Sunday, June 17, 2012

Team Scoring Leaders

The leading scorers for each team in 2011-12 were:

Chess Mates... Roger Pedersen, NM Arthur Macaspac 4.0
DOCA Knights... Doug Pecota 4.5 (+4-1=1)
Essex County College... Matthew Taylor 1.0?
Hamilton... LM Dragan Milovanovic 8.0 (+7-0=2)
Kenilworth Karpovs... FM Steve Stoyko 7.0 (+6-0=2)
Kenilworth Kortchnois... NM Richard Mattern 4.5 (+3-2=3)
Newark-McDonald's... Nathan Napper 5.0 (+5-0=0)
Staten Island... Ed McCormack 4.5 (+4-2=1)
Summit... John Moldovan 6.5 (+5-1=3)
West Orange... Matt Boxer 4.5 (+3-1=3)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Top Scorers

LM Dragan Milovanovic of Hamilton led the Garden State League in scoring this season.

GSCL Top Scorers, 2011-12

Player
Team
GP
W
L
D
Points
Hamilton
9
7
0
2
8.0
Hamilton
9
6
1
2
7.0
Hamilton
9
5
0
4
7.0
Karpovs
8
6
0
2
7.0
Karpovs
9
6
2
1
6.5
Summit
9
5
1
3
6.5
Newark-McD
5
5
0
0
5.0
Karpovs
7
5
2
0
5.0
Karpovs
9
4
3
2
5.0

Five players had 4.5 points.

Chess Mates Edge West Orange

Chess Mates closed-out the 2011-12 GSCL schedule, last night, with a 2.5-1.5 win over West Orange.

Arthur Macaspac and Roger Pedersen led the way with victories on boards 1 & 2.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Hamilton Players Sweep Board Prizes

Hamilton players Dragan Milovanovic, Charles Miller, John Chladnicek and Ed Sytnik were the top scorers on boards 1-4 this season.

Top Scorers, Board 1:
1. LM Milovanovic (Hamilton) 8.0
2. FM Steve Stoyko (Kenilworth Karpovs) 7.0
3. NM Richard Mattern (Kenilworth Kortchnois) 4.5

Top Scorers, Board 2:
1. C. Miller (Hamilton) 7.0
2. Dr. Richard Lewis (Karpovs) 5.5
3. Dr. Ian Mangion (Kortchnois) 3.5

Top Scorers, Board 3:
1. Chladnicek (Hamilton) 4.5
2. John Moldovan (Summit) 4.0
2. Max Sherer (Karpovs) 4.0
2. Matt Boxer (West Orange) 4.0

Top Scorers, Board 4:
1. Ed Sytnik (Hamilton) 7.0
2. Doug Pecota (DOCA Knights) 4.5
3. Joe Demetrick (Karpovs) 4.0

Kortchnois Forfeit To Newark-McD

The Kenilworth Kortchnois have forfeited their postponed match vs. Newark-McDonald's. It was originally scheduled for April 3rd.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Chess Mates 3.5 Kortchnois 0.5

On June 7th in Rahway, Chess Mates defeated the Kenilworth Kortchnois 3.5-0.5.

The winners will finish their season against West Orange this Tuesday (6/12). The Kortchnois have a match with Newark-McDonald's remaining.

Thanks to Arthur Macaspac and Geoff McAuliffe for promptly relaying the results.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Hamilton Wins 3rd Straight Title

Hamilton CC won by forfeit over Newark-McDonald's last night and captured its 3rd straight GSCL title.

In other matches, the Kenilworth Karpovs collected a forfeit win vs. Essex County College and set a league record with its 7th victory of the season while Summit came from behind to draw West Orange 2-2.

John Moldovan (S) 1823 - Damon Garrett (W.O) 1775
Board 3

A10 English Opening


Friday, June 1, 2012

Hamilton Beats Karpovs, Takes Over 1st

Hamilton defeated the Kenilworth Karpovs last night, 2.5-1.5, to take over 1st place.

They can clinch their 3rd straight GSCL title with a win versus Newark-McDonald's on June 5th.