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Staples, James
Current rating: 1593

Grand Prix Brussels 2020 (pioneer) starting rating: 1591
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3pioneer 407 De Quick, Sander (1484) Lost 0-2 -201571
4pioneer 408 Bauer, Steffen (1414) Won 2-0 +161587
5pioneer 160 Gheysen, Alexandre (1542) Won 2-0 +171604
6pioneer 198 Langer, Tim (1667) Won 2-1 +191623
7pioneer 66 Kosa, Zoltan (1802) Lost 0-2 -151608
8pioneer 218 Duparcq, Guy (1748) Lost 0-2 -151593
top average opponent: 1610record: 3-3 new rating: 1593

Grand Prix Richmond 2019 (ELD standard) starting rating: 1589
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 54 Cutaiar, Adam (1393) Won 2-1 +141603
4standard 84 Harvey, Dominic (1603) Won 2-1 +181621
5standard 23 Chew, Kelvin (1840) Lost 0-2 -141607
6standard 74 Johnson, Patrick (1641) Lost 0-2 -171590
7standard 73 Abela, Andrew (1700) Won 2-1 +201610
8standard 80 Perez, Ruben (1587) Lost 1-2 -191591
top average opponent: 1627record: 3-3 new rating: 1591

Mythic Championship VI (ELD standard) starting rating: 1609
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 83 Wong, Daniel (1690) Lost 1-2 -161593
2draft 85 Lorenc, Michal (1900) Lost 1-2 -131580
3draft 25 Braun-Duin, Brian (2008) Lost 1-2 -111569
4standard 246 Holland, Shea (1438) Lost 0-2 -201549
5standard 233 Dorta, Louis (1458) Lost 0-2 -201529
6standard 240 Dawson, Clay (1476) Won 2-0 +171546
7standard 222 Duffy, Thomas (1676) Won 2-1 +211567
8standard 192 Aspernig, Dominik (1784) Won 2-1 +221589
top average opponent: 1679record: 3-5 new rating: 1589

Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1451
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 130 Van Gelderen, Daniel (1575) Won 2-1 +201471
4modern 87 Simons, David (1573) Won 2-1 +201491
5modern 22 Hall, William (1630) Lost 1-2 -161475
6modern 57 Black, Stephen (1587) Won 2-0 +211496
7modern 41 Decker, Fabian (1718) Won 2-1 +221518
8modern 13 Poole, Terry (1563) Won 2-0 +181536
9modern 7 Hills, Nathan (1727) Lost 1-2 -141522
10modern 47 Barz, Oliver (1638) Won 2-0 +201542
11modern 25 Rose, Dan (1598) Lost 0-2 -171525
12modern 28 Kohn, Michel (1839) Won 2-0 +231548
13modern 34 Brown, Matt [ENG] (1801) Won 2-1 +231571
14modern 15 Coates, Richard (1613) Won 2-1 +191590
15modern 10 Powell, Luc (1671) Won 2-1 +191609
top average opponent: 1656record: 10-3 new rating: 1609

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1484
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 254 Riegler, Moritz (1610) Lost 0-2 -161468
4sealed 232 Rosenberg, Michael [DNK] (1518) Lost 0-2 -171451
top average opponent: 1564record: 0-2 new rating: 1451

Grand Prix London 2019 (WAR sealed) starting rating: 1539
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
A1sealed 20 Meijberg, Abel (1657) Lost 0-2 -161523
A2sealed 209 Lowdon, Joe (1351) Lost 0-2 -211502
B1sealed 1149 Kucukozmen, Gani Gorkem (1466) Won 2-1 +181520
B2sealed 897 Peter, Haka (1518) Lost 0-2 -181502
B3sealed 1033 Raine, Oliver (1501) Lost 0-2 -181484
top average opponent: 1498record: 1-4 new rating: 1484

Grand Prix Bilbao 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1526
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 337 Gameiro, Kevin-Romain (1641) Lost 0-2 -161510
4modern 287 Teppa, Michaele (1768) Won 2-1 +231533
5modern 196 Fonseca, Jose (1746) Lost 1-2 -141519
6modern 278 Lago, Juan Luis (1586) Won 2-0 +191538
7modern 293 Boyer, David (1573) Lost 0-2 -171521
8modern 249 Ruiz Garcia, Santiago (1552) Won 2-0 +181539
top average opponent: 1645record: 3-3 new rating: 1539

Grand Prix Strasbourg 2019 (RNA limited) starting rating: 1557
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 34 Jakobitsch, Florian (1497) Won 2-0 +171574
4sealed 156 Barreaud, Joffrey (1862) Lost 0-2 -131561
5sealed 125 Feyand, Florian (1692) Lost 0-2 -161545
6sealed 313 Diaz, Kevin (1495) Lost 1-2 -191526
top average opponent: 1637record: 1-3 new rating: 1526

Grand Prix Prague 2019 (UMA limited) starting rating: 1516
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 24 Kurz, Christopher (1538) Won 2-0 +181534
4sealed 200 Morgenstern, Anton (1733) Lost 1-2 -141520
5sealed 385 Vallejo, Raul (1866) Won 2-1 +241544
6sealed 172 Badewitz, Philipp (1557) Won 2-1 +181562
7sealed 73 Heligr, Jiri (1565) Lost 1-2 -181544
8sealed 306 Koivisto, Antti (1590) Won 2-1 +191563
9sealed 722 Witteman, Thijs (1578) Won 2-0 +181581
10draft 732 Goshima, Akito (1695) Lost 1-2 -161565
11draft 715 Larsen, Christoffer (2160) Lost 0-2 -81557
top average opponent: 1698record: 5-4 new rating: 1557

Grand Prix Warsaw 2018 (GRN limited) starting rating: 1562
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 79 Perbet, Guillaume (1987) Lost 1-2 -111551
4sealed 364 Stefanovic, Aleksandar (1543) Lost 0-2 -181533
5sealed 657 Spiri, Matteo Giuseppe (1553) Lost 0-2 -171516
top average opponent: 1694record: 0-3 new rating: 1516

Grand Prix Lille 2018 (GRN standard) starting rating: 1551
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 64 van Leeuwen, Arjan (1756) Won 2-1 +221573
4standard 51 Gregoir, Christophe (1782) Lost 1-2 -141559
5standard 239 Berteaux, Julien (1783) Lost 1-2 -141545
6standard 390 Martinelli, Filippo Giancarlo (1445) Won 2-0 +161561
7standard 220 Hayhurst, Graham (1520) Won 2-1 +171578
8standard 116 Weijgertse, Dave (1688) Lost 0-2 -161562
top average opponent: 1662record: 3-3 new rating: 1562

Grand Prix Brussels 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1580
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 265 Bellemin, Damien (1593) Won 2-1 +181598
4standard 50 Grati, Pedro (1950) Won 2-0 +241622
5standard 7 Guglielmini, Enrico (1713) Lost 1-2 -161606
6standard 93 Winkler, Josef (1556) Lost 1-2 -191587
7standard 218 Aga, Jeroen (1677) Lost 1-2 -161571
8standard 273 Heberer, Florian (1495) Lost 1-2 -201551
top average opponent: 1664record: 2-4 new rating: 1551

Grand Prix Barcelona 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1453
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 194 Schaerf, Daniel (1545) Won 2-0 +201473
4modern 46 Romero Chico, Javier (1542) Lost 0-2 -171456
5modern 191 Glogowski, Piotr (1884) Lost 0-2 -111445
6modern 393 Garrote, Miguel Angel (1472) Won 2-1 +191464
7modern 300 Reling, Andreas (1747) Won 2-0 +231487
8modern 222 Carballo Martinez, Daniel (1609) Won 2-1 +201507
9modern 62 Velez Trejo, Victor (1576) Won 2-0 +191526
10modern 62 Vejdelek, Roman (1785) Won 2-1 +231549
11modern 40 Van Houten, Frank (1565) Lost 0-2 -181531
12modern 78 Pritsch, Max (1962) Won 2-0 +261557
13modern 47 Pav, Anthony (1632) Lost 1-2 -171540
14modern 78 Oosterbaan, Fokke (1686) Won 2-0 +211561
15modern 52 Rodriguez, Xavi (1628) Won 2-1 +191580
top average opponent: 1664record: 9-4 new rating: 1580

Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (std) (DOM standard) starting rating: 1382
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 167 Carter, Ryan (1491) Won 2-1 +201402
4standard 36 Bradshaw, Luke (1725) Won 2-1 +241426
5standard 31 Meulders, Bram (1908) Lost 0-2 -101416
6standard 123 Evans, Rhys (1676) Lost 1-2 -141402
7standard 166 Summers, Dylan (1573) Won 2-0 +221424
8standard 115 Schmit, Claude (1692) Won 2-0 +221446
9standard 66 Bernardino, Hugo (1557) Lost 0-2 -161430
10standard 110 Bertelsen, Daniel Smits (1827) Won 2-0 +251455
11standard 68 Harrison, Alan (1510) Won 2-0 +191474
12standard 44 Neniskis, Algirdas (1760) Lost 0-2 -131461
13standard 77 La Placa, Andrea (1681) Won 2-0 +221483
14standard 42 Sajjad, Usama (1728) Lost 1-2 -131470
15standard 73 Van Hauwermeiren, Niels (1552) Lost 1-2 -171453
top average opponent: 1668record: 7-6 new rating: 1453

Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 (leg) (legacy) starting rating: 1363
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3legacy 22 Vooys, Kurt (1847) Won 2-0 +261389
4legacy 44 Klein, Peter (1645) Won 2-1 +231412
5legacy 2 Pearson, Zak (1415) Won 2-0 +181430
6legacy 24 Loncar, Mislav (1595) Lost 1-2 -151415
7legacy 61 Fishwick, Shaun (1553) Lost 1-2 -161399
8legacy 84 Cinquin, Antoine (1440) Lost 1-2 -171382
top average opponent: 1582record: 3-3 new rating: 1382

Grand Prix Lyon 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1410
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 32 Giacomini, Yannick (1531) Lost 1-2 -151395
4modern 412 Martinez De, Alex (1505) Lost 1-2 -161379
5modern 581 Winward-Stuart, James (1511) Lost 1-2 -161363
top average opponent: 1516record: 0-3 new rating: 1363

Grand Prix London 2018 (RIX limited) starting rating: 1350
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 199 Metsa, Roope (1628) Won 2-1 +231373
4sealed 103 Liu, Yuchen (2038) Won 2-0 +291402
5sealed 106 Calf, David (1711) Won 2-0 +231425
6sealed 56 Nelson, Brad (2161) Lost 1-2 -71418
7sealed 152 Corgnolo, Romain (1699) Lost 1-2 -131405
8sealed 307 Gagniere, Antoine (1544) Won 2-1 +211426
9sealed 137 Kountouris, Ioannis (1628) Lost 1-2 -141412
10draft 123 Saporito, Thiago (2101) Lost 0-2 -81404
11draft 187 Lee, Shi Tian (2047) Lost 0-2 -71397
12draft 74 Szczotka, Kacper (1646) Won 2-1 +221419
13draft 84 Gerschenson, Immanuel (1980) Lost 0-2 -91410
top average opponent: 1835record: 5-6 new rating: 1410

Grand Prix Warsaw 2017 (XLN standard) starting rating: 1315
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 112 Roman, Valentin (1608) Lost 1-2 -131302
4standard 218 Venancio, Ricardo (1405) Won 2-1 +201322
5standard 116 Aithaj-Kaddour, Benjamin (1730) Won 2-1 +251347
6standard 120 Klingsheim, Harald (1501) Won 2-1 +211368
7standard 71 Berle, Kim (1584) Won 2-1 +221390
8standard 37 Szmyd, Jedrek (1707) Lost 1-2 -131377
9standard 89 Sireikis, Jokubas (1574) Lost 1-2 -141363
10standard 154 Semkin, Alexander (1782) Won 2-0 +251388
11standard 88 Liwerski, Rafal (1727) Lost 0-2 -121376
12standard 129 Philippou, Alexander (1553) Lost 1-2 -151361
13standard 156 Viniczai, Tibor (1754) Lost 0-2 -111350
top average opponent: 1630record: 5-6 new rating: 1350

Grand Prix Liverpool 2017 (XLN limited) starting rating: 1313
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 82 Butler, Jonathan (1517) Won 2-1 +221335
4sealed 52 Oliveros, Carlos (1819) Lost 1-2 -101325
5sealed 216 Norton, Matthew [ENG] (1800) Lost 0-2 -101315
top average opponent: 1712record: 1-2 new rating: 1315

Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1280
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 287 Fossberg, Marc (1476) Lost 1-2 -151265
4modern 533 Martin, Maxime (1929) Won 2-1 +291294
5modern 298 Valverde, Santiago (1553) Won 2-1 +231317
6modern 236 Deltour, Louis (1990) Won 2-0 +281345
7modern 68 Boucek, Jaroslav (1883) Lost 1-2 -91336
8modern 243 Van Etten, Bart (1954) Lost 0-2 -81328
9modern 212 Schreutelkamp, Menno (1479) Lost 0-2 -151313
top average opponent: 1752record: 3-4 new rating: 1313

Grand Prix Copenhagen 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1337
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 357 Jensen, Andreas (1680) Lost 0-2 -121325
4modern 326 Starcevic, Boris (1403) Lost 1-2 -161309
5modern 468 Petsonk, Joshua (1514) Lost 1-2 -141295
6modern 731 Moller, Stefan (1483) Lost 0-2 -151280
top average opponent: 1520record: 0-4 new rating: 1280

Grand Prix Utrecht 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1347
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 300 Obels, Andreas (1649) Won 2-1 +231370
4standard 40 Jongkind, Lukas (1510) Won 2-1 +211391
5standard 5 Gross, Moritz (1656) Lost 0-2 -131378
6standard 95 Vesaoja, Eero (1823) Lost 1-2 -111367
7standard 253 Teppa, Michaele (1545) Lost 0-2 -151352
8standard 325 Moczarski, Michael (1520) Lost 0-2 -151337
top average opponent: 1617record: 2-4 new rating: 1337

Grand Prix Madrid 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1340
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 207 Barjola Iniesta, Lorena (1387) Won 2-1 +191359
4standard 9 Schmitz, Sascha (1498) Won 2-1 +201379
5standard 35 Galeote Gomez, David (1575) Lost 0-2 -141365
6standard 101 Galopa, Etienne (1623) Lost 1-2 -141351
7standard 236 Jorland, Maxime (1699) Won 2-1 +241375
8standard 155 Godinho, Marco (1560) Lost 1-2 -141361
9standard 269 Ojeda, Ivan (1600) Lost 0-2 -141347
top average opponent: 1563record: 3-4 new rating: 1347

Grand Prix Warsaw 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1395
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 208 Sarap, Karl (1776) Lost 0-2 -111384
4standard 358 Tvrznik, Pavel (1565) Lost 1-2 -151369
5standard 428 Grefling, Jakub (1584) Lost 0-2 -141355
6standard 461 Sinitsyn, Artem (1496) Lost 1-2 -151340
top average opponent: 1605record: 0-4 new rating: 1340

Grand Prix London 2016 (KLD limited) starting rating: 1422
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 345 Schenka, Adolf (1607) Lost 0-2 -151407
4sealed 741 Gardeux, Matthieu (1768) Lost 0-2 -121395
top average opponent: 1688record: 0-2 new rating: 1395

Grand Prix Lille 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1556
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 157 Arlow, Chris (1451) Lost 1-2 -201536
4modern 561 Hornez, Nicolas (1345) Lost 1-2 -211515
5modern 612 Belin, Marc (1456) Lost 0-2 -191496
6modern 715 Jongkind, Lukas (1451) Lost 1-2 -191477
7modern 658 Nunes Casal, Toni (1435) Lost 1-2 -191458
8modern 634 Pieters, Fabrice (1449) Lost 0-2 -181440
9modern 564 Reulet, Alexandre (1434) Lost 1-2 -181422
top average opponent: 1432record: 0-7 new rating: 1422

Grand Prix Manchester 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1617
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 215 Collis, Robert (1577) Won 2-1 +171634
4standard 73 Martin, Daniel [ENG] (1499) Won 2-0 +161650
5standard 2 Niemeijer, Johnny (1619) Lost 0-2 -191631
6standard 220 Martin, John [ENG] (1567) Won 2-1 +171648
7standard 85 Vartanian, Adam (1671) Lost 1-2 -181630
8standard 208 Angelin, Marcus (1787) Lost 1-2 -151615
9standard 260 Cadoux, Leo (1561) Won 2-1 +171632
10standard 133 Vaughan, Daniel (1557) Lost 1-2 -191613
11standard 201 Kaarls, Leonard (1670) Lost 0-2 -171596
12standard 210 Harmer, Matt (1403) Lost 1-2 -221574
13standard 193 Campbell, Gary (1560) Lost 0-2 -181556
top average opponent: 1588record: 4-7 new rating: 1556

Grand Prix Paris 2016 (OGW standard) starting rating: 1553
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 373 Scentoni, Francesco (1448) Won 2-0 +161569
4standard 73 Hanski, Marek (1545) Lost 0-2 -181551
5standard 190 Von Loh, Ivan (1534) Won 2-1 +171568
6standard 139 Wang, Haokang (1659) Won 2-0 +201588
7standard 72 Sauvageon, Kevin (1690) Lost 0-2 -161572
8standard 189 Schuchmann, Peter (1528) Won 2-0 +171589
9standard 115 Jolly, Wilfrield (1561) Lost 1-2 -181571
10standard 211 Dahl, Tina (1749) Lost 0-2 -151556
11standard 209 Lam, Philippe (1589) Won 2-1 +181574
12standard 171 Luft, Benjamin (1569) Won 2-0 +181592
13standard 139 Goertzen, Dominik (1700) Lost 0-2 -161576
14standard 139 Martineau, Jerome (1677) Won 2-1 +201596
15standard 102 Cooman, Andy (1739) Won 2-0 +211617
top average opponent: 1614record: 8-5 new rating: 1617

Grand Prix Bologna 2016 (modern) starting rating: 1558
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 375 Palumbo, Luca (1518) Won 2-1 +181576
3modern 368 Cova, Stefano (1529) Won 2-1 +171593
4modern 184 Reusink, Paul (1666) Lost 0-2 -171576
5modern 179 Leopold, Jan (1503) Won 2-0 +171593
6modern 279 Pawlitschko, Manuel (1504) Won 2-1 +161609
7modern 157 Micheli, Ferruccio (1578) Lost 1-2 -181591
8modern 168 Guglielmini, Enrico (1630) Lost 0-2 -181573
9modern 425 De La Calle Arroyo, Carlos (1454) Lost 0-2 -201553
top average opponent: 1548record: 4-4 new rating: 1553

Grand Prix London 2015 (ORI standard) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 450 Canali, Pierre (1689) Won 2-1 +211521
2standard 717 Boucardey, Christophe (1561) Lost 0-2 -171504
3standard 873 Battram, Ron (1500) Won 2-1 +181522
4standard 862 Amrogowicz, Sebastian (1522) Lost 0-2 -181504
5standard 849 Eriksson, Martin (1500) Won 2-1 +181522
6standard 764 Albon, Miguel (1475) Won 2-0 +171539
7standard 497 Hall, William (1584) Won 2-0 +191558
8standard 495 Nemeghaire, Julien (1627) Won 2-1 +191577
9standard 334 Jackson, Ross [ENG] (1531) Lost 1-2 -191558
top average opponent: 1554record: 6-3 new rating: 1558