Happy Holidays

The Garden State Chess League wishes its teams, players and their supporters the happiest of holidays.

Annotated Game

I have annotated my victory over West Orange's Ari Minkov.

Replay and PGN links are given below the image.

Replay

PGN

Bergen Chess Mates Seeking Info

Bergen Chess Mates' VP Joe Pacella recently contacted the league about dues & the possibility of late-joining for the 2015-16 season.

Joe's inquiry has been forwarded to league President John Hagerty.

Lehigh Valley at Rutgers: Postponed

Tuesday's scheduled match between Lehigh Valley & Rutgers University was postponed.

The Lehigh Valley team was involved in a car accident while en route to NJ. Thankfully, Bruce Davis & his players are okay.

West Orange 2 Kenilworth 2

Thursday, December 3rd

at Kenilworth

West Orange 2 Kenilworth 2

Board 4

□ Greg Tomkovich (K, 1698) 1-0 ■ Ed Trieste (W, 1515)

E12 Queen's Indian Defense

Kenilworth led 1-0.

 Board 3

□ Matt Boxer (W, 1918) 1-0 ■ Dr. Richard Lewis (K, 1722)

Sicilian Defense

Closed System

Score tied 1-1.

 Board 1

□ LM Peter Radomskyj (W) 1-0 ■ Jackson Hueckel (K, 2014)

King's Indian Defense

Fianchetto Variation

West Orange led 2-1.

Board 2

□ John Moldovan (K, 1837) 1-0 ■ Ari Minkov (W, 1960)

B54 Sicilian Defense

(by transposition)

 Final score: 2-2.

 Notes to this game will follow at some point.

As in Tuesday's Newark-McDonald's-Summit match, White won all 4 games!

Newark-McDonald's 2 Summit 2

Tuesday, December 1

at West Orange

Newark-McDonald's 2 Summit 2

Board 3

□ Nathan Napper (N, 1883) 1-0 ■ Max Weinstein (S, 1710)

C02 French Defense

 Advance Variation

Newark-McDonald's led 1-0.
 

Board 4

□ Lou Sturniolo (S, 1500) 1-0 ■ Greg Shaw (N, 1350)

C02 French Defense
Advance Variation
Milner-Barry Gambit
 

 Score tied 1-1.
 

Board 1

□ Lev Zilbermintz (N, 2120) 1-0 ■ NM Vince Klemm (S, 2059)

B07 Pribyl's Defense

(As shown. May have transposed subsequently.)

Newark led 2-1.

Board 2

□ Donnally Miller (S, 1687) 1-0 ■ Sergio Flores (N, 2015)

B01 Scandinavian Defense

Match drawn 2-2.

Sergio Flores played board 2 for Newark, not Jeyson.

Upcoming Matches

Tuesday, December 1

Lehigh Valley at Rutgers

Newark-McDonald's vs. Summit, at West Orange

Thursday, December 3

West Orange at Kenilworth

Monday, December 7

Dean Of Chess Academy at Hamilton

Standings Update

Standings, thru 2 rounds of 6:

McCormick Division
Newark-McDonald's 1-0-1, Summit 1-0-1, West Orange 0-0-2, Kenilworth 0-2-0

Ferrero Division
Rutgers 1-0-1, Hamilton 1-1, Lehigh Valley 1-1, DOCA Knights 0-1-1

Hamilton 1 - RU 3

New Brunswick 11/17/15

(H) Dragan Milovanovich - Michael Goeller (R) 1-0
(R) Aleksey Vishnyakov - Phil Hepler (H) 1-0
(H) Cedric Lary - Will Schreefer (R) 0-1
(R) Amnon Attali - Charles Miller (H) 1-0

Annotated Game

I have annotated my draw vs. Summit's Vince Klemm.

Replay and PGN links are given below the image.

Replay

PGN

West Orange 2 Newark-McDonald's 2

Tuesday, November 10

at West Orange

West Orange 2 Newark-McDonald's 2

Board 1

□ LM Peter Radomskyj (W) 1/2-1/2 ■ Lev Zilbermintz (N)

A07 Reti's Opening

 Board 2

□ Sergio Flores (N) 1/2-1/2 ■ Ari Minkov (W)

E12 Queen's Indian Defense

Petrosian's Variation

Board 3

□ Matt Boxer (W) 1-0 ■ Michael O'Connor (N)

C06 French Defense

Tarrasch Variation

Won won a N vs. B ending to tie the match.

Board 4

□ Greg Shaw (N) 1-0 ■ Ed Trieste (W)

Sergio Flores played board 2 for Newark, not Jeyson.

Summit 3.5 Kenilworth 0.5

Tuesday, November 10

at West Orange

Summit 3.5 Kenilworth 0.5

Board 1

□ John Moldovan (K) 1/2-1/2 ■ NM Vince Klemm (S)

A55 Old Indian Defense

Fianchetto Variation

White missed 29.g4!! +-

Notes to this game will follow!

Board 2

□ Yuvanshu Agarwal (S) 1-0 ■ Dr. Richard Lewis (K)

A44 Old Benoni Defense

Board 3

□ Greg Tomkovich (K) 0-1 ■ Donnally Miller (S)

D90 Gruenfeld Defense

(by transposition from the Exchange Slav)

Board 4

□ Lou Sturniolo (S) 1-0 ■ Dr. Geoff McAuliffe (K)

C02 French Defense

Advance Variation

Milner-Barry Gambit

14...R-B1 was best but 15...B-B4 (instead of 15...B-K2?) was still clearly in Black's favor.

Lehigh Valley 3.5 DOCA Knights 0.5

Tuesday, November 11
at Stewartsville, NJ

Lehigh Valley 3.5 Dean Of Chess Academy 0.5