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.

2011 Player Register

(sorted by August 2011 rating)

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili — 2653
GM Pascal Charbonneau — 2565
IM Irina Krush — 2560
GM John Fedorowicz — 2523
SM Matt Herman — 2426
FM Leif Pressman — 2381
NM Michael Bodek — 2288
NM Justus Williams — 2239
John Fernandez — 2129
NM Ben Gershenov — 2279
GM Sergey Erenburg — 2679
GM Magesh Panchanathan — 2565
FM Tom Bartell — 2405
IM Jay Bonin — 2438
FM Karl Dehmelt — 2319
NM Peter Minear — 2278
IM Richard Costigan — 2288
NM Elvin Wilson — 2240
FM Michael Shahade — 2241
NM William Fisher — 2369
GM Yury Shulman — 2687
GM Josh Friedel — 2609
GM Mesgen Amanov — 2576
GM Dmitry Gurevich — 2547
IM Angelo Young — 2415
IM Florin Felecan — 2406
FM Jim Dean — 2336
NM Eric Rosen — 2333
NM Gopal Menon — 2222
NM Sam Schmakel — 2190
GM Alex Stripunsky — 2694
IM Eli Vovsha — 2531
IM Dmitry Schneider — 2522
IM Lev Milman — 2490
IM John Bartholomew — 2499
FM Farai Mandizha — 2494
FM Andrei Zaremba — 2417
NM Matan Prilleltensky — 2186
NM James Black — 2184
Shaun Smith — 2081
GM Varuzhan Akobian — 2698
FM Costin Cozianu — 2508
IM Georgi Orlov — 2541
FM Slava Mikhailuk — 2415
FM Marcel Milat — 2358
WGM Katerina Rohonyan — 2333
NM Joshua Sinanan — 2288
NM Dereque Kelley — 2241
NM David Golub — 2188
Roland Feng — 2074
GM Hikaru Nakamura — 2863
GM Ben Finegold — 2568
IM Goran Vojinovic — 2567
FM Joaquin Banawa — 2366
FM Doug Eckert — 2240
NM Kevin Cao — 2215
Gordon Ruan — 2177
NM Jialin Ding — 2244
Nick Karlow — 2068
Margaret Hua — 1981
GM Larry Christiansen — 2648
SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun — 2604
GM Eugene Perelshteyn — 2591
FM David Griego — 2494
IM Marc Esserman — 2554
IM Jan van de Mortel — 2499
NM Vadim Martirosov — 2329
NM Ilya Krasik — 2264
NM Christopher Gu — 2283
Daniil Mosiyenko — 2132
GM Julio Becerra — 2640
FM Joan Olivera — 2399
FM Eric Rodriguez — 2397
IM Alejandro Moreno Roman — 2330
NM Alberto Hernandez — 2321
FM Jorge Pelaez — 2264
NM Ernesto Alvarez — 2207
Gil Luna — 2047
Nicholas Rosenthal — 2062
Alejandro Allen — 1990
GM Patrick Wolff — 2623
GM Vinay Bhat — 2555
GM Jesse Kraai — 2567
IM Daniel Naroditsky — 2516
IM Dmitry Zilberstein — 2461
IM David Pruess — 2414
NM Yian Liou — 2365
NM Samuel Sevian — 2262
Todd Rumph — 2159
Uyanga Byambaa — 2070
GM Joel Benjamin — 2640
GM Boris Gulko — 2587
GM Alex Fishbein — 2563
IM Dean Ippolito — 2554
IM Albert Kapengut — 2374
FM Carsten Hansen — 2318
FM Arthur Shen — 2291
NM Andrew Ng — 2263
Christopher Wu — 2151
Anna Matlin — 2082
GM Sam Shankland — 2624
IM Robert Hungaski — 2621
IM David Vigorito — 2547
IM Jonathan Yedidia — 2428
FM Braden Bournival — 2396
FM Charles Riordan — 2443
NM Alex Cherniack — 2319
NM Alex Fikiet — 2255
NM Ben Goldberg — 2230
NM Mika Brattain — 2208
GM Melikset Khachiyan — 2563
IM Andranik Matikozyan — 2505
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan — 2415
IM Zhanibek Amanov — 2472
NM Ankit Gupta — 2309
FM Michael Casella — 2334
FM Eugene Yanayt — 2305
NM Konstantin Kavutskiy — 2277
NM Varun Krishanan — 2232
Albert Lu — 2086
GM Rogelio Barcenilla — 2583
IM Mackenzie Molner — 2482
IM Levon Altounian — 2483
IM Mark Ginsburg — 2435
FM Joel Banawa — 2456
FM Robby Adamson — 2388
NM David Adelberg — 2354
NM Nick Thompson — 2242
FM Pedram Atoufi — 2326
WFM Amanda Mateer — 2132
GM Valentin Iotov — 2631
GM Cristian Chirila — 2565
IM Salvijus Bercys — 2576
GM Julio Sadorra — 2561
IM Conrad Holt — 2520
FM Keaton Kiewra — 2436
NM Chaitanya Vaidya — 2333
WFM Bayaraa Zorigt — 2211
WFM Patrycja Labedz — 2141
FM Jeffery Xiong — 2237
GM Giorgi Margvelashvili — 2538
GM Larry Kaufman — 2467
IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat — 2426
WGM Sabina Foisor — 2416
FM Ralph Zimmer — 2280
NM Adithya Balasubramanian — 2292
NM Richard Selzler — 2218
NM Jared Defibaugh — 2363
NM Ian Schoch — 2296
Charles Yang — 2046
IM Alexander Matros — 2440
IM Jonathan Schroer — 2435
IM Gabriel Battaglini — 2420
FM Ron Simpson — 2317
FM Mike Klein — 2304
FM Miles Ardaman — 2311
NM Craig Jones — 2305
NM Chris Mabe — 2296
FM Kassa Korley — 2368
Richard Herbst — 2119

Players who have played games in 2011 and are no longer on a roster

IM Igor Berezovsky — 2487
FM Tautvydas Vedrickas — 2350
FM Fabio La Rota — 2309
Tony Rich — 1993
Craig Hilby — 1950
Maximillian Sherer — 1797
Todd Freitag — 1747

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