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Week 3: Monday, September 8th

1. Boston Blitz vs Dallas Destiny                                              8:00 PM ET
2. San Francisco Mechanics vs Miami Sharks                          8:30 PM ET

Wednesday, September 10th

3. New York Knights vs Philadelphia Inventors                       7:00 PM ET
4. Carolina Cobras vs Baltimore Kingfishers                            7:15 PM ET
5. Chicago Blaze vs Tennessee Tempo                                    8:00 PM ET
6. Queens Pioneers vs Arizona Scorpions                                8:45 PM ET
7. Seattle Sluggers vs New Jersey Knockouts                          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, September 8th, 2008

Boston Blitz (2.0 - 0.0) vs Dallas Destiny (1.0 - 1.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Dallas leads 1.5 - 0.5)

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

Boston Blitz

Dallas Destiny             
SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 2576 0.5
 0.5
 IM Davorin Kuljasevic: 2528    
IM David Vigorito: 2431 0.5
 0.5
 IM John Bartholomew: 2488
SM Denys Shmelov: 2446 0.5
 0.5
 FM Igor Schneider: 2396
NM Ilya Krasik: 2144 0.0
 1.0
 WFM Bayaraa Zorigt: 2217
Avg Rating: 2402

Avg Rating: 2407               
Boston Total -------
1.5 2.5
 -------Dallas Total

San Francisco Mechanics (1.5 - 0.5) vs Miami Sharks (2.0 - 0.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 3.5 - 3.5)

Starts at 8:30 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 60 with 30 second increment

San Francisco Mechanics

Miami Sharks         
IM John Donaldson: 2422 0.0
 1.0
 GM Julio Becerra: 2640        
IM Josh Friedel: 2595 0.5
 0.5
 FM Osmany Perea: 2453
FM Sam Shankland: 2364 1.0
 0.0
 FM Charles Galofre: 2326
FM Daniel Naroditsky: 2321 1.0
 0.0
 NM Eric Rodriguez: 2242
Avg Rating: 2426

Avg Rating: 2415
San Francisco Total -------
2.5
 1.5
 -------Miami Total

IM John Donaldson replaced GM Patrick Wolff at the last second due to an emergency. Miami agreed to waive the time penalty.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

New York Knights (0.0 - 2.0) vs Philadelphia Inventors (1.0 - 1.0) 

All Time Series Record:  (New York leads 4.5 - 2.5)

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

Philadelphia Inventors
GM Pascal Charbonneau: 2524 1.0
 0.0
 GM Sergey Kudrin: 2600
GM John Fedorowicz: 2540 1.0
 0.0
 IM Bryan Smith: 2442
IM Jay Bonin: 2370 0.5
 0.5
 NM Daniel Yeager: 2349
NM Matt Herman: 2271 0.5
 0.5
 WGM Jennifer Shahade: 2318
Avg Rating: 2426

Avg Rating: 2427
New York Total -------
3.0
 1.0
 ------- Philadelphia Total

Carolina Cobras (1.0 - 1.0) vs Baltimore Kingfishers (0.0 - 2.0) 

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

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

Carolina Cobras      


Baltimore Kingfishers
IM Lev Milman: 2502 0.0
 1.0
 GM Sergey Erenburg: 2592
IM Jonathan Schroer: 2441 0.5
 0.5
 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 2446
FM Oleg Zaikov: 2376 0.0
 1.0
 FM Ralph Zimmer: 2328
Udayan Bapat: 2179 0.5
 0.5
 NM Aaron Kahn: 2291
Avg Rating:  2375


Avg Rating: 2414         
Carolina Total ------- 1.0
 3.0
 ------- Baltimore Total

Chicago Blaze (0.5 - 1.5) vs Tennessee Tempo (0.5 - 1.5)

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

Starts at 8:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment

Chicago Blaze

Tennessee Tempo
GM Nikola Mitkov: 2601 1.0
 0.0
 IM Ron Burnett: 2412
IM Jan van de Mortel: 2460 1.0
 0.0
 FM Todd Andrews: 2350
IM Angelo Young: 2356 1.0
 0.0
 FM Peter Bereolos: 2304
Adam Strunk: 2113 1.0
 0.0
 FM John Bick: 2249
Avg Rating: 2383

Avg Rating: 2329
Chicago Total -------
4.0
 0.0
 ------- Tennessee Total

Queens Pioneers (2.0 - 0.0) vs Arizona Scorpions (1.0 - 1.0)

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

Starts at 8:45 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 60 with 15 second increment

Queens Pioneers 


Arizona Scorpions
GM Alex Stripunsky: 2601 0.5
 0.5
 IM Rogelio Barcenilla: 2560
IM Alex Lenderman: 2528 1.0
 0.0
 IM Mark Ginsburg: 2410
NM Parker Zhao: 2236 1.0
 0.0
 FM Daniel Rensch: 2411
Benjamin Katz: 2108 0.5
 0.5
 NM Leo Martinez: 2209
Avg Rating: 2368

Avg Rating: 2398
Queens Total -------
3.0
 1.0
 ------- Arizona Total

Seattle Sluggers (0.5 - 1.5) vs New Jersey Knockouts (1.0 - 1.0)

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

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

Seattle Sluggers

New Jersey Knockouts
GM Hikaru Nakamura: 2742 1.0
 0.0
 GM Joel Benjamin: 2644
IM Eric Tangborn: 2455 0.0
 1.0
 GM Boris Gulko: 2618
FM John Readey: 2296 0.5
 0.5
 NM Mackenzie Molner: 2397
NM Joshua Sinanan: 2180 0.5
 0.5
 Jayson Lian: 2142
Avg Rating: 2418

Avg Rating: 2450
Seattle Total -------
2.0
 2.0
 ------- New Jersey Total


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