Saturday, May 31, 2014

Kenilworth Edges Hamilton, Wins GSCL Championship

On Thursday night, Kenilworth edged Hamilton 2.5-1.5 to become the 2013-14 Garden State Chess League Champions and end Hamilton's 4-year reign.

Following a draw on board 4, Jackson Hueckel beat John Chladnicek to put Kenilworth ahead and John Moldovan clinched the victory by defeating Charles Miller.

The season concludes with next week's Summit-DOCA Knights match.

West Orange 2.5 Chess Mates 1.5

On Wednesday night in Rahway, West Orange defeated Chess Mates 2.5-1.5.

Here are some photos & results from the match, which was held at Chess Mates' new East Cherry St. location:

 
  Board 1
Kevin Dresher (C.M., as Black) 0-1 Jose Fernandez

 Board 2
Doran Race (W.O., as Black) 0-1 Michael O'Connor

 Board 3
Alberto Martinez (W.O.) 1/2-1/2 Ralph Warrick

Board 4
Joe Renna (C.M) 0-1 Mike Rodriguez

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Page Updates

The Standings, Crosstables, Schedule , Results and Rosters pages have been updated with remaining matches and tie breaks info.

The Team Schedules page and the 9 team pages will be updated as time permits.

Updated Standings

Standings (thru matches of May 6)


Team
MP
W
L
D
Points
1.
Hamilton
7
6
1
0
6.0
2.
Kenilworth
7
4
0
3
5.5
3.
Lehigh Valley
8
3
1
4
5.0
4.
DOCA Knights
7
3
2
2
4.0
5.
West Orange
7
2
3
2
3.0
5.
Newark-McDonald's
8
2
4
2
3.0
7.
Chess Mates
7
2
4
1
2.5
7.
Summit
7
1
3
3
2.5
9.
Rutgers University
8
0
5
3
1.5

Recent Results

Here is a rundown of this week's GSCL results:

Monday, May 5 
Hamilton 3 Rutgers 1

Tuesday, May 6

West Orange 3 Summit 1
Lehigh Valley 4 Newark-McDonald's 0

Friday, May 2, 2014

Remaining Schedule

Here is a quick look at the remaining GSCL schedule for 2013-14:

May 5: Rutgers at Hamilton, 8 p.m.
May 6: Newark vs. Lehigh Valley, at Branchburg, 7:45 p.m.
May 28: West Orange at Chess Mates, 7:45 p.m.
May 29: Hamilton at Kenilworth, 8:20 p.m.
June 5: Summit at Dean of Chess, 8 p.m.

Page Updates

The Standings, Crosstables and Schedule pages have been updated with remaining matches and tie breaks info.

Others will be updated as time permits.

Newark-McD & LVCA To Play In Branchburg

Newark-McDonald's and Lehigh Valley have agreed to play in Branchburg on Tuesday, May 6th, at 7:45 p.m.

It will be the final match of the season for both teams as Newark (+2-3=2) has already played its 9th round match and LVCA (+2-1=4) has the bye next month.

Updated Standings

Standings (thru matches of May 1)


Team
MP
W
L
D
Points
1.
Kenilworth
7
4
0
3
5.5
2.
Hamilton
6
5
1
0
5.0
3.
DOCA Knights
7
3
2
2
4.0
3.
Lehigh Valley
7
2
1
4
4.0
5.
Newark-McDonald's
7
2
3
2
3.0
6.
Chess Mates
7
2
4
1
2.5
6.
Summit
6
1
2
3
2.5
8.
West Orange
6
1
3
2
2.0
9.
Rutgers University
7
0
4
3
1.5

Recent Results

Here is a rundown of recent GSCL results:
 
Wednesday, April 23 
Kenilworth 2 Newark-McDonald's 2

Tuesday, April 29
West Orange 2 Lehigh Valley 2

Wednesday, April 30
Newark-McDonald's 2.5 Rutgers 1.5

Thursday, May 1
Kenilworth 3 Chess Mates 1

Unfortunately, there were forfeits in all of the matches.

However, it should be noted that Newark-McDonald's managed to draw Kenilworth despite have just 2 players: Lev Zilbermintz and Greg Shaw.