#992 USATE Tiebreak Update

On Sunday, a U.S. Amateur Team East official revealed that Modified Median was used as the first tie-breaker for places 1-5 and acknowledged that USCF rule 34G2 (the USAT System!!) was only used to determine the other prizes in the tournament.

	Modified Median	Solkoff
Master Maters	23.5	27.5
Go Ahead, Mate My Day	22.5	26.5
Three And Half Masters	22.5	26.0
Caro-Cain Defense	22.5	25.5
*Chessmates Of Rahway NJ	21.0	23.5

* Finished 9th and did not qualify for the Best NJ prize because GM Yudasin lives in NY.

Perhaps, at some point, someone will explain why 2 methods are used (or necessary) and publicly release complete standings with tie-breaks info. The event's 294 teams and 1237 players deserve as much.