DOCA Knights Defeat Chess Mates

On Tuesday night in Branchburg, the DOCA Knights defeated Chess Mates 3-1.

Marvin Shumowitz, Aleksey Vishnyakov and Doug Pecota won on boards 2, 3 and 4.

Thanks to Kevin Chen and Doug for sending the result and lineups.

Pages Updated

The Standings, Results, team pages and others have been updated.

This Week's Results & News

In 4th round action this week... Hamilton and West Orange played to 2-2 tie. Newark-McDonalds won by forfeit over Essex County College 1-0 and the Kenilworth Karpovs defeated Staten Island 2.5-1.5.

It was subsequently learned, via Lev Zilbermintz, that ECC "cannot play this semester, due to schoolwork and people being busy". However, Lev later said he was trying to reform the team and hoped it could continue.

To quote GSCL President John Hagerty: Essex County College and Newark's "participation in this group will have to be seriously examined."

Thanks to John H., Jose Fernandez and Ed Selling for the match reports.

Page updates will follow.

Chess Mates-DOCA Scheduled

The Chess Mates-DOCA Knights match has finally been scheduled. It will be played in Branchburg on Tuesday, Jan. 24th, at 7:30 p.m.


Post updated 1/9 @ 4:13 p.m.

Kortchnois Edge Summit 2.5-1.5

Richard Mattern won an opposite-colored Bishops ending against Donnally Miller to break a 1.5-1.5 tie and give the Kenilworth Kortchnois a victory over Summit last night.

Summit's Lou Sturniolo defeated Dr. Geoff McAuliffe to offset a forfeit loss on board 3 but I played cautiously and could only muster a draw.

John Moldovan 1797 (S) - Dr. Ian Mangion 1983 (K)

E68 King's Indian Defense

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. e4 e5 9. d5 a5 10. Qc2 h6 11. b3 $146 Nc5 12. Nd2 $146 c6 13. Ba3 Nfd7 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. h3 Na6 16. Kh2 Ndc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. a3 Na6 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 c5 22. Na2 f5 23. b5 Nc7 24. Nc3 f4 25. Na4 Rf8 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Nxc8 Rbxc8 28. Qd3 fxg3+ 29. fxg3 h5 30. Nf3 Bh6 31. Nh4 Kg7 32. Rxf8 Rxf8 33. Rf1 Kh7 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Qf3 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

Karpovs Vs. Staten Island Postponed

Tonight's Kenilworth Karpovs-Staten Island match has been postponed.