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Week 1: Monday, August 25th

1. Arizona Scorpions vs Chicago Blaze                                   9:30 PM ET

Wednesday, August 27th

2. New York Knights vs Boston Blitz                                     7:00 PM ET
3. Baltimore Kingfishers vs New Jersey Knockouts                 7:15 PM ET
4. Queens Pioneers vs Philadelphia Inventors                          7:30 PM ET
5. Carolina Cobras vs Tennessee Tempo                                8:00 PM ET
6. San Francisco Mechanics vs Dallas Destiny                        8:30 PM ET
7. Miami Sharks vs Seattle Sluggers                                       9:00 PM ET

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All ratings listed below are August ratings - not always the ratings used for the league rating calculations!

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Arizona Scorpions vs Chicago Blaze 

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

Starts at 9:30 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 60 with 30 second increment    

Arizona Scorpions

Chicago Blaze
IM Levon Altounian: 2535
 1.0
 0.0
 IM Jan van de Mortel: 2460
IM Mark Ginsburg: 2410
 0.5
 0.5
 IM Mehmed Pasalic: 2375
FM Robby Adamson: 2377
 1.0
 0.0
 NM Jon Burgess: 2263
NM Warren Harper: 2351
 0.0
 1.0
 Ilan Meerovich: 2131
Avg Rating: 2418

Avg Rating: 2307               
Arizona Total -------
2.5
 1.5
 -------Chicago Total

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

 New York Knights vs Boston Blitz

All Time Series Record:  (New York leads 4.5 - 3.5)

Starts at 7:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment

New York Knights

Boston Blitz
GM Alex Shabalov: 2622
 0.0
 1.0
 SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 2576
SM Gregory Braylovsky: 2445
 0.5
 0.5
 IM David Vigorito: 2431
IM Jay Bonin: 2370
 0.5
 0.5
 SM Denys Shmelov: 2446
NM Evan Rosenberg: 2222
 0.0
 1.0
 NM Ilya Krasik: 2144
Avg Rating: 2415

Avg Rating: 2402    
New York Total -------
1.0
 3.0
 -------Boston Total

  Baltimore Kingfishers vs New Jersey Knockouts 

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 1 - 1)

Starts at 7:15 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment
Baltimore Kingfishers

New Jersey Knockouts
GM Sergey Erenburg: 2592
 1.0
 0.0
 GM Joel Benjamin: 2644
IM Larry Kaufman: 2424
 0.0
 1.0
 IM Dean Ippolito: 2500
FM Ray Kaufman: 2348
 0.0
 1.0
 NM Mackenzie Molner: 2397
FM Ralph Zimmer: 2328
 0.0
 1.0
 NM Victor Shen: 2265
Avg Rating: 2423

Avg Rating: 2452
Baltimore Total -------
1.0
 3.0
 ------- New Jersey Total

Queens Pioneers vs Philadelphia Inventors 

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

Starts at 7:30 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Queens Pioneers 


Philadelphia Inventors
IM Dmitry Schneider: 2508
 0.5
 0.5
 GM Sergey Kudrin: 2600
IM Eli Vovsha: 2532
 1.0
 0.0
 IM Bryan Smith: 2442
IM Alex Lenderman: 2528
 1.0
 0.0
 IM Richard Costigan: 2288
Benjamin Katz: 2108
 0.0
 1.0
 NM Elvin Wilson: 2240
Avg Rating: 2419   


Avg Rating: 2393            
Queens Total ------- 2.5
 1.5
 ------- Philadelphia Total

Carolina Cobras vs Tennessee Tempo 

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

Starts at 8:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Carolina Cobras      


Tennessee Tempo
IM Lev Milman: 2502            
1.0
 0.0
 IM Ron Burnett: 2412
FM Oleg Zaikov: 2376
 1.0
 0.0
 FM Todd Andrews: 2350
FM Ron Simpson: 2346
 0.5
 0.5
 FM Peter Bereolos: 2304
NM Craig Jones: 2320
 0.5
 0.5
 NM Brian McCarthy: 2207
Avg Rating: 2386     


Avg Rating: 2318                 
Carolina Total -------
3.0
 1.0
 ------- Tennessee Total

San Francisco Mechanics vs Dallas Destiny

All Time Series Record:  (San Francisco leads 4 - 2)

Starts at 8:30 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 75 with 30 second increment

San Francisco Mechanics

Dallas Destiny             
GM Patrick Wolff: 2623
 0.5
 0.5
 IM Marko Zivanic: 2552
IM Josh Friedel: 2595
 0.5
 0.5
 IM Davorin Kuljasevic: 2528
FM Sam Shankland: 2364
 1.0
 0.0
 FM Igor Schneider: 2396
FM Daniel Naroditsky: 2321
 0.5
 0.5
 WFM Bayaraa Zorigt: 2217
Avg Rating: 2476


Avg Rating: 2423
San Francisco Total -------
2.5
 1.5
 ------- Dallas Total

  Miami Sharks vs Seattle Sluggers 

All Time Series Record:  (Seattle leads 3 - 1)

Starts at 9:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 60 with 30 second increment

Miami Sharks         


Seattle Sluggers
FM Bruci Lopez: 2486
 1.0
 0.0
 GM Gregory Serper: 2592
FM Marcel Martinez: 2469
 1.0
 0.0
 IM Eric Tangborn: 2455
IM Blas Lugo: 2393
 0.5
 0.5
 FM John Readey: 2296
NM Eric Rodriguez: 2242
 1.0
 0.0
 NM Joshua Sinanan: 2180
Avg Rating: 2398

Avg Rating: 2381
Miami Total -------
3.5
 0.5
 ------- Seattle Total


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