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.

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.

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.

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.