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 9 Results, USCL 2010

Monday, October 18th

1. New York Knights vs New Jersey Knockouts7:00 PM EST
2. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Boston Blitz7:15 PM EST
3. Chicago Blaze vs Miami Sharks8:00 PM EST
4. Seattle Sluggers vs San Francisco Mechanics9:00 PM EST

Wednesday, October 20th

5. New England Nor'easters vs Carolina Cobras7:00 PM EST
6. Philadelphia Inventors vs Manhattan Applesauce7:15 PM EST
7. Arizona Scorpions vs St. Louis Arch Bishops9:00 PM EST
8. Dallas Destiny vs Los Angeles Vibe9:00 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 York Knights (4.5 – 3.5)vsNew Jersey Knockouts (2.5 – 5.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New Jersey leads 4 - 3)

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New York KnightsNew Jersey Knockouts
GM Alex Lenderman: 26080.50.5GM Boris Gulko: 2587
IM Irina Krush: 25280.01.0IM Mackenzie Molner: 2548
FM Alec Getz: 23770.50.5IM Albert Kapengut: 2372
NM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy: 22890.50.5FM Arthur Shen: 2220
Average Rating: 2451Average Rating: 2432
New York Total1.52.5New Jersey Total

team icon Baltimore Kingfishers (4.5 – 3.5)vsBoston Blitz (5.5 – 2.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 3.5 - 3.5)

Starts at 7:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Baltimore KingfishersBoston Blitz
GM Sergey Erenburg: 26460.50.5GM Larry Christiansen: 2665
IM Sasha Kaplan: 24820.01.0SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 2603
FM Ralph Zimmer: 22790.50.5SM Denys Shmelov: 2471
NM Adithya Balasubramanian: 22550.50.5Grant Xu: 2061
Average Rating: 2416Average Rating: 2450
Baltimore Total1.52.5Boston Total
Due to a lineup change on Board Three Baltimore will start with 101 minutes while Boston will start with 79.


team icon Chicago Blaze (4.5 – 3.5)vsMiami Sharks (4.0 – 4.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Miami leads 1.5 - 0.5)

Starts at 8:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Chicago BlazeMiami Sharks
GM Dmitry Gurevich: 24810.01.0GM Julio Becerra: 2628
GM Mesgen Amanov: 25081.00.0GM Renier Gonzalez: 2540
IM Florin Felecan: 24150.01.0FM Marcel Martinez: 2475
NM Eric Rosen: 22271.00.0Nicholas Rosenthal: 2047
Average Rating: 2408Average Rating: 2423
Chicago Total2.02.0Miami Total

team icon Seattle Sluggers (3.0 – 5.0)vsSan Francisco Mechanics (4.0 – 4.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (San Francisco leads 6 - 2)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Seattle SluggersSan Francisco Mechanics
GM Varuzhan Akobian: 26981.00.0GM Josh Friedel: 2575
FM Slava Mikhailuk: 24311.00.0IM David Pruess: 2411
FM Michael Lee: 24400.50.5FM Daniel Naroditsky: 2453
Alex Guo: 21161.00.0NM Yian Liou: 2254
Average Rating: 2421Average Rating: 2423
Seattle Total3.50.5San Francisco Total

team icon New England Nor'easters (7.5 – 0.5)vsCarolina Cobras (2.0 – 6.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New England leads 1 - 0)

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New England Nor'eastersCarolina Cobras
IM Robert Hungaski: 25201.01.0IM Jonathan Schroer: 2437
IM Jan van de Mortel: 24621.00.0FM Ron Simpson: 2330
FM Christopher Chase: 23821.00.0NM Carlito Agner: 2251
NM Alex Cherniack: 22881.00.0Richard Herbst: 2109
Average Rating: 2413Average Rating: 2282
New England Total4.00.0Carolina Total

team icon Philadelphia Inventors (1.5 - 6.5)vsManhattan Applesauce (3.5 - 4.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 1.5 - 1.5)

Starts at 7:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Philadelphia InventorsManhattan Applesauce
IM Jay Bonin: 24241.00.0GM Alex Stripunsky: 2659
FM Karl Dehmelt: 23080.01.0IM Eli Vovsha: 2539
IM Richard Costigan: 22880.50.5FM Andrei Zaremba: 2361
FM Michael Shahade: 22311.00.0James Black: 2102
Average Rating: 2313Average Rating: 2415
Philadelphia Total2.51.5Manhattan Total

team icon Arizona Scorpions (6.0 – 2.0)vsSt. Louis Arch Bishops (4.5 – 3.5) 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

Arizona ScorpionsSt. Louis Arch Bishops
IM Rogelio Barcenilla: 25830.50.5GM Hikaru Nakamura: 2806
IM Dionisio Aldama: 23990.50.5GM Yury Shulman: 2715
IM Daniel Rensch: 24710.01.0GM Ben Finegold: 2589
Amanda Mateer: 21351.00.0Spencer Finegold: 1974
Average Rating: 2397Average Rating: 2521
Arizona Total2.02.0St. Louis Total

team icon Dallas Destiny (3.5 – 4.5)vsLos Angeles Vibe (3.0 – 5.0) team icon

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

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Dallas DestinyLos Angeles Vibe
IM Salvijus Bercys: 24671.00.0FM Alexandre Kretchetov: 2376
IM Julio Sadorra: 24710.01.0WFM Tatev Abrahamyan: 2385
FM Keaton Kiewra: 23610.01.0NM Christian Tanaka: 2227
NM Nelson Lopez: 22291.00.0NM Konstantin Kavutskiy: 2253
Average Rating: 2382Average Rating: 2310
Dallas Total2.02.0Los Angeles Total