Hamilton Awarded Forfeit Win Over LVCA

The league has rejected the 2-2 result from February 9th's Hamilton-Lehigh Valley match & awarded Hamilton a 4-0 forfeit victory.

Specifically, LVCA illegally used an unrated player on board 4 despite having a 1925+ average on boards 1-3.

Our rules on lineups, ratings & unrated players are quite clear & should be adhered to.

LVCA 2 -- RU 2

(L) Karl Dehmelt -- Michael Goeller (R)  0 -- 1
(R) Alexander Ilnytsky -- Aaron Nicely (L)  0 -- 1
(L) Christian Wadsworth -- Aleksey Vishnyakov(R) 1 --0
(R) Gavi Dov Hochsztein -- Sawan Ruangsang (L) 1 -- 0

DOCA 0 -- RU 4

2/2/2016, New Brunswick NJ

(D)  Jarrett  Dewelde -- Michael Goeller  (R)  0 -- 1

(R) Alexander Ilnytsky -- Todd Jobson (D) 1 -- 0

(DOCA FORFEITS) -- (Aleksey Vishnyakov R) - + 

(R) Matt Pell -- Doug Pecota (D) 1 -- 0

Upcoming Matches

Upcoming Matches:

 

Tuesday, January 26

Lehigh Valley at Rutgers

 

Tuesday, February 2

Dean Of Chess Academy at Rutgers

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

West Orange vs. Summit, at West Orange

 

Tuesday, February 9

Hamilton vs. Lehigh Valley, at Stewartsville, NJ

Standings Update

Standings, as of January 8th:

McCormick Division
1. Summit 1-0-2, 2. Newark-McDonald's 1-0-2, 3. West Orange 0-0-3, 4. Kenilworth 0-2-1

Ferrero Division
1. Hamilton 2-1, 2. Rutgers 1-0-1, 3. Lehigh Valley 1-1, 4. DOCA Knights 0-2-1

Jan. 26 Tentative Date For LVCA-RU Match

January 26th is the tentative date for the postponed Lehigh Valley-Rutgers match.

Hamilton 2.5 DOCA Knights 1.5

On December 21st, Hamilton CC edged Dean of Chess Academy.

Here, courtesy of Doug Pecota, is the lineup card & results:

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.