Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Annotated Game

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

Replay and PGN links are given below the image.


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


Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Hamilton 3 Lehigh Valley 1

Monday, November 2 at Hamilton


Lehigh Valley
1
Hamilton
3
1)
Karl Dehmelt
1
Dragan Milovanovic
0
2)
Kevin Santo
0
Joshua Hill
1
3)
Andy Weng
0
Charles Miller
1
4)
Angelo DiCarlo
0
Lou Ferrer
1


Sunday, October 18, 2015

LVCA-Hamilton Postponed

Tomorrow's Lehigh Valley-Hamilton match has been postponed, at the visitors' request.

No make-up date has been announced.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Annotated Game

I have annotated my victory over Newark-McDonald's Michael O'Connor.

Replay and PGN links are given below the image.


Newark-McDonald's 2.5 Kenilworth 1.5

Thursday, October 15 at Kenilworth


Newark-McDonald's
2.5
Kenilworth
1.5
1)
Lev Zilbermintz
1
Jackson Hueckel
0
2)
Michael O'Connor
0
John Moldovan
1
3)
Jonathan Aisoni
½
Bob Sherry
½
4)
Greg Shaw
1
Greg Tomkovich
0

Newark jumped out to a 2-0 lead and clinched the match when Aisoni drew Sherry. My win over O'Connor made the final score close. Annotations of the latter to follow.

Boards 1 & 2.
Zilbermintz-Hueckel (backround) & Moldovan-O'Connor.

Boards 3 & 4.
Tomkovich-Shaw (front) & Aisoni-Sherry.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Summit 2 - West Orange 2


Tuesday, October 6 at West Orange


Summit
2
West Orange
2
1)
Simon Thomson
0
Peter Radomskyj
1
2)
Vince Klemm
1
Ari Minkov
0
3)
Donnally Miller
0
Matt Boxer
1
4)
Max Weinstein
1
Ed Trieste
0

                                      Drawn Match.

Information provided by John Hagerty, the On-Site Director

Note: Black won all 4 games!

Rutgers 2 - DOCA Knights 2

Branchburg, 10/7/15
RU had white on boards 1 & 3

1) Aleksey Vishnyakov 0-1 Jonathan Chin
2) Alex Little 0-1 Jarrett Dewelde
3) Will Schreefer 1-0 Todd Jobson
4) Andrew Harris 1-0 Doug Pecota

Photo: Doug Pecota

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Lineup Template

For those unable to photograph a match's completed lineup card, here's a template to use as a substitute reporting item.


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Season Starts Tonight!

The 2015-16 Garden State Chess League Starts tonight, with Summit visiting West Orange.

Progress Report On Site Update

All the pages for 2015-2016 have been uploaded, including the all-important Schedule, Rosters and Rules pages.

Player lists & stats to be added on the 8 team pages.

2014-15 archiving still to be done.