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 2012

Monday, November 5th

1. Dallas Destiny vs St. Louis Arch Bishops8:00 PM EST
2. San Francisco Mechanics vs Miami Sharks8:30 PM EST
3. Arizona Scorpions vs Carolina Cobras9:00 PM EST
4. Los Angeles Vibe vs Seattle Sluggers9:00 PM EST

Wednesday, November 7th

5. New England Nor'easters vs Philadelphia Inventors7:00 PM EST
6. Connecticut Dreadnoughts vs Manhattan Applesauce7:10 PM EST
7. New Jersey Knockouts vs New York Knights7:20 PM EST
8. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Boston Blitz7:30 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 Dallas Destiny (7.0 - 2.0)vsSt. Louis Arch Bishops (5.5 - 3.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 1.5 - 1.5)

Starts at 8:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Dallas DestinySt. Louis Arch Bishops
GM Conrad Holt: 25691.00.0GM Andre Diamant: 2527
IM Puchen Wang: 25090.50.5IM Priyadharshan Kannappan: 2457
NM Daniel Gater: 21780.01.0IM Levan Bregadze: 2416
Travis Guenther: 19690.01.0NM Nolan Hendrickson: 2202
Average Rating: 2306Average Rating: 2401
Dallas Total1.52.5St. Louis Total

team icon San Francisco Mechanics (3.0 - 6.0)vsMiami Sharks (3.0 - 6.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Miami leads 8 - 7)

Starts at 8:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

San Francisco MechanicsMiami Sharks
IM Daniel Naroditsky: 25590.50.5GM Julio Becerra: 2616
FM Yian Liou: 23901.00.0Miguel Recio: 2147
FM Andy Lee: 23001.00.0Nicholas Rosenthal: 2146
WFM Uyanga Byambaa: 21360.50.5John Salisbury: 1970
Average Rating: 2346Average Rating: 2220
San Francisco Total3.01.0Miami Total

team icon Arizona Scorpions (4.5 - 4.5)vsCarolina Cobras (3.0 - 6.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 0.5 - 0.5)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 60 with 15 second increment

Arizona ScorpionsCarolina Cobras
IM Mackenzie Molner: 25111.00.0IM Jonathan Schroer: 2414
IM Levon Altounian: 24930.50.5NM Joshua Mu: 2242
IM Mark Ginsburg: 24000.50.5NM Craig Jones: 2249
Isaac Martinez: 21740.50.5John Timmel: 2155
Average Rating: 2395Average Rating: 2265
Arizona Total2.51.5Carolina Total
Due to a late lineup change, on Board Two Arizona will begin with 75 minutes while Carolina will begin with 45.
team icon Los Angeles Vibe (2.5 – 6.5)vsSeattle Sluggers (5.5 – 3.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Los Angeles leads 2 - 1)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Los Angeles VibeSeattle Sluggers
IM Zhanibek Amanov: 24631.00.0FM Slava Mikhailuk: 2415
IM Keaton Kiewra: 24361.00.0FM Marcel Milat: 2358
FM Konstantin Kavutskiy: 23710.50.5FM Curt Collyer: 2294
FM Eugene Yanayt: 23390.01.0NM Joshua Sinanan: 2263
Average Rating: 2402Average Rating: 2333
Los Angeles Total2.51.5Seattle Total

team icon New England Nor'easters (3.0 - 6.0)vsPhiladelphia Inventors (6.5 - 2.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New England leads 2 - 1)

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New England Nor'eastersPhiladelphia Inventors
GM Alexander Ivanov: 26560.01.0GM Sergey Erenburg: 2700
IM David Vigorito: 25480.01.0FM Tom Bartell: 2489
NM Carey Theil: 21830.01.0FM Dov Gorman: 2327
NM Ben Goldberg: 22331.00.0NM Troy Daly: 2238
Average Rating: 2405Average Rating: 2439
New England Total1.03.0Philadelphia Total

team icon Connecticut Dreadnoughts (4.5 - 4.5)vsManhattan Applesauce (5.5 - 3.5) team icon

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

Starts at 7:10 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Connecticut DreadnoughtsManhattan Applesauce
GM Robert Hess: 27190.01.0IM Eli Vovsha: 2514
GM Mikheil Kekelidze: 26280.50.5IM Dmitry Schneider: 2522
IM Justin Sarkar: 24830.50.5IM Lev Milman: 2479
Zachary Tanenbaum: 20020.01.0Shaun Smith: 2066
Average Rating: 2458Average Rating: 2395
Connecticut Total1.03.0Manhattan Total

team icon New Jersey Knockouts (4.5 - 4.5)vsNew York Knights (5.0 - 4.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New Jersey leads 6 - 4)

Starts at 7:20 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New Jersey KnockoutsNew York Knights
GM Alex Stripunsky: 26730.01.0GM Tamaz Gelashvili: 2694
GM Boris Gulko: 25900.50.5SM Matt Herman: 2425
FM Arthur Shen: 23581.00.0FM Michael Bodek: 2409
John Michael Burke: 20350.50.5NM Alexander Katz: 2250
Average Rating: 2414Average Rating: 2445
New Jersey Total2.02.0New York Total

team icon Baltimore Kingfishers (4.5 - 4.5)vsBoston Blitz (4.0 - 5.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Boston leads 6.5 - 4.5)

Starts at 7:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Baltimore KingfishersBoston Blitz
GM Giorgi Margvelashvili: 25930.50.5SM Denys Shmelov: 2502
GM Larry Kaufman: 24450.01.0FM Kazim Gulamali: 2419
NM Jared Defibaugh: 23571.00.0NM Vadim Martirosov: 2345
FM Ralph Zimmer: 23041.00.0NM Ilya Krasik: 2261
Average Rating: 2425Average Rating: 2382
Baltimore Total2.51.5Boston Total