealed 271 Magnani, Paolo (1884) Won 2-0 +201806
7sealed 154 Wiegersma, Jelger (2085) Won 2-0 +231829
8sealed 50 Campderros, Jaume (1588) Won 2-0 +141843
9sealed 16 Dobis, David (1843) Lost 0-2 -181825
10draft 260 Termis Trilles, Ernesto (1588) Won 2-0 +141839
11draft 88 Taylor, Dustin (1834) Lost 0-2 -191820
12draft 152 Rizzi, Mattia (2079) Won 2-1 +231843
13draft 14 Termis Trilles, Ernesto (1618) Won 2-0 +141857
14draft 78 Pedrakowski, Pawel (2031) Lost 0-2 -151842
15draft 119 Taylor, Dustin (1834) Lost 0-2 -181824
top average opponent: 1791record: 8-5 new rating: 1824

Grand Prix Paris 2016 (OGW standard) starting rating: 1608
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 96 Cernic, Miha (1521) Won 2-0 +161624
3standard 289 Nobari, Poya (1655) Won 2-0 +191643
4standard 186 Lagarde, Antoine (1804) Won 2-1 +211664
5standard 16 Sokolov, Paul (1626) Won 2-0 +171681
6standard 15 Tselios, Ilias (1673) Won 2-0 +181699
7standard 1 Guesnel, Quentin (1659) Won 2-1 +171716
8standard 6 Hendrickx, Tim (1539) Won 2-1 +151731
9standard 1 Dagen, Pierre (2072) Won 2-1 +241755
10standard 2 Juza, Martin (2075) Won 2-1 +231778
11standard 1 Ozguney, Osman (1886) Won 2-1 +201798
12standard 1 Tamada, Ryoichi (2017) Lost 0-2 -141784
13standard 2 Rodrigues, Hugo (1913) Won 2-1 +211805
14standard 2 Dominguez, Javier (1926) Lost 0-2 -161789
15standard 2 Stark, Ben S (2130) Lost 1-2 -121777
top average opponent: 1821record: 11-3 new rating: 1777

Grand Prix Brussels 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1565
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 23 Nattkamp, Florian (1656) Won 0-0 +201585
3standard 389 Di Siero, Domenico (1549) Won 2-1 +171602
4standard 169 Van Loenhout, Rob (1557) Won 2-1 +171619
5standard 34 Floch, Ivan (1888) Lost 1-2 -131606
6standard 249 de Jong, Bob (1455) Won 2-0 +151621
7standard 143 Shashov, Alexey (1749) Lost 1-2 -151606
8standard 148 Brandt, Sebastian (1581) Won 2-0 +171623
9standard 100 Messow, Philip (1756) Lost 0-2 -151608
top average opponent: 1649record: 5-3 new rating: 1608

Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1550
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 640 Venn, Zach (1481) Won 2-1 +171567
4standard 661 Blanc, Regis (1696) Won 2-0 +201587
5standard 616 Brown, Gary (1579) Lost 0-2 -181569
6standard 657 Schwarzhof, Philipp (1535) Won 2-1 +171586
7standard 473 Dunn, Jack (1579) Lost 1-2 -181568
8standard 525 Rudenia, Erikas (1485) Lost 0-2 -201548
9standard 349 Spearing, Ryan (1473) Won 2-0 +171565
top average opponent: 1547record: 4-3 new rating: 1565

Grand Prix Paris 2015 (DTK standard) starting rating: 1521
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 136 Dumora, Herve (1518) Won 2-0 +171538
3standard 332 Kelterbaum, Richard (1366) Won 2-1 +151553
4standard 106 Chovan, Jaroslav (1675) Draw 1-1 +31556
5standard 84 Nolte, Dennis (1730) Lost 1-2 -151541
6standard 196 Babbi, Aureliano (1569) Lost 1-2 -181523
7standard 311 Monet, Yves (1542) Won 2-0 +191542
8standard 218 Schwarz, Stephan (1742) Won 2-0 +211563
9standard 147 Prinzell, Johan (1821) Lost 0-2 -131550
top average opponent: 1620record: 4-3-1 new rating: 1550

Grand Prix Liverpool 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1556
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 190 Collinson, Charlie (1536) Won 2-1 +171573
4sealed 18 Foley, George (1519) Lost 0-2 -191554
5sealed 252 Marsden, Alex (1577) Lost 0-2 -171537
6sealed 440 Thorhallsson, Vilhjalmur (1626) Lost 0-2 -161521
top average opponent: 1564record: 1-3 new rating: 1521

Grand Prix Manchester 2014 (Theros block) starting rating: 1547
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 179 Grefling, Jakub (1489) Draw 1-1 -11546
4block 67 Gul, Mehmet (1537) Won 2-0 +171563
5block 277 Glenister, Mark (1727) Won 2-1 +211584
6block 359 Anteri, Fabrizio (2041) Lost 0-2 -101574
7block 383 Feyerabend, Karsten (1557) Lost 1-2 -181556
top average opponent: 1670record: 2-2-1 new rating: 1556

Grand Prix London 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1456
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 276 Williams, George [ENG] (1525) Won 2-0 +201476
2sealed 389 Voss, Shaun (1518) Won 2-1 +181494
3sealed 135 Rohrer, Markus (1576) Lost 1-2 -161478
4sealed 604 Valkamaa, Sami (1682) Won 2-1 +221500
5sealed 139 Bramreiter, Raphael (1538) Lost 1-2 -181482
6sealed 420 Liapatis, Theodoros (1654) Won 2-0 +211503
7sealed 289 Meier, Adrian (1559) Won 2-1 +191522
8sealed 239 Prytz, Oystein (1522) Won 2-1 +181540
9sealed 72 Forestier, Nicolas (1683) Won 2-0 +211561
10sealed 67 Le Briand, Loic (1866) Lost 0-2 -131548
11draft 3 Trivedi, Deepam (1533) Won 2-0 +181566
12draft 38 Scarponi, Alessandro (1608) Lost 0-2 -171549
13draft 77 Athanasulias, Philip (1411) Lost 1-2 -211528
14draft 89 Strandbech, Peter (1567) Lost 0-2 -171511
15draft 83 Carlsson, Kevin (1534) Won 2-0 +181529
16draft 97 Kacan, Ondrej (1484) Won 2-1 +181547
top average opponent: 1579record: 10-6 new rating: 1547

Grand Prix Manchester 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1505
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 50 Holdhus, Egon (1671) Lost 0-2 -151490
5sealed 100 Sgroi, Daniel (1536) Lost 1-2 -171473
6sealed 99 Martire, Roque (1555) Lost 1-2 -171456
top average opponent: 1587record: 0-3 new rating: 1456

Grand Prix London 2011 (MBS limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 30 Fyssas, Antonis (1749) Draw 1-1 +41504
3sealed 56 Bharmal, Mustafa (1524) Lost 1-2 -171487
4sealed 107 Cooper, Chris (1498) Won 2-1 +181505
top average opponent: 1590record: 1-1-1 new rating: 1505