Kikes, Sam
Current rating: 1671
Record: 25-18
| Grand Prix Los Angeles 2016 (modern) | starting rating: 1541 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2modern | 154 | Posada Jr., Fernando (1518) | Won 2-0 | +181559 |
| 3modern | 403 | Tang, Brady (1494) | Won 2-0 | +171576 |
| 4modern | 177 | Olvera, Bryan (1733) | Won 2-0 | +211597 |
| 5modern | 98 | Poblacion, Miles (1608) | Won 2-1 | +181615 |
| 6modern | 3 | Miller, Sean (1552) | Won 2-1 | +171632 |
| 7modern | 20 | Hunter, Sean (1495) | Lost 0-2 | -211611 |
| 8modern | 81 | Freeman, Marcelino (1847) | Won 2-0 | +221633 |
| 9modern | 11 | Mcclain, Josh (2189) | Lost 1-2 | -81625 |
| 10modern | 80 | Mitchell, Michael (1536) | Won 2-0 | +161641 |
| 11modern | 29 | Kling, Matthew (1528) | Won 2-1 | +161657 |
| 12modern | 40 | Pardee, Samuel (2007) | Lost 1-2 | -121645 |
| 13modern | 51 | Juan, William (1584) | Won 2-1 | +171662 |
| 14modern | 59 | Levin, Eugene (1822) | Lost 0-2 | -151647 |
| 15modern | 52 | Hwang, Eugene (2025) | Won 2-1 | +241671 |
| top | average opponent: 1710record: 10-4 | new rating: 1671 | ||
| Grand Prix Albuquerque 2016 (SOI limited) | starting rating: 1546 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 215 | Wiznitzer, Aryeh (1913) | Lost 0-2 | -121534 |
| 4sealed | 167 | Allen, Jeff (1489) | Lost 0-2 | -191515 |
| 5sealed | 343 | Tan, James (1831) | Lost 1-2 | -121503 |
| 6sealed | 410 | McDonald, Kimberly (1482) | Won 2-0 | +181521 |
| 7sealed | 357 | Sink, Douglas (1509) | Won 2-0 | +171538 |
| 8sealed | 202 | Muranaka, Aaron (1733) | Lost 0-2 | -141524 |
| 9sealed | 258 | Orta, Jay (1501) | Won 2-1 | +171541 |
| top | average opponent: 1637record: 3-4 | new rating: 1541 | ||
| Grand Prix Houston 2016 (OGW standard) | starting rating: 1533 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1standard | 86 | Purdy, Andrew (1463) | Lost 1-2 | -191514 |
| 2standard | 592 | Fortner, Thomas (1482) | Won 2-1 | +171531 |
| 3standard | 464 | Barton, Luke (1500) | Won 2-0 | +181549 |
| 4standard | 413 | Weist, Patrick (1449) | Won 2-1 | +161565 |
| 5standard | 242 | McDaniel, Charles (1683) | Won 2-0 | +201585 |
| 6standard | 131 | Holt, Andrew (1572) | Lost 0-2 | -181567 |
| 7standard | 280 | Hat, Matej (1475) | Won 2-1 | +161583 |
| 8standard | 95 | Shen, Steve (1539) | Lost 1-2 | -191564 |
| 9standard | 294 | Wilburn, Clayton (1542) | Lost 0-2 | -181546 |
| top | average opponent: 1523record: 5-4 | new rating: 1546 | ||
| Grand Prix Oakland 2016 (BFZ standard) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 370 | Strautz, Marcel (1542) | Lost 0-2 | -171483 |
| 4standard | 569 | Guarienti De Oliveira, Bruno (1589) | Won 2-1 | +201503 |
| 5standard | 337 | Kim, Austin (1607) | Lost 1-2 | -161487 |
| 6standard | 479 | Swanson, Matthew (1553) | Lost 0-2 | -171470 |
| 7standard | 594 | Overing, Bob (1484) | Won 2-1 | +181488 |
| 8standard | 377 | Hicks, Shawn (1522) | Won 2-0 | +191507 |
| 9standard | 305 | Cua, Paolo (1623) | Won 2-1 | +201527 |
| 10standard | 219 | Ulanov, Denis (1767) | Won 2-1 | +221549 |
| 11standard | 143 | Candreva, Christopher (1517) | Lost 0-2 | -181531 |
| 12standard | 184 | Mejia, Antonio (1566) | Won 2-1 | +181549 |
| 13standard | 129 | Hee, Jason (1552) | Won 2-0 | +181567 |
| 14standard | 86 | Xia, Yang (1591) | Lost 1-2 | -171550 |
| 15standard | 112 | Ragone, David (1623) | Lost 0-2 | -171533 |
| top | average opponent: 1580record: 7-6 | new rating: 1533 | ||