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.

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Week 10 Results, USCL 2010

Monday, October 25th

1. Manhattan Applesauce vs New England Nor'easters7:00 PM EST
2. Carolina Cobras vs Philadelphia Inventors7:15 PM EST
3. Boston Blitz vs New York Knights7:30 PM EST
4. New Jersey Knockouts vs Baltimore Kingfishers7:45 PM EST

Wednesday, October 27th

5. Chicago Blaze vs Dallas Destiny8:00 PM EST
6. San Francisco Mechanics vs Miami Sharks8:45 PM EST
7. Seattle Sluggers vs St. Louis Arch Bishops9:00 PM EST
8. Los Angeles Vibe vs Arizona Scorpions9:15 PM EST

• 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!

• Team listed first gets White on Boards 1+3


team icon Manhattan Applesauce (3.5 – 5.5)vsNew England Nor'easters (8.5 – 0.5) team icon

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

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Manhattan ApplesauceNew England Nor'easters
IM Lev Milman: 25010.01.0IM Sam Shankland: 2567
IM Eli Vovsha: 25391.00.0FM Charles Riordan: 2397
WFM Elizabeth Vicary: 20810.01.0FM Braden Bournival: 2381
James Black: 21020.01.0NM Carey Theil: 2251
Average Rating: 2306Average Rating: 2399
Manhattan Total1.03.0New England Total
Due to lineup changes, each New England player will begin with 101 minutes while each Manhattan player will begin with 79.


team icon Carolina Cobras (2.0 – 7.0)vsPhiladelphia Inventors (2.5 – 6.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Philadelphia leads 3 - 2)

Starts at 7:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Carolina CobrasPhiladelphia Inventors
IM Jonathan Schroer: 24370.50.5FM Tom Bartell: 2429
FM Ron Simpson: 23300.01.0IM Jay Bonin: 2424
NM Craig Jones: 22860.50.5FM Karl Dehmelt: 2308
Richard Herbst: 21090.50.5FM Michael Shahade: 2231
Average Rating: 2273Average Rating: 2348
Carolina Total1.52.5Philadelphia Total
Due to a lineup change, on Board Three Philadelphia will begin with 112 minutes while Carolina will begin with 68.


team icon Boston Blitz (6.5 – 2.5)vsNew York Knights (4.5 – 4.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New York leads 7.5 - 5.5)

Starts at 7:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Boston BlitzNew York Knights
SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 26031.00.0GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2619
SM Denys Shmelov: 24710.01.0GM Pascal Charbonneau: 2566
NM Vadim Martirosov: 22480.50.5FM Alec Getz: 2377
NM Ilya Krasik: 22530.50.5NM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy: 2289
Average Rating: 2394Average Rating: 2463
Boston Total2.02.0New York Total

team icon New Jersey Knockouts (3.5 – 5.5)vsBaltimore Kingfishers (4.5 – 4.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New Jersey leads 4.5 - 1.5)

Starts at 7:45 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New Jersey KnockoutsBaltimore Kingfishers
GM Joel Benjamin: 26140.01.0GM Sergey Erenburg: 2646
IM Mackenzie Molner: 25480.01.0IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 2425
IM Albert Kapengut: 23721.00.0FM Ralph Zimmer: 2279
Sean Finn: 21230.01.0NM Adithya Balasubramanian: 2255
Average Rating: 2414Average Rating: 2401
New Jersey Total1.03.0Baltimore Total

team icon Chicago Blaze (5.0 – 4.0)vsDallas Destiny (4.0 – 5.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 1 - 1)

Starts at 8:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Chicago BlazeDallas Destiny
GM Dmitry Gurevich: 24810.50.5IM Salvijus Bercys: 2467
GM Mesgen Amanov: 25080.01.0IM Julio Sadorra: 2471
IM Florin Felecan: 24151.00.0NM Tyler Hughes: 2384
NM Trevor Magness: 21951.00.0NM Nelson Lopez: 2229
Average Rating: 2400Average Rating: 2388
Chicago Total2.51.5Dallas Total

team icon San Francisco Mechanics (4.0 – 5.0)vsMiami Sharks (4.5 – 4.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (San Francisco leads 7 - 6)

Starts at 8:45 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

San Francisco MechanicsMiami Sharks
GM Jesse Kraai: 25510.50.5GM Julio Becerra: 2628
IM Dmitry Zilberstein: 24290.50.5GM Renier Gonzalez: 2540
FM Andy Lee: 23470.01.0FM Marcel Martinez: 2475
NM Yian Liou: 22540.01.0Nicholas Rosenthal: 2047
Average Rating: 2395Average Rating: 2423
San Francisco Total1.03.0Miami Total

team icon Seattle Sluggers (4.0 – 5.0)vsSt. Louis Arch Bishops (5.0 – 4.0) team icon

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

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Seattle SluggersSt. Louis Arch Bishops
GM Varuzhan Akobian: 26981.00.0GM Yury Shulman: 2715
FM Slava Mikhailuk: 24310.01.0GM Ben Finegold: 2589
FM Michael Lee: 24401.00.0IM Michael Brooks: 2411
Alex Guo: 21161.00.0Spencer Finegold: 1974
Average Rating: 2421Average Rating: 2422
Seattle Total3.01.0St. Louis Total

team icon Los Angeles Vibe (3.5 – 5.5)vsArizona Scorpions (6.5 – 2.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Arizona leads 1 - 0)

Starts at 9:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Los Angeles VibeArizona Scorpions
FM Alexandre Kretchetov: 23760.50.5IM Levon Altounian: 2496
WFM Tatev Abrahamyan: 23851.00.0FM Warren Harper: 2408
FM Michael Casella: 23290.50.5FM Robby Adamson: 2363
FM Eugene Yanayt: 22401.00.0Amanda Mateer: 2135
Average Rating: 2333Average Rating: 2351
Los Angeles Total3.01.0Arizona Total