Newark-McDonald's 3 West Orange 1

On October 7th, Newark-McDonald`s, bolstered by the addition of Sergio Flores (2008), defeated West Orange 3-1.

Lev Zilbermintz (N) 1-0 LM Peter Radomskyj (W)

Doran Race (W) 0-1 Sergio Flores (N)

Nathan Napper (N) 0-1 Matthew Boxer (W)

Steven Moctezuma (W) 0-1 Greg Shaw (N)

Thanks to John Hagerty for the report.

Rant

What's the problem here? We're in our 7th year & still can't get teams to forward the necessary info.

A few years ago (when Staten Island was still in the league), at one of the pre-season meetings, captains were asked if they wanted to be authors on the GSCL blog. No one wanted to then but we can try again. Expect an invite later this morning.

Another option: Increase the dues $3, give the captains 6 stamps & have them mail me or John Hagerty the reporting cards. Don't know why that would be easier but whatever. Let's just get it done and have the season go more smoothly than the last 2 or 3.

Finally, I intend to make one or two blog/site updates per month, not 3 or 4, unless inspiration strikes or I'm angered.

Rutgers-Lehigh Valley Postponed

The November 11th Rutgers-Lehigh Valley match has been postponed because the Stewartsville, NJ venue is not available that day.

Lehigh Valley vs. DOCA Knights?????

There has been no word on this match. We do not know if it was played or postponed.

Newark-McDonald's vs. West Orange??

The match was played. No result or lineups have been provided.

Hamilton 2 Rutgers 2

On October 7, Hamilton & Rutgers played to a 2-2 draw.

Milovanovic (H) 1-0 Goeller (R)
Vishnyakov (R) 1-0 Chladnicek (H)
C. Miller (H) 0-1 Forney (R)
Coelho (R) 0-1 Sytnik (H) 

Thanks to Charles Miller and Aleksey Vishnyakov for promptly reporting the result & lineups.

Posting was delayed because I was waiting for other results.

Kenilworth Edges Summit In Opener

Last night, defending champion Kenilworth kicked-off the 2014-15 GSCL campaign by edging Summit 2.5-1.5.

2014-15 Season Starts On Thursday

The 2014-15 season gets underway on Thursday night with Summit visiting defending champion Kenilworth.

There will be 3 matches on Tuesday, October 7th: Hamilton at Rutgers, Lehigh Valley at the DOCA Knights and Newark-McDonald's at West Orange.

New entry Roselle gets a bye in round 1.

Site Work Completed

The 2013-14 season has been archived. All pages for 2014-15 are online.

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.

GSCL Business Meeting On September 4

The 2014 GSCL Business Meeting has been scheduled for next Thursday (Sept. 5 4) at 8:00 p.m. in Kenilworth.

Representatives of the Roselle & Ewing Chess Clubs have been invited to attend.

Sorry for the short notice.

Board Prize Winners

GSCL Board Prize Winners 2013-14

Board 1 - Lev Zilbermintz of Newark-McDonald's, 4.5 points
Board 2 - Jackson Hueckel of Kenilworth, 4 points
Board 3 - Charles Miller of Hamilton, 5.5 points
Board 4 - Evan Betzenberger of Lehigh Valley, 4.0 points

Final 2013-14 Standings

Garden State Chess League

2013-2014 Season

Final Standings

	Team	MP	W	L	D	Points
1.	Kenilworth	8	5	0	3	6.5
2.	Hamilton	8	6	2	0	6.0
3.	Lehigh Valley	8	3	1	4	5.0
4.	DOCA Knights	8	4	2	2	5.0
5.	West Orange	8	3	3	2	4.0
6.	Newark-McDonald's	8	2	4	2	3.0
7.	Chess Mates	8	2	5	1	2.5
8.	Summit	8	1	4	3	2.5
9.	Rutgers University	8	0	5	3	1.5

Lehigh Valley earned 3rd place via the 2nd tie-break (19.5 game points vs. DOCA's 18.5).

Chess Mates earned 7th place via the 1st tie-break (Beat Summit 3-1).