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Richards, Scott
Current rating: 1672

Grand Prix Auckland 2015 (FRF limited) starting rating: 1723
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 115 Yuen, Nicholas (j) (1500) Won 2-1 +141737
2sealed 82 van Eeden, Jacques (1479) Lost 0-2 -221715
3sealed 112 Thomas, Christopher (1500) Lost 0-2 -221693
4sealed 131 Lokerse, Joost (1531) Lost 0-2 -211672
top average opponent: 1503record: 1-3 new rating: 1672

Grand Prix Auckland 2012 (RTR standard) starting rating: 1747
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 36 Lemon, Joshua (1518) Won 2-0 +141761
3standard 17 Magoc, Ivan (1557) Lost 1-2 -221739
4standard 62 Chen, Liang Ping (1517) Won 2-0 +141753
5standard 52 Catalla, Aysa (1536) Won 2-0 +141767
6standard 38 Newson, Aaron (1507) Lost 0-2 -231744
7standard 31 Hrbacek, Jakub (1582) Lost 0-2 -211723
top average opponent: 1536record: 3-3 new rating: 1723

2011 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1714
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 61 Zhang, Meng Qiu (1743) Draw 1-1 +11715
2standard 94 Ramirez Sanchez, Emmanuel (1546) Lost 0-2 -211694
3standard 142 Roystan, Andrew (1703) Lost 1-2 -181676
4standard 165 Lv, Jiachong (1568) Won 2-0 +161692
5standard 130 Zhuang, Che (1465) Won 2-1 +141706
6standard 93 Jonsson, Anton (1935) Lost 1-2 -141692
7draft 50 Comer, Alan (1623) Lost 1-2 -191673
8draft 118 Barrios, Evelio (1529) Lost 1-2 -211652
9draft 162 Eing Yung, Lee (1466) Lost 1-2 -211631
10draft 183 Lv, Jiachong (1522) Won 2-0 +161647
11draft 58 Moreno, Daniel (1330) Lost 0-2 -241623
12draft 167 Loparski, Andrej (1400) Won 2-0 +141637
13modern 143 Lanthier, Dan (1644) Won 2-1 +181655
14modern 127 Ang, Jan Raymond (1452) Won 2-0 +151670
15modern 109 Maher, Bob (1707) Won 2-0 +181688
16modern 90 Estratti, Samuele (1946) Won 2-0 +231711
17modern 76 Kolos, John (1833) Won 2-1 +201731
18modern 61 Cantu, Isaias (1598) Won 2-1 +161747
top average opponent: 1612record: 10-7-1 new rating: 1747

Grand Prix San Diego 2011 (ISD limited) starting rating: 1765
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 465 Haueter, Gregg (1536) Won 2-1 +141779
4sealed 467 Huang, Barry (1555) Won 2-1 +141793
5sealed 416 Hunt, Matthias (1949) Lost 0-2 -161777
6sealed 474 Watsfeldt, Elias (1793) Lost 0-2 -171760
7sealed 468 Khanin, Alex (1705) Draw 1-1 -11759
8sealed 489 Patel, Hemant (1489) Lost 0-2 -231736
9sealed 493 Chris A., (1533) Lost 1-2 -221714
top average opponent: 1652record: 2-4-1 new rating: 1714

2010 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1740
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 53 Carmichael, Simon (1500) Won 2-0 +141754
2standard 51 Quintero, Adad (1538) Won 2-1 +141768
3standard 39 Rietzl, Paul (2007) Lost 1-2 -141754
4standard 36 Meng, Fan Xuan (1531) Won 2-0 +141768
5standard 22 Godinez Estrada, Gerardo (1896) Lost 1-2 -161752
6standard 52 Tong, Wu (1678) Won 2-0 +171769
7draft 104 Duke, Reid (1777) Won 2-1 +181787
8draft 69 Kolos, John (1951) Won 2-1 +211808
9draft 23 Chan, Sze Hang (1589) Lost 1-2 -221786
10draft 76 Marr, Mat (1682) Lost 0-2 -201766
11draft 99 Weydahl, Anders (1701) Lost 0-2 -191747
12draft 60 Coqueiro, Rafael S (1796) Won 2-0 +191766
13extended 60 Jaudy, Tulio (1681) Won 2-1 +161782
14extended 46 Eason, Anthony (1682) Won 2-0 +171799
15extended 19 Kitayama, Masaya (1902) Lost 0-2 -171782
16extended 45 Menard, Antoine (1746) Won 2-0 +181800
17extended 28 Tamada, Ryoichi (1725) Lost 1-2 -201780
18extended 40 Haggkvist, Sami (1903) Lost 0-2 -151765
top average opponent: 1738record: 10-8 new rating: 1765

Grand Prix Sydney 2010 (SOM limited) starting rating: 1662
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 52 Brumby, Gene (1603) Lost 0-2 -191643
4sealed 103 Gow, Dan (1448) Won 2-0 +151658
5sealed 66 Gumbley, Paul (1533) Won 2-1 +151673
6sealed 38 Graham, Connor (1485) Lost 0-2 -211652
7sealed 57 Dai, Jason (1538) Won 2-0 +161668
8sealed 27 Muralitheran, Hari (1433) Won 2-0 +141682
10draft 22 Fusta, Haudy (1662) Won 2-1 +171699
11draft 24 Kibler, Brian (2077) Lost 0-2 -111688
12draft 8 Ruz, Carl (1542) Won 2-1 +151703
13draft 20 Matthews, Joseph K (1632) Won 2-0 +171720
14draft 23 Lightfoot, Anatoli (1820) Won 2-0 +201740
top average opponent: 1616record: 8-3 new rating: 1740

Grand Prix Auckland 2008 (ALA limited) starting rating: 1646
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 77 Ogier, Matthew (1500) Lost 1-2 -211625
3sealed 54 Zheng, Jingwei (1500) Won 2-0 +161641
4sealed 65 Lee, Eric [AUS] (1436) Won 2-1 +141655
5sealed 29 Cheon, Paul (1904) Won 2-1 +231678
6sealed 33 Tung, Nick (1542) Lost 0-2 -211657
7sealed 41 van Eeden, Jacques (1488) Won 2-1 +151672
8draft 9 Liao, Danny (1512) Lost 1-2 -211651
9draft 5 Al-Bacha, Wesimo (1842) Lost 0-2 -141637
10draft 20 Williams, David W [NZL] (1451) Won 2-0 +151652
11draft 21 Koh, Charles (1505) Lost 0-2 -211631
12draft 10 Stokes, Keith (1450) Won 2-1 +151646
13draft 21 Patel, Glenn (1572) Won 2-0 +161662
top average opponent: 1558record: 7-5 new rating: 1662

Grand Prix Melbourne 2005 (extended) starting rating: 1746
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4extended 17 Mariner, David (1500) Lost 0-2 -221724
5extended 30 Sherwood, John (1534) Lost 1-2 -221702
6extended 36 Lamb, Matthew (1535) Lost 0-2 -211681
7extended 44 Thyssen, Jan (1501) Won 2-0 +151696
8extended 29 Lo, Dominic (1533) Lost 1-2 -211675
9extended 31 Allen, Chris [AUS] (1698) Won 2-0 +191694
10extended 26 Crockart, James (1506) Draw 1-1 -41690
11extended 27 Egan, Owen (1495) Lost 0-2 -211669
12extended 29 moloney, christopher (1414) Lost 0-2 -231646
top average opponent: 1524record: 2-6-1 new rating: 1646

Pro Tour Nagoya 2005 (COK rochester) starting rating: 1756
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 5 Saito, Tomoharu (1813) Lost 0-2 -171739
2rochester 32 Kuo, Tzu-Ching (1608) Won 2-1 +161755
3rochester 39 Stronguin, Michel (1502) Won 2-0 +131768
4rochester 84 Kaminek, Petr (1654) Won 2-0 +161784
5rochester 95 Rietzl, Paul (1870) Lost 0-2 -161768
6rochester 44 Nai, Enrico (1568) Lost 1-2 -221746
top average opponent: 1669record: 3-3 new rating: 1746

Grand Prix Brisbane 2004 (COK limited) starting rating: 1708
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 10 Davey, Philip (1488) Won 2-0 +141722
5sealed 21 Trattler, Kyle (1519) Won 2-0 +151737
6sealed 3 Varga, Andrew (1477) Lost 0-2 -231714
7sealed 10 Parry, Mel (1612) Won 2-1 +161730
8rochester 25 Hayward, Shaun (1561) Lost 1-2 -211709
9rochester 22 dack, tyrone (1569) Won 2-0 +161725
10rochester 23 Batum, Paul (1543) Lost 1-2 -221703
11rochester 13 Kelly, John-Paul (1525) Won 2-0 +151718
12rochester 1 Saito, Tomoharu (1812) Won 2-1 +201738
13rochester 3 Gordon, Andrew D (1756) Won 2-0 +181756
top average opponent: 1586record: 7-3 new rating: 1756

Grand Prix Sydney 2003 (MRD limited) starting rating: 1767
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 16 Ho, Wai Kit (1518) Won 2-0 +131780
4sealed 11 Bowers, Sam (1516) Lost 1-2 -231757
5sealed 61 Lightfoot, Anatoli (1593) Lost 1-2 -211736
6sealed 66 Ren, Jun (1519) Lost 1-2 -211715
7sealed 74 Andres, Mark (1503) Won 2-0 +141729
8sealed 65 White, James T (1592) Lost 1-2 -211708
top average opponent: 1540record: 2-4 new rating: 1708

Pro Tour Chicago 2003 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1865
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 62 Hebert, Ruger (1486) Lost 0-2 -251840
2rochester 113 Rood, David (1655) Lost 0-2 -211819
3rochester 143 Guevin, Peter (1677) Lost 1-2 -211798
4rochester 117 Marcik, Michal (1652) Lost 1-2 -201778
6rochester 3 Cassidy, Jonathan (1474) Won 2-1 +121790
7rochester 33 Lawrence, Tim (1469) Lost 0-2 -231767
top average opponent: 1569record: 1-5 new rating: 1767

Grand Prix Melbourne 2002 (ONS rochester) starting rating: 1844
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
4sealed 7 Davey, Philip (1500) Won 2-1 +121856
5sealed 6 Collins, Michael [NZL] 2 (1519) Won 2-1 +121868
6sealed 8 Puszet, Jarron (1529) Lost 0-2 -241844
7sealed 12 Soo, Mun Keong (1573) Won 2-1 +131857
8rochester 5 Puszet, Jarron (1542) Lost 1-2 -241833
9rochester 9 Kwan, Chris (1629) Won 2-0 +151848
10rochester 9 He, Timothy L (1541) Won 2-0 +121860
11rochester 17 Coltman, Dane (1593) Lost 0-2 -221838
12rochester 12 Copeman, Will (1561) Won 2-0 +131851
13rochester 25 Nadebaum, Rob (1639) Won 2-1 +141865
top average opponent: 1563record: 7-3 new rating: 1865

2002 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1780
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 106 Dougherty, Robert (1931) Won 2-1 +201800
2standard 21 Malka, Sol (1941) Lost 1-2 -151785
3standard 77 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1815) Lost 0-2 -171768
4standard 83 Erzen, Siyar (1440) Won 2-0 +121780
5standard 55 Christensen, Allan (1728) Won 2-0 +171797
6standard 40 Borteh, Alex (1729) Lost 1-2 -191778
7draft 71 Tung, Chang-Ming (1594) Won 2-0 +141792
8draft 110 Cunningham, Jeff (1923) Won 2-0 +211813
9draft 25 Benafel, Chris (1911) Lost 0-2 -171796
10draft 35 Budde, Kai (2180) Won 2-0 +251821
11draft 105 Tenenbaum, Amiel (1759) Won 2-0 +171838
12draft 23 Melnikow, Alex (1569) Won 2-1 +131851
13block 18 Cleemann, Jonas (1744) Won 2-1 +161867
14block 11 Kibler, Brian (1948) Lost 0-2 -161851
15block 15 Law, Albertus Hui Chin (1931) Lost 0-2 -171834
16block 28 Hegstad, Brian (1758) Won 2-0 +171851
17block 20 Murakami, Yuuki (1638) Won 2-0 +141865
18block 14 Swannack, Cole (1679) Lost 0-2 -211844
top average opponent: 1790record: 11-7 new rating: 1844

Pro Tour San Diego 2002 (ODY rochester) starting rating: 1685
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 66 Mori, Katsuhiro (1950) Won 2-0 +231708
2rochester 28 Patronick, Tony (1422) Won 2-0 +131721
3rochester 123 Wise, Gary (1710) Won 2-1 +181739
4rochester 19 Hsiung, Kenny (1628) Won 2-1 +161755
5rochester 27 Dato, Federico (1722) Won 2-0 +171772
6rochester 26 Dougherty, Robert (1958) Won 2-0 +211793
7rochester 3 Clegg, Daniel (1907) Lost 0-2 -161777
8rochester 53 Clegg, Daniel (1922) Lost 0-2 -151762
9rochester 15 Baberowski, Dirk (1742) Lost 1-2 -181744
10rochester 20 Nassif, Gabriel (1866) Won 2-1 +201764
11rochester 8 Thoren, Jens (2013) Lost 1-2 -141750
12rochester 39 Mowshowitz, Zvi (1844) Lost 0-2 -161734
13rochester 44 Cornelissen, Kamiel (1927) Won 2-1 +221756
14rochester 29 Budde, Kai (2105) Won 2-0 +241780
top average opponent: 1837record: 9-5 new rating: 1780

Grand Prix Santiago 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1648
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3block 37 Costa, Rodolfo (1500) Lost 0-2 -201628
4block 67 Tapia, Claudio (1518) Won 2-0 +161644
5block 52 Fierro, Eugenio (1535) Won 2-1 +161660
6block 28 Martinez, Victor (1556) Won 2-0 +161676
7block 11 Le Saux, Rafael (1740) Lost 0-2 -171659
8block 26 Hiller, Damian (1512) Lost 1-2 -211638
9block 31 Barrientos Campos, Waldemar (1554) Won 1-0 +171655
10block 26 Stokinger, Andrew (1704) Won 2-1 +191674
11block 17 Romero, Fernando (1560) Won 2-0 +161690
12block 13 Torres, Flavio (1542) Lost 1-2 -211669
13block 19 Gonzalez, Mauricio G (1576) Won 2-1 +161685
top average opponent: 1572record: 7-4 new rating: 1685

2001 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1590
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 128 Borteh, Alex (1578) Draw 1-1 01590
2standard 77 Neale, Jason (1504) Lost 0-2 -201570
3standard 113 Tam, Wing Lok (1480) Lost 0-2 -201550
4standard 129 Zink, Daniel (1689) Won 2-0 +211571
5standard 105 Szabo, Lazar (1476) Won 2-1 +161587
6standard 76 Valkyser, Stephan (1751) Won 2-1 +211608
7rochester 21 Benafel, Chris (1945) Lost 0-2 -121596
8rochester 70 Groenhof, Jan Pieter (1479) Lost 0-2 -201576
9rochester 93 Melgar, Jorge (1505) Won 2-0 +171593
10rochester 18 Wong, Benny (1526) Won 2-1 +161609
11rochester 103 Forsythe, Aaron (1603) Won 2-0 +181627
12rochester 45 Opalka, Jason (1622) Lost 1-2 -181609
13extended 61 Tamber, Tobey (1653) Won 2-0 +191628
14extended 41 Lau, Sam Lei Kang (1643) Lost 0-2 -181610
15extended 59 Snepvangers, Bram (1822) Lost 0-2 -141596
16extended 71 Khoo, Wei Ren (1556) Won 2-0 +171613
17extended 56 Forsythe, Aaron (1619) Won 2-1 +181631
18extended 47 Nahodil, Petr (1573) Won 2-0 +171648
top average opponent: 1612record: 10-7-1 new rating: 1648

Pro Tour Barcelona 2001 (PLS draft) starting rating: 1596
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 75 Chan, Tiago (1501) Won 2-0 +161612
2draft 20 Canu, Franck (1855) Lost 1-2 -141598
3draft 164 Swan, Thomas (1804) Won 2-1 +221620
4draft 138 Schmidt, Karl (1584) Lost 1-2 -191601
5draft 105 Mori, Katsuhiro (1789) Lost 1-2 -141587
6draft 20 Ikeda, Tsuyoshi (1498) Won 2-1 +161603
7draft 102 Mitchell, Andrew [ZAF] (1621) Won 2-0 +181621
8draft 24 Severa, Matt (1563) Lost 1-2 -191602
9draft 69 Forsythe, Aaron (1603) Lost 0-2 -181584
11draft 72 Angelin, Marcus (1636) Lost 0-2 -171567
12draft 19 Emyshev, Vladimir (1485) Won 2-1 +171584
13draft 75 Bastos, Frederico (1761) Lost 0-2 -151569
14draft 70 Higashino, Masayuki (1725) Won 2-0 +211590
top average opponent: 1648record: 6-7 new rating: 1590

Pro Tour Tokyo 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1575
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 45 Adams, Peter (1500) Won 2-0 +171592
2block 45 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Steven (1814) Won 2-0 +221614
3block 4 Canu, Franck (1711) Won 2-1 +191633
4block 10 Chapin, Patrick (1773) Won 2-1 +211654
5block 8 Wise, Gary (1838) Won 2-1 +211675
6block 4 Fuller, Ryan (2083) Lost 0-2 -111664
7block 5 O'Mahoney-Schwartz, Daniel (1857) Lost 1-2 -141650
8block 22 Hubble, Bryan (1774) Lost 0-2 -161634
9block 24 Hager, Lucas (1561) Lost 0-2 -191615
10block 49 Snygg, Mikko (1636) Lost 0-2 -181597
11block 49 Wong, Nicholas Jonathan (1719) Lost 1-2 -161581
12block 56 Berard, Martial (1507) Won 2-0 +171598
13block 47 Polak, Martin (1556) Won 2-0 +171615
14block 48 Fujino, Kimihiro (1524) Lost 0-2 -191596
top average opponent: 1704record: 7-7 new rating: 1596

Pro Tour Los Angeles 2001 (INV rochester) starting rating: 1417
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1rochester 156 Ellingsen, Kenneth (1464) Won 2-1 +191436
2rochester 30 Carpenter, Ryan (1591) Won 2-0 +201456
3rochester 15 van Leeuwen, Gerard (1547) Won 2-1 +201476
4rochester 3 Clark, Jeffrey 2 (1714) Lost 0-2 -141462
5rochester 147 Vienneau, Matthew (1781) Won 2-0 +241486
6rochester 24 Jarman, Jimmy (1622) Won 2-0 +201506
7rochester 2 Tao, Yubin (1646) Won 2-1 +211527
8rochester 6 Dougherty, Robert (1910) Won 2-0 +251552
9rochester 3 Froehlich, Eric (1680) Won 2-1 +201572
10rochester 3 Finkel, Jon (2062) Lost 0-2 -101562
11rochester 23 McKenna, Timothy (1721) Lost 0-2 -151547
12rochester 3 Dougherty, Robert (1893) Lost 0-2 -121535
13rochester 23 Ranque, Wilfried (1562) Won 2-0 +191554
14rochester 15 Clark, Jeffrey 2 (1743) Won 2-1 +211575
top average opponent: 1710record: 10-4 new rating: 1575

Grand Prix Buenos Aires 2000 (extended) starting rating: 1387
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3extended 20 Marincovich, Mario (1518) Lost 1-2 -151372
4extended 52 Gioffre, Hernan (1518) Won 2-0 +201392
5extended 43 Carral, Julian (1536) Lost 1-2 -151377
6extended 66 Alvarez Rivera, Joaquin (1483) Won 2-0 +201397
7extended 52 Zagalsky, Alejo (1500) Won 2-1 +201417
top average opponent: 1511record: 3-2 new rating: 1417

Pro Tour Chicago 1999 (extended) starting rating: 1431
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 145 De Lucis, Mario (1655) Lost 1-2 -141417
2extended 103 Itadani, Eisaku (1456) Lost 1-2 -171400
3extended 154 Dijt, Sven (1446) Lost 1-2 -181382
4extended 162 Freneau, Phil (1460) Lost 1-2 -161366
5extended 150 Ronnqvist, Karl (1433) Lost 1-2 -171349
6extended 134 Neki, Haruyuki (1410) Won 2-0 +191368
7extended 122 Ongena, Frederick (1431) Won 2-1 +191387
top average opponent: 1470record: 2-5 new rating: 1387

Pro Tour Rome 1998 (extended) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 36 Comer, Alan (1617) Lost 0-0 -161484
2extended 111 Cermak, Andreas (1483) Lost 0-0 -181466
3extended 107 Vaschetti, Pier Paolo (1464) Lost 0-0 -181448
4extended 120 Kennel, Heath (1449) Lost 0-0 -181430
5extended 121 Grandon, Dan (1447) Lost 0-0 -181412
7extended 102 Gansert, Kyle (1434) Won 0-0 +191431
top average opponent: 1482record: 1-5 new rating: 1431