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Week 1: Monday, August 31st

1. Queens Pioneers vs Boston Blitz                                        7:00 PM ET
2. Miami Sharks vs Dallas Destiny                                         8:00 PM ET
3. San Francisco Mechanics vs Seattle Sluggers                     9:00 PM ET

Wednesday, September 2nd

4. New York Knights vs New Jersey Knockouts                   7:00 PM ET
5. Carolina Cobras vs Baltimore Kingfishers                          7:15 PM ET
6. Philadelphia Inventors vs Tennessee Tempo                       8:00 PM ET
7. Arizona Scorpions vs Chicago Blaze                                  9:00 PM ET

If you are wondering why some teams have an average rating of above 2401, click here
All ratings listed below are August ratings - not always the ratings used for the league rating calculations!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Queens Pioneers vs Boston Blitz

All Time Series Record:  (Boston leads 3.5 - 0.5)

Starts at 7:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment    

Queens Pioneers 


Boston Blitz
GM Alex Stripunsky: 2628
 0.0
 1.0
 GM Larry Christiansen: 2662
IM Eli Vovsha: 2539
 0.0
 1.0
 GM Eugene Perelshteyn: 2588
FM Andrei Zaremba: 2398
 1.0
 0.0
 SM Marc Esserman: 2461
Shaun Smith: 2038
 0.0
 1.0
 Andrew Wang: 2136
Avg Rating: 2401

Avg Rating: 2462
Queens Total -------
1.0
 3.0
 ------- Boston Total

Miami Sharks vs Dallas Destiny

All Time Series Record:  (Dallas leads 5 - 4)

Starts at 8:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Miami Sharks      


Dallas Destiny             
GM Julio Becerra: 2615
 1.0
 0.0
 IM John Bartholomew: 2499
FM Bruci Lopez: 2480
 1.0
 0.0
 IM Daniel Ludwig: 2543
NM Eric Rodriguez: 2290
 1.0
 0.0
 FM Keaton Kiewra: 2365
Miguel Recio: 2164
 0.0
 1.0
 NM Nelson Lopez: 2218
Avg Rating: 2387

Avg Rating: 2406
Miami Total -------
3.0
 1.0
 ------- Dallas Total

Due to a late lineup change, Recio will start with 84 minutes while Lopez starts with 66.
San Francisco Mechanics vs Seattle Sluggers

All Time Series Record:  (San Francisco leads 4.5 - 1.5)

Starts at 9:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 75 with 30 second increment
San Francisco Mechanics

Seattle Sluggers
GM Josh Friedel: 2612
 0.0
 1.0
 GM Gregory Serper: 2592 
IM David Pruess: 2418
 1.0
 0.0
 IM Eric Tangborn: 2455
IM John Donaldson: 2408
 0.5
 0.5
 FM Michael Lee: 2384
NM Yian Liou: 2149
 0.5
 0.5
 NM Joshua Sinanan: 2284
Avg Rating: 2397

Avg Rating: 2429
San Francisco Total -------
2.0
 2.0
 ------- Seattle Total

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

New York Knights vs New Jersey Knockouts

All Time Series Record:  (New York leads 2 - 1)

Starts at 7:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New York Knights

New Jersey Knockouts
GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2666 0.5
 0.5
 GM Joel Benjamin: 2641
GM Pascal Charbonneau: 2560 0.0
 1.0
 IM Dean Ippolito: 2535
NM Matt Herman: 2275 0.0
 1.0
 NM Victor Shen: 2305
NM Yaacov Norowitz: 2354 1.0
 0.0
 Arthur Shen: 2107
Avg Rating: 2464

Avg Rating: 2397
New York Total ------- 1.5
 2.5
 ------- New Jersey Total

Carolina Cobras vs Baltimore Kingfishers 

All Time Series Record:  (Carolina leads 4 - 2)

Starts at 7:15 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Carolina Cobras      


Baltimore Kingfishers
IM Jonathan Schroer: 2429 0.5
 0.5
 GM Leonid Kritz: 2654
FM Oleg Zaikov: 2388 0.0
 1.0
 IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 2430
FM Ron Simpson: 2290 0.0
 1.0
 GM Larry Kaufman: 2444
NM Craig Jones: 2275 0.5
 0.5
 Jared Defibaugh: 2155
Avg Rating: 2346

Avg Rating: 2421
Carolina Total -------
1.0
 3.0
 ------- Baltimore Total

Philadelphia Inventors vs Tennessee Tempo

All Time Series Record:  (This is their first match)

Starts at 8:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game 75 with 30 second increment

Philadelphia Inventors

Tennessee Tempo
GM Sergey Kudrin: 2602 0.0
 1.0
 GM Alex Shabalov: 2624
IM Alex Lenderman: 2638 1.0
 0.0
 IM Ron Burnett: 2380
IM Bryan Smith: 2528 0.5
 0.5
 FM Peter Bereolos: 2329
Rahul Swaminathan: 2135 0.0
 1.0
 FM John Bick: 2260
Avg Rating: 2476

Avg Rating: 2398
Philadelphia Total -------
1.5
 2.5
 ------- Tennessee Total

Arizona Scorpions vs Chicago Blaze

All Time Series Record:  (Arizona leads 2 - 0)

Starts at 9:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Arizona Scorpions

Chicago Blaze
GM Alejandro Ramirez: 2601 1.0
 0.0
 GM Nikola Mitkov: 2554
IM Levon Altounian: 2538 0.5
 0.5
 FM Florin Felecan: 2430
FM Robby Adamson: 2340 1.0
 0.0
 IM Mehmed Pasalic: 2346
David Adelberg: 2160 1.0
 0.0
 Trevor Magness: 2138
Avg Rating: 2410

Avg Rating: 2367
Arizona Total -------
3.5
 0.5
 ------- Chicago Total


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