There are a couple of reasons why a team in a match might have an average rating above 2400.75. They are:

1. Each team is allowed to use any rating list from September of the previous year through August of the current year. The ratings shown on this page will all be from August though - sometimes resulting in a seemingly higher rating average than would legally be allowed.

2. When a team uses a player rated above 2590, that player only counts as 2600 when determining a lineup's legality. However what is shown on this page will be the actual average which of course might be higher.

There are a couple of reasons why a team in a match might have an average rating above 2400.75. They are:

1. Each team is allowed to use any rating list from January through August of the current year. The ratings shown on this page will all be from August though - sometimes resulting in a seemingly higher rating average than would legally be allowed.

2. When a team uses a player rated above 2600, that player only counts as 2600 when determining a lineup's legality. However what is shown on this page will be the actual average which of course might be higher.

If there is a tie during the regular season as to the finishing order for playoff positioning, the following rules will be used (for instance if two teams are tied for second place with seven match points each). Tiebreak #1 is of course the first tiebreak with the lower ones being used only if all the above tiebreak procedures also result in a tie.

1. Total Team Game Points. Thus winning a match 4 - 0 will give you more tiebreak points than winning a match 3 - 1.

2. Average rating of opponents throughout the season, using the August rating list of that season.

3. Head to Head Results. If you have beaten the opposing team 1.5 - 0.5 during the regular season, you will get the higher seeding.

4. Total Match Points versus Divisional Teams. Thus if Team A went 4.0 - 2.0 in Divisional Matches while Team B went 3.5 - 2.5 then Team A would have the better tiebreaks.

5. Total Game Points versus Divisional Teams

6. Total Game Points from Board 1

7. Total Game Points from Board 2

8. Total Game Points from Board 3

9. Total number of team wins. Thus if one team has a total of twenty five points, with twenty of these points being from wins, whereas another team has a total of twenty five points with only nineteen being from wins, the team with twenty wins has the better tiebreaks.

10. An Armageddon blitz game between chosen members of the teams

If there is a tie between three teams in both match points and game points, we will use the above rules to decide the order amongst the teams. The last resort will be an online blitz game between chosen members of the teams.

If there is a tie during the regular season as to the finishing order for playoff positioning, the following rules will be used (for instance if two teams are tied for second place with seven match points each). Tiebreak #1 is of course the first tiebreak with the lower ones being used only if all the above tiebreak procedures also result in a tie.

1. Total Team Game Points. Thus winning a match 4 - 0 will give you more tiebreak points than winning a match 3 - 1.

2. Strength of Schedule; the team whose opponents have the highest combined record wins the tiebreak.

3. Average rating of opponents throughout the season, using the August rating list of that season.

4. Head to Head Results. If you have beaten the opposing team 1.5 - 0.5 during the regular season, you will get the higher seeding.

5. Total Match Points versus Divisional Teams. Thus if Team A went 5.0 - 3.0 in Divisional Matches while Team B went 4.5 - 3.5 then Team A would have the better tiebreaks.

6. Total Game Points versus Divisional Teams

7. Total Game Points from Board 1

8. Total Game Points from Board 2

9. Total Game Points from Board 3

10. Total number of team wins. Thus if one team has a total of twenty five points, with twenty of these points being from wins, whereas another team has a total of twenty five points with only nineteen being from wins, the team with twenty wins has the better tiebreaks.

11. An Armageddon blitz game between chosen members of the teams

If there is a tie between three teams in both match points and game points, we will use the above rules to decide the order amongst the teams. The last resort will be an online blitz game between chosen members of the teams.

If the regulation match is tied 2 - 2, the following tiebreak procedures will be take place after a ten minute break:

1. The fourth boards from each team will play each other. The team that won on the highest board during the original match will choose their color for the first game. If all regulation games were drawn, the lower rated team gets to choose colors for the first tiebreak game. The time control will be three minutes with a three second increment. The loser of this game will be eliminated, and the winner then faces Board Three of the opposing team.

2. This process continues with the next higher board on each team continually replacing any player of their team who gets eliminated.

3. If a game ends in a draw, both players are eliminated, except if at least one team is using its Board One in which case there is no elimination on a draw, instead colors reverse, and the game is replayed until there is a decisive result.

4. Colors will switch every game for the teams in all circumstances.

5. This process repeats itself until all four players from one team have been eliminated. Thus in order for your opponents to win the match, every one of your team members must be eliminated.

2010 Player Register

(sorted by August 2010 rating)

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili — 2619
GM Alex Lenderman — 2608
GM Pascal Charbonneau — 2566
GM John Fedorowicz — 2508
IM Irina Krush — 2528
FM Alec Getz — 2377
NM Matt Herman — 2313
NM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy — 2289
Justus Williams — 2167
Alexander Katz — 2175
IM Bryan Smith — 2572
GM Magesh Panchanathan — 2535
FM Tom Bartell — 2429
IM Jay Bonin — 2424
FM Karl Dehmelt — 2308
WGM Jennifer Shahade — 2301
IM Richard Costigan — 2288
NM Elvin Wilson — 2240
FM Michael Shahade — 2231
Kavinayan Sivakumar — 2108
WIM Nalluri Vinuthna — 2293
IM Arjun Visnuvardhan — 2318
GM Mesgen Amanov — 2508
GM Dmitry Gurevich — 2481
IM Angelo Young — 2415
IM Florin Felecan — 2415
FM Gauri Shankar — 2304
NM Eric Rosen — 2227
WIM Cindy Tsai — 2171
NM Trevor Magness — 2195
GM Alex Stripunsky — 2659
IM Eli Vovsha — 2539
IM Dmitry Schneider — 2520
IM Lev Milman — 2501
SM Gregory Braylovsky — 2434
Benjamin Katz — 2129
FM Andrei Zaremba — 2361
WFM Elizabeth Vicary — 2081
James Black — 2102
Shaun Smith — 2008
GM Varuzhan Akobian — 2698
FM Costin Cozianu — 2557
GM Gregory Serper — 2592
FM Slava Mikhailuk — 2431
FM Marcel Milat — 2353
WGM Katerina Rohonyan — 2327
NM Joshua Sinanan — 2267
FM Michael Lee — 2440
Alex Guo — 2116
Michael Wang — 2103
GM Hikaru Nakamura — 2806
GM Ben Finegold — 2589
GM Yury Shulman — 2715
IM Michael Brooks — 2411
NM Charles Lawton — 2327
FM Doug Eckert — 2238
NM Jim Voelker — 2141
Tony Rich — 1934
Spencer Finegold — 1974
Margaret Hua — 1770
GM Larry Christiansen — 2665
SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun — 2603
GM Eugene Perelshteyn — 2568
SM Denys Shmelov — 2471
IM Marc Esserman — 2492
WGM Anya Corke — 2322
NM Vadim Martirosov — 2248
NM Ilya Krasik — 2253
NM Evan Rabin — 2227
Grant Xu — 2061
GM Julio Becerra — 2628
GM Renier Gonzalez — 2540
NM Eric Rodriguez — 2382
FM Marcel Martinez — 2475
IM Blas Lugo — 2384
FM Charles Galofre — 2316
NM Andres Santalla — 2163
NM Robert Perez — 2175
Nicholas Rosenthal — 2047
GM Patrick Wolff — 2623
GM Josh Friedel — 2575
GM Jesse Kraai — 2551
IM Daniel Naroditsky — 2453
IM Dmitry Zilberstein — 2429
IM David Pruess — 2411
NM Yian Liou — 2254
FM Steven Zierk — 2426
FM Andy Lee — 2347
Uyanga Byambaa — 1772
GM Joel Benjamin — 2614
GM Boris Gulko — 2587
IM Mackenzie Molner — 2548
IM Dean Ippolito — 2526
IM Albert Kapengut — 2372
FM Victor Shen — 2339
FM Arthur Shen — 2220
FM Gregory Markzon — 2289
Sean Finn — 2123
Anna Matlin — 2078
IM Sam Shankland — 2567
IM Robert Hungaski — 2520
IM David Vigorito — 2524
IM Jan van de Mortel — 2462
FM Braden Bournival — 2381
FM Charles Riordan — 2397
NM Alex Cherniack — 2288
FM Christopher Chase — 2382
NM Carey Theil — 2251
GM Melikset Khachiyan — 2590
IM Andranik Matikozyan — 2545
WFM Tatev Abrahamyan — 2385
FM Joel Banawa — 2416
NM Ankit Gupta — 2290
FM Michael Casella — 2329
FM Eugene Yanayt — 2240
NM Konstantin Kavutskiy — 2253
FM Alexandre Kretchetov — 2376
NM Christian Tanaka — 2227
IM Rogelio Barcenilla — 2583
IM Dionisio Aldama — 2399
IM Levon Altounian — 2496
IM Daniel Rensch — 2471
FM Warren Harper — 2408
FM Robby Adamson — 2363
NM David Adelberg — 2275
NM Nick Thompson — 2183
John Gurczak — 2139
Amanda Mateer — 2135
GM Alejandro Ramirez — 2645
IM Puchen Wang — 2533
IM Salvijus Bercys — 2467
IM Julio Sadorra — 2471
IM Daniel Fernandez — 2447
FM Keaton Kiewra — 2361
NM Tyler Hughes — 2384
WFM Bayaraa Zorigt — 2240
NM Nelson Lopez — 2229
Gerald Roberts — 1891
GM Sergey Erenburg — 2646
GM Larry Kaufman — 2452
IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat — 2425
WGM Sabina Foisor — 2367
FM Ralph Zimmer — 2279
NM Adithya Balasubramanian — 2255
NM Richard Selzler — 2252
IM Sasha Kaplan — 2482
NM Ian Schoch — 2245
IM Ray Kaufman — 2433
NM Carlito Agner — 2251
IM Jonathan Schroer — 2437
NM Udayan Bapat — 2214
FM Ron Simpson — 2330
FM Mike Klein — 2304
John Timmel — 2103
NM Craig Jones — 2286
NM Chris Mabe — 2244
Richard Herbst — 2109

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