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January 27th: 2026 West Orange Chess Club Winter Rapids Rounds Three & Four

WOCC vs. Bergen Chess Mates Matches Link to Submit Information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzGCUic7yzJTHDrvTDedMpLroGStMj5sn7nUJm7fC2gkNblA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

2026 WOCC Membership Link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/west-orange-chess-club-voting

2024-25 Garden State Chess League Champions: West Orange!

Congratulations to 2025 West Orange Chess Club Champion Vladimir Lipman!

Extended Club Hours: Tuesdays from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM!

Home of the 2011 United States Amateur Team East Champions!

Home of the 2020-21 & 2024-25 Garden State Chess League Champions!

Club meets every Tuesday from 6:00 PM to 10:30 PM (view Calendar (under the Events tab) for our schedule).

Please also check out our Member page, Club page (Group) and Blog on Chess.com. Below are the links to those pages:

http://www.chess.com/members/view/WestOrangeChessClub 

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/west-orange-chess-club

http://www.chess.com/blog/WestOrangeChessClub

We also have a Facebook page which can be viewed by clicking on the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2239424179432376/

Please note that you need a Facebook account in order to access the club’s Facebook page.

And finally please check out our page on Lichess linked below and join the team:

https://lichess.org/team/west-orange-nj-chess-club

This page/team will hold game events and analysis on occasion, likely on nights when the club is unexpectedly closed or maybe even on non club meeting weeknights or weekends. And in addition a Zoom chatroom may be set up to make it more like an in person club meeting. Click https://westorangechessclub.com/west-orange-chess-club-page-team-on-free-website-lichess-2/ for more information.

For more club information please contact Club President John Hagerty via email at buickchess@gmail.com or by landline phone at 973-736-3433 between the hours of 10:00 AM and 9:00 PM.

For tournament information please contact Chief Tournament Director Steve Lorimor via email at sdlorimor@comcast.net or by phone at 908-286-0720 (voice or text).

The club can be contacted via email at wochessclub@gmail.com.

Club Annual Membership Dues Structure

Regular Membership: $12

West Orange Resident Membership: $6

Junior/Student Membership (under age 18 or college student): $6

Senior Membership (age 50+): $6

2026 WOCC Executive Board

President – John Hagerty

Vice President – Lev Zilbermintz

Treasurer – Andrew Chan

Secretary – Bryan Cohen

Officer at Large – William Culbertson


Other Club Positions

Chief Tournament Director – Steve Lorimor

Director of Player Development – Andrew Chan

WOCC GSCL Team Captain – Andrew Chan
WOCC GSCL Deputy Team Captain – Bryan Cohen

Director of WOCC USATE Teams – Andrew Chan

Website Administrator – Rutul Patel

The Tournament Results page (under the Events tab) will contain the results of whatever slow time control tournament the club has running at the time. These results will remain on that page, even after the tournament, until the next slow time control tournament.