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William_Smitham

     Hello group members, this is the official week 6 match prediction contest thread.  Here, you will post your picks for the upcoming week's matches.  Please refer to the "2010 Weekly Match Prediction Contest" thread in the group forums for rules of the game.  Listed below are the matches set for the upcoming week.  Below the list is the deadline set for you to turn in your picks.  Please make a post to this thread indicating your selections for this week.  Good luck, and have fun!

Monday, September 27th

1. New York Knights vs Miami Sharks                                       7:30 PM ET
2. Dallas Destiny vs Carolina Cobras                                         8:00 PM ET
3. Philadelphia Inventors vs Chicago Blaze                                8:15 PM ET
4. Los Angeles Vibe vs Manhattan Applesauce                           9:00 PM ET

Wednesday, September 29th

5. New England Nor'easters vs St. Louis Arch Bishops                8:00 PM ET
6. Boston Blitz vs San Francisco Mechanics                               8:30 PM ET
7. Seattle Sluggers vs New Jersey Knockouts                             9:00 PM ET
8. Arizona Scorpions vs Baltimore Kingfishers                           9:00 PM ET

DEADLINE FOR PICKS!:  The Deadlines for this week's picks are:  Monday, September 27, 2010, at 7:00 pm ET (ET is GMT - 4) for Monday's matches.  Wednesday, September 29th, 2010, at 7:30 pm ET (ET is GMT - 4) for Wednesday's matches.  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 matches page.


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Please Note:  We have moved the contest rules from the Group Forums to the Group News section.  Included below is a link (within the icon) to those rules.

A rules change that was made:  We have discovered that Chess.com members are able to post predictions on the thread without being a member of the group.  We want everyone to be able to participate and have fun with this contest.  One of the reasons we are offering it is to promote awareness of the League, as well as this group.  We are therefore making it a rule that anyone participating in the contest must be a member of the group.  The group settings are set up to allow anyone to join, so please feel free to sign up and make your picks!  Smile

 

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William_Smitham

EXAMPLE

Mr. X makes the following picks

1.  Maimi wins 2.5

2.  Dallas and Carolina tie

3. Chicago wins 4.0

4. Los Angeles wins 3.0

5. New England and St. Louis tie

6. Boston wins 2.5

7. Seattle wins 2.5

8. Arizona and Baltimore tie

 

     The above is an example only.  It shows you the information we will need for your picks.  It shows the game # (according to the list in the initial thread); it identifies a winner (or both teams if they will tie according to your predictions); and in the case of picking winners, the points you feel they will score (only used in the event that we need to use tie breakers).  I hope this example helps!

dpruess

we should have different deadlines for the monday and wednesday matches. also, we need a link in the first post to: http://www.uschessleague.com/CurrentGames.html so that people can quickly and easily check out who is playing for each team this week and what the matchups are. because the rosters for wednesday are only finalized sunday night, i think monday is too small a window for people to all submit their picks. so have a wed prediction deadline of wed 7 est.

William_Smitham

OK, I updated the main topic to indicate two seperate deadlines (for Monday and Wednesday games).  I also indicated that in the first post here, and gave Wednesday deadline of 7:30 (keeping with the 30 minutes before the matches, as we have on Mondays).  I also added a link to the current week's matches page, and will make sure to add these to all future events!  Smile

Zendo

For Monday, September 27th matches

1. New York Knights win 2.5

2. Dallas Destiny win 3

3. Philadelphia Inventors & Chicago Blaze tie

4. Manhattan Applesauce win 2.5

meanpc

Monday, September 27th matches

MeanPC makes the following picks:

1. Knights tie Sharks

2. Destiny defangs Cobras, 3

3. Blaze scorches Inventors, 2.5

4. Applesauce mushes The Vibe, 2.5

WanderingWinder

Monday, September 27th

New York over Miami, 2.5

Dallas over Carolina, 3

Philadelphia over Chicago, 2.5

Manhattan over Los Angeles, 2.5

DanielRensch

Awesome guys! Here are my picks!!!

Monday, September 27th

1. New York Knights vs Miami Sharks                                       NY Wins (2.5-1.5)
2. Dallas Destiny vs Carolina Cobras                                         Dallas Wins (3-1)
3. Philadelphia Inventors vs Chicago Blaze                                Blaze Wins (2.5-1.5)
4. Los Angeles Vibe vs Manhattan Applesauce                           Tie

Wednesday, September 29th

5. New England Nor'easters vs St. Louis Arch Bishops                St Louis Wins (2.5-1.5)
6. Boston Blitz vs San Francisco Mechanics                               Boston Wins (2.5-1.5)
7. Seattle Sluggers vs New Jersey Knockouts                             New Jersey Wins (3-1)
8. Arizona Scorpions vs Baltimore Kingfishers                           Scorpions Win (2.5-1.5)

WanderingWinder

IM Rensch calling for the... win by smallest of margins? Where's the 4-0? ;P

nimzo5

Monday's games-

New York ties Miami, 2-2 tie.

Dallas over Carolina, 3 - 1

Chicago over Philly, 2.5-1.5

LA ties Manhatten, 2-2

dpruess

Monday's picks:

(almost identical to nimzo, but i hadn't read his post while compiling my picks in another program)

New York-Miami, 2-2 tie

Dallas over Carolina, 2.5-1.5

Philly over Chicago, 2.5-1.5

LA - Manhattan, 2-2 tie

pdela

 

New York over Miami, 3-1

Dallas over Carolina, 2.5-1.5

Philly - Chicago, 2-2  tie

LA over Manhattan, 2.5-1.5

William_Smitham

Here we are chess fans, all picked and ready to be wrong!  Tongue out

Monday, September 27th

1. New York Knights vs Miami Sharks                                       NY Wins (3.5-0.5)
2. Dallas Destiny vs Carolina Cobras                                         Carolina Wins (2.5-1.5)
3. Philadelphia Inventors vs Chicago Blaze                                Philadelphia/Chicago Tie
4. Los Angeles Vibe vs Manhattan Applesauce                           Los Angeles/Manhattan Tie

WanderingWinder

Wednesday's picks:

New England over St. Louis, 3

Boston over San Francisco, 2.5

New Jersey over Seattle, 2.5

Baltimore over Arizona, 2.5

dpruess

Monday matches are under-way! and i feel more excited than usual, waiting to see how my picks fare.

vowles_23

Wednesday, September 29th picks:

5. New England Nor'easters vs St. Louis Arch Bishops        Nor'easters win 3-1
6. Boston Blitz vs San Francisco Mechanics                       Mechanics win 2.5-1.5
7. Seattle Sluggers vs New Jersey Knockouts                     Knockouts win 2.5-1.5
8. Arizona Scorpions vs Baltimore Kingfishers                   Draw 2-2

DanielRensch

I went 3 and 1 with my pics, and I KNEW Miami was going to beat NY. I don't know why I convinced myself otherwise. I am not quite as sure about my Wednesday pics though... BTW Not only did I go 3-1, but my exact score predictions (on the matches I got right) were also spot on!!! I feel psychic...Innocent

nimzo5

In the same boat with 3-1 with 3 perfect picks, I had Miami to tie though and they outperformed.

Wednesday Picks -

New England over St. Louis, 3-1

San Francisco over Boston, 2.5 -1.5

New Jersey over Seattle, 2.5 -1.5

Arizona over Baltimore, 2.5 -1.5

pdela

 

 

Damn!!!!!!!!!

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New England over St. Louis, 3.5-0.5

Boston tie San Francisco, 2-2

New Jersey over Seattle, 3 -1

Baltimore over Arizona , 2.5 -1.5

feeling psychic don't let Danny win this

ArchBadger

wednesday's picks,

New England Nor'easters loses to St. Louis Arch Bishops, 1-3

Boston Blitz over  San Francisco Mechanics, 2.5-1.5

Seattle Sluggers over New Jersey Knockouts, 3-1

Arizona Scorpions loses to Baltimore Kingfishers, 1.5-2.5