Jempty, George (USA) [FICGS member # 9813]
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George Jempty
Last status : Thinking about changing away from the Cunningham
First achieved correspondence expert rating (2000+) in the pre-engine mid-1980s
George Jempty has currently 22 running correspondence chess game(s), won 40, lost 33 and drawn 73 other games against an average elo of 2101, 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 146 games and is still playing a total of 22 games.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Dirceu Cleto Junior (2148) : 68% (8 games, 3 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Bahadir Ozen (2241) : 50% (7 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Jan Talek (2191) : 41% (6 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2257) : 66% (6 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Andrea Sorcinelli (2154) : 50% (5 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Niklas Hallqvist (2230) : 20% (5 games, 0 wins, 3 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)
vs. Alexis Alban (1956) : 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 :
Russian flag replaced (2025-11-04 14:25:26)
It's not a matter of being a "political expert". It's just a matter of knowing your history. "Between May 3 and 12, 1916, the British (...)
a 2300-player tried the Budapest (2025-11-04 14:06:45)
Yes, Dutch is OK, but 2.Nh3!? is a challenge, and I've won at least one game on this server with that. But the Benoni and Budapest are significantly (...)
Finished games - Gmail problem (2025-11-04 13:59:12)
No, I've had the same problem. I think I saw in the chat that Thib was working on it. (...)
Banning players who forfeit too much (2025-11-04 13:58:15)
ok I will try to find the particular instance that prompted this post (it's been a few weeks so I've forgotten) and let Thib know so he can perhaps ta (...)
a 2300-player tried the Budapest (2025-10-31 08:00:36)
I played the Budapest OTB for *decades*. As you say, playable "just barely". Same goes for the Benoni and the Dutch. Why handicap yoursel (...)
Russian flag replaced (2025-10-30 10:33:39)
@Garvin, you can be anti-Isreal and NOT be anti-semitic. Do you think killling tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians is going to decrease future (...)
a 2300-player tried the Budapest (2025-10-30 10:27:20)
oops meant to post this as a blog post LOL (...)
a 2300-player tried the Budapest (2025-10-30 10:25:31)
and now has a -1.5 disadvantage (...)
Banning players who forfeit too much (2025-10-30 08:42:46)
I'd have to go through my games again. In any case, maybe they should banished to un-rated tournaments, and only if they finish that, they can play i (...)
DNS failure last week (2025-10-26 12:49:30)
How does that solve the DNS problem? (...)