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Brierley, Michael
Current rating: 1838 (#1378)

Regional Championships Toronto 2022 (pioneer) starting rating: 1867
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1pioneer 135 Dhaliwal, Shawn (1838) Lost 0-2 -181849
2pioneer 170 Reiher, Vincent (1483) Lost 1-2 -251824
3pioneer 158 Dagher, Patrick (1466) Won 2-1 +121836
4pioneer 141 Balderama, Alexis (1475) Won 2-0 +121848
5pioneer 107 Hill, Andrew (1529) Won 2-0 +121860
6pioneer 75 Gareau, Philippe (1835) Lost 1-2 -181842
7pioneer 98 Nightingale, Tyler (1792) Lost 1-2 -191823
8pioneer 89 Solave, Ryan (1674) Won 2-1 +151838
top average opponent: 1636record: 4-4 new rating: 1838

Grand Prix Calgary 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1894
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 183 Kolody, Jordan (1479) Lost 1-2 -251869
3modern 259 Fernendez, Mj (1501) Lost 1-2 -251844
4modern 310 Meggs, Denver (1480) Won 2-1 +121856
5modern 249 Gordon, Caleb (1498) Won 2-0 +121868
6modern 202 Brown, Shayne (1491) Won 2-1 +111879
7modern 137 Barthel, Mitchell (1538) Won 2-0 +121891
8modern 96 Marko, Calvin (1557) Lost 1-2 -241867
top average opponent: 1506record: 4-3 new rating: 1867

Grand Prix Toronto 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1861
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 138 Whitten, Kory (1519) Won 2-1 +121873
3modern 116 Arsenault, Caleb (1537) Won 2-0 +121885
4modern 85 Finlayson-Schueler, Brian (1443) Won 2-1 +101895
5modern 18 Gordon, Andrew [CAN] (1890) Lost 1-2 -181877
6modern 115 Cotton, Jesse (1565) Won 2-1 +131890
7modern 78 Diab, Kenan (1510) Won 2-0 +111901
8modern 45 Goodman-Caines, Lucas (1467) Lost 1-2 -261875
9modern 100 Pauloff, Nicholas (1841) Lost 0-2 -181857
10modern 437 Renault, Austen (1568) Lost 1-2 -231834
11modern 439 Eapen, Roshen (1847) Won 2-1 +181852
12modern 415 Lysenko, Jesse (1537) Won 2-0 +121864
13modern 403 Wildman, Tyrel (1574) Won 2-0 +131877
14modern 393 Longo, Tyler (1793) Won 2-1 +171894
15modern 377 Gauthier, Martin-Eric (1979) ID 01894
top average opponent: 1648record: 9-4-1 new rating: 1894

Grand Prix Montreal 2018 (GRN limited) starting rating: 1912
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 192 D'Angelo, Derek (1493) Lost 1-2 -261886
3sealed 288 Gagne, Andre (1430) Lost 1-2 -251861
top average opponent: 1461record: 0-2 new rating: 1861

Grand Prix Las Vegas 2018 (modern) (modern) starting rating: 1928
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 452 Ward, Brenden (1631) Won 2-1 +131941
3modern 238 Salem, Jonathan (1901) Won 2-1 +171958
4modern 16 Freeman, Marcelino (1807) Lost 1-2 -211937
5modern 209 Dale, Hayden (1497) Lost 0-2 -251912
top average opponent: 1709record: 2-2 new rating: 1912

Grand Prix Toronto 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1824
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 154 Atkinson, John (1562) Won 2-0 +141838
4modern 93 Whitfield, Jesse (1604) Won 2-0 +131851
5modern 73 Hedman, Jessie (1650) Won 2-0 +151866
6modern 41 Priest, Eli (1849) Lost 1-2 -191847
7modern 108 Nickolai, Matthew (1851) Won 2-1 +181865
8modern 63 Simard, Jason (1801) Won 2-0 +171882
9modern 28 Snook, Adam (1941) Won 2-0 +191901
10modern 21 Dockrill, Chris (1640) Lost 0-2 -221879
11modern 31 Sandrin, Ryan (1814) Won 2-1 +171896
12modern 12 Syed, Zan (1876) Lost 1-2 -191877
13modern 57 Goldfarb, David (1863) Won 2-1 +181895
14modern 22 Gellert, Kyle (1893) Won 2-0 +181913
15modern 12 Bianchi, Alex (1743) Won 2-1 +151928
top average opponent: 1776record: 10-3 new rating: 1928

Grand Prix Toronto 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1907
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 197 Tran, Kenwon (1446) Lost 1-2 -261881
4sealed 186 Wasson, John (1798) Won 2-1 +161897
5sealed 193 Brott, John (1623) Lost 1-2 -221875
6sealed 235 Kolbuc, Trevor (1430) Lost 1-2 -261849
7sealed 392 Weeks, Will (1458) Lost 1-2 -251824
top average opponent: 1551record: 1-4 new rating: 1824

Grand Prix Montreal 2017 (AKH standard) starting rating: 1905
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 2063 Jette, Francis (1562) Lost 0-2 -241881
4standard 2159 Dougherty, Aaron (1518) Won 2-0 +121893
5standard 2064 Biron, Xavier (1756) Won 2-1 +151908
6standard 2120 Nguyen, Lan (1899) Won 2-1 +181926
7standard 2028 Barber, Randall (1587) Won 2-0 +121938
8standard 2020 Dilks, Matthew (1810) Lost 0-2 -201918
9standard 2042 Smith, Donald (1835) Lost 0-2 -201898
10standard 2083 Bergerac, Michael (1654) Won 2-0 +141912
11standard 2094 Martinez, Mario E (1540) Lost 1-2 -251887
12standard 2110 McCowell, Cody (1442) Won 2-1 +111898
13standard 2064 Ducharme, Kyle (1718) Won 2-0 +151913
14standard 2061 Morrill, Ethan (1592) Lost 1-2 -241889
15standard 2069 Thompson, Kale (1882) Won 2-0 +181907
top average opponent: 1677record: 8-5 new rating: 1907

Pro Tour Amonkhet (AKH standard) starting rating: 1853
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 113 Triantafillou, Dimitris (1848) Won 2-1 +181871
2draft 74 Istfan, Raeef (1699) Lost 1-2 -211850
3draft 107 Aithaj-Kaddour, Benjamin (1745) Lost 0-2 -201830
4standard 140 Nakamura, Shuhei (2098) Won 2-0 +231853
5standard 121 Kumagai, Riku (2121) Won 2-1 +231876
6standard 39 Lopez, Rodrigo (1863) Won 2-1 +171893
7standard 34 Parker, Brock (2127) Won 2-0 +231916
8standard 13 Schetka, Evgeny (1701) Won 2-1 +141930
9draft 83 Jensen, William (2085) Lost 0-2 -151915
10draft 7 Tao, Jiachen (2019) Lost 0-2 -171898
11draft 83 McLaren, Dean (1828) Lost 1-2 -191879
12standard 65 Levy, Raphael (2072) Won 2-0 +221901
13standard 60 Ashton, Thomas (1954) Lost 1-2 -171884
14standard 82 Shenhar, Shahar (1821) Lost 1-2 -201864
15standard 94 Dickmann, Fabian (1959) Won 2-0 +201884
16standard 66 Lipp, Scott (2045) Won 2-1 +211905
top average opponent: 1936record: 9-7 new rating: 1905

Grand Prix Richmond 2017 (AKH limited) starting rating: 1741
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 49 Cooney, Michael (1567) Won 2-0 +151756
3sealed 292 Wu, Gavin (1683) Lost 1-2 -191737
4sealed 357 Bennett, Alfred (1503) Won 2-0 +131750
5sealed 236 Flynn, Paul (1526) Won 2-1 +141764
6sealed 217 O'Brien, Chris (1784) Lost 1-2 -171747
7sealed 307 Roos, Austin (1581) Won 2-0 +151762
8sealed 152 Tillman, Thomas (1636) Won 2-1 +151777
9sealed 98 Cullerton, Evan (1487) Won 2-0 +131790
10draft 735 Culotta, Martin (1610) Won 2-0 +151805
11draft 676 Rust, Brian (1623) Won 2-0 +151820
12draft 718 Smith, Raymond (1649) Lost 0-2 -211799
13draft 672 Kazanskis, Viktors (1954) Won 2-0 +201819
14draft 658 Bumpers, Jeremy (1600) Won 2-0 +151834
15draft 656 Kramer, Hugh (1927) Won 2-1 +191853
top average opponent: 1652record: 11-3 new rating: 1853

Grand Prix New Jersey 2017 (std) (AER standard) starting rating: 1695
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 161 Destefano, Adam (1568) Won 2-1 +161711
4standard 104 Oravec, Daniel (1558) Lost 0-2 -211690
5standard 158 Tremblay, Dominic (1673) Won 2-0 +181708
6standard 147 Mitchell, Billy (1848) Lost 0-2 -161692
7standard 281 Phillips, Cedric (1793) Lost 0-2 -161676
8standard 356 Maeba, Hideaki (1653) Won 2-0 +171693
9standard 192 Ritenour, Jacob (1579) Won 2-0 +161709
10standard 177 Chiang, Will (1572) Won 2-0 +161725
11standard 155 Johnson, Brendon (1747) Won 2-1 +181743
12standard 90 Navas, Luis (1737) Won 2-0 +181761
13standard 29 Duan, Daniel (1766) Won 2-1 +181779
14standard 53 Van Brussel, Joe (1644) Lost 1-2 -201759
15standard 59 Jordan, Paul (1771) Lost 1-2 -181741
top average opponent: 1685record: 8-5 new rating: 1741

Grand Prix Montreal 2016 (EMN limited) starting rating: 1748
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 2032 Marshall, Samuel (1524) Won 2-0 +141762
3sealed 2256 Tihanyi, Stefan (1535) Lost 0-0 -221740
4sealed 2196 Dillon, Rax (1489) Lost 0-2 -221718
5sealed 2287 Herman, Zachary (1506) Won 2-1 +141732
6sealed 2185 Vance, James (1699) Lost 0-2 -191713
7sealed 2313 Slaunwhite, Craig (1505) Won 2-1 +141727
8sealed 2274 Rodriguez, Luis (1517) Won 0-0 +151742
9sealed 2166 Mulloy, Josh (1574) Won 2-1 +151757
10draft 2035 Heschl, Christopher (1561) Lost 1-2 -221735
11draft 2106 Shaw, Adam (1574) Lost 0-2 -211714
12draft 2102 MacLean, Stuart (1643) Lost 0-2 -191695
top average opponent: 1557record: 5-6 new rating: 1695

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1659
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 49 McDaniel, Andrew (1594) Won 2-1 +171676
3standard 330 Hicks, Jackson (1702) Won 2-0 +191695
4standard 39 Liao, Albert (1652) Won 2-0 +171712
5standard 24 Wong, Gary (1942) Lost 1-2 -141698
6standard 154 Petrilli, Trevor (1690) Won 2-0 +181716
7standard 62 Carson, Erik (1895) Won 2-0 +211737
8standard 34 Mascio, Anthony (1700) Lost 1-2 -191718
9standard 105 Miller, Jamie (1537) Won 2-0 +151733
10standard 335 Perry, Logan (1647) Won 2-1 +171750
11standard 292 Hagen, Jacob (1728) Won 2-1 +171767
12standard 281 Hill, Tyler (2136) Won 2-0 +251792
13standard 258 Yam, Wing Chun (1927) Lost 1-2 -161776
14standard 279 Shenhar, Shahar (1800) Lost 1-2 -181758
15standard 290 Braun-Duin, Brian (2209) Lost 1-2 -101748
top average opponent: 1797record: 9-5 new rating: 1748

Grand Prix New York 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1560
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 431 Lemay, Jason (1547) Won 2-1 +181578
3standard 342 Geissler, Kevin (1500) Won 2-0 +161594
4standard 198 Pisano, Rob (1915) Lost 1-2 -121582
5standard 158 Delcourt, Cassidy (1438) Draw 1-1 -31579
6standard 307 Roystan, Andrew (1745) Lost 1-2 -151564
7standard 457 Alvarez, Lance (1658) Won 2-1 +201584
8standard 335 McKeone, Keith (1514) Won 2-1 +171601
9standard 202 Shoff, David (1551) Won 2-0 +171618
10standard 140 Ogier, James (1715) Lost 0-2 -161602
11standard 209 Stevenson, Quint (1778) Won 2-0 +211623
12standard 142 Neal, Stephen (1849) Lost 1-2 -141609
13standard 193 Raymond, Richard (1622) Won 2-1 +181627
14standard 145 Carroll, Roger (1469) Won 2-1 +151642
15standard 108 DiMaio, JT (1588) Won 2-0 +171659
top average opponent: 1635record: 9-4-1 new rating: 1659

Grand Prix Toronto 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1620
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 1023 Drummond, Bryn (1501) Lost 0-2 -201600
4standard 1038 Wilson, Rick (1517) Lost 1-2 -201580
5standard 1051 Ferreira, Stephen (1500) Won 2-0 +171597
6standard 1031 Cullerton, Evan (1623) Lost 1-2 -181579
7standard 1040 Hartog, Michael (1500) Lost 0-2 -191560
top average opponent: 1528record: 1-4 new rating: 1560

Grand Prix Quebec City 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1571
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 182 Gagnon, Frederic (1391) Won 2-0 +151586
2standard 166 Laberge, Vincent (1623) Lost 1-2 -171569
3standard 241 Lachaine, Roch-Antoine (1434) Won 2-0 +151584
4standard 113 Hamel, Olivier (1788) Won 2-0 +221606
5standard 113 Chatel, Cedric (1417) Won 2-1 +141620
6standard 69 Lozinski, Daniel (1696) Lost 0-2 -161604
7standard 91 Curry, Alexander (1513) Won 2-0 +161620
8standard 92 Simms, Matthew (1644) Lost 0-0 -171603
9standard 97 Flynn, Erich (1582) Won 2-0 +171620
top average opponent: 1565record: 6-3 new rating: 1620

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1581
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 371 Carroll, Charles (1519) Won 2-0 +171598
2modern 235 Reppard, Nicholas (1520) Lost 1-2 -201578
3modern 383 Jacques, Zachary (1432) Won 2-0 +161594
4modern 339 Manning, Patrick (1504) Lost 0-2 -201574
5modern 354 Westbrook, Robert (1464) Won 2-0 +161590
6modern 263 Surovy, Tyler (1537) Lost 0-2 -191571
top average opponent: 1496record: 3-3 new rating: 1571

Grand Prix Calgary 2013 (M14 standard) starting rating: 1619
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 36 Gareau, Adrian (1596) Won 2-0 +181637
4standard 48 Gifford, Sean (1569) Lost 1-2 -191618
5standard 43 Toussaint, Francis (1648) Lost 1-2 -181600
6standard 146 Theriault, Mason (1521) Lost 1-2 -191581
top average opponent: 1583record: 1-3 new rating: 1581

Grand Prix Quebec City 2013 (GTC standard) starting rating: 1601
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 24 Miller, Dylan (1558) Lost 1-2 -191582
5standard 157 Pedrakowski, Tomasz (1906) Lost 1-2 -121570
6standard 164 Goldie, Christian (1518) Won 2-0 +171587
7standard 100 Lee, Joon Soo (1650) Won 2-0 +191606
8standard 64 Perry, RJ (1470) Won 2-0 +151621
9standard 42 Wilson, Fred (1571) Won 2-1 +181639
10standard 39 Berube, Andre (1605) Draw 1-1 -11638
11standard 32 DiDonato, Joseph H (1622) Lost 1-2 -181620
12standard 47 Mercier, Frederic 7050 (1538) Won 2-1 +161636
13standard 36 Hill, Shawn (1583) Lost 0-2 -191617
14standard 44 Bertone, Christopher (1604) Won 2-1 +181635
15standard 33 Caplan, David (1773) Lost 1-2 -161619
top average opponent: 1616record: 6-5-1 new rating: 1619

Grand Prix Toronto 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1600
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 126 Lessard, John (1537) Lost 0-2 -191581
4modern 248 Woo, Paul (1673) Won 2-1 +201601
5modern 10 Valila, Brad (1533) Won 2-0 +171618
6modern 106 Kraehling, Arend (1637) Won 2-0 +181636
7modern 54 Houghton, Derek (1544) Won 2-1 +161652
8modern 35 McWhaw, Andrew (1716) Lost 0-2 -171635
9modern 76 Zou, Xin (1587) Won 2-0 +181653
10modern 37 Reid, James (1723) Lost 1-2 -171636
11modern 55 Anctil, Kevin (1560) Lost 1-2 -201616
12modern 61 Noworaj, Andrew (1745) Lost 1-2 -151601
top average opponent: 1625record: 5-5 new rating: 1601

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2012 (M13 limited) starting rating: 1621
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 219 McCutcheon, Anthony w (1536) Won 2-1 +171638
4sealed 3 Daly, Kevin P (1620) Lost 1-2 -191619
5sealed 233 Usman, Nick (1530) Won 2-1 +171636
6sealed 134 Miller, Jake C (1651) Lost 0-2 -181618
7sealed 335 Cheung, Justin (1641) Lost 0-2 -181600
top average opponent: 1595record: 2-3 new rating: 1600

Grand Prix Columbus 2012 (modern) starting rating: 1638
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 93 Stang, Robert (1518) Lost 0-2 -201618
3modern 355 Butler, Eric (1446) Lost 1-2 -211597
4modern 455 Moerdyke, Philip (1399) Won 2-1 +141611
5modern 322 Brown, Chester (1579) Won 2-0 +181629
6modern 330 Woodworth, Joshua (1535) Won 2-1 +161645
7modern 141 Estes, Jacob (1491) Lost 1-2 -211624
8modern 235 Graves, Robert X (1518) Lost 1-2 -201604
9modern 194 Weinandy, Josh (1552) Won 2-0 +171621
top average opponent: 1505record: 4-4 new rating: 1621

Grand Prix Vancouver 2012 (AVR limited) starting rating: 1571
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 101 Zakreski, Adam (1500) Lost 1-2 -191552
2sealed 264 Shears, Brett (1780) Won 2-0 +221574
3sealed 242 Langman, Reg (1500) Won 2-0 +171591
4sealed 185 Blaschek, Stuart (1517) Won 2-0 +161607
5sealed 171 Erickson, Chris R (1536) Won 2-0 +171624
6sealed 118 Noworaj, Andrew (1799) Won 2-1 +211645
7sealed 39 Pastorinni, Luckas (1869) Won 2-1 +221667
8sealed 38 MacKinnon, Paul (1661) Lost 1-2 -181649
9sealed 79 Costa, Matthew (2034) Lost 0-2 -111638
top average opponent: 1688record: 6-3 new rating: 1638

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2011 (M12 standard) starting rating: 1544
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4standard 186 Glantzman, Joshua (1561) Lost 1-2 -181526
5standard 158 van Medevoort, Robert (1719) Lost 1-2 -141512
6standard 401 Fristik IV, James (1519) Won 2-1 +181530
7standard 265 Pearson, Ben (1653) Won 2-0 +201550
8standard 115 Telkamp, Jeremy (1473) Won 2-0 +171567
9standard 82 Lough, Brandon (1579) Won 2-0 +181585
10standard 61 Bova, Justin (1581) Lost 0-2 -181567
11standard 73 Page, Joey (1669) Won 2-0 +201587
12standard 64 Santos, Jonathan (1638) Won 2-0 +191606
13standard 31 Simpson-Wolf, Anders (1575) Lost 1-2 -191587
14standard 44 Adams, Joshua H (1719) Lost 1-2 -161571
top average opponent: 1608record: 6-5 new rating: 1571

Grand Prix Providence 2011 (legacy) starting rating: 1493
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2legacy 59 Kilgore, Tyler (1445) Lost 0-2 -191474
3legacy 196 Marshall, Chris (1499) Won 2-1 +181492
4legacy 158 Talaga, Andrew J (1666) Won 2-1 +211513
5legacy 78 Bond, Matthew (1645) Won 2-0 +211534
6legacy 27 Siu, Brian (1813) Lost 0-2 -131521
7legacy 87 Senneway, Bill (1692) Won 2-1 +211542
8legacy 79 Meckes, Josh (1636) Won 2-0 +201562
9legacy 35 S., Bobby (1575) Lost 0-2 -181544
top average opponent: 1621record: 5-3 new rating: 1544

Grand Prix Dallas-Fort Worth 2011 (MBS standard) starting rating: 1495
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 230 Green, Brendan (1620) Won 2-0 +211516
3standard 61 Carleton-Barnes, Gabriel (1692) Won 2-0 +211537
4standard 139 Turtenwald, Owen (2100) Lost 0-2 -91528
5standard 212 Miller, Jake C (1654) Lost 1-2 -161512
6standard 195 Sias, Eric (1423) Lost 1-2 -191493
top average opponent: 1698record: 2-3 new rating: 1493

Grand Prix Atlanta 2011 (extended) starting rating: 1515
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 11 Jensen, Lissa (1485) Won 2-1 +171532
3extended 83 Khare, Anand (1568) Lost 0-2 -171515
4extended 159 Meng, Eric (1564) Lost 0-2 -171498
5extended 223 Haynes, Michael (1439) Won 2-0 +161514
6extended 102 Meneses, Justin (1453) Lost 0-2 -191495
top average opponent: 1502record: 2-3 new rating: 1495

Grand Prix Toronto 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1520
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 66 MacFarlane, Kate (1500) Won 2-0 +171537
5sealed 25 Flores, Edgar (1487) Lost 0-2 -191518
6sealed 37 Brodeur, Kevin (1553) Won 2-1 +191537
7sealed 51 Jolliffe, Jake (1575) Won 2-0 +191556
8sealed 25 Bishop, Stephen (1598) Lost 1-2 -181538
9sealed 51 Miller, Dylan (1588) Won 2-1 +191557
10sealed 20 Doolittle, Lawrence (1645) Lost 0-2 -161541
11draft 59 Leister, Nicole (1545) Lost 0-2 -181523
12draft 8 Fabiano, Gerard (1800) Won 2-0 +231546
13draft 6 Baglio, Matthew (1667) Lost 1-2 -161530
14draft 20 McCaslin, Aaron (1662) Lost 1-2 -151515
top average opponent: 1602record: 5-6 new rating: 1515

Grand Prix Washington DC 2010 (ROE standard) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 909 Champion, Ian (1500) Won 2-1 +181518
2standard 809 Formo, Erik (1519) Lost 1-2 -181500
3standard 792 Rubarth, Randolph (1500) Lost 1-2 -181482
4standard 1017 Jennings, Travis (1481) Won 2-0 +181500
5standard 823 Andersen, Christoffer (1571) Won 2-0 +191519
6standard 747 Pioth, Christopher (1574) Won 2-1 +191538
7standard 822 Doolittle, Lawrence (1503) Lost 1-2 -181520
top average opponent: 1521record: 4-3 new rating: 1520