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 2 Results, USCL 2010

Monday, August 30th

1. New Jersey Knockouts vs New York Knights7:00 PM EST
2. Carolina Cobras vs New England Nor'easters7:15 PM EST
3. Miami Sharks vs San Francisco Mechanics8:30 PM EST
4. Arizona Scorpions vs Seattle Sluggers9:00 PM EST

Wednesday, September 1st

5. Boston Blitz vs Philadelphia Inventors7:00 PM EST
6. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Manhattan Applesauce7:15 PM EST
7. Chicago Blaze vs St. Louis Arch Bishops8:00 PM EST
8. Los Angeles Vibe vs Dallas Destiny9:00 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 New Jersey Knockouts (0.0 – 1.0)vsNew York Knights (1.0 – 0.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 3 - 3)

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New Jersey KnockoutsNew York Knights
GM Boris Gulko: 25871.00.0GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2619
IM Dean Ippolito: 25260.50.5GM Alex Lenderman: 2608
FM Victor Shen: 23391.00.0FM Alec Getz: 2377
FM Arthur Shen: 22200.01.0NM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy: 2289
Average Rating: 2418Average Rating: 2473
New Jersey Total2.51.5New York Total

team icon Carolina Cobras (0.0 – 1.0)vsNew England Nor'easters (1.0 – 0.0) team icon

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

Starts at 7:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Carolina CobrasNew England Nor'easters
IM Jonathan Schroer: 24370.50.5IM Robert Hungaski: 2520
FM Ron Simpson: 23300.01.0IM David Vigorito: 2524
NM Chris Mabe: 22440.01.0FM Charles Riordan: 2397
NM Craig Jones: 22861.00.0NM Carey Theil: 2251
Average Rating: 2324Average Rating: 2423
Carolina Total1.52.5New England Total

team icon Miami Sharks (0.0 – 1.0)vsSan Francisco Mechanics (1.0 – 0.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 6 - 6)

Starts at 8:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Miami SharksSan Francisco Mechanics
GM Julio Becerra: 26280.50.5GM Patrick Wolff: 2623
GM Renier Gonzalez: 25400.50.5IM David Pruess: 2411
NM Eric Rodriguez: 23820.01.0FM Daniel Naroditsky: 2453
NM Robert Perez: 21750.01.0NM Yian Liou: 2254
Average Rating: 2431Average Rating: 2435
Miami Total1.03.0San Francisco Total

team icon Arizona Scorpions (1.0 – 0.0)vsSeattle Sluggers (0.0 – 1.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 2 - 2)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Arizona ScorpionsSeattle Sluggers
IM Levon Altounian: 24960.50.5FM Costin Cozianu: 2557
IM Rogelio Barcenilla: 25831.00.0FM Slava Mikhailuk: 2431
FM Robby Adamson: 23630.50.5WGM Katerina Rohonyan: 2327
NM Nick Thompson: 21831.00.0Michael Wang: 2103
Average Rating: 2406Average Rating: 2355
Arizona Total3.01.0Seattle Total

team icon Boston Blitz (0.0 – 1.0)vsPhiladelphia Inventors (1.0 - 0.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Boston leads 7.5 - 1.5)

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Boston BlitzPhiladelphia Inventors
GM Larry Christiansen: 26650.50.5GM Magesh Panchanathan: 2535
GM Eugene Perelshteyn: 25681.00.0IM Bryan Smith: 2572
SM Denys Shmelov: 24710.01.0FM Tom Bartell: 2429
Grant Xu: 20611.00.0Kavinayan Sivakumar: 2108
Average Rating: 2441Average Rating: 2411
Boston Total2.51.5Philadelphia Total

team icon Baltimore Kingfishers (0.0 – 1.0)vsManhattan Applesauce (1.0 – 0.0) team icon

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

Starts at 7:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Baltimore KingfishersManhattan Applesauce
GM Sergey Erenburg: 26461.00.0GM Alex Stripunsky: 2659
GM Larry Kaufman: 24521.00.0IM Lev Milman: 2501
IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 24250.01.0IM Eli Vovsha: 2539
NM Ian Schoch: 22451.00.0James Black: 2102
Average Rating: 2442Average Rating: 2450
Baltimore Total3.01.0Manhattan Total

team icon Chicago Blaze (1.0 – 0.0)vsSt. Louis Arch Bishops (0.0 - 1.0) team icon

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

Starts at 8:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Chicago BlazeSt. Louis Arch Bishops
GM Dmitry Gurevich: 24810.01.0GM Hikaru Nakamura: 2806
IM Florin Felecan: 24151.00.0GM Yury Shulman: 2715
IM Angelo Young: 24150.01.0GM Ben Finegold: 2589
WIM Cindy Tsai: 21711.00.0Spencer Finegold: 1974
Average Rating: 2371Average Rating: 2521
Chicago Total2.02.0St. Louis Total

team icon Los Angeles Vibe (1.0 – 0.0)vsDallas Destiny (0.0 – 1.0) 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

Los Angeles VibeDallas Destiny
GM Melikset Khachiyan: 25900.50.5GM Alejandro Ramirez: 2645
FM Alexandre Kretchetov: 23760.01.0NM Tyler Hughes: 2384
FM Joel Banawa: 24160.50.5FM Keaton Kiewra: 2361
NM Ankit Gupta: 22900.01.0NM Nelson Lopez: 2229
Average Rating: 2418Average Rating: 2405
Los Angeles Total1.03.0Dallas Total