April Matches

Thursday 4/1 at Kenilworth, 8:15 p.m.

• Kortchnois (2-3-1) vs. Hamilton (5-0-1)

A match between the old champs & new ones.
Previous meeting : May 6th, 2009 at Hamilton. The Kortchnois won 3-1.

• Kramniks (2-3-1) vs. Karpovs (3-2-1)

The home team can clinch 2nd place & KCC bragging rights with a win.
Previous meeting : April 9th, 2009 at Kenilworth. The Karpovs won 3-1.


Tuesday 4/6 at West Orange, 8 p.m.

• Sparta (2-4-0) vs. Staten Island (2-3-1)

Previous meeting : June 2nd, 2009 at W. Orange. Staten Island won 2.5-1.5.

• West Orange (3-2-1) vs. Summit (1-3-2)

This will be the 1st meeting between the 2 clubs.

Hamilton Sinks S.I. 3-1, Wins Championship

Last night, Hamilton defeated Staten Island 3-1 & clinched the 2009-10 Garden State League Championship with a round to spare.

Dragan Milovanovic & Ed Sytnik led the way with wins on the odd-numbered boards.

Leading Scorers Update

GSCL Individual Scoring Leaders (thru 6 rounds) :

1. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 5.0 (+4-0=2)
1. Charles Miller, Hamilton 5.0 (+4-0=2)
3. Fermin Arias, West Orange 4.0 (+4-1=0)
3. Bob Sherry, Summit 4.0 (+3-0=2)
3. John Moldovan, Karpovs 4.0 (+3-1=2)
6. Richard Lewis, Kortchnois 3.5 (+3-1=1)
7. Ari Minkov, Kortchnois 3.0 (+3-1=0)
7. Alexander Negron, Staten Island 3.0 (+3-1=0)
7. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 3.0 (+2-0=2)
7. Tom Stanics, Hamilton 3.0 (+2-1=2)
7. Russ Avarella, Sparta 3.0 (+3-3?=0)


GSCL Leading Scorers by Board:

Board 1 - Stoyko, Karpovs 5.0
Board 2 - C. Miller, Hamilton 5.0
Board 3 - Moldovan, Karpovs 4.0
Board 4 - 3 players (Arias, Avarella & Stanics) with 3.0

4/2 - List updated to include 3/24 match between Hamilton & S. Island
4/7 - Lewis's standing & point-total corrected.

6th Round Games

Updated Standings, board by board results from Thursday's match & 2 games from Round 6 have been uploaded.

Schedule Change

The Kortchnois-Hamilton match scheduled for Tuesday, April 6th at West Orange, has been rescheduled to Thursday, April 1st at Kenilworth, 8:15 start time.

Hamilton Beats Kramniks, Clinches Tie

Hamilton received wins from Dragan Milovanovic & Ed Sytnik plus a draw by Charles Miller to edge the Kenilworth Kramniks last night 2.5-1.5.

With that result, Hamilton clinched a tie for 1st place and knocked the Kramniks, Kenilworth Karpovs & West Orange out of contention.

Staten Island is the only team left that can catch the league-leaders and win on head to head tiebreaks or in a 3 or 4-way deadlock.

Page updates plus 6th round games will follow.

Last Night's Results

Here are the results of last night's matches in West Orange:

• Karpovs 3 Sparta 1
• Staten Island 4 Summit 0
• West Orange 4 Kortchnois 0 (forfeit)

Sparta, Summit & the Kortchnois have been eliminated from title contention.

Karpovs Need An U1889 Fill-In Tonight

This very late notice & probably won't be of any help but I'll give it a shot:

The Kenilworth Karpovs need an U1889 player for tonight's Garden State Chess League match versus Sparta.

If you fit the bill, please be at the West Orange Chess Club by 8 p.m.