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Week 8: Monday, October 19th

1. New Jersey Knockouts vs Boston Blitz                              7:00 PM ET
2. Dallas Destiny vs Miami Sharks                                          8:00 PM ET
3. Chicago Blaze vs Arizona Scorpions                                   9:00 PM ET

Wednesday, October 21st

4. New York Knights vs Carolina Cobras                               7:00 PM ET
5. Philadelphia Inventors vs Baltimore Kingfishers                    7:15 PM ET
6. San Francisco Mechanics vs Queens Pioneers                     8:30 PM ET
7. Tennessee Tempo 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 19th, 2009

 New Jersey Knockouts (6.0 - 1.0) vs Boston Blitz (6.0 - 1.0)  

All Time Series Record:  (New Jersey leads 1.5 - 0.5)

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

New Jersey Knockouts

Boston Blitz
GM Boris Gulko: 2609
1.0
 0.0
 GM Eugene Perelshteyn: 2588
IM Dean Ippolito: 2535 1.0
 0.0
 SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun: 2603
NM Victor Shen: 2305 1.0
 0.0
 SM Marc Esserman: 2461
NM Andrew Ng: 2182 1.0
 0.0
 Andrew Wang: 2136
Avg Rating: 2408

Avg Rating: 2447
New Jersey Total -------
4.0
 0.0
 ------- Boston Total

Dallas Destiny (2.5 - 4.5) vs Miami Sharks (4.0 - 3.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 5 - 5)

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

Dallas Destiny

Miami Sharks           
IM John Bartholomew: 2499 1.0
 0.0
 GM Julio Becerra: 2615
IM Daniel Ludwig: 2543 0.5
 0.5
 FM Bruci Lopez: 2480
FM Keaton Kiewra: 2365           0.5
 0.5
 IM Alejandro Moreno Roman: 2331
Adarsh Jayakumar: 2173 0.0
 1.0
 NM Eric Rodriguez: 2290
Avg Rating: 2395

Avg Rating: 2429
Dallas Total -------
2.0
 2.0
 ------- Miami Total

Dallas will start with 84 minutes on Boards 1, 2, and 3 while Miami will start with 66 on each due to a late lineup submission.
Due to a later lineup change, Miami will start with 80 minutes on Board 4 and Dallas with 70.
Chicago Blaze (2.5 - 4.5) vs Arizona Scorpions (4.0 - 3.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Arizona leads 3 - 0)

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

Arizona Scorpions
IM Angelo Young: 2325 1.0
 0.0
 IM Rogelio Barcenilla: 2583
FM Florin Felecan: 2430 0.0
 1.0
 IM Dionisio Aldama: 2473
IM Mehmed Pasalic: 2346 0.5
 0.5
 FM Daniel Rensch: 2434
NM Eric Rosen: 2164 0.0
 1.0
 David Adelberg: 2160
Avg Rating: 2316

Avg Rating: 2413
Chicago Total -------
1.5
 2.5
 ------- Arizona Total

Due to a last minute lineup change, Barcenilla will start with 94 minutes while Young starts with 57.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

 New York Knights (3.5 - 3.5) vs Carolina Cobras (1.0 - 6.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Tied 3 - 3)

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

Carolina Cobras
GM Pascal Charbonneau: 2560 1.0
 0.0 IM Jonathan Schroer: 2429
IM Irina Krush: 2478 0.0 1.0 FM Oleg Zaikov: 2388
SM Gregory Braylovsky: 2434 1.0 0.0 FM Ron Simpson: 2290
NM Raven Sturt: 2201 0.0 1.0 NM Craig Jones: 2275
Avg Rating: 2418

Avg Rating: 2346
New York Total ------- 2.0
 2.0
 ------- Carolina Total

Philadelphia Inventors (2.5 - 4.5) vs Baltimore Kingfishers  (3.0 - 4.0)

All Time Series Record:  (Philadelphia leads 5.5  - 2.5)

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

Philadelphia Inventors

Baltimore Kingfishers
IM Bryan Smith: 2528 0.5 0.5 GM Sergey Erenburg: 2616
FM Tom Bartell: 2411 0.5 0.5 IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat: 2430
IM Richard Costigan: 2288 0.0 1.0 FM Ralph Zimmer: 2282
WGM Jennifer Shahade: 2301 1.0 0.0 Jared Defibaugh: 2155
Avg Rating: 2382

Avg Rating: 2371
Philadelphia Total -------
2.0
 2.0
 ------- Baltimore Total

San Francisco Mechanics (4.0 - 3.0) vs Queens Pioneers (2.0 - 5.0)

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

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

Queens Pioneers
GM Vinay Bhat: 2504 0.0 1.0 GM Alex Stripunsky: 2628
IM John Donaldson: 2408 1.0 0.0 IM Lev Milman: 2510
FM Daniel Naroditsky: 2371 1.0 0.0 FM Andrei Zaremba: 2398
NM Gregory Young: 2242 1.0 0.0 Benjamin Katz: 2139
Avg Rating: 2381

Avg Rating: 2419
San Francisco Total -------
3.0
 1.0
 ------- Queens Total

Tennessee Tempo (2.0 - 5.0) vs Seattle Sluggers (6.0 - 1.0)   

All Time Series Record:  (Seattle leads 4.5 - 1.5)

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

Tennessee Tempo

Seattle Sluggers
IM Ron Burnett: 2380 0.0 1.0 GM Hikaru Nakamura: 2759
FM Todd Andrews: 2360 0.0 1.0 GM Gregory Serper: 2592
FM Peter Bereolos: 2329 0.5 0.5 FM John Readey: 2273
FM John Bick: 2260 0.0 1.0 NM Howard Chen: 2195
Avg Rating: 2332

Avg Rating: 2455
Tennessee Total -------
0.5
 3.5
 ------- Seattle Total


*Team listed first has White on Boards 1+3
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