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.

Carolina Cobras /

NM Craig Jones

Craig Jones's Games

2015 Games: (0.0/3)

  1. Week 3: NM Richard Francisco (ATL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  2. Week 4: NM Levy Rozman (MAN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  3. Week 5: FM Rico Salimbagat (NY) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0

2015 MVP Points: (-8.5)
2015 Performance Rating: 1954



2014 Games: (1.0/4)

  1. Week 3: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs WIM Daniela De la Parra (RIO) 1-0
  2. Week 6: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Leo Martinez (ATL) 0-1
  3. Week 7: NM David Golub (SEA) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  4. Week 10: NM Spencer Finegold (STL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0

2014 MVP Points: (-5)
2014 Performance Rating: 1981



2013 Games: (4.5/7)

  1. Week 1: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Vlad Yanovsky (MIA) 1-0
  2. Week 2: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs FM Alec Getz (DAL) 1/2-1/2
  3. Week 4: NM Andrew Liu (NE) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2
  4. Week 6: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Madiyar Amerkeshev (LA) 0-1
  5. Week 7: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs IM Albert Kapengut (NJ) 1/2-1/2
  6. Week 9: NM Carlos Gaston Andretta (MIA) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  7. Week 10: Jacob Wilkins (STL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1

2013 MVP Points: 8
2013 Performance Rating: 2341



2012 Games: (5.0/7)

  1. Week 3: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs FM Konstantin Kavutskiy (LA) 1-0
  2. Week 5: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Miguel Recio (MIA) 1-0
  3. Week 6: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Ben Goldberg (NE) 1-0
  4. Week 7: Matthew Larson (STL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  5. Week 8: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Roland Feng (SEA) 1/2-1/2
  6. Week 9: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Artur Safin (DAL) 0-1
  7. Week 10: IM Mark Ginsburg (ARZ) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2

2012 MVP Points: 10
2012 Performance Rating: 2401



2011 Games: (2.0/8)

  1. Week 1: Anna Matlin (NJ) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  2. Week 2: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs FM Michael Shahade (PHI) 1/2-1/2
  3. Week 4: NM Justus Williams (NY) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  4. Week 5: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Christopher Wu (NJ) 1/2-1/2
  5. Week 7: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs FM Ralph Zimmer (BAL) 1/2-1/2
  6. Week 8: Daniil Mosiyenko (BOS) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2
  7. Week 9: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Ben Goldberg (NE) 0-1
  8. Week 10: NM Matan Prilleltensky (MAN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0

2011 MVP Points: (-7)
2011 Performance Rating: 1993



2010 Games: (4.5/8)

  1. Week 1: SM Gregory Braylovsky (MAN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  2. Week 2: NM Carey Theil (NE) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  3. Week 3: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs IM Ray Kaufman (BAL) 0-1
  4. Week 4: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Anna Matlin (NJ) 1-0
  5. Week 5: Benjamin Katz (MAN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  6. Week 6: FM Keaton Kiewra (DAL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  7. Week 7: Justus Williams (NY) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  8. Week 10: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs FM Karl Dehmelt (PHI) 1/2-1/2

2010 MVP Points: 5
2010 Performance Rating: 2320



2009 Games: (3.0/7)

  1. Week 1: Jared Defibaugh (BAL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2
  2. Week 2: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Ilya Krasik (BOS) 0-1
  3. Week 3: Arthur Shen (NJ) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  4. Week 4: Jeff Kelleher (MAN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  5. Week 7: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs FM Keaton Kiewra (DAL) 1/2-1/2
  6. Week 8: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Raven Sturt (NY) 1-0
  7. Week 9: FM Andrei Zaremba (MAN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0

2009 MVP Points: (-0.5)
2009 Performance Rating: 2164



2008 Games: (5.0/9)

  1. Week 1: NM Brian McCarthy (TEN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2
  2. Week 2: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Marc Esserman (BOS) 0-1
  3. Week 4: WFM Iryna Zenyuk (NY) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  4. Week 5: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Warren Harper (ARZ) 0-1
  5. Week 8: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Victor Shen (NJ) 1/2-1/2
  6. Week 9: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Shaun Smith (MAN) 1-0
  7. Week 10: FM Michael Shahade (PHI) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  8. Quarterfinals: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs WFM Iryna Zenyuk (NY) 1-0
  9. Semifinals: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Ilya Krasik (BOS) 0-1

2008 MVP Points: 5
2008 Performance Rating: 2274



2007 Games: (2.5/8)

  1. Week 1: IM David Pruess (SF) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  2. Week 2: FM Ralph Zimmer (BAL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  3. Week 3: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Dennis Mederos (MIA) 1/2-1/2
  4. Week 4: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Francisco Guadalupe II (DAL) 1/2-1/2
  5. Week 5: NM Michael Lee (SEA) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  6. Week 6: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Jayson Lian (NJ) 0-1
  7. Week 8: NM Sam Shankland (SF) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0
  8. Week 10: IM Ron Burnett (TEN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2

2007 MVP Points: (-4.5)
2007 Performance Rating: 2092



2006 Games: (6.0/10)

  1. Week 1: FM Ralph Zimmer (BAL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2
  2. Week 2: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Michael Lee (SEA) 0-1
  3. Week 3: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM John Rouleau (BAL) 0-1
  4. Week 5: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Vadim Martirosov (BOS) 1-0
  5. Week 6: FM Norman Rogers (PHI) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  6. Week 7: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs WGM Jennifer Shahade (NY) 1-0
  7. Week 8: IM Richard Costigan (PHI) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1/2-1/2
  8. Week 9: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs NM Vadim Martirosov (BOS) 1-0
  9. Week 10: Gerald Larson (TEN) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  10. Wildcard Round: NM Craig Jones (CAR) vs Matt Herman (NY) 0-1

2006 MVP Points: 10
2006 Performance Rating: 2317



2005 Games: (1.0/2)

  1. Week 6: FM Matthew Bengtson (PHI) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 0-1
  2. Week 8: WGM Katerina Rohonyan (BAL) vs NM Craig Jones (CAR) 1-0

2005 MVP Points: 1
2005 Performance Rating: 2223



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Stats as of August 2015

Rating2206
MVP Pts13.5
Lifetime Score34.5/73 (47%)
Performance Rating2212
Date of Birth1960

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