Jempty, George (USA) [FICGS member # 9813]
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George Jempty
Last status : Why do some players play in rating groups two below
First achieved correspondence expert rating (2000+) in the pre-engine mid-1980s
George Jempty has currently 14 running correspondence chess game(s), won 40, lost 33 and drawn 81 other games against an average elo of 2109, does not play advanced chess (fast time controls), does not play big chess, does not play Go (wei-ch'i, baduk), and does not play poker, finally George finished a total of 154 games and is still playing a total of 14 games.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Bahadir Ozen (2241) : 50% (9 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2257) : 62% (8 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Dirceu Cleto Junior (2148) : 68% (8 games, 3 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Jan Talek (2191) : 41% (6 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Andrea Sorcinelli (2154) : 50% (5 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Niklas Hallqvist (2230) : 20% (5 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Janusz Swiatek (2291) : 50% (4 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Mariano Rodriguez (2152) : 50% (4 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Norman Wilson (2126) : 12% (4 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Davide Nudo (2173) : 62% (4 games, 1 wins, 0 losses)
George's favorite game is : Chess
Why George likes Chess : its combination of brainpower and competition
Style of play : the gamut from sacrificial to endgames
Is George addicted : On and off
Uses engines : Yes
Favorite engines : Stockfish17
Favorite chess opening : if I told you i'd have to kill you ;)
Favorite chess player : Bobby Fischer
Favorite player at FICGS : Me! LOL
Languages spoken : Computer programming languages? Maybe 10
City : Carrollton, TX
Club : Dallas Chess Club
Interests : Cooking, Cats, History, Poetry, Writing
Occupation : (retired) Software Engineer
Favorite website : ficgs!
Favorite quote : "One knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Favorite movie : The Big Lebowski
Favorite music style : Rock
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Last messages by George Jempty in the forum :
New Tie Break System (2025-11-28 10:04:30)
Ok, good point, so essentially you just want it the same as ICCF, and that makes very good sense! (...)
Maintaining the initiative s a matter of (2025-11-27 20:41:31)
crap i thought i was posting that to my blog (...)
Maintaining the initiative s a matter of (2025-11-27 20:40:26)
Restricting your opponent's counterplay (...)
New Tie Break System (2025-11-26 13:19:19)
I still like my idea of using it based on performance rating FIRST, I don't see how it gives the lowest entrant an advantage if the tournament ends in (...)
New Tie Break System (2025-11-26 12:55:16)
Thib, couldn't some sort of change be made and be instituted (and communicated) by Jan 1 2026? Because yes, based merely on highest TER, in my opinio (...)
Clarification of Rating Groups (2025-11-20 22:23:26)
I guess I "opened a can of worms" by exercising the rule regarding the ability to enter a higher rated group. But in my case specifically, (...)
Russian flag replaced (2025-11-17 23:52:51)
Exactly, that was merely "anecotal evidence" of one Ukranian happy becoming Russian. IMO and most of the non-Russian world, INVADING the Uk (...)
Clarification of Rating Groups (2025-11-17 23:47:07)
There is no favoritism in my case, the rule ALSO states if your rating is within 50 points of the higher group, that waiting list has at least 5 entri (...)
a 2300-player tried the Budapest (2025-11-17 23:41:26)
Actually I was not happy having to defend so precisely, and probably could not have done so OTB, so I'm giving up on it, and instead will take up a va (...)
Next thematic tournament (2025-11-17 23:38:29)
Clodomiro Ortiz, feel better soon :( (...)