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.

Happy Holidays

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

2018-19 Season To Open On October 15th

The Garden State Chess League's 11th season will begin on Monday, October 15th, when defending Champion Lehigh Valley visits Hamilton.

West Orange & Newark-McDonald's will meet the next night.

A link to the full schedule has been placed in the sidebar.

Westfield, which finished 2nd last season, will be sitting-out 2018-19 unless someone is willing to organize the team.

Catching Up

Due to various personal reasons, this site was not updated for many months & there is a lot of catching-up to do.

Results, final standings from 2017-18 will be uploaded and archived but these actions may not be completed for a few weeks as the new season takes precedent.

Updated Standings

	Team	MP	W	L	D	M Points
1.	Lehigh Valley	2	2	0	0	2.0
2.	Westfield	3	2	1	0	2.0
3.	Newark-McDonald's	2	1	1	0	1.0
3.	Hamilton	3	1	2	0	1.0
5.	West Orange	2	0	2	0	0.0

Lehigh Valley 3.5 Hamilton 0.5

On December 12th, Lehigh Valley defeated Hamilton 3.5-0.5.

Here is a photo of the lineup card & results, courtesy of Bruce Davis.

Upcoming Matches

Believe it or not, we are already halfway through the 2017-18 season.

Here is the remaining schedule:

December 12th, at Stewartsville, NJ
Hamilton vs. Lehigh Valley

February 6th, at West Orange
Lehigh Valley vs. West Orange
Westfield vs. Newark-McDonald's

March 5th, at Hamilton
West Orange vs. Hamilton

March 13th, at Stewartsville
Newark-McDonald's vs. Lehigh Valley