In a Garden State Chess League match played online on February 22nd, West Orange defeated Hackettstown 4-0.
Here are the results:
Board # White Black
1 Richard Buschgans (H) 1823 0-1 Pete Radomskyj (WO) 2200
2 Mark Kogan (WO) 2041 1-0 Angelo Depalma (H) 1800
3 Emil Donatello (H) 1477 0-1 Will Culbertson (WO) 1797
4 Zander Venutolo (WO) 1557 1-0 Ricky Buschgans (H) 663
Each score above is formatted W-B
The West Orange Chess Club has a page and club on the free chess website Chess.com https://www.chess.com/ that can be joined by clicking https://www.chess.com/club/west-orange-chess-club/join/bf6d94. In addition to being a free website Chess.com is easy to join in a few simple steps, including creating a username, by clicking https://www.chess.com/register.
If not already a member club administrators Andrew Chan (andymanchan@yahoo.com) or Bryan Cohen (bryan6872@aol.com) will have to approve club membership so just include your actual name in your membership request description and/or your profile (if either is an option) so we will recognize you and one of us will then approve your membership. Andrew’s Chess.com username is MIOT_AC and Bryan’s is BryanCFB. Other WOCC officer usernames are John Hagerty (Chessflyfisher), Lev Zilbermintz (numismaticsandchess) and William Culbertson (brooklynwrc).
This page/club will hold game events and analysis on occasion, likely on nights when the WOCC 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.
Any information regarding an event will be shared on the club’s homepage, such as the event announcement, event link and Zoom ID.
We hope you join the page/club and please stay tuned to the club page https://www.chess.com/club/west-orange-chess-club for event information.
In a Garden State Chess League match played online on January 30th, West Orange drew Rutgers A 2-2.
Here are the results:
Board # White Black
1 Pete Radomskyj (WO) 2200 0-1 Pranav Shankar (RA) 2112
2 Jacob Chen (RA) 1842 1-0 Mark Kogan (WO) 2041
3 William Culbertson (WO) 1797 1-0 Alden Ortolano (RA) 1731
4 Aadarsh Kalyan (RA) 1197 0-1 Delmari Ferguson (WO) 1148
Each score above is formatted W-B
Advanced Section
1st Place: Mark Kernighan, William Culbertson, Adam Darack – 3 points
Intermediate Section
1st Place: Dharsha Rupasinghe, Lily Xing, Ryan Martin, Udeg Ahuja – 3 points
Top Under 1100: Ezra Yarmush – 2 1/2 points
Beginner Section
1st Place: Daniel Ogden – 3 1/2 points
2nd Place: Caden Reinman & Naitik Patel – 3 points
Official United States Chess Federation Tournament Report: https://ratings.uschess.org/event/202601270093?section=0
There seems to be definite interest on part of the West Orange Chess Club in a match or matches vs. the Bergen Chess Mates Chess Club.
So if interested in playing for the WOCC vs. BCM please fill out the Google Docs form linked here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzGCUic7yzJTHDrvTDedMpLroGStMj5sn7nUJm7fC2gkNblA/viewform?usp=publish-editor with some basic information so WOCC team coordinator Andrew Chan can form teams for the matches.
If you have any questions you can either email the WOCC at wochessclub@gmail.com or Andrew Chan at andymanchan@yahoo.com.
Thank you!
In a Garden State Chess League match which concluded on December 4th, West Orange defeated Newark by a score of 3-1.
Here are the results:
Board # White Black
1 Lev Zilbermintz (N) 1900 0-1 Pete Radomskyj (WO) 2200
2 Mark Kogan (WO) 2041 1-0 Fermin Arias (N) 1830
3 Alberto Martinez (N) 1800 0-1 Will Culbertson (WO) 1797
4 Devina Shah (WO) 1395 0-1 Greg Shaw (N) 1588
Each score above is formatted W-B.
In a Garden State Chess League match which concluded on November 25th, West Orange defeated Essex County College by a score of 4-0.
Here are the results:
Board # White Black
1 Mark Kogan (WO) – 2041 1-0 Imanie (ECC)
2 Danny (ECC) 0-1 William Culbertson (WO) – 1797
3 Devina Shah (WO) – 1395 1-0 Marcus (ECC)
4 Robert (ECC) 0-1 Delmari Ferguson (WO) – 1334
Each score above is formatted W-B
Championship Section
1st Place: Peter Radomskyj, Mark Kernighan, William Culbertson – 3 1/2 points
Top Under 1900: Fermin Arias – 2 1/2 points
Under 1800 Section
1st Place: Samvel Hovsepyan – 4 1/2 points
2nd Place: Devina Shah – 3 1/2 points
3rd Place (combined with Top Under 1400): Michael Weinstein, Mark Hecht, Nathan Kuo, Delmari Ferguson – 3 points
Top Under 1200: Vivaan Sharda – 2 1/2 points
Under 1000 Section
1st Place: Michael Kot – 4 1/2 points
2nd Place: Ezra Yarmush & Rajinikanth Sambasivan – 4 points
Top 100-800: Myra Jogani & Patrick Falco – 3 points
Top 100-600: Prisha Sampat & Aarav Sharma – 2 1/2 points
Top Unrated: Hitarth Mistry & Anderson Horacius – 1 1/2 points
Official United States Chess Federation Tournament Report: https://ratings.uschess.org/event/202511180113
In the 2025-26 Garden State Chess League Season opening match which concluded on October 26th, West Orange drew Kenilworth 2-2.
Here are the results:
Board # White Black
1 Pete Radomskyj (WO) 2200 0-1 Gavin Sandberg (K) 1967
2 Ted Cross (K) 1939 0-1 Harold Colton-Max (WO) 1925
3 Will Culbertson (WO) 1797 0-1 Louis Leiggi (K) 1900
4 Adhrit Gupta (K) 1559 0-1 Delmari Ferguson (WO) 1334
Each score above is formatted W-B.
Open Section
1st Place: Bilgen Sazci – 3 1/2 points
2nd Place: Mark Kernighan & Stephen Hrop – 3 points
Top Under 2000: Tim Walters – 2 1/2 points
Top Under 1900: William Culbertson – 2 points
Under 1900 Section
1st Place: Samvel Hovsepyan – 3 1/2 points
2nd Place: Nathan Kuo – 3 points
3rd Place: Antoine Khan, Zander Venutolo, Mark Hecht – 2 points
Under 1400 Section
1st Place: Delmari Ferguson – 4 points
2nd Place: Lucas Chi – 3 points
3rd Place: Himansh Rathod – 2 1/2 points
Under 900 Section
1st Place: Raghav Sambasivan – 4 points
2nd Place: Daniel Ogden & Nikhil Gupta – 3 points
Top Under 100-600: Aarav Sharma – 2 points
Top Unrated: Daniel Antalics – 2 1/2 points
Official United States Chess Federation Tournament Report: https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202509235702