Saturday, April 11, 2020

W. Orange-Center Squares: Today at 1:30

Garden State Chess League match today on lichess.org, at 1:30 p.m.

West Orange (2-2-1) vs. Center Squares (1-1-1)

West Orange, as the visiting team, has White on boards 1 & 3.

1. Peter Radomskyj vs. Simon Thomson
* apropo vs. MonsoonSmith

2. John Moldovan vs. Andy Chan
* jpmoldovan vs. LHXCS_AC

3. Bobby Qian vs. Ken Calitri
* bobbyqian vs. bogomeister

4. Geoff McAuliffe vs. Steve Reade
* WillyBoy52 vs. Datagod12

Although there are 7 other matches remaining this may be the final one that is actually played.

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Updated Schedule


Date
Visitor (White)
Home (Black)
Time (p.m.)
Back-Up Date & Time
Sat 4/11
West Orange
The Center Squares
1:00
Sat 4/18 1:00 p.m.
Tue 4/14
* Lehigh Valley
Newark-McDonald's
7:30
Sat 4/18 7:30 p.m.
Tue 4/21
Lehigh Valley
The Center Squares
7:30
Sat 4/25 1:00 p.m.
Tue 4/28
Hamilton
Lehigh Valley
7:30
Sat 5/2 at sundown **
Mon 5/11
* The Center Squares
Hamilton
7:30
Wed 5/13 7:30 p.m.
Tue 5/12
* NJIT
Lehigh Valley
7:30
Sat 5/16 7:30 p.m.
Tue 5/26
Essex Co. College
Lehigh Valley
7:30
Sat 5/30 7:30 p.m.
Tue 5/26
Newark-McDonald's
Hamilton
7:30
Sat 5/30 at  sundown **

REVISED 4/8/2020 @ 5:43 a.m.

* - colors switched from original schedule to ensure each team 3 home & 3 away matches.
 
** - Hamilton has requested that all of their matches be postponed until they can be played OTB.

ALL MATCHES ARE TO BE PLAYED ON LICHESS.ORG WITH A G/75+5 TIME CONTROL. (Using delay, rather than increment, if possible)

Updated Standings


Standings

Updated: April 1st, 2020 @ 11:00 p.m.


Team
MP
W
L
D
M Points
G Points
1.
 Newark-McDonald's
4
3
0
1
3.5
11.5
2.
 Hamilton
3
3
0
0
3.0
9.5
3.
 NJIT
5
2
2
1
2.5
11.5
4.
 West Orange
5
2
2
1
2.5
11.5
5.
 The Center Squares
3
1
1
1
1.5
6.0
6.
 Lehigh Valley
1
0
1
0
0.0
0.5
7.
 Essex County College
5
0
5
0
0.0
1.5
x
 Rutgers University *
-
-
-
-
-
-

* Withdrew without playing 4 matches. Per league rules their results have been voided.

2 Matches Re-Scheduled


The online matches scheduled for March 22nd, & not played, have been re-scheduled as follows:

Day
Month
Date
Visitor (White)
 
Home (Black)
 
Time (p.m.)
Back-Up Date & Time
Tuesday
April
21
Lehigh Valley
 
The Center Squares
 
7:30
Saturday 4/25 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday
May
26
Newark-McDonald's
 
Hamilton
 
7:30
Saturday 5/30 at sundown **
 
** - Hamilton has requested that all of their matches be postponed until they can be played OTB.

Last Night's Results

In GSCL action last night on Lichess.org, Newark McDonald's swept Essex Co.College 4-0 & NJIT defeated W. Orange 3.5-0.5.

Saturday, March 14, 2020

2019-20 Standings

Garden State Chess League
2019-2020 Season

Standings

Updated: March 8th, 2020 @ 9:49 a.m.


Team
MP
W
L
D
M Points
G Points
1.
 Hamilton
3
3
0
0
3.0
9.5
2.
 Newark-McDonald's
3
2
0
1
2.5
7.5
3.
 West Orange
4
2
1
1
2.5
11.0
4.
 The Center Squares
3
1
1
1
1.5
6.0
5.
 NJIT
4
1
2
1
1.5
8.0
6.
 Lehigh Valley
1
0
1
0
0.0
0.5
7.
 Essex County College
4
0
4
0
0.0
1.5
x
 Rutgers University *
-
-
-
-
-
-

* Withdrew without playing 4 matches. Per league rules their results have been voided.


Thursday, March 5, 2020

Status Update

This blog has been inactive for >1 year as my priorities have changed.

The GSCL is still active & now has 7 teams. Their captains have been added as authors. Hopefully they will begin posting soon.

Monday, December 24, 2018

Happy Holidays


The Garden State Chess League wishes its teams, players and their supporters the happiest of holidays.

Saturday, September 29, 2018

2018-19 Season To Open On October 15th

The Garden State Chess League's 11th season will begin on Monday, October 15th, when defending Champion Lehigh Valley visits Hamilton.

West Orange & Newark-McDonald's will meet the next night.

A link to the full schedule has been placed in the sidebar.

Westfield, which finished 2nd last season, will be sitting-out 2018-19 unless someone is willing to organize the team.

Catching Up

Due to various personal reasons, this site was not updated for many months & there is a lot of catching-up to do.

Results, final standings from 2017-18 will be uploaded and archived but these actions may not be completed for a few weeks as the new season takes precedent.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Updated Standings



Team
MP
W
L
D
M Points
1.
 Lehigh Valley
2
2
0
0
2.0
2.
 Westfield
3
2
1
0
2.0
3.
 Newark-McDonald's
2
1
1
0
1.0
3.
 Hamilton
3
1
2
0
1.0
5.
 West Orange
2
0
2
0
0.0

Lehigh Valley 3.5 Hamilton 0.5

On December 12th, Lehigh Valley defeated Hamilton 3.5-0.5.

Here is a photo of the lineup card & results, courtesy of Bruce Davis.


Monday, November 27, 2017

Upcoming Matches

Believe it or not, we are already halfway through the 2017-18 season.

Here is the remaining schedule:

December 12th, at Stewartsville, NJ
Hamilton vs. Lehigh Valley

February 6th, at West Orange
Lehigh Valley vs. West Orange
Westfield vs. Newark-McDonald's

March 5th, at Hamilton
West Orange vs. Hamilton

March 13th, at Stewartsville
Newark-McDonald's vs. Lehigh Valley