Recent Results

Here is a rundown of recent GSCL results:
 
Wednesday, April 23 
Kenilworth 2 Newark-McDonald's 2

Tuesday, April 29
West Orange 2 Lehigh Valley 2

Wednesday, April 30
Newark-McDonald's 2.5 Rutgers 1.5

Thursday, May 1
Kenilworth 3 Chess Mates 1

Unfortunately, there were forfeits in all of the matches.

However, it should be noted that Newark-McDonald's managed to draw Kenilworth despite have just 2 players: Lev Zilbermintz and Greg Shaw.

Kenilworth vs. Newark-McD Postponed

The match between Kenilworth and Newark-McDonald's has been postponed, per the visitors request.
 
It has been re-scheduled for Wednesday, April 23rd at 7:45 p.m., in Rahway.

Photos from Round 7

 Marvin Shumowitz of DOCA (bottom left) opened with 1.b3 and legendary gambiteer Lev Zilbermintz of Newark-McDonald's countered with the bizarre 1...d5 2.Bb2 e5!? 3.Bxe5 d4?! 4.e3 Nc6.

 Charles Miller (white cap) and Ed Sytnik (facing the camera) defeated Chess Mates' Moreira brothers, Leo (navy cap) and Gabe, to stake Hamilton to a 2-0 lead.

The Kenilworth-Summit draw featured 4 decisive games. Summit's Simon Thomson (top left vs. Ian Mangion) and Donnally Miller (bottom left) won on boards 1 and 2...

... while Kenilworth's Don Carrelli (top right) and Paul Gottlieb (bottom right) collected full points against Glen Hart and Wayne Burnett.

7th Round Results

Here are the results of this week's matches, the updated standings and the remaining April schedule:

7th Round
Lehigh Valley 2 Rutgers 2
DOCA Knights 2.5 Newark-McDonald's 1.5
Hamilton 3 Chess Mates 1
Kenilworth 2 Summit 2

Standings (as of April 5th)

	Team	MP	W	L	D	Points
1.	Hamilton	6	5	1	0	5.0
2.	Kenilworth	5	3	0	2	4.0
2.	DOCA Knights	7	3	2	2	4.0
4.	Lehigh Valley	6	2	1	3	3.5
5.	Chess Mates	6	2	3	1	2.5
5.	Summit	6	1	2	3	2.5
7.	Newark-McDonald's	5	1	3	1	1.5
7.	West Orange	5	1	3	1	1.5
7.	Rutgers University	6	0	3	3	1.5

Upcoming Matches
April 16th: Kenilworth vs. Newark-McDonald's, at Rahway
April 29th: W. Orange vs. Lehigh Valley, at Stewartsville, NJ
April 30th: Rutgers vs. Newark-McDonald's, at Rahway

Matches In Rahway Re-scheduled

Due to a changes in the Friday schedule at Chess Mates, NJ Transit train schedules and other factors, I have re-scheduled the remaining matches in Rahway as follows:

• April 2nd - DOCA vs. Newark-McDonald's 7:45 p.m.
• April 2nd - Hamilton vs. Chess Mates 7:45 p.m.
• April 16th - Kenilworth vs. Newark McDonald's 7:45 p.m.
• April 30th - Rutgers vs. Newark-McDonald's 7:45 p.m.
• May 28th - West Orange vs. Chess Mates 7:45 p.m.

6th Round Results & Updated Standings

Here are the results from last week's matches & the updated standings:

6th Round
West Orange 3 Newark-McDonald's 1
Hamilton 3.5 Summit 0.5
Lehigh Valley 2 DOCA Knights 2
Chess Mates 4 Rutgers 0

Standings (as of March 10th)

	Team	MP	W	L	D	Points
1.	Hamilton	5	4	1	0	4.0
2.	Kenilworth	4	3	0	1	3.5
3.	Lehigh Valley	5	2	1	2	3.0
3.	DOCA Knights	6	2	2	2	3.0
5.	Chess Mates	5	2	2	1	2.5
6.	Summit	5	1	2	2	2.0
7.	Newark-McDonald's	4	1	2	1	1.5
7.	West Orange	5	1	3	1	1.5
9.	Rutgers University	5	0	3	2	1.0

All pages have been updated.

Page Updates

The Results, Rosters and League Info pages have been updated.

The 9 team pages will follow later tonight or tomorrow.

Schedule Changes

Please note the following schedule changes:

- Kenilworth vs. Newark-McDonald's has been re-scheduled for Wednesday, March 19.

- DOCA Knights vs. Newark-McDonald's has been switched to Wednesday, April 2.

- Hamilton at Chess Mates has been switched to Wednesday, April 2.

- West Orange vs. Lehigh Valley has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, April 29.

- Rutgers vs. Newark-McDonald's has been switched to Wednesday, May 28.

- West Orange at Chess Mates has been switched to Wednesday, May 28.

- Summit at DOCA Knights has been switched to Thursday, June 5th.

The Schedule and Team Schedules pages have been updated.

Last Night's Results

Hamilton defeated Newark-McDonald's last night 2.5-1.5 while Kenilworth edged Lehigh Valley by the same score.

Updated Standings

	Team	MP	W	L	D	Points
1.	Kenilworth	4	3	0	1	3.5
2.	Hamilton	4	3	1	0	3.0
3.	Lehigh Valley	4	2	1	1	2.5
3.	DOCA Knights	5	2	2	1	2.5
5.	Summit	4	1	1	2	2.0
6.	Newark-McDonald's	3	1	1	1	1.5
6.	Chess Mates	4	1	2	1	1.5
8.	Rutgers University	4	0	2	2	1.0
9.	West Orange	4	0	3	1	0.5

Upcoming Matches

Thurs. March 4th, at West Orange 8 p.m.

Newark-McDonald's vs. West Orange

Thurs. March 6th, at Branchburg 8 p.m.

West Orange vs. Lehigh Valley

Thurs. March 6th, at Kenilworth 8:20 p.m.

Summit vs. Hamilton

Fri. March 7th, at Rahway 8 p.m.

Rutgers vs. Chess Mates

Wed. March 19th, at Rahway, 8 p.m.

Kenilworth vs. Newark-McDonald's

Updated Standings

Standings (as of February 14)

	Team	MP	W	L	D	Points
1.	Kenilworth	3	2	0	1	2.5
1.	Lehigh Valley	3	2	0	1	2.5
1.	DOCA Knights	5	2	2	1	2.5
4.	Hamilton	3	2	1	0	2.0
4.	Summit	4	1	1	2	2.0
6.	Newark-McDonald's	2	1	0	1	1.5
6.	Chess Mates	4	1	2	1	1.5
7.	Rutgers University	4	0	2	2	1.0
8.	West Orange	4	0	3	1	0.5

The Crosstables and Schedule pages have also been updated.

The others won't be taken care of until after the USATE.