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 7 Results, USCL 2012

Monday, October 15th

1. Carolina Cobras vs St. Louis Arch Bishops8:00 PM EST
2. Miami Sharks vs Seattle Sluggers9:00 PM EST
3. Dallas Destiny vs Arizona Scorpions9:00 PM EST
4. Los Angeles Vibe vs San Francisco Mechanics9:00 PM EST

Wednesday, October 17th

5. Philadelphia Inventors vs Manhattan Applesauce7:00 PM EST
6. New Jersey Knockouts vs Boston Blitz7:10 PM EST
7. New England Nor'easters vs Connecticut Dreadnoughts7:20 PM EST
8. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New York Knights7:30 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 Carolina Cobras (2.0 - 4.0)vsSt. Louis Arch Bishops (3.5 - 2.5) 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

Carolina CobrasSt. Louis Arch Bishops
IM Jonathan Schroer: 24140.50.5GM Ben Finegold: 2568
FM Kassa Korley: 23530.01.0IM Priyadharshan Kannappan: 2457
FM Ron Simpson: 22880.01.0IM Levan Bregadze: 2416
NM Craig Jones: 22491.00.0Matthew Larson: 1918
Average Rating: 2326Average Rating: 2340
Carolina Total1.52.5St. Louis Total
Due to late lineup submission, on each board Carolina will begin with 84 minutes while St. Louis will begin with 66.
team icon Miami Sharks (3.0 - 3.0)vsSeattle Sluggers (3.5 - 2.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 5.5 - 5.5)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 60 with 30 second increment

Miami SharksSeattle Sluggers
GM Julio Becerra: 26160.50.5IM Georgi Orlov: 2523
SM Robert Perez: 25040.50.5FM Costin Cozianu: 2508
FM Eric Rodriguez: 23830.01.0FM Curt Collyer: 2294
Nicholas Rosenthal: 21460.01.0Michael Omori: 2171
Average Rating: 2408Average Rating: 2374
Miami Total1.03.0Seattle Total

team icon Dallas Destiny (5.0 - 1.0)vsArizona Scorpions (2.5 - 3.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 2 - 2)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Dallas DestinyArizona Scorpions
GM Julio Sadorra: 25981.0F0.0FGM Rogelio Barcenilla: 2583
GM Conrad Holt: 25690.50.5IM Mackenzie Molner: 2511
NM Artur Safin: 23331.00.0FM Pedram Atoufi: 2275
Travis Guenther: 19690.01.0NM Dipro Chakraborty: 2306
Average Rating: 2367Average Rating: 2419
Dallas Total1.52.5Arizona Total

team icon Los Angeles Vibe (1.5 – 4.5)vsSan Francisco Mechanics (1.5 – 4.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (San Francisco leads 2 - 1)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Los Angeles VibeSan Francisco Mechanics
GM Melikset Khachiyan: 25450.01.0IM Daniel Naroditsky: 2559
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan: 24321.00.0IM Dmitry Zilberstein: 2467
FM Eugene Yanayt: 23391.00.0FM Yian Liou: 2390
FM Michael Casella: 23080.01.0NM Cameron Wheeler: 2200
Average Rating: 2406Average Rating: 2404
Los Angeles Total2.02.0San Francisco Total

team icon Philadelphia Inventors (3.5 - 2.5)vsManhattan Applesauce (3.5 - 2.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Philadelphia leads 4 - 3)

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Philadelphia InventorsManhattan Applesauce
GM Sergey Erenburg: 27001.00.0GM Vladimir Romanenko: 2513
FM Tom Bartell: 24890.01.0IM Eli Vovsha: 2514
FM Dov Gorman: 23271.00.0IM Lev Milman: 2479
IM Richard Costigan: 22880.50.5Shaun Smith: 2066
Average Rating: 2436Average Rating: 2393
Philadelphia Total2.51.5Manhattan Total

team icon New Jersey Knockouts (3.5 - 2.5)vsBoston Blitz (2.5 - 3.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 3 - 3)

Starts at 7:10 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New Jersey KnockoutsBoston Blitz
GM Alex Stripunsky: 26730.01.0SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 2615
GM Joel Benjamin: 26461.00.0FM Kazim Gulamali: 2419
NM Christopher Wu: 23040.50.5NM Vadim Martirosov: 2345
John Michael Burke: 20350.50.5Andrew Liu: 2148
Average Rating: 2415Average Rating: 2382
New Jersey Total2.02.0Boston Total

team icon New England Nor'easters (2.0 - 4.0)vsConnecticut Dreadnoughts (3.5 - 2.5) team icon

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

Starts at 7:20 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New England Nor'eastersConnecticut Dreadnoughts
GM Sam Shankland: 26760.50.5GM Mikheil Kekelidze: 2628
FM Charles Riordan: 24381.00.0SM Arslan Otchiyev: 2399
FM Christopher Chase: 23721.00.0NM Daniel Lowinger: 2318
Bennet Pellows: 21520.01.0NM Kapil Chandran: 2246
Average Rating: 2410Average Rating: 2398
New England Total2.51.5Connecticut Total

team icon Baltimore Kingfishers (3.0 - 3.0)vsNew York Knights (4.0 - 2.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 5.5 - 5.5)

Starts at 7:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Baltimore KingfishersNew York Knights
GM Giorgi Margvelashvili: 25931.00.0GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2697
GM Larry Kaufman: 24451.00.0FM Michael Bodek: 2409
NM Jared Defibaugh: 23571.00.0NM Justus Williams: 2331
FM Ralph Zimmer: 23040.01.0NM Alexander Katz: 2250
Average Rating: 2425Average Rating: 2422
Baltimore Total3.01.0New York Total