Jempty, George (USA) [FICGS member # 9813]
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George Jempty
Last status : "Future rating : 2199"
First achieved correspondence expert rating (2000+) in the pre-engine mid-1980s
George Jempty has currently 20 running correspondence chess game(s), won 40, lost 33 and drawn 75 other games against an average elo of 2104, 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 148 games and is still playing a total of 20 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. Ilmars Cirulis (2257) : 64% (7 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Jan Talek (2191) : 41% (6 games, 0 wins, 1 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 :
Clarification of Rating Groups (2025-11-20 22:23:26)
I guess I "opened a can of worms" by exercising the rule regarding the ability to enter a higher rated group. But in my case specifically, (...)
Russian flag replaced (2025-11-17 23:52:51)
Exactly, that was merely "anecotal evidence" of one Ukranian happy becoming Russian. IMO and most of the non-Russian world, INVADING the Uk (...)
Clarification of Rating Groups (2025-11-17 23:47:07)
There is no favoritism in my case, the rule ALSO states if your rating is within 50 points of the higher group, that waiting list has at least 5 entri (...)
a 2300-player tried the Budapest (2025-11-17 23:41:26)
Actually I was not happy having to defend so precisely, and probably could not have done so OTB, so I'm giving up on it, and instead will take up a va (...)
Next thematic tournament (2025-11-17 23:38:29)
Clodomiro Ortiz, feel better soon :( (...)
a 2300-player tried the Budapest (2025-11-12 16:06:48)
I guess for me it's kind of personal because I played the Budapest on and off for decades, even beat an IM with it in a simul, but eventually became c (...)
Increasing the Number of Games in Progre (2025-11-12 16:02:43)
hmm how about a reward system, based on how many matches somebody finishes, increase the number for them by 10, or 25, e.g. I have no stake in this t (...)
Clarification of Rating Groups (2025-11-08 12:11:03)
Hello Garvin Gray, there is a similar rule if you are within 50 points of the floor of the next higher group, and "the field has gotten to the la (...)
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 (...)