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| Mar-27-07 | | Prugno: OK, I apologize, it looks like Mr. Zamora (easier to write than his new name) definitely wasn't cheating, apparently there even was an ICC arbiter at his home during the event. Still, <JointheArmy> got the point of my previous remark: in the past the managers of this tournament had been perhaps a bit too quick in banning successful participants. For instance, just a few days before the final I played in one of the qualifiers where GM Landa got disqualified after scoring 11/12. I haven't looked at the games, so I have no idea what it was all about, but anyway results in online events should never be taken seriously unless an arbiter is present. Computer cheating can perhaps be inferred, but if I invite an IM friend at home (perhaps even asking him to play openings from my repertoire) the games will look very "human" and still be played at a much higher standard than mine! |
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| Mar-27-07 | | Strongest Force: Thanks for the arbiter info Prugno. The ICC has become to big & full of themselves. I was there when they were still free & I could write a book on the shady things that both the ICC & its members perpetrate on a daily basis. It was a smart move for Jorge to have an arbiter present. |
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Mar-27-07
 | | JointheArmy: I wasn't even aware you could have an arbiter present at your home. What a brilliant idea. Pretty soon you could have USCF rated tournaments with that. |
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| Mar-29-07 | | a.nugent: Jorge has enough GM norms!Can't the USCF submit the application?What gives USCF? |
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Aug-04-07
 | | chancho: This is one of Jorge's biggest wins from 1991 when he was only 12 years of age. He was white in this game and the opponent with the black pieces was Gata Kamsky. the game was played at the Marshall Chess Club in New York. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0–0 Qc7 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Nb3 Ba7 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Bg5 h5 11.f4 Ng4 12.Qe2 d6 13.Rae1 f6 14.Bh4 Ne7 15.f5 e5 16.h3 Nh6 17.Qxh5+ Nf7 18.Qg4 g5 19.Bf2 Bxf2 20.Rxf2 b5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bb7 23.Qf3 Rh4 24.Be4 Ke7 25.g4 Rah8 26.Rh2 Rc8 27.c3 Qb6 28.Qe3 Qxe3 29.Rxe3 Rc4 30.Kg1 Ra4 31.a3 Rh8 32.Kf2 Kd7 33.Ke2 Kc7 34.Kd3 Kb6 35.Re1 a5 36.Ra1 Ba6 37.Nd2 b4+ 38.Kc2 bxc3 39.bxc3 Ka7 40.Kb3 Bb5 41.c4 Bd7 42.Kc3 Nh6 43.Re2 Nf7 44.Re3 Rb8 45.Bc2 1–0 |
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| Oct-01-07 | | ChessVip: According to http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph... this guy is playing with Palestine flag, but don´t have any FIDE Title!! |
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| May-17-08 | | Augalv: Jorge Sammour-Hasbun of the Boston Blitz has won an award for the best game of the US Chess League, for his win against IM Davorin Kuljsevic. http://www.chess.com/news/us-chess-... |
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| Aug-20-08 | | myschkin: . . .
Video
"USCL 2008 Game of the Year: Sammour-Kuljasevic"
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/vie... (by Dennis Monokroussos, runtime 46:15) |
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| Aug-20-08 | | notyetagm: <myschkin: . . .
Video
"USCL 2008 Game of the Year: Sammour-Kuljasevic"
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/vie...
(by Dennis Monokroussos, runtime 46:15)>
Thanks, I'll have to check this out later.
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| Aug-20-08 | | notyetagm: <DP12: Zamora and the ICC admins, like JFernandez, must be friends. Also he is ,among US players, famously talented and easily a blitz GM, like some of those famous Moscow blitz husslers. I could see some of those making a run at a DH championship.> Yes, Genrikh Chepukaitis was a famous non-titled player who often beat the world's best GMs (Petrosian, Spassky, Korchnoi!!!) in blitz games. |
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| Jan-23-11 | | notyetagm: http://usclnews.blogspot.com/2011/0... |
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| Feb-02-11 | | notyetagm: Ane example of Jorge's awesome tactical ability:
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "OfficeMan"]
[Black "NECF-InSchools"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: open Berlin defense, l'Hermet variation"]
[ECO "C67"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "01:56:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4
8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Qe3 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Bd2 a6 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Red1 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Bg4
20. f3 Bf5 21. Kf1 Bg6 22. Rd2 Bd6 23. Qh4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ne2 Qc6 26.
Rad1 h6 27. Qd4 f6 28. Qg4 Kh7 29. Kg1 h5 30. Qh4 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Rxd2 32. Rxd2
b4 33. Bxb4 Qa4 34. c3 Qa1+ 0-1 |
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| Feb-22-11 | | notyetagm: Jorge videos on ICC:
https://webcast.chessclub.com/icc/i... https://webcast.chessclub.com/icc/i... |
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| Aug-27-11 | | Strongest Force: JSH was in the NYC area when he was 8 and he was always a special blitz player. His best friend in his late-teens was Josh Waitzkin. With help from sponsors he was able to take lessons from Tal. |
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| May-03-13 | | RookFile: It sounds like it was a very smart move on Jorge's move to have the arbiter at his house. It stops the accusation of cheating before it really gets started. |
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| Aug-23-13 | | notyetagm: Jorge E Sammour Hasbun White to play: 29 ?
click for larger viewBlack's previous move was 28 ... ♖d5xb5??, grabbing a useless pawn
on the queenside.
Black overlooks two critical tactical points pertaining to his <KING SAFETY>: 1) Black g7-king is <STALEMATED> 2) <TWO LOOSE SQUARES NEAR HIS KING>: the h8-square is attacked by the White c8-rook
and the h6-square is attacked by the White e3-bishop and -both- of these squares are
<DEFENDED> -only- by the Black g7-king. But since -one- piece cannot <DEFEND> -two- squares
(in general), this tactical situation suggests that the Black g7-king is <OVERWORKED>
and can be <DEFLECTED>. White does not miss his chance, meeting the blunder 28 ... ♖d5xb5?? with 29 ♗e3xh6+!, Position after 29 ♗e3xh6+! 1-0
click for larger viewforcing Black's immediate resignation due to the forced mate 29 ♗e3xh6+! ♔g7x♗h6 <deflection from h8>
30 ♖c8-h8+ ♔h6-g7 31 ♕c2-h7#.
(VAR) 29 ♗e3xh6+! ♔g7x♗h6 30 ♖c8-h8+ ♔h6-g7 31 ♕c2-h7#
click for larger viewThis puzzle is also a great illustration of the power of the <LINE PIECES ♕♖♗> when
they are on <OPEN LINES> (files, diagonals, and ranks). Not one of the White c8-rook, c2-queen, or
e3-bishop is -anywhere- near the Black g7-king, yet they are able to perform a mate in 3
because they have <OPEN LINES> to the Black king. A big win for Jorge Sammur-Hasbun (White) on his way to retaining his Dos Hermanas ICC internet blitz
title in 2008.
[Event "FI32"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "NECF-InSchools"]
[Black "Indiana-Jones"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "3196"]
[BlackElo "3094"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical, hedgehog system"]
[ECO "A34"]
[NIC "EO.40"]
[Time "17:12:10"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Qe2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Ba6 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Rd1
Bf6 15. h4 h6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Ng4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Qb4 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 21. Rac1 Kh7 22. Rc4 Qb3 23. Rdc1 Ne7 24. R1c3 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qa2 26.
Qc2+ Kg7 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Rxc8 Rxb5 29. Bxh6+ 1-0 |
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| Aug-15-16 | | joddle: How is he not a Grandmaster or even an International Master having achieved a FIDE rating of 2611?! |
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| Aug-15-16 | | Shams: <joddle> FIDE won't let him in under the Palestinian flag and I'm not sure he'd accept sponsorship from another federation. That's the story I've heard at any rate. |
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Aug-16-16
| | chancho: He's a member of the Arab Chess Federation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_...
(non profit organization) |
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| Aug-15-23 | | Gottschalk: Jorge Sammour Hasboun had a peak rating of only 2463 (FIDE classical)
from JUL 2009 to MAY 2013
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/53... |
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Aug-15-23
 | | plang: Perhaps the 2611 is a USCF rating (USCF ratings are consistently higher than FIDE) |
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Aug-15-23
 | | perfidious: Sammour-Hasbun's peak USCF rating was 2622, entering his last event, the 2013 US Championship. He fell to 2601, and from 2463 to 2458 FIDE. |
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| Aug-16-23 | | Granny O Doul: The first game I ever lost to someone less than half my age was to Jorge. As I've hardly played since the 20th century, it's still happened only a handful of times. |
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Aug-16-23
| | perfidious: Happened to me also; threw away a near-winning position against him the one time we met. |
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Aug-16-23
 | | MissScarlett: Chess Life, June 1991, p.13:
<In the shadow of the world champiponship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, there has been an equally exciting drama unfolding on the local New York chess scene. Jorge Hasbun Zamora, Sr., and Jorge Zamora, Jr., previously from Honduras, are now living in New York City, looking to further the boy's career. Jorge Sr. used to conduct a chess school with 300 students, the only one of its kind in Honduras. He funded the project from his own savings (he had been the proprietor of a small restaurant), at a cost of $5,000 per year, an enormous sum in Honduras. Promised government sponsorship never arrived, and Zamora's funds quickly dwindled. Leaving the school under the supervision of his wife, Zamora and his son came to America to seek their fortune. Now Jorge Sr. puts all of his energy into helping his son's career. Jorge Jr. has won many national and international competitions. Boris Spassky, after having seen Jorge Jr. play, commented that he had no doubt that the boy would become a grandmaster in two years' time with the right coaching. The father and son have come to America to find that "right" coaching. They share a small room in Astoria, Queens with three men and have been surviving by eating falafels for $1.50 in the Village near Washington Square Park. Their morale is sustained by their deep Christian convictions. Jorge Sr. prays intensely before biting into each and every falafel. Jorge Jr. has been active at the Manhattan Chess Club, winning a number of weekend events. One such outing included a win over GM Arthur Bisguier. Spassky may be wrong. Jorge Jr. may become a grandmaster sooner than the predicted two years. George Frohlinde, owner of the Chess Shop on Thompson Street, himself a youth chess champion from Germany, has seen many child prodigies come and go. Frohlinde was around when the young Bobby Fischer was playing in the Village neighborhood. How does Jorge Jr. compare? According to Frohlinde, Jorge Jr. is a stronger player than Fischer was at age eleven.> The article ended with an appeal for financial support via the American Chess Foundation. |
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