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The Standings, Crosstables, Results, Rosters, Schedule, Team Schedules and all the team pages have been updated.

Hamilton Wins 4th Straight Title

With the its opening round loss nulled, the Hamilton CC has won the GSCL Championship for the 4th straight season.

Rutgers Results Voided

After a rather lengthy discussion, the league voted to void all of Rutgers results, ruling that their 4th forfeit to the DOCA Knights did not constitute a played match.

The full summary of last night's meeting will be posted when time permits.

Meeting To Be Held On May 23rd

The Garden State Chess League will be holding a meeting at the Kenilworth Chess Club on Thursday, May 23rd.

Items on the agenda should include:

- A ruling or vote on whether Rutgers' results should count or not.
- An update on or inquiry into possible lineup fraud by Newark-McDonald's in its April 4th match.
- A request to allow an un-played draw between the 2 Kenilworth teams.
- Rule changes and amendments.
- The inclusion of the Lehigh Valley CC for the 2013-14 season.

The meeting will begin at 8 p.m.

Round 8 Results

Last Thursday, Hamilton blanked the Karpovs 4-0 (with 3 of the 4 wins coming via forfeit) and DOCA defeated Summit by the same count.

2 days ago, West Orange defeated the Kortchois 3.5-0.5.

The Standings and other pages still show results thru the March matches. They will be updated this weekend.

RIP Summit's Don Varneckas

Donatas Varneckas died yesterday, 23 days after suffering a stroke while playing at the Morris County Chess Club in Parsippany.

Don, a retired former butcher and retired accountant, was a member of the Summit squad from October 2011 until his passing. Our condolences to his teammates and many friends.

For those who knew him and would like to pay their respects, here is some information on his memorial services:

Wake
Sunday, April 7 from 2-6 pm
Doyle Funeral Home
106 Maple Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
 
Funeral Mass
Monday, April 8 at 10 a.m.
Church Of The Assumption
91 Maple Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960

Entombment
Holy Rood Cemetery
61 Whippany Road
Morristown, NJ 07960

Those unable to attend may write a condolence message here.

Newark-McDonald's Beats Karpovs

Newark-McDonald's defeated the Kenilworth Karpovs tonight 3.5-0.5.

Nathan Napper, Pierre Damis and newcomer Bobby DeMarco had victories on boards 2-4.

Don Carrelli's draw vs. expert Lev Zilbermintz was the home team's lone bright spot.

West Orange Edges DOCA

Last night in Branchburg, West Orange defeated the DOCA Knights 2.5-1.5.

Here are the Board by Board Results:

1. Fernandez (WO) 1/2-1/2 Kumar (DOCA)
2. Chen (DOCA) 1-0 Minkov (WO)

3. Race (WO) 1-0 Dewelde (DOCA)

4. Pecota (DOCA) 0-1 Rodriguez (WO)

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The Standings, Crosstables, Results, Rosters, Schedule, Team Schedules and all the team pages have been updated.

Results From Thursday

In last Thursday's matches... Hamilton and Newark tied 2-2, DOCA defeated the Kortchnois 3.5-0.5 and the Karpovs edged Chess Mates 2.5-1.5.

Details to follow later today or tomorrow.

This Week's Matches

Round 6 is to be played this week. Here are the pairings, dates and times:

Tuesday 3/5
No match. W. Orange-Rutgers was canceled.

Thursday 3/7 at Branchburg, 8 p.m.
Kenilworth Kortchnois vs. DOCA Knights

Thursday 3/7 at Kenilworth, 8:15 p.m.
Kenilworth Karpovs (visitors) vs. Chess Mates (home team)
Hamilton (visitors) vs. Newark McDonald's (home team)

The visiting teams have white on boards 1 & 3.

Rutgers Withdraws

The Rutgers University CC has withdrawn, citing members' dwindling interest in the league.

GSCL officials need to determine if Rutgers' recent forfeit to the DOCA Knights, previous results and canceled matches will count in the standings.

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The Standings, Crosstables, Results, Rosters, Schedule and Team Schedules pages have been updated.

Team pages will be updated sometime on Monday.