Hello group members, this is the official Championship week match prediction contest thread.  Here, you will post your picks for the upcoming week's match.  Please refer to the "2010 Weekly Match Prediction Contest" article in the group news for rules of the game.  Listed below is the match set for the upcoming week.  Below the list is the deadline set for you to turn in your pick.  Please make a post to this thread indicating your selection for this week.  Good luck, and have fun!

Championship: Saturday, November 20th

1. New England Nor'easters vs Miami Sharks                           6:00 PM ET

DEADLINE FOR PICK!:  The Deadline for this week's pick are:  Saturday, November 20th, 2010, at 5:30 pm ET for Saturday's match.  Picks made after the deadlines will not be accepted, no exceptions.  At the bottom of the page is a link to the league site's current match page, as well as a link to the Contest rules article in our Group News section.

Another Rules reminder:  We will no longer be giving out weekly prizes, since we are now into the post season, and there is only game.  The picks made during the league playoffs will count towards the season totals for the seasonal part of the contest only!  Please see the rules link below.

  <-----   U.S.C.L. Upcoming Matches Link

  <----- Contest Rules Article Link

Nor'easters have served me well, so I will say they win 3-1.

  Miami 1.5 - N.E. 2.5 (Miami is my hometown but I have to be smart about this )

  EDIT

The Lineups for the Championship Match are up!

  <----- Championship Lineup for New England and Miami

Championship: Saturday, November 20th

1. New England Nor'easters vs Miami Sharks                           NE Wins 2.5 - 1.5

GO NEW ENGLAND!!!

NE Wins, 2.5-1.5.  looking forward to the sam shankland-julio becerra game!!

miami wins 2.5-1.5

New England wins 2.5-1.5

The finals have started!  Good luck everyone, and enjoy! 

   N.E. is up 1-0 after a board 3 win by Christopher Chase

Yes, it was unfortunate for Charles; he had to forfeit the game after an hour and a half.  He had car problems. 

OUCH!!!  That's why there is an "F" on the USCL score chart  

   YES!!! MIami wins on board 4! I was right when I said Rosenthal would win!! As you said WIlliam, he has wins against higher rated players 

Yes, he has been doing awesome in the playoffs!

     By a 3 - 1 margin of victory, the New England Nor'easters have won the match, and are the 2010 United States Chess League Champions!

  <----- Championship Results

Final Match Prediction Contest Results

The following are the picks made by members who participated in the Semifinal week Match Prediction Contest.  They are listed by:  Member name; followed by the names of the teams they predicted correctly, and end with a total number of games correct.

IM dpruess - (NE) = 1 game

vowles_23 - (NE) = 1 game

William_Smitham - (NE) = 1 game

ChessMarkstheSpot - (NE) = 1 game

FM Kacparov - (NE) = 1 game

mottsauce - (NE) = 1 game

kptom - (NE) = 1 game

pdela - (MIA) = 0 games

This week, seven out of the eight members who predicted did so correctly.  The final score of the match was 3 - 1.  We had two members who predicted that score correctly.  Since we only had one game this week, we cannot calculate scores beyond this.  Also, because we do not have any prizes to give out in the weekly contest (we stopped giving out weekly prizes after week 10), we have two winners this week!

Championship winners are:  IM dpruess  and vowles_23 Congratulations!

and vowles

Thanks mottsauce!  Sometimes, when I change to bold text and add color, it seems to mess up the wording after it. 

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