Jempty, George (USA) [FICGS member # 9813]
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George Jempty
Last status : Fiat Lux!
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 23 running correspondence chess game(s), won 49, lost 79 and drawn 123 other games against an average elo of 2149, 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 251 games and is still playing a total of 23 games.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Bahadir Ozen (2251) : 34% (22 games, 0 wins, 7 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2248) : 53% (16 games, 2 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Janusz Swiatek (2257) : 35% (14 games, 0 wins, 4 losses)
vs. Dirceu Cleto Junior (2195) : 68% (11 games, 5 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. Niklas Hallqvist (2324) : 16% (6 games, 0 wins, 4 losses)
vs. Aniruddha Duttagupta (2306) : 16% (6 games, 0 wins, 4 losses)
vs. Davide Nudo (2237) : 50% (6 games, 1 wins, 1 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 : Backgammon? though it's been decades ..
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 :
Does Thib need help? (2026-09-04 06:44:55)
And not just with regard to this site, but perhaps also with his life/endeavours in general ..
My succinct answer is .... YES! (...)
Is rating just a number on this site? (2026-09-03 22:08:50)
Funny you should write that Ulises, because I now realize my lower rating due to mass fortfeitures, has allowed me to get winning positions against so (...)
Next thematic tournament (2026-09-03 21:57:46)
Or how about the Blumenfeld Gambit? But it makes LITTLE DIFFERENCE unless Thib starts responding, like he ought to; he has a responsibility towards A (...)
Is rating just a number on this site? (2026-09-03 13:48:43)
@Daniel, I don't believe Paul's responses have been nonsense. That however is not to say, your frustration is not warranted. Have a fantastic day! (...)
Next thematic tournament (2026-08-31 22:25:49)
How about the Nimzovich, 1.e4 Nc6 .. (...)
An indication for draw offers (2026-08-31 22:24:54)
actually, I can just indicate offered draws in "personal notes" Problem solved! (...)
how does one retain previous move msgs? (2026-08-31 01:56:16)
No I don't, is that the key? I might try that. Merci beaucoup :) (...)
Next thematic tournament (2026-08-27 06:06:09)
far too mainstream in my opinion, maybe non-g3 variations? another idea of mine is the Anderssen, 1.a3.
BTW, Thib, at least (...)
how does one retain previous move msgs? (2026-08-25 01:45:25)
Often when a player responds to my own messages, when they reply, they are able to "quote" my previous message, formatted left-indented with (...)
Game 149969 (2026-08-24 01:23:18)
interesting .. perhaps Mr. Ozen can elaborate on his specific use case, so it could possibly be debugged by Thibault ?? (...)