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Higaki, Takao
Current rating: 1838 (#1385)

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2018 (standard) (GRN standard) starting rating: 1845
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 517 Nakazawa, Yusuke (1414) Lost 1-2 -251820
2standard 852 Brown, DeForrest (1433) Won 2-1 +111831
3standard 729 Okamura, Takumi (1521) Won 2-0 +121843
4standard 507 Ishino, Katsunori (1529) Won 2-1 +131856
5standard 508 Kuno, Takashi (1570) Lost 1-2 -231833
6standard 595 Uchida, Tomoaki (1448) Won 2-1 +111844
7standard 440 Aoyama, Mizuki (1557) Lost 0-2 -231821
8standard 542 Nose, Shunsuke (1751) Won 2-0 +171838
top average opponent: 1528record: 5-3 new rating: 1838

Grand Prix Tokyo 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1864
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 462 Okura, Yuji (1439) Won 2-0 +101874
2standard 188 Suzuki, Ryouta (1458) Won 2-0 +111885
3standard 452 Hiraoka, Taku (1588) Won 2-1 +131898
4standard 40 Jackel, Stephen (1565) Won 2-1 +121910
5standard 107 Ishihara, Atsushi (1568) Won 2-0 +121922
6standard 41 Sato, Yusei (1567) Won 2-1 +121934
7standard 33 Boussaud, Eliott (1973) Lost 0-2 -171917
8standard 38 Furukawa, Syun (1592) Won 2-1 +121929
9standard 37 Yang, Yu Min (1575) Lost 0-2 -241905
10standard 184 Hirashima, Yuutarou (1795) Won 2-1 +161921
11standard 45 Hashimoto, Yuu (1824) Lost 1-2 -201901
12standard 133 Matsuda, Yoshiaki (1543) Lost 1-2 -241877
13standard 281 Hayakawa, Sho (1545) Won 2-0 +121889
14standard 192 Nakamura, Yuki 8131 (1611) Lost 1-2 -231866
15standard 184 Hassaku, Jinpei (1710) Lost 0-2 -211845
top average opponent: 1623record: 9-6 new rating: 1845

Grand Prix Nagoya 2016 (OGW limited) starting rating: 1870
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 453 Endo, Takatomo (1509) Won 2-1 +111881
4sealed 47 Shinohara, Kazuaki (1628) Lost 1-2 -221859
5sealed 476 Date, Hiroshi (1668) Lost 0-2 -221837
6sealed 578 Jimichi, Makoto (1500) Won 2-1 +121849
7sealed 383 Yamauchi, Takashi (1431) Won 2-1 +111860
8sealed 191 Shiomi, Genki (1644) Won 2-0 +141874
9sealed 109 Matumoto, Yoshitaka (1569) Lost 0-2 -231851
10draft 151 Katou, Yuusuke3333 (1525) Won 2-1 +121863
11draft 165 Miwa, Naoya (1580) Won 2-0 +131876
12draft 160 Sano, Daiki (1729) Won 2-1 +151891
13draft 113 Hiwatashi, Yasurou (1660) Lost 0-2 -221869
14draft 97 Kawabata, Yuji (1597) Lost 0-2 -231846
15draft 75 Matsubara, Ichiro (1807) Won 2-0 +181864
top average opponent: 1604record: 8-5 new rating: 1864

Grand Prix Yokohama 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1819
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 781 Sekimoto, Kandai (1556) Won 2-1 +131832
2sealed 809 Yamaguchi, Hiroshi (1654) Won 2-0 +151847
3sealed 774 Miura, Daisuke (1486) Won 2-1 +111858
4sealed 710 Choi, Young-Il (1321) Won 2-0 +91867
5sealed 707 Iwasawa, Fumiya (1536) Lost 0-2 -231844
6sealed 689 Aoki, Yoshitsugu (1566) Lost 0-2 -231821
7sealed 813 Nishikawa, Tomoya (1607) Won 2-0 +141835
8sealed 901 Yamaoka, Nobuyuki (1542) Won 2-0 +131848
9sealed 900 Suzuike, Fumiyasu (1608) Won 2-1 +131861
10sealed 52 Lau, Toby (1601) Lost 1-2 -221839
11sealed 94 Hiyama, Kenji (1585) Won 2-1 +131852
12draft 33 Cheng, Tung-Yi (1774) Lost 0-2 -191833
13draft 57 Hosoda, Daiki (1565) Won 2-1 +131846
14draft 94 Tanaka, Shingo (1556) Won 2-0 +131859
15draft 91 Oosaka, Yuusuke (1809) Lost 0-2 -191840
16draft 60 Gotou, Hiroaki (1660) Won 2-0 +151855
17draft 36 Itou, Takanori (1679) Won 2-0 +151870
top average opponent: 1595record: 12-5 new rating: 1870

Grand Prix Nagoya 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1812
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 213 Suzuki, Mikito (1418) Lost 1-2 -251787
2standard 470 Ikeda, Yutaka (1447) Won 2-0 +121799
3standard 621 Aoki, Yoshitsugu (1508) Won 2-1 +131812
4standard 370 Yamaoka, Nobuyuki (1517) Lost 1-2 -231789
5standard 447 Sesumi, Yusuke (1464) Won 2-1 +121801
6standard 293 Yu, Ching Kong (1483) Won 2-0 +121813
7standard 245 Uchida, Yuki (1638) Won 2-0 +151828
8standard 226 Nakatani, Shinji (1511) Lost 1-2 -241804
9standard 246 Miyazaki, Kodai (1591) Won 2-0 +151819
top average opponent: 1509record: 6-3 new rating: 1819

Grand Prix Kobe 2012 (DKA limited) starting rating: 1709
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 253 Horie, Tooru (1526) Draw 1-1 -31706
2sealed 301 Bengtsson, Stefan (1710) Won 2-1 +181724
3sealed 199 Samiso, Yutaka (1516) Won 2-1 +141738
4sealed 153 Shinya N., (1535) Won 2-1 +141752
5sealed 75 Oohashi, Toshiya (1727) Won 2-1 +181770
6sealed 37 Hiroshi N., (1522) Won 2-1 +131783
7sealed 18 Kihara, Atsuki (1540) Won 2-1 +141797
8sealed 9 Keita T., (1595) Lost 1-2 -221775
9sealed 37 Nakamura, Takuma (1572) Won 2-1 +151790
10draft 17 Tateishi, Yuuya (1659) Won 2-0 +151805
11draft 7 Kobayashi, Takahito (1676) Lost 1-2 -201785
12draft 39 Tsuda, Mineyuki (1615) Won 2-0 +151800
13draft 13 Sugiyama, Yuya (1746) Won 2-0 +171817
14draft 2 Hibino, Yasutaka (1640) Won 2-0 +151832
15draft 58 Kobayashi, Takahito (1713) Lost 1-2 -201812
top average opponent: 1620record: 11-3-1 new rating: 1812

Grand Prix Hiroshima 2006 (CSP limited) starting rating: 1745
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 62 Tomiyasu, Yosuke (1487) Won 2-1 +131758
2sealed 49 Yasukawa, Kazuhide (1579) Lost 1-2 -211737
3sealed 112 Tsukagoshi, Tadaki (1431) Won 2-1 +131750
4sealed 108 Yamauchi, Takehiro (1522) Won 2-0 +141764
5sealed 45 Otani, Hiroaki (1561) Won 2-1 +141778
6sealed 51 Yoon, SooHan (1661) Won 2-0 +161794
7sealed 8 Shimizu, Naoki (1532) Won 2-1 +131807
8sealed 77 Kobara, Shinji (1535) ID 01807
9draft 14 Mitamura, Kazuya (1703) Lost 0-2 -201787
10draft 25 Katayama, Hidenori (1677) Lost 0-2 -201767
11draft 27 Komiyama, Hideki (1621) Lost 0-2 -201747
12draft 17 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1827) Lost 0-2 -171730
13draft 30 Hirashima, Koutarou (1555) Lost 0-2 -211709
top average opponent: 1592record: 6-6-1 new rating: 1709

Grand Prix Niigata 2005 (Kamigawa block) starting rating: 1686
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 48 Senba, Kotaro (1602) Won 2-0 +171703
3block 20 Hirokawa, Tatsuya (1536) Won 2-1 +151718
4block 45 Yamada, Tsutomu (1648) Won 2-0 +161734
5block 14 Hirosawa, Yuuta (1754) Won 2-1 +191753
6block 8 Tanaka, Hisaya (1797) Draw 1-1 01753
7block 10 Aridome, Tomohiro (1652) Lost 0-2 -191734
8block 26 Takemoto, Hiroshi (1607) Won 2-0 +151749
9block 14 Kozakai, Yukio (1583) Won 2-0 +151764
10block 9 Kaminaka, Takahiro (1546) Lost 1-2 -221742
11block 21 Fujii, Hidekazu (1604) Lost 0-2 -201722
12block 24 Komuro, Shuu (1876) Won 2-1 +211743
13block 21 Matousek, Pavel (1821) Won 2-0 +191762
14block 15 Maki, Koichiro (1810) Lost 0-2 -171745
top average opponent: 1680record: 8-4-1 new rating: 1745

Grand Prix Matsuyama 2005 (BOK limited) starting rating: 1725
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 20 Minami, Masashi (1631) Won 2-1 +161741
3sealed 47 Mizutani, Naoki (1575) Lost 0-2 -211720
4sealed 77 Yamashita, Kohji (1443) Won 2-0 +131733
5sealed 61 Takahama, Norimasa (1528) Lost 0-2 -221711
6sealed 94 Watanabe, Shinji (1511) Won 2-0 +151726
7sealed 76 Bandou, Junichirou (1719) Lost 1-2 -181708
8sealed 74 Hisaki, Yuu (1506) Lost 0-2 -221686
top average opponent: 1559record: 3-4 new rating: 1686

Grand Prix Yokohama 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1726
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 117 Saitou, Yuu (1518) Won 2-1 +141740
3sealed 66 Niimi, Kiyoaki (1584) Lost 0-2 -211719
4sealed 117 Lee, Hark-Keun (1574) Won 2-0 +161735
5sealed 109 Takano, Yasuhiro (1587) Won 2-1 +151750
6sealed 84 Kotajima, Yasuhiro (1551) Lost 0-2 -211729
7sealed 96 Sato, Kimihiko (1636) Won 2-0 +161745
8sealed 32 Nonaka, Kentarou (1625) Lost 0-2 -201725
top average opponent: 1582record: 4-3 new rating: 1725

Grand Prix Nagoya 2004 (5DN standard) starting rating: 1769
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 126 Ogawa, Takashi (1536) Lost 1-2 -221747
4standard 263 Mizuno, Shinsuke (1518) Won 2-0 +131760
5standard 87 Nakano, Ryuuichi (1535) Lost 1-2 -221738
6standard 150 Ishii, Hayato (1563) Lost 1-2 -211717
7standard 244 Yamazaki, Satoshi (1500) Won 2-0 +141731
8standard 186 Minami, Masashi (1672) Won 2-0 +171748
9standard 102 Nagata, Shigeki (1512) Lost 0-2 -221726
top average opponent: 1548record: 3-4 new rating: 1726

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1791
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 19 Murakami, Yuuki (1647) Won 2-0 +151806
4sealed 16 Kitano, Tetsuya (1602) Lost 0-2 -221784
5sealed 102 Okutomi, Hiromitsu (1547) Won 2-1 +141798
6sealed 35 Shibuya, Yuuto (1658) Lost 0-2 -211777
7sealed 81 Tsuchiya, Yasuhide (1494) Won 2-0 +131790
8sealed 61 Suzuki, Shinya (1585) Lost 1-2 -211769
top average opponent: 1589record: 3-3 new rating: 1769

Grand Prix Yokohama 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1869
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4block 28 Anazawa, Yoshikazu (1592) Lost 0-2 -231846
5block 127 Sato, Kimihiko (1637) Won 2-0 +141860
6block 68 Oohashi, Toshiyuki (1553) Lost 1-2 -231837
7block 124 Fujino, Kimihiro (1546) Lost 1-2 -241813
8block 134 Kamio, Satoshi (1538) Lost 1-2 -221791
top average opponent: 1573record: 1-4 new rating: 1791

Grand Prix Kyoto 2003 (LGN limited) starting rating: 1890
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 13 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1702) Lost 1-2 -211869
top record: 0-1 new rating: 1869

Pro Tour Venice 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1923
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 118 Turian, Michael (1884) Lost 0-2 -191904
2block 121 Schneider, Oliver (1709) Won 2-1 +141918
3block 99 Malherbaud, Pierre (1856) Won 2-1 +171935
4block 53 Muller, Andre (1604) Won 2-1 +121947
5block 45 Fischer, Adam (1669) Won 2-0 +141961
6block 25 Ostrovich, Diego (1951) Lost 0-2 -191942
7block 38 Reeves, Neil (1763) ID 01942
8block 30 Gomersall, Sam (1774) Lost 0-2 -211921
9block 50 Stors, James (1546) Lost 0-2 -241897
10block 45 Vogelheim, Thorsten (1532) Won 2-0 +111908
11block 45 Osterberg, Rickard (1887) Lost 0-2 -181890
top average opponent: 1743record: 5-5-1 new rating: 1890

Grand Prix Hiroshima 2003 (extended) starting rating: 1824
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 15 Iwasaki, Akira (1537) Lost 0-2 -231801
4extended 93 Nishikawa, Seigo (1470) Won 2-1 +121813
5extended 38 Oiso, Masashi (1637) Won 2-1 +151828
6extended 21 Yamane, Masahiro (1513) Won 2-0 +131841
7extended 21 Tabuchi, Atsushi (1494) Won 2-0 +111852
8extended 9 Ishida, Itaru (1889) Won 2-1 +191871
9extended 7 Furuichi, Takenori (1658) Won 2-1 +141885
10extended 2 Sasanuma, Kiyoshi (1572) Won 2-0 +131898
11extended 1 Kinoshita, Junichi (1887) Lost 0-2 -181880
12extended 7 Mori, Katsuhiro (1912) Won 2-0 +181898
13extended 3 Morita, Masahiko (1853) Won 2-0 +171915
14extended 2 Fujita, Tsuyoshi (1886) Won 2-0 +181933
Qextended Tabuchi, Atsushi (1591) Won 2-0 +121945
Sextended Azuma, Motokiyo (1714) Lost 0-2 -221923
top average opponent: 1687record: 11-3 new rating: 1923

Pro Tour Houston 2002 (extended) starting rating: 1804
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 28 Ho, Ken (1880) Won 2-0 +201824
2extended 64 Sonne, Jonathan (1683) Won 2-1 +151839
3extended 41 Larkin, John (1802) Lost 0-2 -191820
4extended 26 Malherbaud, Pierre (1948) Won 2-0 +211841
5extended 28 Sperling, Matthew (1568) Won 2-1 +131854
6extended 21 Ruel, Antoine (1912) Lost 1-2 -171837
7extended 50 Tsang, Gabriel (1974) ID 01837
8extended 39 Sagol, Omar (1781) Lost 1-2 -191818
9extended 53 Holzl, Christoph (1743) Lost 0-2 -191799
10extended 52 Fear, Edward (1764) Draw 1-1 -11798
11extended 54 Niclas, Vincent (1555) Won 2-0 +141812
12extended 46 Howden, Jason (1583) Won 2-0 +141826
13extended 36 Jeudon, Florent (1857) Lost 0-2 -181808
14extended 43 Menzer, Tony (1703) Won 2-0 +161824
top average opponent: 1768record: 7-5-2 new rating: 1824

Grand Prix Utsunomiya 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1770
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 48 Watanabe, Hiroto (1603) Won 2-0 +151785
5sealed 27 Kobayashi, Masanori (1639) Lost 1-2 -211764
6sealed 44 Nobushita, Jun (1710) Won 2-0 +171781
7sealed 24 Kinoshita, Junichi (1712) Won 2-1 +171798
8sealed 41 Komiya, Tadayoshi (1645) Won 2-0 +151813
9rochester 6 Kubota, Yuuhi (1666) Lost 1-2 -211792
10rochester 20 Ando, Nobuhiro (1629) Won 2-1 +151807
11rochester 12 Fujishiro, Takashi (1691) Won 2-0 +161823
12rochester 7 Okamoto, Jin (1916) Lost 0-2 -161807
13rochester 8 Komiya, Tadayoshi (1666) Lost 1-2 -211786
14rochester 19 Asahara, Akira (1790) Won 2-0 +181804
top average opponent: 1697record: 7-4 new rating: 1804

Grand Prix Sapporo 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1795
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 42 Harada, Hiroshi (1589) Won 2-1 +151810
4block 41 Takahashi, Ikuto (1554) Lost 0-2 -231787
5block 68 Oiso, Masashi (1539) Lost 1-2 -221765
6block 109 Sumii, Hiroyuki (1534) Won 2-0 +141779
7block 88 Ito, Jun (1523) Lost 0-2 -231756
8block 68 Hara, Yuya (1504) Won 2-1 +141770
top average opponent: 1541record: 3-3 new rating: 1770

Pro Tour Osaka 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1820
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 10 Bastos, Frederico (1879) Lost 1-2 -171803
2block 93 Kishishita, Kunihiko (1405) Won 2-1 +111814
3block 97 Tarr, Alan (1504) Won 2-1 +131827
4block 33 Sonne, Jonathan (1604) Won 2-1 +141841
5block 36 Tsai, Miller Ming Yi (1517) Won 2-1 +121853
6block 19 Ranque, Wilfried (1745) Lost 1-2 -201833
7block 34 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1877) ID 01833
8block 19 Elarar, Jay (1713) Lost 0-2 -201813
9block 46 Kruschel, Andreas (1670) Won 2-1 +151828
10block 38 Asahara, Akira (1686) Lost 1-2 -201808
11block 38 Lau, Sam Lei Kang (1716) Lost 0-2 -201788
12block 41 Anan, Go (1547) Lost 0-2 -221766
13block 42 Thompson, James (1536) Won 2-1 +141780
14block 38 Shwe, Huei-Saint (1663) Won 2-1 +151795
top average opponent: 1647record: 7-6-1 new rating: 1795

Grand Prix Fukuoka 2002 (TOR limited) starting rating: 1760
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 1 Mihara, Makihito (1541) Won 2-1 +141774
5sealed 22 Nakajima, Chikara (1605) Won 2-1 +151789
6sealed 4 Hirabayashi, Kazuya (1861) Won 2-0 +191808
7sealed 2 Ishida, Itaru (1885) Won 2-0 +191827
8draft 3 Kuroda, Masashiro (1778) Lost 0-2 -181809
9draft 7 Sasaki, Yusuke (Sendai) (1653) Lost 1-2 -211788
10draft 16 Hata, Fumihiro (1611) Won 2-0 +151803
11draft 6 Morita, Masahiko (1846) Lost 1-2 -181785
12draft 16 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1677) Won 2-0 +161801
13draft 10 Shiozu, Ryouma (1830) Won 2-1 +191820
top average opponent: 1729record: 7-3 new rating: 1820

Pro Tour San Diego 2002 (ODY rochester) starting rating: 1792
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 82 Hubble, Bryan (1774) Lost 0-2 -181774
3rochester 66 Kruger, Wagner (1626) Won 2-0 +151789
4rochester 10 Lebedowicz, Osyp (1705) Lost 0-2 -191770
5rochester 151 Reed, Joseph (1525) Won 2-1 +141784
6rochester 23 Severa, Matt (1624) Won 2-1 +151799
7rochester 32 Tschirch, Marc (1756) ID 01799
8rochester 40 Finkel, Jon (1996) Won 2-1 +211820
9rochester 18 Fuller, Ryan (1954) Lost 0-2 -151805
10rochester 23 Blech, Reinhard (1700) Lost 1-2 -201785
11rochester 46 Ueda, Sunao (1532) Won 2-0 +131798
12rochester 50 Chan, Tiago (1534) Lost 0-2 -231775
13rochester 29 Geertsen, Svend (1901) Lost 1-2 -151760
top average opponent: 1719record: 5-6-1 new rating: 1760

Grand Prix Sendai 2001 (extended) starting rating: 1814
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 33 Yamasaki, Toshihiro (1485) Won 2-0 +131827
5extended 18 Wong, Nicholas Jonathan (1743) Draw 1-1 -21825
6extended 10 Arahori, Kazuaki (1536) Lost 0-2 -231802
7extended 45 Wachi, Shinya (1435) Lost 1-2 -241778
8extended 66 Terada, Atsushi (1604) Won 2-0 +141792
top average opponent: 1561record: 2-2-1 new rating: 1792

Grand Prix Hong Kong 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1812
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 16 Law, Albertus Hui Chin (1983) Lost 0-2 -151797
5sealed 22 Lee, Chun Bong (1538) Won 2-1 +141811
6sealed 24 Ma, Siu Tung Tony (1555) Lost 0-2 -231788
7rochester 1 Wong, Koon Hay (1541) Won 2-0 +141802
8rochester 14 Mori, Katsuhiro (1911) Lost 0-2 -161786
9rochester 25 Benafel, Chris (1841) Won 2-0 +191805
10rochester 26 Leung, Chin Wang (1559) Won 2-0 +131818
11rochester 14 Mori, Katsuhiro (1915) Lost 0-2 -161802
12rochester 20 Hsu, Aric (1492) Won 2-0 +121814
top average opponent: 1704record: 5-4 new rating: 1814

Grand Prix Shizuoka 2001 (ODY limited) starting rating: 1750
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 47 Hasegawa, Takumi (1662) Won 2-1 +171767
5sealed 5 Niwa, Toshiharu (1630) Lost 0-2 -211746
6sealed 25 Arita, Ryuichi (1617) Won 2-0 +161762
7sealed 26 Ichikawa, Yohei (1574) Lost 0-2 -211741
8sealed 39 Seki, Yoshio (1566) Won 2-0 +141755
9rochester 31 Harada, Hiroshi (1622) Won 2-1 +161771
10rochester 20 Hashimoto, Rei (1504) Won 2-0 +131784
11rochester 13 Higashino, Masayuki (1756) Lost 0-2 -181766
12rochester 18 Shvartsman, Alex (1573) Won 2-0 +141780
13rochester 14 Hashimoto, Rei (1529) Won 2-1 +141794
14rochester 9 Nakamura, Shuhei (1810) Won 2-0 +181812
top average opponent: 1622record: 8-3 new rating: 1812

Grand Prix Singapore 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1736
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 30 Zhu, Benjamin Zhiwei (1480) Won 2-0 +131749
4block 28 Guerrero, Ogie (1540) Lost 0-2 -221727
5block 40 Tang, Mun Wye (1499) Won 2-1 +141741
6block 26 Zee, Way Leong (1458) Won 2-0 +131754
7block 7 Tan, Allen Boon Hor (1552) Lost 0-2 -211733
8block 22 Chang, Chih-Hsiang (1567) Lost 1-2 -211712
9block 29 Ng, Bob Yeong Siang (1542) Lost 0-2 -211691
10block 30 Jirapongtrakul, Boonchai (1582) Won 2-1 +161707
11block 27 Gan, Meng San (1423) Won 2-0 +131720
12block 24 Tham, Tishen (1521) Won 2-1 +141734
13block 17 Lin, Bao Qiang (1641) Won 2-0 +161750
top average opponent: 1528record: 7-4 new rating: 1750

Grand Prix Kobe 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1698
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 181 Taniguchi, Tomoya (1500) Lost 0-2 -221676
4block 354 Shibuya, Kouichi (1483) Won 2-0 +151691
5block 85 Asahara, Akira (1575) Won 2-0 +161707
6block 91 Wong, Nicholas Jonathan (1795) Won 2-0 +191726
7block 36 Suzuki, Yoshihiro (1573) Lost 0-2 -201706
8block 134 Sekizuka, Yasuyoshi (1551) Won 2-1 +151721
9block 71 Shirakura, Tsuyoshi (1524) Won 2-0 +141735
10block 54 Douyama, Tsuyoshi (1665) Won 2-1 +171752
11block 26 Nakamura, Tomoya (1558) Won 2-0 +141766
12block 10 Kim, Min-su (Japan) (1584) Won 2-0 +151781
13block 12 Shimada, Masatake (1708) Lost 0-2 -191762
14block 13 Ikeuchi, Kauzhiro (1598) Lost 1-2 -211741
15block 21 Takenaka, Tsuyoshi (1607) Won 2-1 +151756
16block 24 Kurasawa, Kanto (1612) Lost 0-2 -201736
top average opponent: 1595record: 9-5 new rating: 1736

Pro Tour Barcelona 2001 (PLS draft) starting rating: 1685
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 52 Cornelissen, Kamiel (1879) Lost 0-2 -141671
2draft 92 Strand, Ryan (1589) Lost 1-2 -201651
4draft 99 Breit, Bernhard (1626) Won 2-1 +181669
5draft 153 Pogacnik, Sebastian (1492) Won 2-1 +151684
6draft 78 Mariani, Rui (1801) Won 2-1 +201704
7draft 25 Van Cleave, Trey (1801) Lost 1-2 -161688
9draft 41 Prokopin, Adam (1797) Lost 0-2 -161672
10draft 54 Hoshino, Fumio (1647) Won 2-0 +171689
11draft 16 Fuentes, Hector (1784) Lost 1-2 -161673
12draft 42 Llopis Martinez, Paco Francisco (1776) Lost 0-2 -161657
13draft 4 Rose, Kyle (1843) Won 2-1 +211678
14draft 49 Barrado, Carlos (1780) Won 2-1 +201698
top average opponent: 1735record: 6-6 new rating: 1698

Grand Prix Hiroshima 2001 (INV limited) starting rating: 1603
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 14 Yamate, Akihiro (1537) Won 2-0 +161619
4sealed 38 Higashino, Masayuki (1732) Lost 0-2 -161603
5sealed 50 Ikematsu, Tsuyoshi (1537) Won 2-0 +171620
6sealed 16 Kise, Masato (1601) Won 2-0 +181638
7sealed 15 Komiya, Tadayoshi (1591) Won 2-0 +171655
8draft 13 Andou, Koutarou (1588) Won 2-0 +171672
9draft 3 Yamano, Yuji (1611) Lost 1-2 -191653
10draft 15 Douyama, Tsuyoshi (1681) Won 2-1 +181671
11draft 6 Yamano, Yuji (1611) Lost 1-2 -191652
12draft 14 Harada, Hiroshi (1574) Won 2-0 +171669
13draft 10 Nada, Satoshi (1594) Won 2-1 +161685
top average opponent: 1605record: 8-3 new rating: 1685

Grand Prix Kyoto 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1558
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 112 Tani, Hiroaki (1536) Won 2-0 +171575
4extended 45 Ogura, Ryou (1518) Won 2-1 +171592
5extended 3 Ishida, Itaru (1554) Won 2-0 +181610
6extended 7 Kageyama, Kiyotomo (1537) Won 2-1 +161626
7extended 5 Yamakawa, Youichirou (1522) Won 2-0 +161642
8extended 4 Itadani, Eisaku (1540) Draw 1-1 -11641
9extended 3 Sano, Fumihiko (1639) Lost 0-2 -191622
10extended 12 Itou, Kenshirou (1604) Lost 0-2 -181604
11extended 19 Okada, Wataru (1559) Won 2-0 +171621
12extended 11 Kagawa, Hiroyuki (1607) Lost 0-2 -181603
13extended 17 Otani, Akiyuki (1589) Lost 1-2 -181585
14extended 22 Doi, Koji (1571) Won 2-1 +181603
top average opponent: 1565record: 7-4-1 new rating: 1603

Grand Prix Sapporo 2000 (PCY limited) starting rating: 1504
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 23 Imai, Kimio (1536) Won 2-1 +191523
4sealed 7 Sasanuma, Kiyoshi (1485) Lost 1-2 -191504
5sealed 53 Nakajima, Chikara (1469) Won 2-0 +171521
6sealed 21 Yamamoto, Yasuhide (1519) Won 2-0 +181539
7sealed 10 Nakamura, Satoshi (1651) Won 2-1 +201559
8rochester 3 Otsubo, Yuji (1556) Lost 1-2 -181541
9rochester 17 Mitsuhashi, Takashi (1490) Won 2-0 +171558
10rochester 7 Sasage, Hiroki (1571) Lost 0-2 -171541
11rochester 14 Abe, Kazufumi (1480) Lost 1-2 -191522
12rochester 19 Sato, Shinichi (1536) Won 2-0 +181540
13rochester 16 Ishida, Itaru (1535) Won 2-0 +181558
top average opponent: 1530record: 7-4 new rating: 1558

Pro Tour Los Angeles 2000 (MMQ draft) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 121 Reeves, Neil (1472) Won 2-1 +171517
2draft 32 Weil, Noah (1645) Won 2-1 +211538
3draft 79 D'Tela, Sceadeau (1660) Lost 1-2 -161522
4draft 24 Bock, Daniel (1467) Lost 1-2 -191503
5draft 18 Swan, Thomas (1544) Lost 1-2 -171486
7draft 13 Evans, Forrest (1508) Won 2-0 +181504
top average opponent: 1549record: 3-3 new rating: 1504