Garden State Chess League

DOCA Knights Defeat Chess Mates

2012-01-26T13:56:00.003-05:00

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

2012-01-13T21:23:00.000-05:00

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

This Week's Results & News

2012-01-13T16:04:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-08T12:44:00.001-05:00

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

2012-01-06T01:26:00.000-05:00

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

2012-01-04T15:15:00.000-05:00

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

Matches At W. Orange Re-scheduled

2011-12-31T13:34:00.001-05:00

Due to the installation of a new floor at the Toby Katz Community Center, the West Orange Chess Club will be closed on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Therefore, the Garden State Chess League matches scheduled for that date have been postponed.

The building will re-open on January 10th and that will be the new date for Hamilton vs. W. Orange and Newark-McDonald`s vs. Essex County College.

Happy New Year to all!

John M. Hagerty, GSCL President

1 More Game From Round 3

2011-12-20T14:11:00.000-05:00

I have annotated Chris Constantino's win over Glen Hart and added it to the 3rd round replay page and PGN.

ECC-Chess Mates Postponed Again

2011-12-19T11:46:00.002-05:00

The match between Essex County College and Chess Mates has been postponed, again.

ECC-Chess Mates Re-scheduled

2011-12-16T09:27:00.000-05:00

The ECC-Chess Mates match has been re-scheduled for Friday Dec. 23rd, at 8 p.m., in Rahway.

Pages Updated

2011-12-16T09:24:00.000-05:00

The Standings, Results, Games and other pages have been updated with last night's data.

I am still awaiting for the 2nd round lineups of W. Orange and ECC.

Last Night's Scores

2011-12-16T00:23:00.001-05:00

Last night's scores:

Kenilworth Karpovs 3.5 Summit 0.5

West Orange 2.5 Kenilworth Kortchnois 1.5

Summit Schedule Changes

2011-12-13T10:50:00.002-05:00

Summit's remaining home matches for 2011-12 have been re-scheduled and will be played at the Kenilworth Chess Club:

Day	Date	Visitors	Home	Site	Time
Thu	1/5	Kortchnois	Summit	Kenilworth	8:15
Thu	3/1	Chess Mates	Summit	Kenilworth	8:15
Thu	5/3	DOCA Knights	Summit	Kenilworth	8:15

Post corrected 12/13 @ 4:56 p.m.

Summit Club Closes, Matches To Be Re-scheduled

2011-12-13T09:47:00.002-05:00

The Summit Area Chess Club has closed and all matches which were to take place there must be re-scheduled.

Games From Rounds 1 & 2

2011-12-10T09:07:00.000-05:00

PGN files & Java Replays for rounds 1 & 2 have been uploaded. See the Games page for links.

The Standings, Results, Rosters, Crosstables, Schedule and Ratings pages have been updated, as well.

Newark-McDonald's 3 Chess Mates 1

2011-12-10T01:05:00.003-05:00

Newark-McDonald's defeated Chess Mates in Rahway last night, 3-1.

Here are the games from boards 1-3:

Lev Zilbermintz (N) 2096 - NM Arthur Macaspac (C) 2137

D00 QP Game

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
1-0

A04 Reti Opening

Dutch Defense

(by transposition)
1-0

Nathan Napper (N) - Ziggy Bliznikas (C) 1800

A41 Proto-Indian Defense

Moron Variation

1-0

Charles Conley had Newark's other victory.

The Standings page and others will be updated tomorrow.

Karpovs Edge West Orange

2011-12-08T21:54:00.000-05:00

On Tuesday night, the Kenilworth Karpovs edged West Orange 2.5-1.5. FM Steve Stoyko and Dr. Richard Lewis had victories for the winners while Max Sherer added a draw.

Newark-Staten Island Postponed

2011-12-08T15:07:00.001-05:00

Tuesday's scheduled match between Newark-McDonalds and Staten Island was postponed.

Newark & Chess Mates To Play Tomorrow

2011-12-08T15:04:00.000-05:00

The postponed Newark-Chess Mates match will be played tomorrow night at 8 p.m., in Rahway.

DOCA Knights & Hamilton Tie

2011-12-08T15:01:00.000-05:00

Last night, the DOCA Knights held league-leading Hamilton to a 2-2 tie.

Kevin Chen of DOCA won on board 3, off-setting Charles Miller's board 2 win for Hamilton, while Aravind Kumar and Doug Pecota chipped-in with draws against much higher-rated foes.

ECC-Chess Mates Postponed

2011-12-01T18:59:00.002-05:00

Tomorrow's scheduled ECC-Chess Mates match has been postponed.

ECC-Chess Mates Re-scheduled

2011-11-19T09:35:00.000-05:00

The December match between Essex County College and Chess Mates has been rescheduled to Friday, December 2.

Newark-Chess Mates Postponed Again

2011-11-18T23:30:00.000-05:00

Tonight's scheduled Newark-Chess Mates match in Rahway was postponed.

Hamilton Blanks ECC 4-0

2011-11-16T10:02:00.000-05:00

On Tuesday, November 8 in West Orange, Hamilton defeated Essex County College 4-0.

The board order for Hamilton was Dragan Milovanovic, Charles Miller, John Chladnicek and Ed Sytnik.

Karpovs-W. Orange Re-scheduled

2011-11-10T13:32:00.002-05:00

The postponed Kenilworth Karpovs-West Orange match has been re-scheduled. It will be played in West Orange on Tuesday, December 6th.

Newark-McD Vs. Chess Mates Re-scheduled

2011-11-10T13:18:00.000-05:00

The postponed match between Newark-McDonald's and Chess Mates has been re-scheduled. It will be played in Rahway, on Friday, November 18th, at 7:30 p.m.

Newark Team Renamed

2011-11-10T13:14:00.000-05:00

The Newark team has been re-dubbed Newark-McDonald's.

Hamilton-ECC Match Re-scheduled

2011-11-04T09:56:00.002-04:00

The postponed Hamilton-Essex County College match has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, November ~~15th~~, 8th in West Orange.

Corrected 11/6 @ 12:58 a.m.

Last Night's Scores

2011-11-04T09:53:00.000-04:00

In second round action, last night, the Kortchnois and DOCA Knights played to a 2-2 tie in Branchburg while Summit defeated Staten Island 3-1, in Kenilworth.

Newark-Chess Mates Postponed

2011-11-02T11:50:00.000-04:00

Thursday's Newark-Chess Mates match in Rahway has been postponed.

December Matches At KCC Re-scheduled

2011-11-01T23:56:00.002-04:00

The Summit-Karpovs & West Orange-Kortchnois matches, originally slated for 12/1, have been re-scheduled to December 15th.

Tonight's Matches Postponed

2011-11-01T11:53:00.001-04:00

The West Orange Chess Club will be closed tonight, due to the effects of Saturday's snowstorm.

Therefore, the Karpovs-West Orange and Hamilton-Essex County College matches have been postponed.

Team captains should contact each other and President John Hagerty about re-scheduling.

Matches at Kenilworth, ~~Rahway~~ and Branchburg are still scheduled for Thursday.

Pages Updated

2011-10-08T00:21:00.000-04:00

The Standings, Results, Rosters, Crosstables, Schedule, Ratings, League Info, and Team pages have been updated.

Last Night's Scores

2011-10-07T01:16:00.000-04:00

At the Kenilworth CC last night, the DOCA Knights and Karpovs played to a 2-2 draw while Hamilton and the Kortchnois posted 4-0 shutouts over Chess Mates and Essex County College.

Page updates will follow Friday or Saturday.

Opening Night Scores

2011-10-05T02:10:00.004-04:00

Last night, in the GSCL openers, West Orange edged Staten Island 2.5-1.5 while Summit and Newark played to a 2-2 tie.

I knotted the latter by winning a drawish-looking opposite Bishops ending with some inspiration and luck.

Moldovan - M. Pierre

After 68...Be2

White to Win

The solution ~~and more match detail~~s will follow ~~later today or tonight~~ in a few days.

Season Opens Tonight

2011-10-04T10:01:00.001-04:00

The 2011-12 Garden State Chess League season opens tonight with 2 matches in West Orange.

Summit faces-off against the new Lev Zilbermintz-led Newark team while West Orange takes-on Staten Island.

Who Will Win The 2011-12 Title?

2011-10-04T09:58:00.000-04:00

Which team do you think will win the 2011-12 GSCL title?

Will Hamilton three-peat? Will one of the perennial contenders, such as the Kenilworth Karpovs or West Orange, finally collect the crown? Or will it be one of last year's expansion teams, Chess Mates or the DOCA Knights, rising to the top?

To vote, go to poll #11 on this blog's sidebar. All 10 teams are listed. You may explain your choice by leaving a comment to this post.

Site Being Updated

2011-09-25T16:59:00.000-04:00

This blog/site is in the process of being archived and updated. Some pages and files may be temporarily unavailable as they are moved about.

2011-12 Schedule Released

2011-09-25T14:32:00.001-04:00

The GSCL schedule for 2011-12 has been released!

The season starts on October 4th in West Orange with Summit playing the new Newark/McDonald's team and West Orange facing Staten Island.

The opening round concludes on October 6th, in Kenilworth, with two-time defending champion Hamilton battling Chess Mates, expansionist Essex County College commencing vs. the Kortchnois and the DOCA Knights debuting against the Karpovs.

GSCL Expands To 10 Teams

2011-09-24T09:59:00.002-04:00

The Garden State Chess League is pleased to add teams from Essex County College and the Broad Street McDonald's in Newark.

A new schedule is being prepared with the West Orange CC as the default site for the new entries' home games.

Chess Mates To Play

2011-09-24T09:42:00.000-04:00

On Monday, Chess Mates confirmed their participation for 2011-12.

Update

2011-09-18T13:22:00.000-04:00

Sparta will not field a team in 2011-12. Chess Mates is still undecided.

Minutes Of The Pre-Season Meeting

2011-09-18T11:45:00.000-04:00

On September 1, 2011, the Garden State Chess League held its annual pre-season meeting.

Kevin Chen, Jose Fernandez, John Hagerty, Geoff McAuliffe (of the Kenilworth Kortchnois), Charles Miller, Ed Selling & John Moldovan (representing Summit and the Kenilworth Karpovs) attended.

Chess Mates and Sparta did not send representatives. Both teams have said their status for 2011-12 is undecided.

The Toms River CC expressed interest through a 3rd party (Lou Sturniolo) and was contacted by email & phone.

The following teams paid their dues and confirmed that they will play this season: DOCA Knights, Hamilton, Karpovs, Kortchnois, Staten Island, Summit and West Orange.

A September 25th deadline was set for Chess Mates, Sparta and Toms River, to confirm.

The attendees voted to play with the same rules as last season (including the 1900 rating average) and approved using the USCF's September 2011 Golden Database, to determine ratings.

A schedule was drafted using the table on page 296 of the USCF's Official Rules Of Chess (5th edition). The confirmed teams drew numbers from 1-7 and the undecided teams drew numbers from 8-10.

Pre-Season Meeting

2011-08-07T11:03:00.001-04:00

The Garden State Chess League's pre-season meeting is scheduled to take place at the Kenilworth Chess Club, on Thursday, September 1st, starting at 8 p.m.

Interested teams and players should inquire at gardenstatechessleague@yahoo.com.

The 2010-11 Champions

2011-08-07T11:03:00.000-04:00

Hamilton Chess Club

2010-11 GSCL Champions

From left: 4th board Ed Sytnik, 1st board NM Dragan Milovanovic, 2nd board Charles Miller and 3rd board Phil Hepler.

Final Scoring Leaders

2011-07-12T16:35:00.000-04:00

NM Dragan Milovanovic of Hamilton and Max Sherer of the Kenilworth Karpovs led the Garden State League in scoring this season.

GSCL Top Ten Scorers 2010-11

Name	Team	W	L	D	Points
Dragan Milovanovic	Hamilton	5	1	2	6.0
Max Sherer	Karpovs	5	1	2	6.0
Ed Sytnik	Hamilton	5	2	1	5.5
Charles Miller	Hamilton	4	2	2	5.0
Steve Stoyko	Karpovs	4	2	2	5.0
Glen Hart	Summit	4	1	1	4.5
Richard Lewis	Kortchnois	4	1	1	4.5
Ian Mangion	Karpovs	3	0	3	4.5
Roger Pedersen	Chess Mates	3	1	3	4.5
Phil Hepler	Hamilton	2	1	5	4.5

Final Standings

2011-07-12T15:46:00.001-04:00

The final 2010-11 Standings are, in tie-break order,:

1. Hamilton 6.0
2. Kenilworth Karpovs 5.5
3. Chess Mates 4.5
4. DOCA Knights 4.5
5. Kenilworth Kortchnois 4.5
6. West Orange 4.5
7. Summit 4.0
8. Staten Island 2.5
9. Sparta 0.0

Thanks to all who played. I hope you can do so again next season.

Chess Mates Takes 3rd On Tiebreaks

2011-06-09T10:47:00.002-04:00

Regardless of the Staten Island-W. Orange and DOCA Knights-Sparta outcomes (which have not been reported as yet!), Chess Mates will finish 3rd, since they have defeated the 3 other teams that can end-up with 4.5 points.

If there is a 4-way tie for 3rd, the standings order will be: 3.Chess Mates, 4.DOCA Knights, 5.Kenilworth Kortchnois, 6.West Orange.

In all 2 and 3-way ties at 4.5, the pecking-order will be the same.

Summit Beats Chess Mates, Finishes At .500

2011-06-09T10:14:00.000-04:00

Glen Hart and Donnally Miller won on the bottom boards to lead Summit over Chess Mates 2.5-0.5. Ari Minkov drew for the Rahway team.

With the victory Summit finished at +3-3=2.

9th round replay
9th round PGN

Ziggy Bliznikas and Don Miller analyzing their game.

Kortchnois Upset Hamilton, Tie For 3rd

2011-06-09T09:56:00.001-04:00

The Kenilworth Korthchnois finished the 2010-11 season the way they ended the 2009-10 campaign, by upsetting league-champion Hamilton 2.5-1.5 and denying them an undefeated season!

Greg Tomkovich and newcomer Scott Smith had victories for the spoilers, who were shorthanded (again!) and forfeited board 1. Phil Hepler's draw on board 3 was Hamilton's only bright spot.

Summit Pair Among U.S. Am-East Winners

2011-06-09T09:38:00.000-04:00

Donnally Miller (r) and Lou Sturniolo (l) of the Summit team were among the winners at last month's U.S. Amateur East Tournament in Somerset, NJ. Miller won the U1800 Section outright, scoring 5.0/6 while Sturniolo was the top U1800 Senior.

Last Night's Scores

2011-06-03T15:37:00.001-04:00

Here are the scores from last night's matches:

Kortchnois 2.5 Hamilton 1.5

Summit 2.5 Chess Mates 0.5

The Standings have been updated along with other pages.
Summaries and games will follow.

1 More From Round 8

2011-05-12T16:06:00.000-04:00

Kevin Chen has annotated his upset win over Lev Zilbermints for the 8th round replay page and zip.

Correction

2011-05-07T22:09:00.000-04:00

The Vyshnyakov-Radomskyj score posted earlier today was incorrect. The game was agreed drawn after 22.Kh1. Please re-download.

Team Scoring Leaders

2011-05-07T12:34:00.001-04:00

Scoring leaders for each team, through 8 rounds

Chess Mates: Roger Pedersen 4.5 (+3-1-3)

DOCA Knights: Aleksey Vishnyakov, Doug Pecota 3.0

Hamilton: Ed Sytnik 5.5 (+5-1=1)

Kenilworth Karpovs: Max Sherer 6.0 (+5-1=2)

Kenilworth Kortchnois: Richard Lewis 4.5 (+4-1=1)

Sparta: Russ Avarella 2.5 (+2-2=1)

Staten Island: Ed Selling, Lionel Fisher 3.0 (both +2-1=2)

Summit: Glen Hart 3.5 (+3-1=1), John Moldovan 3.5

West Orange: Victor Rosas 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Individual Leaders

2011-05-07T12:31:00.002-04:00

Individual Scoring Leaders, through 8 rounds:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 6.0 (+5-1=2)

2. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 5.5 (+5-1=1)
3. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 5.0 (+4-1=2)
3. Charles Miller, Hamilton 5.0 (+4-1=2)
3. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 5.0 (+4-2=2)

Board Leaders

2011-05-07T12:27:00.002-04:00

Board Scoring Leaders, through 8 rounds:

1st board:

1. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 5.0 (+4-1=2)

1. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 5.0 (+4-2=2)

3. Ken Chieu, Kortchnois 2.5 (+2-2=1)

2nd board:

1. Charles Miller, Hamilton 5.0 (+3-1=2)
2. Richard Lewis, Kortchnois 4.5 (+3-0=1)

2. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 4.5 (+3-0=3)

3rd board:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 6.0 (+5-1=2)

2. Phil Hepler, Hamilton 4.0 (+2-1=4)
3. Glen Hart, Summit 3.5 (+3-0=1)

4th board:

1. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 5.5 (+5-1=1)
2. Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 4.0 (+4-2=0)

3. Lou Sturniolo 3.0 (+3-1=0)
3. Doug Pecota, DOCA Knights 3.0 (+2-3=2)

Sherer and Sytnik have clinched board trophies.

8th Round Notes

2011-05-07T11:58:00.001-04:00

A java-replay page and updated PGN file with annotations to my draw and a contribution by Aleksey Vishnyakov has been uploaded

PGN link fixed 5/7 @ 10:10 p.m.

Hamilton Draws, Clinches GSCL Title

2011-05-06T09:08:00.001-04:00

Hamilton clinched their second straight Garden State title with a 2-2 draw against the Kenilworth Karpovs last night.

The champs received victories from Phil Hepler and Charles Miller while the runner-up Karpovs, who finished at +4-1=3, got wins from Steve Stoyko and Joe Demetrick.

Interestingly, the league's top 3 scorers (Sherer, Sytnik & Milovanovic) lost and a sub for the #4 scorer also fell!

In Thursday's other match, the Kenilworth Kortchnois, making a late bid to finish among the top 4 teams, defeated Staten Island 3.5-0.5, with Richard Lewis, Geoff McAuliffe and Ken Chieu taking full points.

The season wraps-up next month.

Scoring Pages Updated

2011-05-04T08:55:00.000-04:00

The Individual and Board Scoring pages have been updated with last night's results and those that were previously missing.

Last Night's Matches

2011-05-04T02:40:00.005-04:00

DOCA Knights 3.5 West Orange 0.5

Praveen Balakrishnan, Kevin Chen and Doug Pecota had wins to vault the Knights past West Orange and into 4th place. Aleksey Vishnyakov chipped-in with a draw against NM Peter Radomskyj.

Board 1

Vishnyakov 1945 - Radomskyj 2260

C06 French Defense

1/2-1/2

Board 3

Balakrishnan 1947 - Mike Rodriguez 1627

B01 Scandinavian Defense

1-0

Summit 3 Sparta 1

Glen Hart won on board 3 to lead Summit to its 2nd victory of the season. Sparta, playing a man short, put-up stiff resistance, with Tom Murray and Marty Sobin notching half-points against higher-rated foes on boards 1 and 2.

Board 2

Marty Sobin 1505 - John Moldovan 1810

A02 Bird's Opening
1/2-1/2

PGN of the 2 3 games above. A java-replay page for round 8 will follow after Thursday's action.

Round 7 Video

2011-05-04T01:13:00.001-04:00

Before getting to last night's matches, let's wrap-up round 7 with some video of Staten Island vs. the Karpovs:

Kortchnois-S. Island Re-scheduled

2011-04-28T13:48:00.000-04:00

The Kortchnois-Staten Island match has been re-scheduled. It is now slated for Thursday 5/5 at Kenilworth.

More Round 7 Games

2011-04-11T15:33:00.000-04:00

Radomskyj-Chieu and Lewis-Cohen have been added to the 7th round replay page and PGN file.

Team Scoring Leaders

2011-04-08T23:33:00.001-04:00

Scoring leaders for each team, through 7 rounds

Chess Mates: Roger Pedersen 4.5 (+3-1-3)

DOCA Knights: Aleksey Vishnyakov 2.5 (+2-1=1)

Hamilton: Ed Sytnik 5.5 (+5-0=1)

Kenilworth Karpovs: Max Sherer 6.0 (+5-0=2)

Kenilworth Kortchnois: Richard Lewis 3.5 (+3-1=1)

Sparta: Russ Avarella 2.5 (+2-2=1)

Staten Island: Ed Selling, Lionel Fisher 3.0 (both +2-1=2)

Summit: John Moldovan 3.0 (+2-1=2)

West Orange: Victor Rosas 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Board Leaders

2011-04-08T23:27:00.008-04:00

Board Scoring Leaders, through 7 rounds:

1st board:

1. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 5.0 (+4-0=2)

2. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 4.0 (+3-2=2)

3. Five players with 2.0

2nd board:

1. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 4.5 (+3-0=3)

2. Charles Miller, Hamilton 4.0 (+3-1=2)
3. Richard Lewis, Kortchnois 3.5 (+3-0=1)

3rd board:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 6.0 (+5-0=2)

2. Phil Hepler, Hamilton 3.0 (+1-1=4)
3. Glen Hart, Summit 2.5 (+2-0=1)

4th board:

1. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 5.5 (+5-0=1)
2. Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 3.0 (+3-2=0)

3. Russ Avarella, Sparta 2.5 (+2-2=1)

Scoring Leaders

2011-04-08T23:23:00.000-04:00

Individual Scoring Leaders, through 7 rounds:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 6.0 (+5-0=2)

2. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 5.5 (+5-0=1)
3. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 5.0 (+4-0=2)
4. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 4.5 (+3-0=3)
4. Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 4.5 (+3-1=3)

Page Updates

2011-04-08T23:14:00.000-04:00

The Standings, Results, Scoring and other pages and have been updated. The Round 7 replay page & PGN file will be amended this weekend.

Last Night's Scores

2011-04-08T01:55:00.001-04:00

Here are the scores from last night's matches:

Staten Island 2 Karpovs 2

Kortchnois 3 West Orange 1

Hamilton 4 Chess Mates 0

Additional info and page updates will follow later today.

Another Summit-DOCA Game

2011-04-04T01:07:00.001-04:00

Aleksey Vishnyakov of the DOCA Knights has annotated his win from Saturday for the GSCL blog.

Thanks, Aleksey! I'm sure the readers will enjoy your excellent commentary. (see links below board)

Vishnyakov 1929 - Donnally Miller 1794

D16 Queen's Gambit

Slav Defense

Updated 7th round java-replay, zip

DOCA Knights Rally, Tie Summit

2011-04-03T01:45:00.000-04:00

The DOCA Knights rallied from a two point hole to tie Summit 2-2 yesterday, at the Dean Of Chess Academy in Branchburg.

John Moldovan opened the scoring, winning on board 1 in just 58 minutes, and Lou Sturniolo gave the visitors high hopes. However, Aleksey Vishnyakov kept the hosts in the match and Aravind Kumar, making his GSCL debut, knotted it.

The 2-3-1 Knights play at West Orange next month while Summit (1-3-2) takes on Sparta.

Moldovan 1811 - Marvin Shumowitz 1994

D35 Queen's Gambit

Exchange Variation

Deeply annotated version of the above game, in PGN & Java-replay

Team Scoring Leaders

2011-04-03T00:52:00.001-04:00

Scoring leaders for each team, through 6 rounds

Chess Mates: Roger Pedersen 4.5 (+3-0-3)

DOCA Knights: Doug Pecota 2.0 (+1-2=2)

Hamilton: Ed Sytnik 4.5 (+4-0=1)

Kenilworth Karpovs: Max Sherer 5.0 (+4-0=2)

Kenilworth Kortchnois: Richard Lewis 2.5 (+2-1=1)

Sparta: Russ Avarella

Staten Island: Ed Selling 2.5 (+2-1=1)

Summit: Glen Hart 2.5 (+2-0=1)

West Orange: Victor Rosas 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Board Leaders

2011-04-03T00:39:00.002-04:00

Board Scoring Leaders, through 6 rounds:

1st board:

1. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 4.0 (+3-0=2)

1. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-2=1)

3. Arthur Macaspac, Chess Mates 2.0 (+2-0=0)
3. Ari Minkov, Chess Mates 2.0 (+1-0=2)

2nd board:

1. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 4.0 (+3-0=2)

2. Charles Miller, Hamilton 3.0 (+2-1=2)
3. Richard Lewis, Kortchnois 2.5 (+2-0=1)
3. Ed Selling, Staten Island 2.5 (+2-0=1)
3. Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 2.5 (+1-0=3)

3rd board:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 5.0 (+4-0=2)

2. Glen Hart, Summit 2.5 (+2-0=1)

3. Ziggy Bliznikas, Chess Mates 2.0 (+2-1=0)
3. Phil Hepler, Hamilton 2.0 (+0-1=4)

4th board:

1. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 4.5 (+4-0=1)
2. Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 3.0 (+3-1=0)

3. Russ Avarella, Sparta 2.0, 2.5 or 3.0
3. Doug Pecota, DOCA Knights 2.0 (+1-2=2)

Scoring Leaders

2011-04-03T00:32:00.000-04:00

Individual Scoring Leaders, through 6 rounds:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 5.0 (+4-0=2)

2. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 4.5 (+4-0=1)
2. Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 4.5 (+3-0=3)
4. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 4.0 (+3-0=2)
4. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 4.0 (+3-0=2)
6. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-2=1)

West Orange Team In U.S. Amateur Playoffs

2011-03-25T13:38:00.000-04:00

West Orange Krush, winners of last month's USATE tourney in Parsippany, will be competing in the U.S. Amateur Team playoffs tomorrow, starting at 1 p.m. The games will be broadcast on the Internet Chess Club.

More details here.

3 of the Krush members, Peter Radomskyj, Jose Fernandez and Victor Rosas, play for W.Orange's GSCL team.

New Time For Summit-DOCA Match

2011-03-25T13:26:00.000-04:00

The April 2nd match between Summit and the DOCA Knights will take place at 2 p.m., instead of 11 a.m.

Chess Mates 2 Staten Island 2

2011-03-17T02:05:00.000-04:00

Chess Mates needed a win from 3rd board Ziggy Bliznikas to offset an earlier victory by Staten Island's Lionel Fisher and escape from NY with a 2-2 tie. Boards 1 & 2 were drawn.

Here is one of the games:

[Event "Garden State Chess League 2010-11"]

[Site "Staten Island, NY"]

[Date "2011.03.16"]

[Round "6"]

[White "Cavaliere, Pete"]

[Black "Pedersen, Roger"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D14"]

[WhiteElo "1600"]

[BlackElo "1935"]

[PlyCount "114"]

[EventDate "2010.10.05"]

[EventType "team-tourn"]

[EventRounds "9"]

[EventCountry "USA"]

[SourceDate "2010.01.12"]

[WhiteTeam "Staten Island"]

[BlackTeam "Chess Mates"]

{Queen's Gambit: Slav Exchange}

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bf5 8. a3 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. f3 O-O 15. Kd2 Rac8 16. Bf2 Bg6 17. Bd3 Nc4+ 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rhc1 Rfc8 20. h4 h5 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Kf8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 Bxe4 26. fxe4 g5 27. hxg5 Bxg5+ 28. Kc2 Ke7 29. a4 Kd7 30. Kd3 Kc6 31. b3 Be7 32. Kc3 b5 33. axb5+ Kxb5 34. Kc2 Bf6 35. e5 Bg5 36. Be1 Kc6 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Bc3 Bf4 39. Ba5 Bg5 40. Bc3 f6 41. exf6 Bxf6 42. Ba1 h4 43. Bc3 e5 44. dxe5 Bxe5 45. Ba5 Kc5 46. Be1 Bf6 47. Ba5 Kb5 48. Be1 Be7 49. Ke4 Bd8 50. Kf5 a5 51. Kg4 Be7 52. Kf5 Bd8 53. Ke6 Bc7 54. Bxh4 Kb4 55. Be1+ Kxb3 56. Bxa5 Bxa5 57. g4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

Chess Mates-S. Island Rescheduled

2011-03-06T18:14:00.000-05:00

The postponed Chess Mates-Staten Island match has been rescheduled. It will take place at Staten Island on Wednesday 3/16, 8 p.m.

6th Round Games

2011-03-05T16:36:00.000-05:00

2 annotated games from Thursday's DOCA-Kortchnois match have been uploaded in java-replay and PGN.

Curran-Pecota

after 14...h6?

White to play

Page Updates

2011-03-04T09:51:00.000-05:00

The standings, crosstables, schedule, results, rosters, ratings, individual scoring, board scoring and team pages have been updated.

Games will follow this weekend.

West Orange 2.5 Karpovs 1.5

2011-03-04T09:44:00.000-05:00

Victor Rosas and Fermin Arias had victories on boards 1 & 4 to lead West Orange over the Karpovs 2.5-1.5 and back into the race for 1st place. Alberto Martinez added a draw.

Ian Mangion won and Max Sherer drew for Kenilworth.

Thanks to Dr. Ian for the report.

DOCA Knights 2.5 Kortchnois 1.5

2011-03-04T07:03:00.000-05:00

Praveen Balakrishnan won on board 3 to lead the Dean Of Chess Academy to their 2nd match-victory of the season. Marvin Shumowitz, Aleksey Vishnyakov and Doug Pecota chipped-in with draws.

The undermanned Kortchnois received half-points from Geoff McAuliffe, Greg Tomkovich and newcomer Chris Curran.

Hamilton 3 Sparta 1

2011-03-03T10:44:00.001-05:00

Hamilton defeated Sparta on Tuesday 3-1. Charles Miller and Ed Sytnik won with White on the even boards while Dragan Milovanovic and Phil Hepler drew with Black on the odd-numbered ones.

Tom Murray and Mark Van der Veen had half-points for Sparta.

Thanks to Phil Hepler for the report.

Pages will be updated following tonight's DOCA Knights-Kortchnois match.

Chess Mates-S. Island Postponed

2011-03-01T13:51:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow's match between Chess Mates and Staten Island has been postponed. It will be re-scheduled at the latter's convenience.

Tonight's Matches

2011-03-01T13:49:00.001-05:00

Tonight at the Toby Katz Community Center in West Orange the 4-1 Kenilworth Karpovs face 2-1-1 West Orange while 0-5 Sparta takes on 3-0-1 Hamilton.

5th Round Games

2011-02-18T13:42:00.000-05:00

3 games from this month's matches have been uploaded in java-replay & zipped PGN, including my disappointing D against Charles Miller.

Moldovan-C. Miller

after 13...Ng7

White to play

(& win?!)

Board Leaders

2011-02-18T11:54:00.000-05:00

Board Scoring Leaders, through 5 rounds:

1st board:

1. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 3.5 (+3-0=1)

1. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-1=1)

3. Arthur Macaspac, Chess Mates 2.0 (+2-0=0)

2nd board:

1. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 3.0 (+2-0=2)

2. Richard Lewis, Kenilworth Kortchnois 2.5 (+2-0=1)
2. Ed Selling, Staten Island 2.5 (+2-0=1)

3rd board:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 4.5 (+4-0=1)

2. Glen Hart, Summit 2.5 (+2-0=1)

3. Donnally Miller, Summit 1.5 (+1-0=1)
3. Phil Hepler, Hamilton 1.5 (+0-1=3)

4th board:

1. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 3.5 (+3-0=1)
2. Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 3.0 (+3-0=0)

3. Russ Avarella, Sparta 2.0, 2.5 or 3.0

Scoring Leaders

2011-02-18T11:48:00.001-05:00

Individual Scoring Leaders, through 5 rounds:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 4.5 (+4-0=1)

2. Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 4.0 (+3-0=2)
3. Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 3.5 (+3-0=1)
3. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 3.5 (+3-0=1)
3. Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-1=1)

Pages Updated

2011-02-18T04:37:00.001-05:00

The standings, crosstables, schedule, results, rosters, ratings, individual scoring and team pages have been updated.

Games will follow later today and hopefully the board scoring will also.

Schedule Changes

2011-02-18T04:15:00.001-05:00

Please note the following schedule changes:

Hamilton at Chess Mates has been switched from Friday 4/1 to Thursday 4/7.
West Orange vs. Kortchnois, originally scheduled for Tuesday 4/5 in W. Orange, has been changed to Thursday 4/7 at 8:00 p.m. in Kenilworth.
Chess Mates vs. Summit, slated for Friday 6/3 in Rahway, has been moved to Thursday 6/2 at 8:00 in Kenilworth.

Kenilworth Teams Tie

2011-02-18T04:00:00.001-05:00

In the battle of Kenilworth, the Kortchnois held the league-leading Karpovs to a 2-2 draw, as Ted Mann and Dr. Richard Lewis offset wins by FM Steve Stoyko and Max Sherer. Black won all 4 of the games.

Next month, the 4-0-1 Karpovs visit West Orange while the 1-2-1 Kortchnois host the DOCA Knights.

Hamilton Edges Summit 2.5-1.5

2011-02-18T04:00:00.000-05:00

Hamilton received bookend wins from NM Dragan Milovanovic and Ed Sytnik, plus a draw from 2nd board Charles Miller in a 2.5-1.5 victory over Summit last night.

Donnally Miller's full point was the losers lone bright spot.

In March, 3-0-1 Hamilton plays winless Sparta. 1-3-1 Summit has the bye.

Chess Mates & Staten Island Victorious

2011-02-17T14:09:00.001-05:00

As reported by Roger Pedersen in a comment, Chess Mates defeated West Orange 3-1.

And, as posted by Ed Selling on Staten Island Chess, Staten Island edged Sparta 2.5-1.5.

A big T.Y.to Roger and Ed for their help!

I will update the standings and other pages after tonight's Kortchnois-Karpovs and Summit-Hamilton matches.

Postponements

2011-02-08T13:39:00.001-05:00

The West Orange-Chess Mates and Sparta-Staten Island matches scheduled for February 1st were postponed due to the ice storm.

Sparta & Staten Island will play tonight. No replacement date has been set for W.O vs. Chess Mates.

Scoring Leaders

2011-01-16T02:16:00.000-05:00

Individual Scoring Leaders, through 4 rounds:

1. Max Sherer, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-0=1)

2. Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 3.0 (+3-0=0)

2. Ian Mangion, Karpovs 3.0 (+2-0=2)

2. Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 3.0 (+2-0=2)

5. Four or Five players with 2.5

Board Leaders

2011-01-16T02:02:00.001-05:00

Board Scoring Leaders, through 4 rounds:

1st board:

Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Steve Stoyko, Karpovs 2.5 (+2-1=1)

3 players with 1.5

2nd board:

Ian Mangion, Karpovs 3.0 (+2-0=2)

Ed Selling, Staten Island 2.0 (+2-0=0)

Roger Pedersen, Chess Mates 2.0 (+1-0=2)

3rd board:

Max Sherer, Karpovs 3.5 (+3-0=1)

Glen Hart, Summit 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Phil Hepler, Hamilton 1.5 (+0-0=3)

4th board:

Joe Demetrick, Karpovs 3.0 (+3-0=0)

Ed Sytnik, Hamilton 2.5 (+2-0=1)

Russ Avarella, Sparta 2.0 or 2.5

West Orange 4 Sparta 0

2011-01-09T01:13:00.002-05:00

West Orange blanked Sparta on Tuesday night and moved into a 2nd place tie, with Hamilton, at 2-0-1.

Expert Lev Zilbermintz, Alberto Martinez and Mike Rodriguez notched their 1st GSCL victories. Bryan Cohen also won.

Thanks to W.O's Jose Fernandez for the report and results.

4th Round PGN & Notes

2011-01-08T00:55:00.002-05:00

3 games from Thursday's matches have been uploaded in java-replay & zipped PGN, including my annotated W over Jackson Hueckel.

Moldovan-Hueckel

after 23...Be5

White to win

The Standings page and others have been updated, as well.

Last Night's Scores + Games

2011-01-07T11:36:00.001-05:00

Karpovs 3.5 DOCA Knights 0.5

Chess Mates 2.5 Korchnois 0.5 (mutual forfeit on board 4)

Summit 2 Staten Island 2

Pedersen (CM) 1900 - Lewis (Kor) 1806

B51 Sicilian Defense

Moscow Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.0–0 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.h3 e5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Nc4 h5?! (N) 10.Nh2 h4 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Ng4 Rb8 15.b3 Qd7 16.Bh2 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Ne3 Kd8 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qe6 21.Rad1 Kd7 22.d4 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Rb5 24.Qf3 Rg5 25.Rfd1 Rhg8 26.R1d2 d5 27.Kf1 Ke8 28.exd5 cxd5 29.Rxd5 Re5 30.Rxe5 1–0

Moldovan (Su) 1814 - Hueckel (SI) 1946

D34 Queen's Gambit
Tarrasch Defense

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Rc1 d4?! 12.Bxf6! gxf6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Qa4? (N) Qd5 15.Ned2 Rac8 16.a3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 a5 18.Ne1 Qh5 19.Bf3 Qh3 20.Bg2 Qh5 21.Bf3 Qh3 22.Nd3 Bd6 23.Ne4 Be5? 24.Bg2 Qh5 25.f4 f5 26.Nxe5?? Nxe5?? 27.Nf6+ 1–0

Gates (SI) - Sturniolo (Su) 1456

B88 Sicilian Defense
Scheveningen Variation
Sozin Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qd2 Na5 10.0–0–0 Nxb3+ 11.axb3 Bd7 12.f3 Rc8 (N) 13.Kb1 b5 14.g4 e5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 f6 18.Ne4 0–0 19.gxf6 Nxf6 20.Nxd6 Rc6 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Rd6 23.Qe2 Qc7 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Qg4 Rc8 27.c3 a5 28.Rd5 Bf6 29.Qd1 b4 30.c4 a4 31.c5 a3 32.bxa3 bxa3 33.Ka2 Qa6 34.b4 Qc4+ 35.Qb3 Qe2+ 36.Rd2+ 1–0

Replays, PGN and page updates will follow later today or tonight.

Chieu Named Kortchnois' Captain

2010-12-10T12:41:00.000-05:00

The Kenilworth Chess Club has chosen NM Ken Chieu to be Captain of its Kortchnois team. He replaces Dr. Richard Lewis, who resigned last month.