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Yao, Chris
Current rating: 1741 (#4278)

Regional Championships Edmonton 2023 (pioneer) starting rating: 1759
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 6 Danilkiewicz, Jacob (1479) Lost 0-2 -231736
2pioneer 58 England, Sarah (1598) Won 2-0 +161752
3pioneer 71 Potter, Jack (1608) Lost 0-2 -211731
4pioneer 74 Maynard, Pascal (1849) Lost 0-2 -161715
5pioneer 90 Hewitt, Chris (1526) Won 2-0 +151730
6pioneer 65 Mar, Robbie (1457) Won 2-0 +131743
7pioneer 45 Huska, Andrew (1894) Won 2-1 +211764
8pioneer 27 Shannon, Caleb (1506) Lost 0-2 -231741
top average opponent: 1615record: 4-4 new rating: 1741

Grand Prix Portland 2019 (ELD standard) starting rating: 1760
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 26 Brennan, Cody (1534) Won 2-1 +141774
3standard 69 Rose, Michael 0332 (1503) Lost 0-0 -231751
4standard 152 Schlesinger, Bradley (1517) Won 2-0 +141765
5standard 65 Blackwood, Andrew (1752) Lost 0-2 -191746
6standard 126 Cade, Drew (1517) Won 2-0 +141760
7standard 61 Prost, Andrejs (1906) Lost 1-2 -151745
8standard 89 Warren, Jason (1544) Won 2-1 +141759
top average opponent: 1610record: 4-3 new rating: 1759

Grand Prix Seattle 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1710
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
A2sealed 436 Berg, Andrew (1604) Won 2-1 +161726
A3sealed 89 Yam, Philip (1794) Lost 0-2 -171709
A4sealed 264 Vemulapalli, Karthik (1475) Won 2-1 +141723
A5sealed 89 Niday, Lucas (1662) Won 2-0 +171740
A6sealed 127 Huynh, Eric (1660) Won 2-1 +171757
A7sealed 73 Rosellini, Jason (1881) Lost 1-2 -161741
A8sealed 137 Sun, Allen (1735) Won 2-1 +181759
A9sealed 495 Ellis, Bennett (1723) Won 2-1 +171776
B2sealed 355 Dean, Anthony (1482) Won 2-0 +131789
B3sealed 47 Becker, Jack (1554) Lost 1-2 -221767
B4sealed 296 Gibson, Peter (1589) Won 2-1 +141781
B5sealed 135 Knudson, Kyle (1537) Won 2-0 +141795
B6sealed 89 Sheftel, Alex (1817) Lost 1-2 -181777
draft 100 Mccullough, Matthew (1812) Lost 0-2 -171760
draft 97 Schmeiser, Jerome (1664) Won 2-1 +161776
draft 93 Dunn, Zach (1852) Lost 1-2 -161760
top average opponent: 1678record: 10-6 new rating: 1760

Grand Prix Vancouver 2018 (UMA limited) starting rating: 1748
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 66 Larson, Greg (1512) Won 2-0 +141762
4sealed 38 Kiyonaga, Case (1560) Lost 0-2 -221740
5sealed 56 Gibson, Jamal (1598) Lost 0-2 -201720
6sealed 191 Yabata, Kenichi (1382) Won 2-0 +121732
7sealed 79 Wu, Gavin (1530) Lost 1-2 -221710
top average opponent: 1516record: 2-3 new rating: 1710

Grand Prix Portland 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1754
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 225 Furlow, Charlene (1501) Lost 1-2 -221732
4modern 287 Mallett, David (1445) Won 2-1 +131745
5modern 349 McArtor, Brad (1508) Won 2-0 +141759
6modern 154 Knapp, Charles (1503) Won 2-0 +131772
7modern 84 Johnson, Brendon (1858) Won 2-0 +201792
8modern 26 DiMaggio, Matthew (1817) Lost 0-2 -181774
9modern 56 Granston, Ryan (1585) Won 2-0 +151789
10modern 50 Kao, Austin (1795) Won 2-1 +181807
11modern 29 Gammie, Franklin (1598) Lost 0-2 -221785
12modern 78 Bolick, Robbie (1742) Lost 1-2 -191766
13modern 111 Gault, Dustin (1756) Lost 0-2 -181748
top average opponent: 1646record: 6-5 new rating: 1748

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (limited) (DOM limited) starting rating: 1749
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 234 Ben-Sasson, Eetai (1718) Won 2-0 +171766
4sealed 36 Elmakias, Adam (1548) Won 2-0 +141780
5sealed 83 Fox, Adam H (1870) Lost 0-2 -161764
6sealed 157 Ablack, Mukesh (1680) Draw 1-1 -21762
7sealed 157 Murray, Leslie (1528) Lost 1-2 -221740
8sealed 267 Li, Steven (1526) Won 2-0 +141754
top average opponent: 1645record: 3-2-1 new rating: 1754

Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (standard) (RIX standard) starting rating: 1820
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 151 Ciarlanti, Ralph (1616) Won 2-0 +151835
4standard 116 Friedman, Ben (1916) Lost 1-2 -171818
5standard 243 Zell, Susan (1548) Lost 0-2 -231795
6standard 255 Easton, Jaesun (1415) Lost 1-2 -241771
7standard 393 Laid, Jonas (1553) Lost 0-2 -221749
top average opponent: 1610record: 1-4 new rating: 1749

Grand Prix Portland 2017 (XLN standard) starting rating: 1762
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 157 Smalley, Tyler (1643) Won 2-0 +161778
4standard 63 Zhu, Yuxuan (1810) Lost 0-2 -181760
5standard 232 Hurlburt, James (1536) Lost 1-2 -221738
6standard 251 Dodge, Jonathan (1651) Won 1-0 +171755
7standard 209 Malcolm, Liam (1410) Won 2-0 +121767
8standard 160 Skinner-Maginnis, Taurin (1555) Won 2-1 +141781
9standard 83 Bennett, Gavin (1737) Won 2-1 +171798
10standard 26 Conwell, William (1596) Lost 1-2 -221776
11standard 132 Job, Jonathan (2010) Won 2-1 +231799
12standard 49 Hooton, Patrick (1598) Won 2-1 +141813
13standard 46 Suzuki, Anthony (1623) Won 2-0 +151828
14standard 17 Gaxiola, Joshua (1614) Won 2-1 +141842
15standard 24 Shaughnessy, Michael (1656) Lost 0-2 -221820
top average opponent: 1649record: 9-4 new rating: 1820

Grand Prix Phoenix 2017 (XLN limited) starting rating: 1836
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 67 Stednitz, David (1470) Lost 1-2 -241812
4sealed 348 Dreher, Gregory (1418) Lost 0-2 -251787
5sealed 395 Tran, Viet (1757) Lost 1-2 -191768
6sealed 415 Haker, Elizabeth (1415) Won 2-0 +121780
7sealed 318 Baker, Grayden (1771) Lost 1-2 -181762
top average opponent: 1566record: 1-4 new rating: 1762

Pro Tour Hour of Devastation (HOU standard) starting rating: 1855
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 75 Mantilla, Jorge (1775) Won 2-1 +171872
2draft 159 Hirosawa, Yuuta (2010) Won 2-0 +201892
3draft 122 Portaro, Alessandro (1758) Won 2-1 +161908
4standard 4 Manfield, Seth (1923) Lost 0-2 -181890
5standard 46 Dang, Martin (1991) Won 2-1 +201910
6standard 31 Finkel, Jon (2060) Lost 1-2 -151895
7standard 60 Harane, Kenta (2073) Lost 0-2 -151880
8standard 64 Del Moral Leon, Antonio (1891) Won 2-0 +181898
9draft 122 Molesch, Max (1986) Won 2-0 +201918
10draft 116 Wafo-Tapa, Guillaume (1989) Lost 0-2 -171901
11draft 9 Del Basso, Federico (2073) Lost 1-2 -151886
12standard 91 Sochurek, Petr (2017) Lost 1-2 -161870
13standard 102 Maurer, Tobias (1838) Lost 0-2 -181852
14standard 115 Kiefer, Lucas (1793) Lost 1-2 -191833
15standard 114 McNeace, Shawn (1950) Won 2-0 +201853
16standard 97 Esposito, Evan (1906) Lost 1-2 -171836
top average opponent: 1940record: 7-9 new rating: 1836

Grand Prix Kyoto 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1786
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 341 Otahara, Sho (1611) Won 2-0 +151801
4sealed 216 Stankey, Matt (1736) Lost 0-2 -201781
5sealed 211 Brown, Eric (1801) Lost 1-2 -171764
6sealed 434 Hirose, Yoshiyuki (1536) Won 2-0 +141778
7sealed 268 Kishi, Daiko (1478) Won 2-0 +121790
8sealed 207 Sugiyama, Fumikazu (1593) Won 2-1 +151805
9sealed 80 Sawada, Tetsushi (1676) Won 2-1 +161821
10draft 34 Matsumoto, Tomohiro (1615) Won 2-1 +141835
11draft 191 Adebo Diaz, Juan Carlos (1950) Won 2-1 +201855
12draft 184 Terasawa, Yu (1653) Won 2-1 +141869
13draft 273 Prost, Andrejs (2156) Lost 1-2 -131856
14draft 143 Morawski, Jonathan (1970) Lost 1-2 -161840
15draft 64 Dahl, Tina (1663) Won 2-0 +151855
top average opponent: 1726record: 9-4 new rating: 1855

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (limited) (AKH limited) starting rating: 1766
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 286 Barlow, David (1882) Won 2-0 +201786
5sealed 97 Turner, Michael (1602) Won 2-1 +141800
6sealed 51 Dolinar, Nicolai (1593) Lost 1-2 -211779
7sealed 173 Drake, Alex (1668) Won 2-0 +161795
8sealed 105 Timmler, Kye (1541) Lost 0-2 -231772
9sealed 193 Groat, Josh (1585) Won 2-0 +151787
10draft 16 Nadeau, Branden (1759) Won 2-0 +171804
11draft 16 Woo, Travis (2087) Won 2-1 +231827
12draft 16 Petre, Evan (1866) Lost 0-2 -171810
13draft 208 Woodward, Jonathan (1792) Lost 1-2 -181792
14draft 14 Porter, Martin (1631) Won 2-0 +151807
15draft 133 Wong, Christopher (1645) Lost 0-2 -211786
top average opponent: 1721record: 7-5 new rating: 1786

Grand Prix Vancouver 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1730
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 2226 Fletcher, Joshua (1561) Won 2-1 +151745
4modern 2158 Cresswell, Desmond (1375) Won 2-0 +111756
5modern 2047 Thibeau, Markus (1725) Lost 0-2 -181738
6modern 2052 Delaney, Nicholas (1586) Won 2-1 +151753
7modern 2063 Hampton, Jesse (1870) Won 2-0 +201773
8modern 2035 Lee, Michael (1620) Lost 1-2 -211752
9modern 2094 Oakes, Connor (1589) Won 2-0 +151767
10modern 2027 Lam, Tony (Nghia) (1753) Won 2-1 +181785
11modern 2054 Roberts, Anthony (1629) Lost 1-2 -211764
12modern 2060 Cunningham, Jeff (2028) Lost 1-2 -131751
13modern 2125 Turchansky, Zak (1676) Won 2-1 +171768
14modern 2073 Crowfoot, Corey (1566) Won 2-0 +141782
15modern 2046 Egashira, Kenji (1873) Lost 0-2 -161766
top average opponent: 1681record: 8-5 new rating: 1766

Grand Prix Portland 2016 (EMN standard) starting rating: 1717
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 225 Chen, Kevin (1638) Won 2-0 +161733
4standard 151 Rietzl, Paul (2133) Lost 1-2 -111722
5standard 130 Alspach, Brian (1613) Won 2-0 +161738
6standard 114 Wong, Charles (1601) Lost 0-2 -201718
7standard 185 Thibeau, Markus (1753) Won 2-0 +181736
8standard 106 Fennell, Christopher (1853) Won 2-0 +201756
9standard 65 Tyrrell, Liam (1626) Won 0-0 +161772
10standard 65 Norr, Phillip (1571) Lost 0-2 -221750
11standard 128 Ingham, Timothy (1577) Won 2-0 +151765
12standard 65 Goldman-Kirst, Martin (1940) Lost 1-2 -141751
13standard 85 Potter, Doug (1924) Lost 1-2 -151736
14standard 129 Sage, Nathan (1559) Won 2-0 +141750
15standard 88 Brunsdon, David (1597) Lost 1-2 -201730
top average opponent: 1722record: 7-6 new rating: 1730

Grand Prix Vancouver 2016 (OGW limited) starting rating: 1585
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 257 Fischer, Brandon (1741) Won 0-0 +211606
4sealed 54 Manzano, Mark Francis (1481) Won 2-0 +161622
5sealed 52 Kimura, Shawn (1447) Lost 0-2 -221600
6sealed 78 Bach, Austin (1646) Lost 1-2 -171583
7sealed 162 Findlay, Morgan (1489) Won 2-1 +171600
8sealed 129 Lepisto, Owen (1528) Won 2-1 +161616
9sealed 110 Powers, Nathan (1587) Won 2-0 +181634
10draft 109 Angulo, Enrique (1659) Lost 1-2 -181616
11draft 111 Adams, Evan (1802) Won 2-1 +221638
12draft 64 Cameron, Ronald (1589) Won 2-0 +171655
13draft 139 Denno, Sebastian (1799) Won 2-1 +201675
14draft 41 Oliver, Neal (2040) Won 2-0 +251700
15draft 12 Yoon, Je Yeon (1649) Won 2-1 +171717
top average opponent: 1651record: 10-3 new rating: 1717

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2015 (1) (MM2 limited) starting rating: 1564
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 38 Steuer, Nathan (1500) Lost 1-2 -191545
4sealed 190 Kunz, Jesse (1455) Won 2-1 +161561
5sealed 109 Mayer, Scott (1596) Won 2-1 +191580
6sealed 84 Lewis, Jason (1494) Won 2-1 +161596
7sealed 24 Lloyd, Alex (1802) Lost 1-2 -141582
8sealed 42 Salem, Jonathan (1781) Won 2-1 +221604
9sealed 38 Kubo, Jason (1561) Lost 0-2 -191585
top average opponent: 1599record: 4-3 new rating: 1585

Grand Prix Vancouver 2015 (modern) starting rating: 1600
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 111 Gibbs, Daric (1501) Won 2-1 +171617
4modern 11 Thompson, Gerry (1941) Lost 0-2 -131604
5modern 202 Lu, Elvis (1493) Lost 0-2 -201584
6modern 216 Lee, Tony (1468) Lost 1-2 -201564
top average opponent: 1601record: 1-3 new rating: 1564

Grand Prix Vancouver 2014 (THS standard) starting rating: 1661
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 115 Young, Jeffrey (1536) Won 2-0 +161677
4standard 96 Boese, Travis (1564) Lost 0-2 -201657
5standard 107 Freerksen, Sheldon (1585) Lost 1-2 -191638
6standard 236 Hum, Barry (1669) Lost 1-2 -181620
7standard 259 Gonzalez, Kevin (1524) Lost 1-2 -201600
top average opponent: 1576record: 1-4 new rating: 1600

Grand Prix Kitakyushu 2013 (M14 standard) starting rating: 1658
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 220 Takagi, Hideto (1520) Won 2-0 +151673
4standard 101 Tamada, Ryoichi (1759) Lost 1-2 -161657
5standard 183 Mita, Ryoichi (1544) Lost 1-2 -201637
6standard 215 Yoshimura, Yutaka (1412) Won 2-1 +141651
7standard 225 Uno, Yuki (1582) Lost 1-2 -191632
8standard 234 Yamaguchi, Kyohei (1422) Won 2-1 +141646
9standard 149 Sakamoto, Masaaki (1503) Won 2-1 +151661
top average opponent: 1534record: 4-3 new rating: 1661

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2013 (MMA limited) starting rating: 1681
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 1494 Waite, Paul (1524) Won 2-1 +161697
3sealed 1596 Pfender, Edward (1471) Lost 1-2 -221675
4sealed 1552 Nix, Robert (1505) Won 2-0 +141689
5sealed 1391 Wyatt, Taylor (1536) Lost 1-2 -201669
6sealed 1112 Kandziolka, James (1572) Won 2-0 +161685
7sealed 831 Young, Brian (1507) Won 2-0 +151700
8sealed 668 Cruse, David (1576) Lost 1-2 -211679
9sealed 515 Hatamian, Emin (1485) Lost 0-2 -211658
top average opponent: 1522record: 4-4 new rating: 1658

Grand Prix Yokohama 2013 (GTC limited) starting rating: 1530
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 832 Oka, Yoshimasa (1533) Won 2-1 +181548
4sealed 660 Yonezawa, Musashi (1637) Won 2-1 +191567
5sealed 652 Farnung, Ian (1859) Won 2-1 +231590
6sealed 656 Nakayama, Yuuki (1509) Lost 0-2 -191571
7sealed 716 Hirayama, Hideyuki (1730) Won 2-0 +211592
8sealed 836 Katayama, Hidenori (1786) Lost 1-2 -151577
9sealed 902 Ozawa, Takahiro (1712) Won 2-1 +211598
10sealed 76 Nishihara, Hiroki (1685) Won 2-1 +191617
11sealed 75 Sugiyama, Yuya (1857) Won 2-1 +231640
12draft 20 Kasuga, Nobuhiro (1597) Won 2-1 +171657
13draft 44 Shiraishi, Tomomi (1863) Lost 1-2 -141643
14draft 48 Kato, Kensuke (1715) Lost 1-2 -171626
15draft 84 Sutou, Takuo (1732) Won 2-0 +201646
16draft 53 Hayashi, Shouya (1660) Won 2-1 +181664
17draft 32 Takami, Yuta (1624) Won 2-0 +171681
top average opponent: 1700record: 11-4 new rating: 1681

Grand Prix Nagoya 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1520
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 54 Jen, Chien-Ming (1727) Lost 1-2 -141506
5standard 189 Shindou, Takehiro (1473) Lost 0-2 -191487
6standard 298 Yamauchi, Kazushi (1441) Won 2-1 +181505
7standard 241 Nakamura, Sara (1535) Won 2-1 +181523
8standard 166 Yotsumoto, Yuki (1855) Won 2-0 +241547
9standard 114 Ooneda, Yoshihiro (1584) Lost 1-2 -171530
top average opponent: 1603record: 3-3 new rating: 1530

Grand Prix Vancouver 2012 (AVR limited) starting rating: 1522
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 83 Giroux, Gordon (1484) Won 2-1 +171539
4sealed 66 Searles, James (1527) Won 2-0 +181557
5sealed 32 Sciesinski, Marcin (1599) Won 2-0 +191576
6sealed 23 Chan, Eric W (1538) Lost 0-2 -191557
7sealed 48 Rauch, Lindsey (1572) Won 2-0 +181575
8sealed 18 Alberg, Robin (1560) Lost 1-2 -181557
9sealed 60 Martell, Tom (1966) Lost 0-2 -111546
10draft 18 Pincus, Max (1815) Lost 0-2 -131533
12draft 60 Potter, Doug (1695) Won 2-0 +211554
13draft 42 Thicke, Michael (1613) Lost 0-2 -171537
14draft 30 Thompson, Keith (1612) Lost 0-2 -171520
top average opponent: 1635record: 5-6 new rating: 1520

Grand Prix Minneapolis 2012 (AVR standard) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 30 Erickson, Jens (1704) Won 2-0 +221522
5standard 52 Kaska, Chris (1548) Lost 0-2 -181504
6standard 47 Petersen, Logan (1579) Won 2-1 +201524
7standard 26 Motchkavitz, Matt (1686) Won 2-1 +201544
8standard 21 Thompson, Gerry (1880) Lost 1-2 -121532
9standard 47 Costa, Matthew (1975) Lost 0-2 -101522
top average opponent: 1729record: 3-3 new rating: 1522