diff --git a/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala b/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala
index c47f6de7c6584..058599037b122 100644
--- a/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala
+++ b/modules/game/src/main/Game.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ case class Game(
 
   def opponent(c: Color): Player = player(!c)
 
-  lazy val firstColor = Color.fromSente(sentePlayer before gotePlayer)
+  // View handicap games from the handicap receiver's perspective
+  // View other games from the dominant (title/rating) player's perspective
+  lazy val firstColor = if (isHandicap) !startColor else Color.fromSente(sentePlayer before gotePlayer)
   def firstPlayer     = player(firstColor)
   def secondPlayer    = player(!firstColor)
 
diff --git a/modules/game/src/main/Player.scala b/modules/game/src/main/Player.scala
index 29fe0fc4e5926..d90917180d998 100644
--- a/modules/game/src/main/Player.scala
+++ b/modules/game/src/main/Player.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ case class Player(
     color: Color,
     engineConfig: Option[EngineConfig] = None,
     isBot: Boolean = false,
+    hasTitle: Boolean = false,
     isWinner: Option[Boolean] = None,
     isOfferingDraw: Boolean = false,
     lastDrawOffer: Option[Int] = None,
@@ -82,11 +83,13 @@ case class Player(
     }
 
   def before(other: Player) =
-    ((rating, id), (other.rating, other.id)) match {
-      case ((Some(a), _), (Some(b), _)) if a != b => a > b
-      case ((Some(_), _), (None, _))              => true
-      case ((None, _), (Some(_), _))              => false
-      case ((_, a), (_, b))                       => a < b
+    ((isHuman, hasTitle, rating, id), (other.isHuman, other.hasTitle, other.rating, other.id)) match {
+      case ((a, _, _, _), (b, _, _, _))             if a != b => a > b
+      case ((_, a, _, _), (_, b, _, _))             if a != b => a > b
+      case ((_, _, Some(a), _), (_, _, Some(b), _)) if a != b => a > b
+      case ((_, _, Some(_), _), (_, _, None, _))              => true
+      case ((_, _, None, _), (_, _, Some(_), _))              => false
+      case ((_, _, _, a), (_, _, _, b))                       => a < b
     }
 
   def ratingAfter = rating map (_ + ~ratingDiff)
@@ -119,7 +122,8 @@ object Player {
       userId: User.ID,
       rating: Int,
       provisional: Boolean,
-      isBot: Boolean
+      isBot: Boolean,
+      hasTitle: Boolean
   ): Player =
     Player(
       id = IdGenerator.player(color),
@@ -128,7 +132,8 @@ object Player {
       userId = userId.some,
       rating = rating.some,
       provisional = provisional,
-      isBot = isBot
+      isBot = isBot,
+      hasTitle = hasTitle
     )
 
   def make(
@@ -143,7 +148,8 @@ object Player {
         userId = u.id,
         rating = perf.intRating,
         provisional = perf.glicko.provisional,
-        isBot = u.isBot
+        isBot = u.isBot,
+        hasTitle = u.hasTitle
       )
     }
 
@@ -167,6 +173,7 @@ object Player {
     val aiLevel           = "ai"
     val aiEngine          = "a"
     val isBot             = "b"
+    val hasTitle          = "t"
     val isOfferingDraw    = "od"
     val lastDrawOffer     = "ld"
     val proposeTakebackAt = "ta"
@@ -222,6 +229,7 @@ object Player {
                     )
                   ),
                 isBot = r boolD isBot,
+                hasTitle = r boolD hasTitle,
                 isWinner = win,
                 isOfferingDraw = r boolD isOfferingDraw,
                 lastDrawOffer = r intO lastDrawOffer,
@@ -242,6 +250,7 @@ object Player {
           aiLevel           -> p.aiLevel,
           aiEngine          -> p.aiEngine.map(_.code),
           isBot             -> w.boolO(p.isBot),
+          hasTitle          -> w.boolO(p.hasTitle),
           isOfferingDraw    -> w.boolO(p.isOfferingDraw),
           lastDrawOffer     -> p.lastDrawOffer,
           isOfferingPause   -> w.boolO(p.isOfferingPause),
diff --git a/modules/tournament/src/main/AutoPairing.scala b/modules/tournament/src/main/AutoPairing.scala
index 427cbea978f5a..38f2a1f3052e6 100644
--- a/modules/tournament/src/main/AutoPairing.scala
+++ b/modules/tournament/src/main/AutoPairing.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ final class AutoPairing(
   }
 
   private def makePlayer(color: Color, player: Player) =
-    GamePlayer.make(color, player.userId, player.rating, provisional = player.provisional, isBot = false)
+    GamePlayer.make(color, player.userId, player.rating, provisional = player.provisional, isBot = false, hasTitle = false)
 
   private def usernameOf(userId: User.ID) =
     lightUserApi.sync(userId).fold(userId)(_.name)
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 578d968ac4a64..669dff565b491 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin"   % "2.9.4")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta"     % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.2")
+addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala"     % "sbt-bloop"    % "1.6.0")
 // addSbtPlugin("org.wartremover" % "sbt-wartremover" % "3.0.7")