Catching Up

Readers of this blog have noted the lack of posts & long delays in updating pages over the past 7 months or so. As I explained to the team captains some 6 weeks ago, personal matters were overwhelming me & I hoped to have completed the work by December 1st.

Well, that date has come, gone & there is still a bit to do. The most important things such as quick reports on the 2016 playoffs & 2016-17 results thus far are first in the queue. A full archiving of last season & building of team pages will have to wait further.

In all 4 hours of work remain.

Business Meeting Tomorrow Night

A Reminder:

The Garden State Chess League's Business Meeting will take place at the Kenilworth Chess Club tomorrow night (8:15 p.m.).

Kenilworth Withdraws

Due to insurmountable difficulties in fielding full and/or competitive lineups, the Kenilworth Chess Club is withdrawing from the Garden State Chess League effective May 6, 2016.

Updated Playoff Schedule

Playoff Schedule

Updated: May 3, 2016 @ 4:40 p.m.

Match for 7th Place:

DOCA Knights +- Kenilworth

Kenilworth forfeits.

Match for 5th place:

West Orange vs. Lehigh Valley

Wednesday, May 4th at Branchburg, 8:00 p.m.

West Orange has chosen White on boards 1 & 3.

Match for 1st place:

Newark-McDonalds vs. Hamilton.

Thursday, May 5th at Kenilworth, 8:20 p.m.

Hamilton has chosen Black on boards 1 & 3.

             

Match for 3rd place:

Rutgers vs. Summit.

Thursday, May 12th at Kenilworth, 8:20 p.m.

Rutgers to decide if it wants White or Black on board 1.

Final Standings & Playoffs Update

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

Ferrero Division

1. Hamilton 4-1-1, 2. Rutgers U. 2-1-3, 3. Lehigh Valley CA 2-2-2, 4. DOCA Knights 0-4-2


1st place:
Hamilton vs. Newark-McDonalds.
Thursday, May 5th at Kenilworth (tentative).
Hamilton has color choice.

3rd place:
Rutgers vs. Summit.
Thursday, May 5th at Kenilworth (tentative).
Rutgers has color choice.

5th place:
West Orange vs. Lehigh Valley.
Wednesday, May 4th at Branchburg (tentative).
West Orange has color choice.

7th Place:
Kenilworth vs. DOCA Knights.
Wednesday, May 4th at Branchburg (tentative).
Kenilworth has color choice.

Lehigh Valley 3.5 Rutgers 0.5

Last night, Lehigh Valley defeated Rutgers 3.5-0.5.

With that result, Hamilton wins the Ferrero Division & RU is the runner-up.

Playoffs Picture

Current playoffs picture:

Match for 1st place:
Newark-McDonalds vs. Ferrero Division winner.
Ferrero winner to decide if it wants White or Black on board 1.
Suggested Date & Site: Thursday, May 5th at Kenilworth

Match for 3rd place:
Summit vs. Ferrero Division runner-up.
Ferrero runner-up to decide if it wants White or Black on board 1.
Suggested Date & Site: Thursday, May 5th at Kenilworth

Match for 5th place:
West Orange vs. Lehigh Valley.
West Orange to decide if it wants White or Black on board 1.
Suggested Date & Site: Wednesday, May 4th at Branchburg

Match for 7th Place:
Kenilworth vs. DOCA Knights.
Kenilworth to decide if it wants White or Black on board 1.
Suggested Date & Site: Wednesday, May 4th at Branchburg

Updated Standings

Current Standings:

McCormick Division     FINAL

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

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

Rutgers holds the tiebreak over Hamilton.

The regular season concludes Tuesday 4/12 when RU plays LVCA.

RU -- Hamilton 2 -- 2

3/7/16 Hamilton NJ

(R) Ethan Klein -- Dragan Milovanovic (H)  1 -- 0
(H) Joshua D. Hill -- Aleksey Vishnyakov (R) 1 -- 0
(R) Will Schreefer -- Charlie Miller (H) 1/2 - 1/2
(H) Lou Ferrer -- Amnon Attali (R) 1/2 -- 1/2 

Updated Standings

Current Standings:

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

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


The 5th round concludes Monday night with Rutgers visiting Hamilton.

This Week's Results

Tuesday, March 1

At West Orange

	Newark-McDonald's	2.5	West Orange	1.5
1)	Lev Zilbermintz	1	Peter Radomskyj	0
2)	Sergio Flores	1/2	Ari Minkov	1/2
3)	Michael O'Connor	0	Matt Boxer	1
4)	Gaby Marani	1	Ed Trieste	0

Wednesday, March 2

At Branchburg

Lehigh Valley 2 DOCA Knights 2

Thursday, March 3

At Kenilworth

Kenilworth 3 Summit 1

Board 1

□ Simon Thomson (S, 2079) 1-0 ■ John Moldovan (K, 1840)

A50 Hybrid King's Indian

Notes to this game will follow.

Board 2
 □ Greg Tomkovich (K, 1698) 1-0 ■ Steve Liesch (S, 1586)
D07 Queen's Gambit
Tchigorin's Defense

 Board 3
 □ Lou Sturniolo (S, 1512) 0-1 ■ Geoff McAuliffe (K, 1660)
B01 Scandinavian Defense

Board 4
 □ Joe Renna (K, 1447) 1-0 ■ Wayne Burnett (S, 1425)
E90 King's Indian Defense
Classical Variation with 6.Bd3

With Summit's loss, Newark-McDonald's clinches 1st place in the McCormick Division.

Round 4 Recap Of McCormick Matches

February 2nd

At West Orange

Newark-McDonald's 2.5 Kenilworth 1.5

Board 1

□ John Moldovan (K, 1840) 0-1 ■ Lev Zilbermintz (N, 2111)
 A10 English Opening
Meyers Defense

Notes to this game will follow.

Board 2

□ Sergio Flores (N, 2002) 1-0 ■ Greg Tomkovich (K, 1698)
 Queen's Gambit
Lasker's Defense Deferred

Board 3

□ Geoff McAuliffe (K, 1660) 1/2-1/2  ■ Michael O'Connor (N, 1799)
 C01 French Defense
Exchange Variation
 

Sergio Flores played board 2 for Newark, not Jeyson.

February 2nd

At West Orange

West Orange 2 Summit 2

Board 1

□ LM Peter Radomskyj (W.O, 2200) 1/2-1/2 ■ Yuvanshu Agarwal (S, 1810)

Board 2

□ Donnally Miller (S, 1687) 0-1 ■ Ari Minkov (W.O., 1960)

Board 3

□ Matt Boxer (W.O, 1900) 1/2-1/2 ■ Max Weinstein (S, 1689)

Updated Standings

Current Standings:

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

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