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Week 4: Monday, September 15th

1. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Queens Pioneers                            7:15 PM ET
2. Seattle Sluggers vs Chicago Blaze                                        9:00 PM ET

Wednesday, September 17th

3. New Jersey Knockouts vs Boston Blitz                                7:00 PM ET
4. Carolina Cobras vs New York Knights                                7:30 PM ET
5. Dallas Destiny vs Miami Sharks                                           8:00 PM ET
6. Philadelphia Inventors vs San Francisco Mechanics              8:30 PM ET
7. Tennessee Tempo vs Arizona Scorpions                              9:00 PM ET

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!

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Baltimore Kingfishers (1.0 - 2.0) vs Queens Pioneers (3.0 - 0.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Queens leads 2 - 0)

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

Baltimore Kingfishers

Queens Pioneers 
GM Pawel Blehm: 2551 1.0
 0.0
 IM Eli Vovsha: 2532
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 2446 0.0
 1.0
 IM Alex Lenderman: 2528
FM Ralph Zimmer: 2328 0.0
 1.0
 NM Parker Zhao: 2236
Ian Harris: 2076 0.0
 1.0
 NM Michael Thaler: 2210
Avg Rating: 2350

Avg Rating: 2377                
Baltimore Total -------
1.0
 3.0
 -------Queens Total

Seattle Sluggers (1.0 - 2.0) vs Chicago Blaze (1.5 - 1.5)

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

Starts at 9:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game in 75 with 30 second increment

Seattle Sluggers

Chicago Blaze
GM Hikaru Nakamura: 2742 1.0
 0.0
 GM Nikola Mitkov: 2601
GM Gregory Serper: 2592 0.5
 0.5
 IM Jan van de Mortel: 2460
NM Michael Lee: 2314 0.0
 1.0
 IM Emory Tate: 2392
Andy May: 2134 1.0
 0.0
 Adam Strunk: 2113
Avg Rating: 2446

Avg Rating: 2392
Seattle Total -------
2.5
 1.5
 -------Chicago Total

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

New Jersey Knockouts (1.5 - 1.5) vs Boston Blitz (2.0 - 1.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 0.5 - 0.5)

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

Boston Blitz
GM Joel Benjamin: 2644 1.0
 0.0
 GM Larry Christiansen: 2670
IM Dean Ippolito: 2500 1.0
 0.0
 SM Denys Shmelov: 2446
NM Mackenzie Molner: 2397 1.0
 0.0
 NM Charles Riordan: 2326
Jayson Lian: 2142 0.0
 1.0
 NM Marc Esserman: 2307
Avg Rating: 2421

Avg Rating: 2437
New Jersey Total -------
3.0
 1.0
 ------- Boston Total

Carolina Cobras (1.0 - 2.0) vs New York Knights (1.0 - 2.0) 

All Time Series Record:  (New York leads 3 - 1)

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

Carolina Cobras      


New York Knights
IM Lev Milman: 2502 1.0
 0.0
 GM Alex Shabalov: 2622
FM Oleg Zaikov: 2376 1.0
 0.0
 IM Justin Sarkar: 2473
FM Ron Simpson: 2346 1.0
 0.0
 IM Jay Bonin: 2370
NM Craig Jones: 2320 1.0
 0.0
 WFM Iryna Zenyuk: 2249
Avg Rating: 2386


Avg Rating: 2429      
Carolina Total ------- 4.0
 0.0
 ------- New York Total

Dallas Destiny (2.0 - 1.0) vs Miami Sharks (2.0 - 1.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 3 - 3)

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

Dallas Destiny             


Miami Sharks         
IM Davorin Kuljasevic: 2528  1.0
 0.0
 GM Julio Becerra: 2640
IM John Bartholomew: 2488 0.5
 0.5
 FM Marcel Martinez: 2469
FM Igor Schneider: 2396 0.5
 0.5
 FM Osmany Perea: 2453
WFM Karina Vazirova: 2108 0.5
 0.5
 Matan Prilleltensky: 2116
Avg Rating: 2380

Avg Rating: 2420
Dallas Total -------
2.5
 1.5
 ------- Miami Total

Because Vazirova was a late replacement, Dallas incurs a time penalty on Board Four.
Philadelphia Inventors (1.0 - 2.0) vs San Francisco Mechanics (2.5 - 0.5)

All Time Series Record:  (San Francisco leads 2 - 0)

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

Philadelphia Inventors

San Francisco Mechanics
GM Sergey Kudrin: 2600 0.5
 0.5
 GM Patrick Wolff: 2623
IM Bryan Smith: 2442 0.0
 1.0
 IM Josh Friedel: 2595
IM Richard Costigan: 2288 0.0
 1.0
 NM Sam Shankland: 2364
NM Elvin Wilson: 2240 0.0
 1.0
 FM Daniel Naroditsky: 2321
Avg Rating: 2393

Avg Rating: 2476
Philadelphia Total -------
0.5
 3.5
 ------- San Francisco Total

Tennessee Tempo (0.5 - 2.5) vs Arizona Scorpions (1.0 - 2.0)

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

Starts at 9:00 PM ET       Time Control - Game 75 with 30 second increment

Tennessee Tempo

Arizona Scorpions
GM Jaan Ehlvest: 2668 1.0
 0.0
 IM Rogelio Barcenilla: 2560
IM Ron Burnett: 2412 0.5
 0.5
 IM Mark Ginsburg: 2410
FM Todd Andrews: 2350 0.0
 1.0
 FM Robby Adamson: 2377
FM John Bick: 2249 0.0
 1.0
 NM Joel Johnson: 2211
Avg Rating: 2420


Avg Rating: 2390
Tennessee Total -------
1.5
 2.5
 ------- Arizona Total


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