Thursday, October 3, 2013

2012-13 Board Scoring Leaders

The Board Scoring Leaders for 2012-13 were:

Board 1
1. LM Dragan Milovanovic, Hamilton (2267) 7.0
2. Praveen Balakrisnan, DOCA (2131) 3.5
3. NM Arthur Macaspac, Chess Mates (2135) 3.0
3. John Moldovan, Kenilworth Kortchnois (1821) 3.0

Board 2
1. Nathan Napper, Newark-McDonald's (1991) 5.5
2. Kevin Chen, DOCA (1888) 4.0
3. Greg Tomkovich, Kenilworth Kortchnois (1635) 3.5

Board 3
1. John Chladnicek, Hamilton (1775) 5.5
2. Doran Race, West Orange (1914) 4.5
3. Pierre Damis, Newark-McDonald's (1676) 4.0

Board 4
1. Ed Sytnik, Hamilton (1700) 6.0
2. Doug Pecota, DOCA (1268) 4.0
3. Guido Rodriguez, West Orange (1628) 3.0
3. Greg Shaw, Newark-McDonald's (unrated) 3.0

Click on the links to download crosstables in .xls format.

They can be read with Microsoft Office or Open Office Calc.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Site Being Updated

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.

Schedule Released

The GSCL schedule for 2013-14 has been released.

Teams requesting day or venue changes for round 1 should contact the league promptly.

Please postpone other requests until October 10th, as there is much work to do over the next 2-3 weeks.


Post updated at 5:21 p.m. 

Season Starts October 1st

The 2013-14 Garden State League season will open on Tuesday, October 1st with Hamilton, the 4-time defending champions, visiting West Orange.

On October 8th, the Dean of Chess Academy will be hosting Chess Mates. Branchburg is also the scheduled venue for Summit-Lehigh Valley.

The date for Kenilworth at Rutgers is to be announced.

Newark-McDonald's gets the bye.

GSCL To Operate With 9 Teams In 2013-14

The Garden State Chess League will have 9 teams again in 2013-14.

We've lost one Kenilworth team but have added the Lehigh Valley Chess Association (LVCA) and Rutgers University is returning.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Final Standings

FINAL 2012-13 GSCL STANDINGS


Team
MP
W
L
D
Points
1.
Hamilton
7
5
0
2
6.0
2.
West Orange
7
5
1
1
5.5
3.
DOCA Knights
7
4
2
1
4.5
4.
Newark-McDonald's
7
3
1
3
4.5
5.
Kenilworth Karpovs
7
2
3
2
3.0
6.
Kenilworth Kortchnois
7
1
4
2
2.0
7.
Summit
7
1
5
1
1.5
8.
Chess Mates
7
1
6
0
1.0







x
Rutgers University
0
0
0
0
0.0

Rutgers withdrew on Feb. 22nd. Their results were nulled because they did not finish half of their schedule.

If Rutgers results were included, West Orange would have finished 1st.

DOCA won the 3rd-place tiebreak by virtue of their forfeit win vs. Newark.

Final Round Results

The 2012-13 season wrapped-up last night with West Orange blanking Summit 4-0.

In other 9th round "action", the Kortchnois-Karpovs match was declared an un-played draw and DOCA was a forfeit winner over Chess Mates.

Kortchnois Tie Hamilton

On May 30, the Kortchnois rallied to tie League Champion Hamilton 2-2.

Greg Tomkovich and Joe Renna won to offset victories by Dragan Milovanovic and John Chladnicek.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Page Updates

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.

Friday, May 24, 2013

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.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

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.