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 6 Results, USCL 2012

Tuesday, October 9th

1. Connecticut Dreadnoughts vs Miami Sharks7:00 PM EST
2. New England Nor'easters vs Carolina Cobras7:15 PM EST
3. New York Knights vs Dallas Destiny7:30 PM EST
4. St. Louis Arch Bishops vs New Jersey Knockouts8:00 PM EST

Wednesday, October 10th

5. Philadelphia Inventors vs San Francisco Mechanics8:30 PM EST
6. Boston Blitz vs Los Angeles Vibe9:00 PM EST
7. Seattle Sluggers vs Manhattan Applesauce9:00 PM EST
8. Arizona Scorpions vs Baltimore Kingfishers9:00 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 Connecticut Dreadnoughts (3.5 - 1.5)vsMiami Sharks (2.0 - 3.0) team icon

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

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Connecticut DreadnoughtsMiami Sharks
GM Mikheil Kekelidze: 26280.50.5GM Julio Becerra: 2616
IM Justin Sarkar: 24830.50.5FM Eric Rodriguez: 2383
SM Arslan Otchiyev: 23990.01.0NM Jeffrey Haskel: 2347
NM Joshua Colas: 23760.50.5Nicholas Rosenthal: 2146
Average Rating: 2472Average Rating: 2373
Connecticut Total1.52.5Miami Total

team icon New England Nor'easters (1.5 - 3.5)vsCarolina Cobras (1.5 - 3.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New England leads 3 - 0)

Starts at 7:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New England Nor'eastersCarolina Cobras
GM Alexander Ivanov: 26560.50.5IM Jonathan Schroer: 2414
FM Charles Riordan: 24381.00.0FM Kassa Korley: 2353
IM Jonathan Yedidia: 24330.50.5FM Ron Simpson: 2288
NM Ben Goldberg: 22330.01.0NM Craig Jones: 2249
Average Rating: 2440Average Rating: 2326
New England Total2.02.0Carolina Total

team icon New York Knights (3.5 - 1.5)vsDallas Destiny (4.5 - 0.5) team icon

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

Starts at 7:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

New York KnightsDallas Destiny
GM Tamaz Gelashvili: 26941.00.0GM Cristian Chirila: 2575
GM Pascal Charbonneau: 25650.01.0GM Conrad Holt: 2569
NM Alexander Katz: 22500.50.5FM Alec Getz: 2407
Isaac Barayev: 21440.50.5Travis Guenther: 1969
Average Rating: 2413Average Rating: 2380
New York Total2.02.0Dallas Total

team icon St. Louis Arch Bishops (2.5 – 2.5)vsNew Jersey Knockouts (3.5 – 1.5) team icon

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

Starts at 8:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

St. Louis Arch BishopsNew Jersey Knockouts
GM Ben Finegold: 25680.50.5GM Alex Stripunsky: 2673
IM Priyadharshan Kannappan: 24571.00.0GM Joel Benjamin: 2646
IM Levan Bregadze: 24161.00.0IM Albert Kapengut: 2367
Matthew Larson: 19181.00.0Praveen Balakrishnan: 2097
Average Rating: 2340Average Rating: 2446
St. Louis Total3.50.5New Jersey Total

team icon Philadelphia Inventors (2.5 - 2.5)vsSan Francisco Mechanics (1.5 - 3.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (San Francisco leads 3 - 0)

Starts at 8:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Philadelphia InventorsSan Francisco Mechanics
GM Sergey Erenburg: 27001.00.0GM Jesse Kraai: 2567
SM William Fisher: 24450.50.5IM Daniel Naroditsky: 2559
FM Dov Gorman: 23270.50.5FM Andy Lee: 2300
IM Richard Costigan: 22880.50.5NM Cameron Wheeler: 2200
Average Rating: 2440Average Rating: 2407
Philadelphia Total2.51.5San Francisco Total

team icon Boston Blitz (2.0 - 3.0)vsLos Angeles Vibe (1.0 - 4.0) team icon

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

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 60 with 30 second increment

Boston BlitzLos Angeles Vibe
SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 26150.01.0GM Melikset Khachiyan: 2545
IM Steven Zierk: 25270.01.0IM Keaton Kiewra: 2436
NM Vadim Martirosov: 23451.00.0WGM Tatev Abrahamyan: 2432
Joel Hanks: 19821.00.0Nicky Korba: 2007
Average Rating: 2367Average Rating: 2355
Boston Total2.02.0Los Angeles Total

team icon Seattle Sluggers (3.0 - 2.0)vsManhattan Applesauce (3.0 - 2.0) team icon

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

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 60 with 30 second increment

Seattle SluggersManhattan Applesauce
FM Costin Cozianu: 25080.50.5GM Vladimir Romanenko: 2513
FM Marcel Milat: 23580.50.5IM Dmitry Schneider: 2522
NM Joshua Sinanan: 22631.00.0NM Andrew Shvartsman: 2343
NM Peter Lessler: 21770.01.0NM Alex King: 2303
Average Rating: 2327Average Rating: 2420
Seattle Total2.02.0Manhattan Total

team icon Arizona Scorpions (2.5 - 2.5)vsBaltimore Kingfishers (2.0 - 3.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Baltimore leads 2 - 0)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 60 with 30 second increment

Arizona ScorpionsBaltimore Kingfishers
IM Mackenzie Molner: 25110.50.5GM Giorgi Margvelashvili: 2593
IM Levon Altounian: 24930.50.5IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 2509
IM Mark Ginsburg: 24000.01.0NM Jared Defibaugh: 2357
WFM Amanda Mateer: 21440.01.0NM Richard Selzler: 2242
Average Rating: 2387Average Rating: 2425
Arizona Total1.03.0Baltimore Total