...on any given Wednesday

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Jeff Sonas I'm not; but if ratings do have predictive value then one can statistically derive the "expected" score for each player in the tournament. Using this table I found at Chessville.com, I did just that based on 8/04 published USCF ratings. It will be interesting to compare these calculations to the final results:

5.0 Mac Intyre

4.8 Chase

4.6 Riordan

4.2 Cherniack

3.9 Martirosov

2.3 Williams

2.2 Slive

1.3 Glickman