Jempty, George (USA) [FICGS member # 9813]
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George Jempty
Last status : I've determined 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 and then 2...Bf5?! ...
First achieved correspondence expert rating (2000+) in the pre-engine mid-1980s
George Jempty has currently 9 running correspondence chess game(s), won 41, lost 33 and drawn 85 other games against an average elo of 2111, 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 159 games and is still playing a total of 9 games.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Bahadir Ozen (2241) : 50% (10 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Dirceu Cleto Junior (2148) : 72% (9 games, 4 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2257) : 62% (8 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. Janusz Swiatek (2291) : 50% (4 games, 0 wins, 0 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)
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 :
Too many groups for tourneys (2025-12-10 21:02:50)
Well then there is the implementing of those decisions as well, and I have 25 years experience as a web developer, and have offered my assistance late (...)
An indication for draw offers (2025-12-10 21:00:22)
I do appreciate your responses Garvin as I'm not as experienced on the site, more "on and off", and mostly off, at that ;) (...)
Too many groups for tourneys (2025-12-10 00:40:04)
So from the sidebar there are only 30 active players rated 2306 and above. Something clearly needs to be done. My idea of one group 2300+ might work (...)
Too many groups for tourneys (2025-12-09 18:49:13)
a) I agree about the rating bands and b) I wouldn't be so harsh about Thib, he maintains this site by himself (...)
Next thematic tournament (2025-12-06 22:24:08)
no i want something relevant to theory and is somewhat likely to be encountered OTB (...)
Next thematic tournament (2025-12-06 15:45:30)
The Tchigorin French, 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 .... this is a tourney I would *definitely* join ;) (...)
Too many groups for tourneys (2025-12-04 21:54:41)
Yeah I'm a little biased too. I'm probably headed to 2250+ in the next couple of cycles and therefore too might be able to get a ticket into the 2300 (...)
Too many groups for tourneys (2025-12-04 13:20:38)
The very highest groups take forever to fill up. I think the low bound for the higher groups, rapid or standard, should be 2300. (...)
An indication for draw offers (2025-12-02 14:11:33)
I sometimes make draw offers up to 3 at a time, once or twice a month.
Sometimes they decline OFC, and it's hard to keep trac (...)
New Tie Break System (2025-11-28 10:04:30)
Ok, good point, so essentially you just want it the same as ICCF, and that makes very good sense! (...)