Nickolai, Matthew
Current rating: 1704 (#6245)
Record: 95-70-3 (GP) / 7-9 (professional)
- 2015
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
| Grand Prix Detroit 2019 (M20 limited) | starting rating: 1724 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 84 | Lessure, Avi (1652) | Lost 0-2 | -201704 |
| top | record: 0-1 | new rating: 1704 | ||
| Grand Prix Los Angeles 2019 (modern) | starting rating: 1765 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3modern | 47 | Wescoe, Craig (1897) | Lost 0-2 | -151750 |
| 4modern | 231 | Pratt, Calvin (1490) | Won 2-1 | +131763 |
| 5modern | 143 | Yu, Ben (1857) | Lost 1-2 | -161747 |
| 6modern | 323 | Agnew, Zackrie (1460) | Lost 1-2 | -231724 |
| top | average opponent: 1676record: 1-3 | new rating: 1724 | ||
| Grand Prix Cleveland 2019 (RNA limited) | starting rating: 1773 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 94 | Nines, Lance (1582) | Won 2-0 | +151788 |
| 4sealed | 157 | Genna, Peter (1623) | Won 2-0 | +151803 |
| 5sealed | 56 | Hanley, Stephen (1647) | Won 2-0 | +151818 |
| 6sealed | 15 | Geyer, Pierson (1785) | Lost 1-2 | -191799 |
| 7sealed | 28 | Chiappa, Renzo (1713) | Lost 0-2 | -191780 |
| 8sealed | 160 | Klein, Fabian (1975) | Lost 1-2 | -151765 |
| top | average opponent: 1721record: 3-3 | new rating: 1765 | ||
| Grand Prix Milwaukee 2018 (GRN standard) | starting rating: 1784 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 94 | Ortiz, Luis (1521) | Won 2-0 | +131797 |
| 4standard | 127 | Bretthorst, Robert (1444) | Won 2-0 | +121809 |
| 5standard | 4 | Olson, Alex 0825 (1806) | Lost 0-2 | -181791 |
| 6standard | 142 | Solis, Steven (1808) | Lost 1-2 | -181773 |
| 7standard | 196 | Burch, Jacob (1695) | Won 2-1 | +171790 |
| 8standard | 99 | Strasler, Noah (1600) | Won 2-0 | +151805 |
| 9standard | 69 | Gaffner, Randall (1641) | Lost 0-2 | -211784 |
| 10standard | 84 | Tetley, Brett (1626) | Lost 1-2 | -211763 |
| 11standard | 109 | Zakrzewski, Sam (1800) | Won 2-0 | +181781 |
| 12standard | 100 | O'Rourke, Ciaran (1577) | Lost 0-2 | -211760 |
| 13standard | 95 | Courtney, Rick (1495) | Won 2-1 | +131773 |
| top | average opponent: 1638record: 6-5 | new rating: 1773 | ||
| Grand Prix Atlanta 2018 (modern) | starting rating: 1817 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3modern | 83 | Ward, Peter (1905) | Lost 1-2 | -161801 |
| 4modern | 237 | Negrete, Carlo (1496) | Lost 0-2 | -241777 |
| 5modern | 521 | Roepke, Chris (1665) | Won 2-0 | +161793 |
| 6modern | 458 | Tharpe, Andrew (1485) | Won 2-1 | +131806 |
| 7modern | 270 | Gray, William (1601) | Lost 1-2 | -221784 |
| top | average opponent: 1631record: 2-3 | new rating: 1784 | ||
| Grand Prix Montreal 2018 (GRN limited) | starting rating: 1843 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 99 | Patel, Krishna (1534) | Lost 0-2 | -231820 |
| 4sealed | 254 | Rodrigues Cavalcante, Marcelo (1661) | Won 2-0 | +151835 |
| 5sealed | 150 | Isaacs, Matthew (1537) | Won 2-0 | +131848 |
| 6sealed | 100 | Ross, Jonathan (1596) | Lost 0-2 | -231825 |
| 7sealed | 142 | Larochelle, Francis (1648) | Won 2-1 | +151840 |
| 8sealed | 145 | Reid, Rick (1559) | Lost 0-2 | -231817 |
| top | average opponent: 1589record: 3-3 | new rating: 1817 | ||
| Grand Prix Los Angeles 2018 (M19 standard) | starting rating: 1710 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 72 | Cortez, Salvador (1508) | Won 2-1 | +141724 |
| 4standard | 124 | Noriega, Joey (1558) | Won 2-0 | +151739 |
| 5standard | 5 | Booker, Mike (1677) | Won 2-1 | +171756 |
| 6standard | 91 | Smyth, Jason (1843) | Won 2-0 | +191775 |
| 7standard | 11 | Jacobson, Mark (2033) | Won 2-1 | +231798 |
| 8standard | 4 | Anadio, Joseph (1589) | Lost 0-2 | -221776 |
| 9standard | 17 | Garcia Rosas, Jose Daniel (2002) | Won 2-0 | +221798 |
| 10standard | 16 | Li, Larry (2008) | Lost 1-2 | -141784 |
| 11standard | 17 | Sheftel, Alex (1734) | Won 2-1 | +171801 |
| 12standard | 17 | Roberts, Grayson (1819) | Draw 1-1 | 01801 |
| 13standard | 15 | Wong, Daniel (1913) | Won 2-1 | +201821 |
| 14standard | 9 | Eck, Kyle (1784) | Won 2-0 | +181839 |
| 15standard | 6 | Baumeister, Corey (2092) | Draw 1-1 | +41843 |
| top | average opponent: 1812record: 9-2-2 | new rating: 1843 | ||
| Grand Prix Minneapolis 2018 (M19 limited) | starting rating: 1771 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 243 | Riley, Marco (1537) | Won 2-0 | +141785 |
| 4sealed | 7 | Richey, Richard (1719) | Lost 0-2 | -191766 |
| 5sealed | 301 | Perez, Randy (1747) | Lost 0-2 | -181748 |
| 6sealed | 357 | Nash, David (1538) | Won 2-1 | +141762 |
| 7sealed | 186 | Astroza Tagle, Alonso (1494) | Won 2-0 | +131775 |
| 8sealed | 200 | Weck, Peter (1541) | Won 2-0 | +141789 |
| 9sealed | 65 | Esper Berthoud, Lucas (1914) | Lost 0-2 | -161773 |
| 10draft | 379 | Peters, Kyle (1905) | Lost 0-2 | -151758 |
| 11draft | 274 | Hicks, Adam (1552) | Won 2-1 | +141772 |
| 12draft | 327 | Maurer, Joshua (1606) | Lost 0-2 | -211751 |
| 13draft | 373 | Sullivan, John (1517) | Lost 1-2 | -221729 |
| 14draft | 354 | Blackwood, Andrew (1666) | Lost 0-2 | -191710 |
| top | average opponent: 1645record: 5-7 | new rating: 1710 | ||
| Grand Prix Memphis 2018 (RIX standard) | starting rating: 1830 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 62 | Hopkins, Aaron (1524) | Lost 0-2 | -241806 |
| 4standard | 265 | Williams, Travis (1420) | Lost 1-2 | -251781 |
| 5standard | 389 | Punzo, Canaan (1510) | Won 2-0 | +141795 |
| 6standard | 302 | Rea, Brandon (1502) | Lost 1-2 | -241771 |
| top | average opponent: 1489record: 1-3 | new rating: 1771 | ||
| Grand Prix Toronto 2018 (modern) | starting rating: 1826 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3modern | 274 | Strnad, Brandon (1532) | Lost 0-2 | -231803 |
| 4modern | 308 | Takahashi, Yuta (1982) | Won 2-1 | +211824 |
| 5modern | 199 | Green, David [CAN] (1571) | Won 2-0 | +131837 |
| 6modern | 206 | McDuff, Michael (1589) | Won 2-0 | +141851 |
| 7modern | 108 | Brierley, Michael (1847) | Lost 1-2 | -181833 |
| 8modern | 140 | Fraser, Atlin (1560) | Won 2-1 | +131846 |
| 9modern | 151 | Rogers, Brian (1578) | Draw 1-1 | -51841 |
| 10modern | 100 | Renaud, Luke (1644) | Lost 1-2 | -211820 |
| 11modern | 128 | Lau, Toby (1615) | Won 2-1 | +141834 |
| 12modern | 95 | Ha, Raymond (1836) | Won 2-0 | +181852 |
| 13modern | 67 | Watson, Mitchell (1607) | Lost 1-2 | -221830 |
| top | average opponent: 1669record: 6-4-1 | new rating: 1830 | ||
| Grand Prix Houston 2018 (RIX limited) | starting rating: 1761 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 125 | Drager, Jeffery (1445) | Won 2-0 | +131774 |
| 4sealed | 64 | Zureick-Brown, David (1552) | Won 2-0 | +141788 |
| 5sealed | 23 | Traxler, Jeremiah (1640) | Lost 0-2 | -211767 |
| 6sealed | 58 | Goslar, Matthew (1658) | Lost 0-2 | -201747 |
| 7sealed | 162 | Ervin, Gregory (1452) | Won 2-1 | +131760 |
| 8sealed | 75 | Conboy, James (1567) | Won 2-1 | +141774 |
| 9sealed | 36 | Plantz, Ian (1634) | Won 0-0 | +161790 |
| 10draft | 27 | Yin, Brian (1569) | Lost 0-2 | -221768 |
| 11draft | 72 | Palmer, Ian (1632) | Won 2-1 | +151783 |
| 12draft | 46 | Reeves, Neil (1992) | Lost 0-2 | -141769 |
| 13draft | 59 | McCord, Kristopher (1816) | Won 2-1 | +191788 |
| 14draft | 71 | Fang, Percy (1887) | Won 2-0 | +201808 |
| 15draft | 10 | Raval, Mahendra (1807) | Won 2-1 | +181826 |
| top | average opponent: 1666record: 9-4 | new rating: 1826 | ||
| Grand Prix Atlanta 2017 (XLN standard) | starting rating: 1799 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3standard | 78 | Margolis, Max (1662) | Lost 1-2 | -201779 |
| 4standard | 192 | Tollman, Christine (1514) | Won 2-1 | +131792 |
| 5standard | 88 | Chute, Zachary (1585) | Lost 1-2 | -221770 |
| 6standard | 369 | Neris, Jose (1710) | Lost 0-2 | -191751 |
| 7standard | 422 | Bunton, Matthew (1476) | Won 2-0 | +131764 |
| 8standard | 220 | Alen, Myles (1577) | Won 2-0 | +151779 |
| 9standard | 161 | [anonymous] | Lost 1-2 | -181761 |
| top | average opponent: 1616record: 3-4 | new rating: 1761 | ||
| Pro Tour Ixalan (XLN standard) | starting rating: 1824 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1draft | 92 | Huang, Hao-Shan (2001) | Lost 1-2 | -151809 |
| 2draft | 93 | Cox, Patrick (1626) | Lost 0-2 | -221787 |
| 3draft | 42 | Endo, Jun'Ichi (1714) | Won 2-0 | +171804 |
| 4standard | 181 | Hill, Tyler (1945) | Won 2-0 | +211825 |
| 5standard | 140 | Hrycej, Martin (1866) | Won 2-0 | +181843 |
| 6standard | 80 | Mertins, Alexander (1751) | Lost 1-2 | -191824 |
| 7standard | 115 | Burnand, Dan (1870) | Won 2-0 | +191843 |
| 8standard | 87 | Cochran, Hunter (2002) | Lost 1-2 | -161827 |
| 9draft | 128 | Le Briand, Loic (1816) | Won 2-0 | +181845 |
| 10draft | 90 | Kumagai, Riku (2128) | Lost 0-2 | -131832 |
| 11draft | 60 | Grimmer, Jasper (1881) | Lost 1-2 | -171815 |
| 12standard | 114 | Petre, Evan (1844) | Won 2-1 | +191834 |
| 13standard | 107 | Nelson, Brad (2091) | Lost 0-2 | -141820 |
| 14standard | 119 | Joglar, Gabriel (1652) | Lost 1-2 | -211799 |
| 15standard | 123 | DeMars, Brian (1863) | Won 2-0 | +191818 |
| 16standard | 112 | Telarov, Aleksa (1765) | Lost 1-2 | -191799 |
| top | average opponent: 1864record: 7-9 | new rating: 1799 | ||
| Grand Prix Phoenix 2017 (XLN limited) | starting rating: 1799 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 3sealed | 119 | Yoo, Bradley (1974) | Lost 1-2 | -151784 |
| 4sealed | 204 | Purpura, Gregory (1742) | Won 2-0 | +181802 |
| 5sealed | 119 | Taran, Nicole (1557) | Won 2-0 | +131815 |
| 6sealed | 103 | Wright, Christian (1682) | Won 2-1 | +161831 |
| 7sealed | 55 | van der Linden, Leon (1949) | Lost 1-2 | -161815 |
| 8sealed | 74 | Fang, Percy (1803) | Won 2-1 | +181833 |
| 9sealed | 69 | Obejas, Ammi (1797) | Lost 1-2 | -191814 |
| 10draft | 149 | Klocker, Elias (2077) | Won 2-0 | +231837 |
| 11draft | 122 | Mines, David (1970) | Lost 0-2 | -161821 |
| 12draft | 138 | Yeem, Soohwang (1894) | Lost 0-2 | -161805 |
| 13draft | 154 | Maynard, Pascal (1907) | Won 2-1 | +191824 |
| 14draft | 28 | Melamed, Jonathan (1959) | Lost 0-2 | -151809 |
| 15draft | 78 | Doan, Tuan (1625) | Won 2-1 | +151824 |
| top | average opponent: 1841record: 7-6 | new rating: 1824 | ||
| Grand Prix Indianapolis 2017 (HOU limited) | starting rating: 1833 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2sealed | 28 | Carter, Dalton (1722) | Lost 1-2 | -201813 |
| 3sealed | 354 | Nichols, Peden (1666) | Won 2-1 | +151828 |
| 4sealed | 294 | Romero, Michael (1409) | Won 2-1 | +111839 |
| 5sealed | 137 | Lowther, Evan (1531) | Won 2-0 | +121851 |
| 6sealed | 97 | Barber, Ian (1670) | Lost 1-2 | -211830 |
| 7sealed | 259 | Vanko, Thomas (1540) | Won 2-0 | +131843 |
| 8sealed | 107 | Bodee, Roger (1614) | Lost 0-2 | -221821 |
| 9sealed | 211 | Wright, Marcus (1628) | Lost 1-2 | -221799 |
| top | average opponent: 1598record: 4-4 | new rating: 1799 | ||
| Grand Prix Denver 2017 (HOU standard) | starting rating: 1852 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2standard | 94 | Albers, Tregan (1519) | Won 2-0 | +131865 |
| 3standard | 220 | Nabi, Basil (1933) | Lost 1-2 | -171848 |
| 4standard | 157 | Quach, Peter (1834) | Won 2-0 | +181866 |
| 5standard | 156 | Thorpe, Chris (1540) | Won 2-0 | +121878 |
| 6standard | 60 | Douglas, Easton (1594) | Lost 0-2 | -231855 |
| 7standard | 107 | Rivera, Michael (1558) | Won 2-1 | +131868 |
| 8standard | 112 | Wijaya, Vidianto (1933) | Lost 0-2 | -171851 |
| 9standard | 219 | Hicks, Jackson (1838) | Lost 0-2 | -181833 |
| top | average opponent: 1719record: 4-4 | new rating: 1833 | ||
| Grand Prix Toronto 2017 (HOU limited) | starting rating: 1644 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 226 | Couture, Dan (1566) | Won 2-0 | +171661 |
| 2sealed | 34 | Kaune, Oskar (1513) | Won 2-0 | +151676 |
| 3sealed | 152 | Ward, Nathan (1752) | Won 2-0 | +191695 |
| 4sealed | 81 | Ritner, Ronnie (1937) | Won 2-0 | +231718 |
| 5sealed | 31 | Sun, Allen (1771) | Won 2-1 | +191737 |
| 6sealed | 21 | Magnuson, Max (1751) | Won 2-1 | +181755 |
| 7sealed | 16 | McNamara, Brendan (1677) | Lost 0-2 | -191736 |
| 8sealed | 40 | Abrams, Daniel (1697) | Won 2-0 | +171753 |
| 9sealed | 11 | Snow, Liam (1642) | Won 2-1 | +161769 |
| 10draft | 165 | Feingersh, Rachel (1805) | Won 2-1 | +191788 |
| 11draft | 48 | Rashid, Taimur (1623) | Lost 0-2 | -211767 |
| 12draft | 109 | Ragsdale, Adam (1914) | Won 2-0 | +201787 |
| 13draft | 110 | Maier, Christopher (2078) | Won 2-1 | +231810 |
| 14draft | 98 | MacDonald, Dan (1823) | Won 2-1 | +191829 |
| 15draft | 31 | Tumavitch, Matt (2064) | Won 2-1 | +221851 |
| Qdraft | Cuneo, Andrew (1957) | Won 2-1 | +201871 | |
| Sdraft | Anderson, Robert (1855) | Lost 0-2 | -191852 | |
| top | average opponent: 1790record: 14-3 | new rating: 1852 | ||
| Grand Prix Las Vegas 2017 (limited) (AKH limited) | starting rating: 1553 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 703 | Simpson, Marshall (1433) | Won 2-1 | +161569 |
| 2sealed | 329 | Losee, Brian (1496) | Won 2-0 | +161585 |
| 3sealed | 114 | Rokne, Olav (1500) | Lost 0-2 | -191566 |
| 4sealed | 689 | Madison, Graham (1517) | Lost 1-2 | -191547 |
| 5sealed | 647 | Barrientos Ochoa, Claudio (1611) | Won 2-0 | +191566 |
| 6sealed | 395 | Singhaseni, Nathan (1516) | Won 2-1 | +171583 |
| 7sealed | 301 | Favretto, Carlo (1532) | Lost 0-2 | -191564 |
| 8sealed | 428 | Watts, Andrew (1650) | Won 2-0 | +201584 |
| 9sealed | 275 | Romero, Henry (1839) | Won 2-0 | +221606 |
| 10draft | 139 | Cohen, Travis (1595) | Won 2-0 | +181624 |
| 11draft | 123 | Huang, Jason (1743) | Won 2-0 | +201644 |
| 12draft | 58 | Boyd, Nathan (1698) | Lost 1-2 | -171627 |
| 13draft | 154 | Gelazela, Joe (1546) | Won 2-0 | +171644 |
| 14draft | 39 | David, Joshua (1625) | Won 2-0 | +181662 |
| 15draft | 87 | Edelman, Charles (1698) | Lost 1-2 | -181644 |
| top | average opponent: 1600record: 10-5 | new rating: 1644 | ||
| Grand Prix Madison 2015 (BFZ limited) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 307 | Yap, Joshua (1445) | Lost 1-2 | -191481 |
| 2sealed | 538 | Gagnon, Tony (1482) | Won 2-1 | +181499 |
| 3sealed | 318 | DeVriendt, Mitch (1500) | Won 2-0 | +181517 |
| 4sealed | 480 | Grattoni, Christopher (1516) | Won 2-0 | +181535 |
| 5sealed | 158 | Steiglitz, Barry (1638) | Won 2-1 | +201555 |
| 6sealed | 113 | Bastien, Jameson (1558) | Won 2-0 | +181573 |
| 7sealed | 81 | Klemencic, Joseph (1698) | Won 2-1 | +201593 |
| 8sealed | 70 | Uttke, Ryan (1666) | Won 2-0 | +201613 |
| 9sealed | 35 | Weitz, Benjamin (2090) | Lost 1-2 | -101603 |
| 10draft | 101 | Sun, Allen (1650) | Lost 1-2 | -181585 |
| 11draft | 101 | Pizzuto, Dom (1593) | Lost 1-2 | -171568 |
| 12draft | 46 | Darnall, Matthew (1607) | Lost 1-2 | -181550 |
| 13draft | 43 | Sandri, Matthew (1560) | Lost 1-2 | -171533 |
| 15draft | 66 | Conde, Facundo (1665) | Won 2-1 | +201553 |
| top | average opponent: 1619record: 8-6 | new rating: 1553 | ||