Jempty, George (USA) [FICGS member # 9813]
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George Jempty
Last status : no more experimenting ..
First achieved correspondence expert rating (2000+) in the pre-engine mid-1980s, I'd started playing corres. and OTB tourneys a decade earlier, having gotten swept up by the Fischer craze I suppose
George Jempty has currently 54 running correspondence chess game(s), won 52, lost 81 and drawn 129 other games against an average elo of 2151, 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 262 games and is still playing a total of 54 games.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Bahadir Ozen (2251) : 34% (23 games, 0 wins, 7 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2248) : 52% (17 games, 2 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Janusz Swiatek (2257) : 33% (15 games, 0 wins, 5 losses)
vs. Dirceu Cleto Junior (2195) : 70% (12 games, 6 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Jan Talek (1954) : 35% (7 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Scott Ligon (2364) : 28% (7 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Coco Maceda (2265) : 33% (6 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Norman Wilson (2109) : 25% (6 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Niklas Hallqvist (2324) : 16% (6 games, 0 wins, 4 losses)
vs. Aniruddha Duttagupta (2306) : 16% (6 games, 0 wins, 4 losses)
George's favorite game is : Chess
Why George likes Chess : art, science, and competition rolled into one
Style of play : the gamut from sacrificial to endgames
Is George addicted : On and off (def. YES at the moment ..
Uses engines : Yes
Favorite engines : Stockfish18
Other games played : none, really ..
Favorite chess opening : if I told you i'd have to kill you ;)
Favorite chess player : Paul Keres
Favorite player at FICGS : Cirulis,Ilmars
Languages spoken : Computer programming languages? Maybe 10
City : Carrollton, TX
Club : UTD (Univ. TX/Dallas) club
Mission : to "preach the gospel to all creation" Mark 16:15
Interests : Cooking, Cats, History, Poetry, Writing
Occupation : (retired) Software Engineer
Favorite website : ficgs!
Favorite quote : Fiat Lux (let there be light) Genesis, 1:3
Favorite movie : My Name is Bill W.
Favorite music style : Gospel
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Last messages by George Jempty in the forum :
feature suggestion .. (2026-09-22 05:15:49)
ok, this site is obviously fundamentally broken; couldn't you just have an "ongoing events" for the championship and cup sites. I don't kno (...)
feature suggestion .. (2026-09-20 03:09:11)
Thib, there is *still* a problem with the "your waiting lists" feature: now, *both* the world-champ, and the cup, are listed for me. I woul (...)
feature suggestion(S) .... (2026-09-13 08:34:17)
yeah, maybe I could try that, i treat each game seperately at the moment (...)
Too many groups for tourneys (2026-09-11 09:40:47)
i just made a counter suggestion, that's all. and perhaps you don't understand, I'm proposting a 2200+ section, with *no* upper bound; likewise for t (...)
Too many groups for tourneys (2026-09-10 13:12:41)
2200-2349 seems too narrow for me, how about just 2200+ and 2350+. That way elite players can play elite players, and 2200+ would be a "masters (...)
feature suggestion(S) .... (2026-09-09 21:32:39)
Starting this thread for ALL feature suggestions ..
1) a download link on the *all* pending games page -- https://ficgs.com/use (...)
feature suggestion .. (2026-09-09 21:16:15)
nice work!! (...)
A Deceptive Illusion (2026-09-09 21:15:26)
yup, i had an opponent on here that offered me a draw in a dead lost position, I kind of resented it at the time .. (...)
A Deceptive Illusion (2026-09-08 17:12:54)
this is like when reddit users ask people to ask others on the internet to help name their cat. methinks you are over-reliant on the internet and/or (...)
feature suggestion .. (2026-09-08 17:11:22)
also, it it marking the latest world championship as me (and others, I presume) as being in the waiting list, but the waiting list is closed .. (...)