The West Orange Chess Club has been in existence since 1978. We offer United States Chess Federation Rated prize money tournaments (occasionally even Blitz and Rapid events), casual play, game analysis, free instruction, special events, refreshments and more. We are also the host site for the Garden State Chess League. Plus we have a large tournament room and a nice sized room for casual play and discussion. Please feel free to stop by one night if you would like!
Here is a list of our club champions:
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Mark Elsman |
| 1979,1980 | Al Greuter |
| 1981,1982,1983 | Dan McGrath |
| 1984 | Ralph Cilento |
| 1985 | Jeff Veksler |
| 1986,1989,1990 | NM Jim West |
| 1987, 2003 | NM Herb Hickman |
| 1988,1991,1992,1993,1995,1996,1999,2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016 | NM Peter Radomskyj |
| 1994 | Walter Stephan |
| 1997 | Bill Kalt |
| 1998 | NM John Nerney |
| 2001 | Jose Fernandez |
| 2008, 2013 | Victor Rosas |
| 2010 | Lev Zilbermintz |
| 2012 | Ari Minkov |
| 2014 | NM Mauricio Camejo |
| 2015 | SM William Fisher |
| 2017 | Jason Lu |
| 2018 | Stephen Hrop |
| 2019, 2025 | NM Vladimir Lipman |
| 2022 | Bobby Qian |
| 2023 | Timothy Xie |
| 2024 | Bilgen Sazci |
No Club Championship tournament held in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID.
For a list of our active tournament members, please click on the following link:
http://www.uschess.org/datapage/top-affil-players.php?affil=A6002020