Scorpions vs Cobras - Who has the Strongest Bite?

Can you believe that it is already week 5? This is the week for the Arizona Scorpions to reach their stride and out-sting the Carolina Cobras!

Those camellian cobras that have switched divisions each of the four years they have played in the league; go figure.

Anyhow, it looks like a great match with all boards very closely rated. The Scorpions move back South to Tucson this week and will be playing from the U of A campus.

Board one is highly leveraged (just like Wall Street)! Lev vs Lev (Altounian vs Milman that is).
I excpect to see some "fighting chess" here given the agressive style of both players.

Board two sees Oleg Zaikov from the Cobras pitted against Mark Ginsburg. Oleg has played in all four Cobra matches this season and is coming off a win over the N.Y. Knight's Justin Sarkar when Cobra shut out the Knights. Mark will have his hands full with Oleg!

Board three features Robby Adamson playing White against Ron Simpson defending for the Cobras. Anyone placing bets on Robby staying out of time trouble or winning in 20 moves or less?
Again, I expect to see an agressive and exciting game with the lead switching back and forth throughout.

On the final board the Scorpion's Warren Harper returns to defend against Craig Jones. Warren is hungry for his first win of the season in this closely rated match. My gut feel is that Warren will triumph this week and be showered with congratulations and well wishes from his teammates then head out to enjoy a "cold one" at the local Wildcat watering hole.

Prediction: Scorpions 3, Cobras 1.