Benes, John
Current rating: 1522
Record: 7-6-2
| Grand Prix Washington DC 2014 (JOU limited) | starting rating: 1502 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 275 | Peterson, Austin (1486) | Won 2-1 | +181520 |
| 2sealed | 114 | Bain, Scott (1492) | Won 2-1 | +171537 |
| 3sealed | 227 | Kraus, David (1501) | Lost 1-2 | -181519 |
| 4sealed | 413 | Katz, Alan (1522) | Draw 1-1 | 01519 |
| 5sealed | 314 | Bezrukov, Semion (1727) | Won 2-0 | +221541 |
| 6sealed | 201 | McNally, John (1536) | Won 2-0 | +171558 |
| 7sealed | 124 | Kothari, Vipul (1594) | Lost 1-2 | -171541 |
| 8sealed | 201 | Zyla, Sarah (1499) | Lost 0-2 | -191522 |
| average opponent: 1545record: 4-3-1 | new rating: 1522 | |||
| Grand Prix Toronto 2010 (SOM limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 207 | Coleman, Ben (1637) | Won 2-1 | +201520 |
| 2sealed | 84 | Wdowiasz, Jonathan (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -181502 |
| 3sealed | 160 | Evans, Sean (1500) | Draw 1-1 | 01502 |
| 4sealed | 200 | Pevcevicius, Roman (1502) | Won 2-1 | +181520 |
| 5sealed | 138 | Osso, Stephen (1510) | Lost 0-2 | -181502 |
| 6sealed | 178 | Wright, Jason D (1500) | Won 2-1 | +181520 |
| 7sealed | 129 | Fretwell, Randy (1538) | Lost 0-2 | -181502 |
| average opponent: 1527record: 3-3-1 | new rating: 1502 | |||