Jempty, George (USA) [FICGS member # 9813]
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George Jempty
Last status : Besides chess, taxonomy is my favorite discipline
First achieved correspondence expert rating (2000+) in the pre-engine mid-1980s
George Jempty has currently 33 running correspondence chess game(s), won 35, lost 33 and drawn 49 other games against an average elo of 2087, 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 117 games and is still playing a total of 33 games.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Dirceu Cleto Junior (2115) : 75% (6 games, 3 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Niklas Hallqvist (2224) : 20% (5 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2284) : 70% (5 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Bahadir Ozen (2266) : 50% (4 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Norman Wilson (2106) : 12% (4 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Alexis Alban (1956) : 62% (4 games, 1 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Lennox Phillip (2055) : 50% (3 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Davide Nudo (2144) : 50% (3 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Andrea Sorcinelli (2110) : 50% (3 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Clodomiro Ortiz (2438) : 50% (3 games, 0 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 :
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
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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 (...)