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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) 21122 Jacob Chen (RA) 1842 1-0 Mark Kogan (WO) 20413 William Culbertson (WO) 1797 1-0 Alden Ortolano (RA) 17314 Aadarsh… Read more: West Orange 2 Rutgers A 2

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 pointsTop Under 1100: Ezra Yarmush – 2 1/2 points Beginner Section 1st Place: Daniel Ogden – 3 1/2 points2nd Place: Caden Reinman & Naitik Patel – 3 points… Read more: 2026 West Orange Chess Club Winter Rapids Prize Winners

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… Read more: West Orange Chess Club vs. Bergen Chess Mates

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) 22002 Mark Kogan (WO) 2041 1-0 Fermin Arias (N) 18303 Alberto Martinez (N) 1800 0-1 Will Culbertson… Read more: West Orange 3 Newark 1

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) – 17973 Devina Shah (WO) – 1395 1-0 Marcus… Read more: West Orange 4 Essex County College 0