Jempty, George   (USA)       [FICGS member # 9813]



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George Jempty


Last status : Happy Holidays


First achieved correspondence expert rating (2000+) in the pre-engine mid-1980s


George Jempty has currently 8 running correspondence chess game(s), won 26, lost 32 and drawn 24 other games against an average elo of 2071, 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 82 games and is still playing a total of 8 games.



Correspondence chess statistics :

vs. Niklas Hallqvist (2198) :   12%   (4 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Alexis Alban (1956) :   62%   (4 games, 1 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Clodomiro Ortiz (2438) :   50%   (3 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Norman Wilson (2018) :   16%   (3 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Herbert Kruse (2364) :   25%   (2 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Arkadiusz Wosch (2241) :   0%   (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Evgeny Kopasov (2022) :   0%   (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Stephen Hamby (2272) :   0%   (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. John Dyson (2243) :   0%   (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Martin Knittel (2126) :   0%   (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)


George Jempty



George's favorite game is : Chess

Why George likes Chess : Playing since I was 5

Is George addicted : On and off

Uses engines : Yes

Other games played : Civ 3

Favorite chess player : Bobby Fischer

Languages spoken : Computer programming languages? Maybe 10

City : Carrollton, TX

Club : Dallas Chess Club

Interests : Cooking, Cats, History

Occupation : Software Engineer

Favorite website : Facebook

Facebook profile : https://www.facebook.com/jemptymethod

Favorite quote : "A designer 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 :


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2025-06-26 23:39:19)

Yeah the only reason I'm winning in one of my games right now is because of poor play by my opponent. But 12 years ago or so I had an unbeaten streak (...)


Thematic tournaments?    (2019-01-19 22:33:44)

I propose Bishop's Gambit. If you play 1.e4 e5 as Black you probably need to know it. And if you play the same as White, it could be a good surprise (...)


Anybody in USA want my computers?    (2018-03-16 12:29:42)

Wondering if anybody in the USA I could ship to would be interested in buying my 2 desktop computers? They're a couple of years old but haven't been (...)


Defeating Draw Death    (2017-01-19 20:19:53)

I don't understand the reasoning. If White is only going to score 0.4 for a draw, it behooves him to play more riskily for the win and a full point. (...)


GM Eros Riccio 12th WCH & chess    (2017-01-19 01:12:18)

I like your idea Scott I just posted something similar in your other thread (...)


Defeating Draw Death    (2017-01-19 00:02:36)

Make draws with White only count 0.4 but draws with Black count 0.6 (...)


Thematic tournaments?    (2016-12-23 13:06:42)

Belgrade Gambit is good. The only reason I would have preferred the Four Knights proper is to try 4...h6!? (...)


Missing chat    (2016-09-30 19:48:14)

I like Scott's suggestion of 140 characters in the chat (...)


Failed to receive email    (2016-09-20 15:46:07)

I failed to receive an email for Sorbi's 25th move in the following game: http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=move_express&game=93675 <br& (...)


Missing chat    (2016-09-20 09:25:24)

Thib could you at least acknowledge that on 9/13 the day in question I was *NOT* the one who deleted probably a dozen or more chat messages (...)