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Polyakov, Alexander
Current rating: 1828 (#1568)

Grand Prix Washington DC 2019 (MH1 limited) starting rating: 1809
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 45 Pettie, James (1503) Won 0-0 +131822
3sealed 35 Brodie, Daniel (1574) Lost 1-2 -231799
4sealed 307 Pedersen, Keaton (1524) Won 2-1 +141813
5sealed 226 Sun, Allen (1640) Lost 1-2 -221791
6sealed 186 Nichols, Peden (1834) Won 2-0 +191810
7sealed 132 Hall, Michael 2539 (1416) Won 2-0 +111821
8sealed 96 Haugh, Michael (1949) Won 2-0 +211842
9sealed 35 Blough, Sean (1579) Won 2-0 +131855
10draft 92 Butterfield, Nathaniel (1599) Won 2-1 +131868
11draft 17 Hayashi, Riki (1577) Lost 1-2 -231845
12draft 59 Rubinstein, Garrett (1522) Lost 1-2 -231822
13draft 41 Fleischood, Mark (1721) Won 2-0 +161838
14draft 42 Campbell, Ian (1584) Lost 0-2 -231815
15draft 33 Tollison, John (1502) Won 2-0 +131828
top average opponent: 1609record: 9-5 new rating: 1828

Grand Prix Toronto 2019 (modern) starting rating: 1871
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 188 Weber, Ethan (1910) Lost 1-2 -171854
4modern 186 Zhu, Yuxuan (1701) Lost 0-2 -211833
5modern 332 Gingras, Bernard (1500) Lost 1-2 -241809
top average opponent: 1703record: 0-3 new rating: 1809

Grand Prix New Jersey 2019 (RNA limited) starting rating: 1855
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 87 Yan, Gan (1772) Lost 1-2 -201835
4sealed 461 Midiri, Michael (1517) Won 2-0 +131848
5sealed 186 Krysiak, Steven (1488) Won 2-1 +121860
6sealed 129 Sturm, Nate (1832) Won 2-1 +171877
7sealed 45 Tewksbury, Brendan (1677) Won 2-1 +141891
8sealed 59 Smith, Deion (1806) Won 2-0 +171908
9sealed 35 Fortier, Elliot (1960) Lost 0-2 -171891
10draft 135 Bowen, Anderson (1630) Won 2-0 +131904
11draft 45 Morphis, James (1668) Lost 0-2 -221882
12draft 103 Ruiz, Matthew (1647) Won 2-1 +141896
13draft 43 Wolbers, Andrew (1748) Lost 0-2 -211875
14draft 41 Chen, Michael (1854) Lost 0-2 -181857
15draft 38 West, Matthew (1664) Won 2-0 +141871
top average opponent: 1713record: 8-5 new rating: 1871

Grand Prix New Jersey 2018 (GRN standard) starting rating: 1756
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 117 Gill, Miranda (1459) Lost 1-2 -231733
4standard 221 Lopuski, Robert (1492) Won 2-1 +131746
5standard 143 Rahill, Nicholis (1592) Won 2-1 +161762
6standard 126 Sparks, Cassandra (1514) Lost 1-2 -231739
7standard 196 Mascio, Anthony (1602) Won 2-0 +161755
8standard 99 Meshkati, Pasha (1544) Won 2-0 +141769
9standard 47 Pyka, Jeffrey (1913) Won 2-1 +201789
10standard 72 Ahern, Dylan (1494) Won 2-1 +131802
11standard 52 Nelson, Brad (2091) Lost 0-2 -131789
12standard 43 Ostroski, Michael (1750) Won 2-1 +181807
13standard 45 Hahn, Albert (1642) Won 2-0 +151822
14standard 23 Zakrzewski, Sam (1878) Won 2-0 +191841
15standard 15 Clementz, Zachary (1636) Won 2-0 +141855
top average opponent: 1662record: 10-3 new rating: 1855

Grand Prix Montreal 2018 (GRN limited) starting rating: 1791
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 227 Bekmesian, Chris (1618) Lost 1-2 -211770
4sealed 174 Armstrong, Joshua (1551) Won 2-1 +141784
5sealed 174 Bibeau, Guillaume (1509) Won 2-0 +131797
6sealed 110 Smigiel, Dymitri (1533) Lost 0-2 -231774
7sealed 140 Hudak, Casey (1771) Lost 1-2 -181756
top average opponent: 1596record: 2-3 new rating: 1756

Grand Prix Providence 2018 (M19 standard) starting rating: 1845
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 57 Biron, Xavier (1714) Lost 0-2 -211824
4standard 108 Colford, Jesse (1553) Won 2-1 +141838
5standard 164 Bailey, Tyler (1392) Lost 0-2 -261812
6standard 211 Reesor, Andrew (1626) Lost 0-2 -211791
top average opponent: 1572record: 1-3 new rating: 1791

Grand Prix Hartford 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1710
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 277 Cody, Joey (1543) Won 2-1 +151725
4modern 172 Costa, Matthew (1854) Won 2-0 +201745
5modern 53 Dorn, Paul (1576) Won 2-1 +151760
6modern 8 Stillman, Steve (1659) Won 2-1 +161776
7modern 8 McVety, Max (2081) Won 2-0 +231799
8modern 5 Pastore, Kellen (1977) Lost 0-2 -141785
9modern 230 Patel, Tariq (1939) Won 2-1 +201805
10modern 210 Shiels, David (1914) Won 2-1 +201825
11modern 208 Arthurs, Marshall (1860) Won 2-0 +191844
12modern 208 Mapson, Michael (1609) Lost 1-2 -221822
13modern 208 Cruz, Lucas (1844) Lost 0-2 -181804
14modern 240 Tomajko, Oliver (1984) Won 2-1 +211825
15modern 211 Kulik, Lirek (1899) Won 2-0 +201845
top average opponent: 1826record: 10-3 new rating: 1845

Grand Prix Seattle 2018 (standard) (RIX standard) starting rating: 1635
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 3 Campbell, Kristofer (1483) Won 2-1 +151650
3standard 25 McCord, Christopher (1592) Won 2-0 +171667
4standard 87 Otteson, James (1528) Won 2-0 +151682
5standard 65 Nakamura, Shuhei (1991) Lost 0-2 -121670
6standard 173 Carpenter, Ryan (1620) Won 2-1 +171687
7standard 84 Sigrist, Mike (2086) Won 2-0 +251712
8standard 39 Crowfoot, Corey (1572) Lost 0-2 -211691
9standard 1048 Strader, Seth (1628) Lost 0-2 -191672
10standard 1101 Ong, Bertrand (1586) Won 2-0 +171689
11standard 1107 Nelson, James (1562) Won 2-1 +151704
12standard 1053 Smith, Robert RC (1783) Lost 1-2 -161688
13standard 1067 Friedman, Ben (1893) Lost 0-2 -151673
14standard 1104 Power, Conor (1574) Won 2-1 +171690
15standard 1066 Dunn, Zach (1790) Won 2-0 +201710
top average opponent: 1692record: 9-5 new rating: 1710

Grand Prix Toronto 2018 (modern) starting rating: 1667
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2modern 280 Dunn, Adam (1516) Lost 1-2 -211646
3modern 663 Fung, Kenny (1628) Won 2-0 +181664
4modern 269 Loebel, Daniel (1146) Won 2-0 +91673
5modern 164 Loong, Matthew (1670) Lost 1-2 -181655
6modern 396 Villeneuve, Karl (1528) Lost 1-2 -201635
top average opponent: 1498record: 2-3 new rating: 1635

Grand Prix Houston 2018 (RIX limited) starting rating: 1660
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 79 Tam, Wai (1004) Won 2-0 +71667
3sealed 154 Whiteside, Edward (1614) Won 2-1 +171684
4sealed 65 Palmer, Ian (1612) Won 2-1 +171701
5sealed 8 Fagan, Christian (1570) Lost 1-2 -211680
6sealed 52 Kassis, Eli (2031) Lost 0-2 -111669
7sealed 158 Henberger, Gail (1615) Won 2-1 +171686
8sealed 77 Higgins, Timothy (1648) Lost 1-2 -191667
top average opponent: 1585record: 4-3 new rating: 1667

Grand Prix New Jersey 2017 (lim) (XLN limited) starting rating: 1697
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 233 Stitelman, Ori (1506) Lost 1-2 -211676
3sealed 369 Mahoney, Andrew (1474) Won 2-0 +141690
4sealed 271 Peers, Jennifer (1439) Won 2-1 +141704
5sealed 216 Kesilewski, Stanley (1552) Lost 0-2 -211683
6sealed 180 Dye, Christopher (1460) Won 2-0 +141697
7sealed 201 Quicano, Luis (1559) Won 2-0 +151712
8sealed 67 Tonelli, Tim (1537) Won 2-0 +151727
9sealed 59 McCoy, David (1769) Lost 0-2 -171710
10draft 162 Kurtzman, Etai (1504) Lost 0-2 -221688
11draft 76 Hildreth, Nicholas (1683) Lost 0-2 -181670
12draft 161 Song, Jungin (1531) Lost 1-2 -201650
13draft 104 Phan, Hai (1507) Won 2-0 +151665
14draft 34 Xia, Erdong (1571) Won 2-0 +161681
15draft 78 Berk, Joshua (1463) Lost 1-2 -211660
top average opponent: 1540record: 7-7 new rating: 1660

Grand Prix Washington DC 2017 (HOU standard) starting rating: 1738
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 256 Doak, Sean (1480) Won 2-0 +131751
3standard 171 Epstein, Phillip (1647) Lost 1-2 -201731
4standard 304 DiPietro, Dean (1520) Lost 1-2 -221709
5standard 374 Brier, Aiden (1502) Won 2-1 +151724
6standard 438 Glasco, Patrick (1517) Won 2-0 +141738
7standard 235 Watt, Alex (1593) Lost 0-2 -211717
8standard 427 Cochran, Keith (1516) Won 2-1 +151732
9standard 233 McFarland, Nathan (1548) Won 2-1 +141746
10standard 148 Wish, Alan (1522) Won 2-0 +141760
11standard 143 Fusco, Roman (1671) Lost 0-2 -191741
12standard 149 Lu, James [USA] (1571) Lost 0-2 -211720
13standard 174 Bates, Chris (1477) Lost 0-2 -231697
top average opponent: 1547record: 6-6 new rating: 1697

Grand Prix Toronto 2017 (HOU limited) starting rating: 1638
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 38 Cleary, Max (1618) Lost 0-2 -181620
3sealed 369 Atkinson, Kenny (1498) Won 2-1 +161636
4sealed 190 McDermott, John (1613) Lost 0-2 -191617
5sealed 340 Krut, Isaak (1704) Won 2-1 +201637
6sealed 234 Demers, Mark (1528) Won 2-1 +161653
7sealed 207 Saxe, Ryan (1657) Won 2-0 +181671
8sealed 143 He, Daniel (1582) Lost 0-2 -201651
9sealed 240 Spencer, Lewis (1506) Won 2-1 +161667
10draft 141 Yassa, Mike (1571) Won 2-1 +161683
11draft 132 Williams, Steve S (1589) Won 2-0 +161699
12draft 125 Dery, Jonathan (1851) Won 2-0 +211720
13draft 87 Liang, Haosen (1620) Lost 0-2 -201700
14draft 104 Glosner, Alexander (1737) Won 2-0 +191719
15draft 95 Chow, Matthew (1766) Won 2-1 +191738
top average opponent: 1631record: 10-4 new rating: 1738

Grand Prix Montreal 2017 (AKH standard) starting rating: 1661
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 2093 Swaluk, Jeff (1857) Lost 1-2 -141647
4standard 2135 Holmes, Christopher (1509) Won 2-1 +151662
5standard 2195 Butterfield, Nathaniel (1486) Won 2-1 +151677
6standard 2111 Curran, Trevor (1534) Won 2-1 +151692
7standard 2071 Nadeau, Branden (1655) Lost 1-2 -181674
8standard 2080 Whitsitt, Ryan (1821) Lost 1-2 -161658
9standard 2186 Bickle, Phillip (1539) Lost 0-2 -201638
top average opponent: 1629record: 3-4 new rating: 1638

Grand Prix Richmond 2017 (AKH limited) starting rating: 1720
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 92 Rodriguez, Thomas (1603) Won 2-0 +161736
4sealed 208 Cunniff, Raphael (1710) Lost 1-2 -181718
5sealed 145 Tao, Jiachen (1975) Lost 0-2 -141704
6sealed 288 Ewing, Charlie (1529) Lost 0-2 -211683
7sealed 392 Henderson, Matthew (1451) Lost 0-2 -221661
top average opponent: 1654record: 1-4 new rating: 1661

Grand Prix Pittsburgh 2017 (AER standard) starting rating: 1718
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 327 Oliveira, Jacob (1585) Lost 1-2 -211697
4standard 226 DeMars, Brian (1869) Lost 1-2 -151682
5standard 518 Pfleger II, Roy (1503) Won 2-1 +151697
6standard 418 Bachmann, Timothy (1502) Lost 0-2 -211676
7standard 351 Froude, Damion (1500) Won 2-0 +141690
8standard 254 Fairchild, Eric (1496) Won 2-1 +151705
9standard 219 Tomajko, Oliver (1971) Won 2-1 +231728
10standard 722 Bishop, Jesse (1526) Won 2-1 +141742
11standard 687 Bernhard, Andrew (1585) Lost 0-2 -211721
12standard 712 Powers, Zachary (1520) Won 2-0 +151736
13standard 643 Corvese, Harry (1958) Lost 0-2 -141722
14standard 673 Frederick, Jacob (1709) Won 2-0 +171739
15standard 655 Langella, Nick (1691) Lost 1-2 -191720
top average opponent: 1647record: 7-6 new rating: 1720

Grand Prix Providence 2016 (KLD standard) starting rating: 1749
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 226[anonymous] Lost 1-2 -201729
4standard 324 Ostrander, Alexis (1463) Won 2-0 +131742
5standard 161 Cesaro, Nicholas (1538) Won 2-0 +141756
6standard 157 Kennedy, Sean (1663) Won 2-0 +171773
7standard 28 Ward, Daniel (1948) Lost 1-2 -151758
8standard 74 Rodriguez, Miles (1631) Lost 0-2 -201738
9standard 218 Simon, Michael (1630) Lost 1-2 -201718
top average opponent: 1643record: 3-4 new rating: 1718

Grand Prix Montreal 2016 (EMN limited) starting rating: 1678
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 2195 Tung, Simon (1574) Won 0-0 +161694
4sealed 2090 Maguire, Doug (1590) Lost 0-2 -191675
5sealed 2219 Monahan, Justin (1595) Lost 1-2 -201655
6sealed 2183 Lapierre, Matt (1670) Won 2-1 +181673
7sealed 2205 Waksman, Adam (1793) Won 2-1 +201693
8sealed 2134 Hume, Rory (1558) Won 0-0 +161709
9sealed 2070 Tihanyi, Stefan (1583) Lost 0-2 -201689
10draft 2158 Addona, Christopher (1606) Won 2-0 +161705
11draft 2132 Duong, Kenny (1539) Won 2-1 +151720
12draft 2159 Marcotte, Jacques (1600) Won 2-0 +161736
13draft 2073 Tran, Simon (1623) Lost 1-2 -201716
14draft 2065 Fong, Jean-Philippe (1613) Won 2-0 +161732
15draft 2065 Blondon, William (1678) Won 2-1 +171749
top average opponent: 1617record: 9-4 new rating: 1749

Grand Prix New York 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1691
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 130 Williamson, Michael (1472) Lost 1-2 -221669
3standard 596 Margolis, Max (1589) Won 2-1 +161685
4standard 313 Puzio, Stephen (1518) Won 2-0 +151700
5standard 265 Chen, Shawn (1549) Won 2-1 +161716
6standard 114 Mitchell, Billy (1683) Lost 1-2 -191697
7standard 210 Tremblay, Sebastien (1656) Lost 1-2 -191678
8standard 511 Cai, Wendi (1532) Won 2-1 +161694
9standard 323 Yam, Wing Chun (1842) Lost 1-2 -161678
top average opponent: 1605record: 4-4 new rating: 1678

Grand Prix Toronto 2016 (SOI standard) starting rating: 1619
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2standard 8 Echevarria, Tyler (1450) Won 2-0 +151634
3standard 310 Kong, Colin (1527) Lost 0-2 -201614
4standard 197 Hennick, Michael (1455) Won 2-1 +151629
5standard 249 Henry, Brenton (1702) Lost 1-2 -171612
6standard 404 Croke, Gregory (1523) Won 2-0 +171629
7standard 211 Duan, Daniel (1796) Won 2-1 +211650
8standard 184 Cullerton, Evan (1657) Won 2-1 +181668
9standard 1007 Giuliani, Lucas (1638) Won 2-1 +171685
10standard 55 Carey, Bryan (1658) Won 2-1 +181703
11standard 56 Sclauzero, Joseph (1887) Lost 0-2 -151688
12standard 70 Lo, Kirby (1548) Lost 0-2 -201668
13standard 133 Hofmann, Mike (1835) Won 2-0 +211689
14standard 86 Perez Jr., Raymond (1940) Lost 1-2 -141675
15standard 113 Jameus, Colin (1544) Won 2-0 +161691
top average opponent: 1654record: 9-5 new rating: 1691

Grand Prix Houston 2016 (OGW standard) starting rating: 1600
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3standard 160 Benson, Austin (1481) Won 2-1 +161616
4standard 28 Rodriguez, Alex (1589) Lost 1-2 -181598
5standard 148 Leonard, Brian (1517) Won 2-0 +161614
6standard 174 Saito, Tomoharu (2018) Lost 0-2 -111603
7standard 251 Janecka, Dillon (1538) Won 2-0 +171620
8standard 91 Tran, Minh6213 (1549) Lost 0-2 -191601
9standard 344 DiMascio, Jared (1547) Won 2-0 +171618
10standard 181 Gottstein, Jeff (1623) Won 2-0 +181636
11standard 91 Smith, Barry (1653) Lost 0-2 -181618
12standard 196 Davis, Christopher (1473) Lost 1-2 -211597
13standard 189 Casatti, Vagner William (1997) Lost 0-2 -111586
14standard 181 Wingard, Michael (1463) Won 2-0 +161602
15standard 153 Palilonis, Clay (1536) Won 2-0 +171619
top average opponent: 1614record: 7-6 new rating: 1619

Grand Prix Atlanta 2015 (BFZ limited) starting rating: 1565
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 415 Beitler, Jon (1500) Won 2-1 +171582
2sealed 266 Beachum, Nicole (1412) Won 2-0 +151597
3sealed 207 Moody, Tyler (1554) Won 2-0 +171614
4sealed 176 Brubaker, Michael (1666) Won 2-1 +191633
5sealed 81 Ratanacharoensiri, Wyt (1649) Won 2-0 +181651
6sealed 41 Bush, Cory (1567) Lost 0-2 -201631
7sealed 144 Lambert, Doug (1683) Lost 1-2 -171614
8sealed 116 Scott-Vargas, Luis (1828) Lost 0-2 -141600
top average opponent: 1607record: 5-3 new rating: 1600

Grand Prix Quebec City 2015 (BFZ standard) starting rating: 1565
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 118 Lavallee, Jean-Rene (1410) Lost 0-2 -211544
2standard 300 Akeson, Eduardo (1482) Won 2-0 +171561
3standard 245 Beaulieu, Dominique (1463) Won 2-0 +161577
4standard 172 Thivierge, Rene (1518) Won 2-0 +171594
5standard 112 Walker, Noah (1758) Lost 0-2 -151579
6standard 216 Liu, Brian (1802) Lost 0-2 -141565
top average opponent: 1572record: 3-3 new rating: 1565

Grand Prix Montreal 2015 (DTK limited) starting rating: 1551
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 41 Sylvester, Robert (1500) Won 2-0 +171568
2sealed 110 Beaupre, Luc-Alain (1519) Lost 1-2 -191549
3sealed 288 Oh, Inn (1509) Won 2-0 +171566
4sealed 308 Montes, Guillermo (1498) Won 2-0 +171583
5sealed 179 Darmouni, Guillaume (1570) Lost 1-2 -181565
6sealed 222 Cohen, Matthew (1658) Won 2-0 +191584
7sealed 207 Dhaliwal, Shawn (1558) Won 2-0 +181602
8sealed 117 Blais, Jean-Philippe (1595) Lost 1-2 -181584
9sealed 122 Simmons, Keith (1521) Lost 0-2 -191565
top average opponent: 1548record: 5-4 new rating: 1565

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2014 (modern) starting rating: 1597
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1modern 1082 Costello, Stephen (1500) Won 2-0 +161613
2modern 907 Diab, Kenan (1487) Lost 0-2 -201593
3modern 1121 Grant, Drew (1501) Lost 0-2 -201573
4modern 1169 Davison, Alex (1485) Won 2-0 +171590
5modern 1011 Prosser, Andrew (1498) Lost 1-2 -201570
6modern 1073 Richert, Ricardo (1498) Lost 0-2 -191551
top average opponent: 1495record: 2-4 new rating: 1551

Grand Prix Montreal 2014 (BNG limited) starting rating: 1603
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 14 Guedj, Colin (1446) Won 2-1 +151618
2sealed 304 Jette, Jonathan (1750) Lost 0-2 -161602
3sealed 505 Cohen, Zach (1500) Won 2-1 +161618
4sealed 223 Morelli, Mike (1637) Lost 0-2 -171601
5sealed 476 Ross, Tom [CAN] (1498) Won 2-1 +161617
6sealed 383 Brush, Emery (1517) Lost 0-2 -201597
top average opponent: 1558record: 3-3 new rating: 1597

Grand Prix Boston-Worcester 2012 (M13 limited) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 394 Glantz, Matthew (1500) Won 2-0 +181518
2sealed 189 Wojceshonek, Bradley (1686) Won 2-0 +211539
3sealed 283 Farr, Errol (1539) Lost 0-2 -181521
4sealed 459 Kersus, Matt (1519) Won 2-0 +181539
5sealed 295 Dengenis, Alexander (1535) Won 2-0 +181557
6sealed 139 Tharmaratnam, Samuel (1830) Lost 0-2 -131544
7sealed 294 Chitturi, Ashok (1497) Won 2-0 +171561
8sealed 186 Westbrook, Matthew (1534) Won 2-0 +171578
9sealed 61 Wurzer, Mike (1568) Won 2-0 +181596
10sealed 88 Gregory, Wilson (1591) Won 2-1 +181614
11draft 15 Soorani, Shaheen (1966) Lost 0-2 -121602
12draft 102 Salem, Ben (1592) Won 2-1 +181620
13draft 47 Bednarcik, Ted (1617) Lost 1-2 -181602
14draft 83 Lowther, Cameron J (1602) Draw 1-1 01602
15draft 77 Freeman, Marcelino (1699) Won 2-1 +201622
16draft 53 Combrink, James (1549) Lost 0-2 -191603
top average opponent: 1614record: 10-5-1 new rating: 1603