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Week 6: Monday, October 5th

1. New York Knights vs Baltimore Kingfishers                       7:15 PM ET
2. Chicago Blaze vs Philadelphia Inventors                             8:00 PM ET
3. Arizona Scorpions vs New Jersey Knockouts                    9:00 PM ET

Wednesday, October 7th

4. Carolina Cobras vs Boston Blitz                                         7:00 PM ET
5. Tennessee Tempo vs Dallas Destiny                                   8:00 PM ET
6. San Francisco Mechanics vs Miami Sharks                        8:30 PM ET
7. Queens Pioneers 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, October 5th, 2009

New York Knights (2.5 - 2.5) vs Baltimore Kingfishers (2.5 - 2.5)  

All Time Series Record:  (Baltimore leads 5 - 2)

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

New York Knights

Baltimore Kingfishers
GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2666 1.0
 0.0 GM Leonid Kritz: 2654
GM Pascal Charbonneau: 2560 0.0 1.0 GM Sergey Erenburg: 2616
NM Matt Herman: 2275 0.0 1.0 FM Shinsaku Uesugi: 2354
NM Yaacov Norowitz: 2354 1.0 0.0 Ian Harris: 2172
Avg Rating: 2464

Avg Rating: 2449
New York Total -------
2.0 2.0 ------- Baltimore Total

Chicago Blaze (1.0 - 4.0) vs Philadelphia Inventors (1.5 - 3.5)

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

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

Chicago Blaze

Philadelphia Inventors     
GM Nikola Mitkov: 2554 0.0 1.0 IM Alex Lenderman: 2638
IM Jan van de Mortel: 2456 1.0 0.0 IM Bryan Smith: 2528
FM Florin Felecan: 2430 0.5
 0.5 IM Richard Costigan: 2288
NM Eric Rosen: 2164 0.5 0.5 Kavinayan Sivakumar: 2048
Avg Rating: 2401

Avg Rating: 2376
Chicago Total -------
2.0
 2.0 ------- Philadelphia Total

Due to a last minute lineup change, Felecan will start with 86 minutes while Costigan starts with 46.
Arizona Scorpions (2.0 - 3.0) vs New Jersey Knockouts (5.0 - 0.0)  

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

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

New Jersey Knockouts
GM Alejandro Ramirez: 2601 1.0 0.0 GM Joel Benjamin: 2641
IM Rogelio Barcenilla: 2583 1.0 0.0 IM Dean Ippolito: 2535
FM Daniel Rensch: 2434 0.5 0.5 SM Mackenzie Molner: 2446
David Adelberg: 2160 0.5 0.5 Sean Finn: 2114
Avg Rating: 2445

Avg Rating: 2434
Arizona Total -------
3.0
 1.0
 ------- New Jersey Total

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

 Carolina Cobras (0.0 - 5.0) vs Boston Blitz (4.0 - 1.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Boston leads 5.5 - 0.5)

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

Boston Blitz
IM Jonathan Schroer: 2429 0.0
 1.0
 GM Eugene Perelshteyn: 2588
FM Oleg Zaikov: 2388 0.0 1.0 SM Marc Esserman: 2461
FM Ron Simpson: 2290 0.0 1.0 WGM Anya Corke: 2304
NM Udayan Bapat: 2214 0.0 1.0 NM Ilya Krasik: 2252
Avg Rating: 2330

Avg Rating: 2401
Carolina Total ------- 0.0 4.0
 ------- Boston Total

Tennessee Tempo (2.0 - 3.0) vs Dallas Destiny (1.5 - 3.5)

All Time Series Record:  (Dallas leads 3.5  - 1.5)

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

Tennessee Tempo


Dallas Destiny
GM Jaan Ehlvest: 2697 0.5
 0.5 IM Daniel Ludwig: 2543
GM Alex Shabalov: 2624 0.0 1.0 IM Salvijus Bercys: 2503
FM John Bick: 2260 1.0 0.0 FM Keaton Kiewra: 2365
David Justice: 2087 0.0 1.0 NM Chaitanya Vaidya: 2324
Avg Rating: 2417

Avg Rating: 2434
Tennessee Total -------
1.5
 2.5
 ------- Dallas Total

San Francisco Mechanics (3.5 - 1.5) vs Miami Sharks (3.5 - 1.5)

All Time Series Record:  (San Francisco leads 5.5  - 4.5)

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

Miami Sharks
GM Patrick Wolff: 2623 1.0 0.0 GM Julio Becerra: 2615
GM Jesse Kraai: 2552 0.0 1.0 FM Marcel Martinez: 2475
FM Daniel Naroditsky: 2371 0.5 0.5 NM Eric Rodriguez: 2290
NM Yian Liou: 2149 0.5 0.5 Miguel Recio: 2164
Avg Rating: 2424

Avg Rating: 2386
San Francisco Total -------
2.0
 2.0
 ------- Miami Total

Queens Pioneers (2.0 - 3.0) vs Seattle Sluggers (4.0 - 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

Queens Pioneers

Seattle Sluggers
IM Lev Milman: 2510 0.0 1.0 GM Gregory Serper: 2592
IM Dmitry Schneider: 2510 0.5 0.5 FM Slava Mikhailuk: 2437
FM Andrei Zaremba: 2398 1.0 0.0
 FM Michael Lee: 2384
Benjamin Katz: 2139 0.0 1.0 NM Joshua Sinanan: 2284
Avg Rating: 2389

Avg Rating: 2424
Queens Total -------
1.5
 2.5
 ------- Seattle Total


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