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Week 4: Monday, September 21st

1. Miami Sharks vs Tennessee Tempo                                    8:00 PM ET
2. Chicago Blaze vs San Francisco Mechanics                        8:30 PM ET
3. Baltimore Kingfishers vs Arizona Scorpions                        9:00 PM ET

Wednesday, September 23rd

4. New Jersey Knockouts vs New York Knights                    7:00 PM ET
5. Carolina Cobras vs Queens Pioneers                                  7:15 PM ET
6. Boston Blitz vs Philadelphia Inventors                                 7:30 PM ET
7. Dallas Destiny 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, September 21st, 2009

Miami Sharks (2.0 - 1.0) vs Tennessee Tempo (1.5 - 1.5)

All Time Series Record:  (Miami leads 3 - 2)

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

Miami Sharks

Tennessee Tempo
GM Julio Becerra: 2615 0.5
 0.5
 GM Jaan Ehlvest: 2697
IM Blas Lugo: 2351
 1.0
 0.0
 IM Ron Burnett: 2380
IM Alejandro Moreno Roman: 2331 0.0
 1.0 FM John Bick: 2260
NM Eric Rodriguez: 2290 0.5 0.5 David Justice: 2087
Avg Rating: 2406

Avg Rating: 2356
Miami Total -------
2.0
 2.0
 ------- Tennessee Total

Chicago Blaze (1.0 - 2.0) vs San Francisco Mechanics (2.5 - 0.5)

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 0.5 - 0.5)

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

Chicago Blaze

San Francisco Mechanics
IM Jan van de Mortel: 2456 0.5 0.5 GM Josh Friedel: 2612
FM Florin Felecan: 2430 0.0 1.0 GM Jesse Kraai: 2552
IM Angelo Young: 2325 1.0 0.0 IM Sam Shankland: 2564
IM Mehmed Pasalic: 2346 0.0 1.0 NM Yian Liou: 2149
Avg Rating: 2389

Avg Rating: 2469
Chicago Total -------
1.5
 2.5
 ------- San Francisco Total

Baltimore Kingfishers (1.5 - 1.5) vs Arizona Scorpions (1.5 - 1.5)

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

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


Arizona Scorpions
IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 2430 0.5 0.5 IM Levon Altounian: 2538
GM Larry Kaufman: 2444 0.5 0.5 IM Mark Ginsburg: 2427
IM Ray Kaufman: 2297 0.5 0.5 FM Robby Adamson: 2340
FM Shinsaku Uesugi: 2354 1.0 0.0 NM Leo Martinez: 2230
Avg Rating: 2381

Avg Rating: 2384
Baltimore Total -------
2.5
 1.5
 ------- Arizona Total

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

 New Jersey Knockouts (3.0 - 0.0) vs New York Knights (1.5 - 1.5)

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 2 - 2)

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

New York Knights
GM Joel Benjamin: 2641 0.5 0.5 GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2666
GM Boris Gulko: 2609 1.0 0.0 GM Pascal Charbonneau: 2560
SM Mackenzie Molner: 2446 1.0 0.0 NM Matt Herman: 2275
Anna Matlin: 2003 0.0 1.0 NM Yaacov Norowitz: 2354
Avg Rating: 2425

Avg Rating: 2464
New Jersey Total ------- 2.5
 1.5
 ------- New York Total

Carolina Cobras (0.0 - 3.0) vs Queens Pioneers (0.5 - 2.5)

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

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

Carolina Cobras

Queens Pioneers
IM Jonathan Schroer: 2429
0.5 0.5 IM Eli Vovsha: 2539
FM Oleg Zaikov: 2388 1.0 0.0 IM Dmitry Schneider: 2510
FM Ron Simpson: 2290 0.0 1.0 IM Yury Lapshun: 2504
NM Craig Jones: 2275 0.0 1.0 Jeff Kelleher: 2070
Avg Rating: 2346

Avg Rating: 2406
Carolina Total -------
1.5
 2.5
 ------- Queens Total

Boston Blitz (2.0 - 1.0) vs Philadelphia Inventors (1.0 - 2.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Boston leads 6.5  - 1.5)

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

Philadelphia Inventors
SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 2603 1.0 0.0 GM Sergey Kudrin: 2602  
SM Denys Shmelov: 2474 0.5 0.5 IM Bryan Smith: 2528
SM Marc Esserman: 2461 1.0 0.0 FM Tom Bartell: 2411
NM Vadim Martirosov: 2235 1.0 0.0 Kavinayan Sivakumar: 2048
Avg Rating: 2443

Avg Rating: 2397
Boston Total -------
3.5
 0.5
 ------- Philadelphia Total

Dallas Destiny (1.0 - 2.0) vs Seattle Sluggers (2.0 - 1.0)

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

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

Dallas Destiny

Seattle Sluggers
IM John Bartholomew: 2499 0.0 1.0 GM Hikaru Nakamura: 2759
IM Daniel Ludwig: 2543 0.0 1.0 FM Slava Mikhailuk: 2437
FM Keaton Kiewra: 2365 1.0 0.0 FM Michael Lee: 2384
WFM Bayaraa Zorigt: 2270 0.0 1.0 NM Joshua Sinanan: 2284
Avg Rating: 2419

Avg Rating: 2466
Dallas Total -------
1.0
 3.0
 ------- Seattle Total


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