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The West Orange Chess Club is saddened to announce the passing of active club member Patrick Falco. Patrick passed away unexpectedly on June 5th at the far too young age of 26. Visitation will take place at Scanlan’s Funeral Home on Friday June 12th between the hours of 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The Funeral… Read more: Patrick Falco: 1999-2026

In the final match of the 2025-26 Garden State Chess League Season played on June 2nd, West Orange swept Center Squares/Hamilton 4-0. Here are the results: Board # White Black 1 Dragan Milovanovic (CS/H) 2200 0-1 Pete Radomskyj (WO) 22002 Mark Kogan (WO) 2041 1-0 Charles Miller (CS/H) 17003 Ed Sytnik (CS/H) 1700 0-1 Will… Read more: West Orange 4 Center Squares/Hamilton 0

2026 West Orange Chess Club June Quads Tournament Director – Steve Lorimor Location All games will take place at the West Orange Chess Club, located at the Toby Katz Community Center, 650 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange (turn off of Pleasant Valley Way onto Alisa Drive and follow the road past the first parking… Read more: 2026 West Orange Chess Club June Quads

In a Garden State Chess League match concluded on May 23rd, West Orange drew Rutgers B 2-2. Here are the results: Board # White Black 1 William Cige (RB) 1881 1-0 Pete Radomskyj (WO) 22002 Mark Kogan (WO) 2041 1-0 Kai Gesteland (RB) 13603 Vaibhavi Borra (RB) 1422 0-1 Will Culbertson (WO) 17974 Zander Venutolo… Read more: West Orange 2 Rutgers B 2

In the tiebreaker between Mark Kernighan and 2025 WOCC Champion Vladimir Lipman to determine the title of 2026 West Orange Chess Club Champion, after two tiebreak rounds, one game with each color at G30/d5 and one game with each color at G15/d5, of which all four games ended in draws, the tiebreaker came down to… Read more: 2026 West Orange Chess Club Champion Mark Kernighan!