FM Ron Young's predictions Week 4
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by FM Ron Young
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| Home Standings | Games |
Schedule | Players | Rules | Stats | League Leaders | History |
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| Carolina
Cobras |
Boston
Blitz
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| IM-elect Lev Milman - 2474 | GM
Larry Christiansen - 2596 |
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| IM Jonathan Schroer - 2462 | IM
Josh Friedel - 2477 |
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| FM Matthew Hoekstra - 2407 | FM William Kelleher - 2383 | ||
| NM Greg Samsa - 2200 | Ilya
Krasik - 2123 |
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| Avg
Rating - 2385 |
Avg
Rating - 2394 |
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| Carolina Total ------- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
------- Boston Total |
Larry C is used to giving material odds—will Milman
trot out the Morra and put the shoe on the other foot?
How will Schroer adjust to playing only one game; will
it be like taking the doughnut off the bat, or like
the genius stuck in a tedious-but-hazardous job? But
my job is not to speculate about the maybes, it’s to
tell you what’s GOING to happen. Boston, 3-1.
| Philadelphia
Masterminds |
Baltimore
Kingfishers |
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| FM Norman Rogers - 2307 | IM Pascal Charbonneau - 2506 | ||
| NM Carl
Boor - 2329 |
FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat - 2453 | ||
| IM Richard Costigan - 2295 | IM Larry Kaufman - 2331 | ||
| NM Elvin Wilson - 2239 | NM Ray
Kaufman - 2231 |
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| Avg
Rating - 2292 |
Avg
Rating - 2380 |
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| Philadelphia Total ------- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
------- Baltimore Total |
The “IM” in front of Costigan’s name seems a better
reflector of his strength than the rating after it.
For his team’s success to continue he probably has to
rack up the points with White. I’m wavering, but I
think it’ll be 2.5-1.5 2-2 2.5-1.5 2.2 2.5-1.5
Baltimore.
| Dallas
Destiny
|
Miami Sharks |
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| GM Alejandro Ramirez - 2565 | GM Julio Becerra - 2622 | ||
| GM
Magesh Panchanathan - 2487 |
FM Marcel Martinez - 2469 | ||
| IM
Dmitry Shneider - 2488 |
IM Blas Lugo - 2422 | ||
| Sam
Copeland - 1960 |
Jose Cabrera - 2093 | ||
| Avg
Rating - 2375 |
Avg
Rating - 2401 |
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| Dallas Total ------- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
----- Miami Total |
I saved this one for last and I barely have energy to
try to figure it out. Tough matchups everywhere, but
Cabrera showed heroic qualities last week and I pick
him to be the difference again. Miami, 2.5-1.5.
| New York
Knights |
San Francisco
Mechanics |
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| GM Alex Stripunsky - 2663 | IM Vince McCambridge - 2502 | ||
| NM Gregory Braylovsky - 2376 | IM John Donaldson - 2442 | ||
| WGM
elect Jenn Shahade - 2318 |
FM David Pruess - 2432 | ||
| FM Dr. Lewis Eisen - 2325 |
NM Mark Pinto - 2200 | ||
| Avg
Rating - 2420 |
Avg
Rating - 2394 |
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| New York Total ------- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
----- San Francisco Total |
(How can this New York lineup be LEGAL?!) oh, hey!
This match? New York, I guess. 3-1.