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 2013

Tuesday, September 3

1. New York Knights vs Manhattan Applesauce7:00 PM EST
2. Philadelphia Inventors vs New Jersey Knockouts7:10 PM EST
3. Boston Blitz vs Connecticut Dreadnoughts7:20 PM EST
4. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New England Nor'easters7:30 PM EST

Wednesday, September 4

5. Carolina Cobras vs Dallas Destiny7:45 PM EST
6. St. Louis Arch Bishops vs Miami Sharks8:00 PM EST
7. Arizona Scorpions vs San Francisco Mechanics9:00 PM EST
8. Los Angeles Vibe vs Seattle Sluggers9:15 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 (0.5 - 0.5) vs Manhattan Applesauce (1.0 - 0.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New York leads 5 - 3)

Starts at 7:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

New York KnightsManhattan Applesauce
GM Pascal Charbonneau: 25521.00.0GM Robert Hungaski: 2541
SM Matt Herman: 24240.50.5IM Eli Vovsha: 2528
FM Michael Bodek: 24841.00.0FM Rico Salimbagat: 2259
FM Aravind Kumar: 21461.00.0NM Ryan Goldenberg: 2348
Average Rating: 2402Average Rating: 2419
New York Total3.50.5Manhattan Total

team icon Philadelphia Inventors (0.0 - 1.0) vs New Jersey Knockouts (0.5 - 0.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Tied 3.5 - 3.5)

Starts at 7:10 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Philadelphia InventorsNew Jersey Knockouts
FM Dov Gorman: 23620.50.5GM Joel Benjamin: 2640
NM Peter Minear: 23850.50.5IM Albert Kapengut: 2363
IM Richard Costigan: 22880.50.5NM Alexander Katz: 2362
FM Karl Dehmelt: 22601.00.0NM Praveen Balakrishnan: 2240
Average Rating: 2324Average Rating: 2401
Philadelphia Total2.51.5New Jersey Total

team icon Boston Blitz (0.5 - 0.5) vs Connecticut Dreadnoughts (1.0 - 0.0) team icon

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

Starts at 7:20 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Boston BlitzConnecticut Dreadnoughts
GM Eugene Perelshteyn: 25770.50.5GM Mikheil Kekelidze: 2576
SM Denys Shmelov: 24650.50.5IM Jay Bonin: 2436
NM Vadim Martirosov: 23490.01.0FM Leif Pressman: 2374
NM Jake Miller: 22221.00.0NM Kapil Chandran: 2330
Average Rating: 2403Average Rating: 2429
Boston Total2.02.0Connecticut Total

team icon Baltimore Kingfishers (0.0 - 1.0) vs New England Nor'easters (0.5 - 0.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (New England leads 2.5 - 1.5)

Starts at 7:30 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Baltimore KingfishersNew England Nor'easters
IM Levan Bregadze: 24691.00.0IM David Vigorito: 2532
IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 24920.01.0FM Steven Winer: 2409
NM Jared Defibaugh: 22970.50.5FM Charles Riordan: 2386
NM Ben Krause: 23230.01.0NM Andrew Liu: 2296
Average Rating: 2395Average Rating: 2406
Baltimore Total1.52.5New England Total

team icon Carolina Cobras (0.0 - 1.0) vs Dallas Destiny (1.0 - 0.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Dallas leads 5 - 2)

Starts at 7:45 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Carolina CobrasDallas Destiny
IM Jonathan Schroer: 24320.01.0GM Cristian Chirila: 2600
NM Joshua Mu: 22700.01.0FM Jeffery Xiong: 2485
NM Craig Jones: 22510.50.5FM Alec Getz: 2433
FM Robin Cunningham: 22251.00.0NM Daniel Gater: 2170
Average Rating: 2295Average Rating: 2422
Carolina Total1.52.5Dallas Total

team icon St. Louis Arch Bishops (0.0 - 1.0) vs Miami Sharks (1.0 - 0.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Miami leads 2.5 - 0.5)

Starts at 8:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

St. Louis Arch BishopsMiami Sharks
GM Ben Finegold: 25610.50.5GM Yuniesky Quesada: 2686
IM Priyadharshan Kannappan: 25080.50.5GM Julio Becerra: 2619
IM Vitaly Neimer: 24550.01.0FM Eric Rodriguez: 2348
Zach Stuart: 20570.50.5 Dennis Mederos: 2058
Average Rating: 2395Average Rating: 2428
St. Louis Total1.52.5Miami Total

team icon Arizona Scorpions (0.5 - 0.5) vs San Francisco Mechanics (1.0 - 0.0) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Arizona leads 3.5 - 2.5)

Starts at 9:00 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Arizona ScorpionsSan Francisco Mechanics
IM Mackenzie Molner: 25920.50.5GM Jesse Kraai: 2567
IM Shahin Mohandesi: 23890.01.0GM Daniel Naroditsky: 2570
IM Mark Ginsburg: 24000.01.0FM Yian Liou: 2491
NM Bryan Hu: 22940.01.0 Siddharth Banik: 2192
Average Rating: 2419Average Rating: 2455
Arizona Total0.53.5San Francisco Total

team icon Los Angeles Vibe (0.0 - 1.0) vs Seattle Sluggers (0.5 - 0.5) team icon

All Time Series Record: (Los Angeles leads 3 - 1)

Starts at 9:15 PM EST

Time Control: Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Los Angeles VibeSeattle Sluggers
GM Melikset Khachiyan: 26020.01.0IM Georgi Orlov: 2533
IM Zhanibek Amanov: 24311.00.0FM Costin Cozianu: 2478
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan: 24291.00.0NM Joshua Sinanan: 2246
NM Mike Zaloznyy: 22430.50.5NM Roland Feng: 2268
Average Rating: 2426Average Rating: 2381
Los Angeles Total2.51.5Seattle Total