user4263: James Damore has been in the news recently because of controversy over this document he wrote while he was an employee of Google's.
The article I had originally read mentioned that he was a chess player, so I searched Google for "James Damore chess" and found this article from "heavy.com" (which I had never heard of). The article stated that he was a FIDE Master, and cited his resume. 
[ edit1: The Daily Wire has echoed this statement that Damore is a FIDE Master ]
[ edit2: FrontPage Magazine has done the same ]
However, I could not find Damore's FIDE profile, so it seems that he is not even FIDE-rated, let alone a FIDE Master. 
It seems to me that there are several possibilities:

He is a FIDE Master, but somehow the record is missing from the FIDE database. This seems unlikely to me.
The resume is not actually his resume (fabricated by someone who is not him). This also seems unlikely since the website on which the resume is hosted looks like it is the official website for MIT's GORElaboratory.
He lied on his resume and said that he is a FIDE Master, when in reality he is not. This, unfortunately, seems the most likely possibility, especially since this USCF profile with his name shows a rating of 1817.


My question is: has anybody heard of James Damore in the context of chess? Is he really a FIDE Master?

user-1: I checked on the USCF website. There is a James A Damore with a rating of 1817 and no titles. This James is registered in Illinois and last played in the Chicago Open 2005.

user3890: James Damore is not a FIDE Master, simply chech the FIDE Ratings website and search for James Damore. As this shows, there are no results.
Notice that there are no possible technicalities for why James Damore is not in the system (things like FIDE lost his paperwork or the possibility that James Damore had a FIDE Master title but then cancelled his FIDE membership or similar) since FIDE keeps track of every single membership even when they are cancelled, so if James Damore ever had a FIDE membership (which you have to have if you are a FIDE Master), he should be in the system.

user825: I believe James Damore lied about his resume, and not just about chess.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/james-damore-removes-phd-studies-linkedin-2017-8?r=US&IR=T

If he had the courage to lie about PhD in his profile (that's a very serious misconduct), why wouldn't he lie about being an FM master?
I can't think of a reason why his FIDE profile is not available, and his USCF rating is just a little over 1800. Hard to imagine we can't find a single FIDE-rated tournament crosstable with his name (he's a young guy and he had to play serious chess games to get an FM title).
James Damore is not an FM. He had cheated the media and Google.
PS: Note that the media simply downloaded the resume like we did. They had no idea this guy played well below the FM 2300+ rating. Journalists aren't chess players. They didn't have the experience verifying a chess player, but they did quickly send an enquiry to Harvard for his PhD (something they understood).


4263: <p>James Damore has been in the news recently because of controversy over <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzs0YgkhhIN4YjF6NFBVZkNKa2s" rel="noreferrer">this document</a> he wrote while he was an employee of Google's.</p>

<p>The article I had originally read mentioned that he was a chess player, so I searched Google for "James Damore chess" and found this article from "heavy.com" (which I had never heard of). The article stated that he was a FIDE Master, and cited <a href="http://www.gorelab.org/James_Damore__CV.pdf" rel="noreferrer">his resume</a>. </p>

<p>[ edit1: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Wire" rel="noreferrer">The Daily Wire</a> has echoed this statement that <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/19474/breaking-fired-google-employee-says-hell-likely-hank-berrien" rel="noreferrer">Damore is a FIDE Master</a> ]</p>

<p>[ edit2: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrontPage_Magazine" rel="noreferrer">FrontPage Magazine</a> has done <a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267519/google-gulag-daniel-greenfield" rel="noreferrer">the same</a> ]</p>

<p>However, I could not find Damore's FIDE profile, so it seems that he is not even FIDE-rated, let alone a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#FIDE_Master_.28FM.29" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Master</a>. </p>

<p>It seems to me that there are several possibilities:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>He <em>is</em> a FIDE Master, but somehow the record is missing from the FIDE database. This seems unlikely to me.</p></li>
<li><p>The resume is not actually his resume (fabricated by someone who is not him). This also seems unlikely since <a href="http://www.gorelab.org" rel="noreferrer">the website</a> on which the <a href="http://www.gorelab.org/James_Damore__CV.pdf" rel="noreferrer">resume</a> is hosted looks like it is the official website for MIT's GORElaboratory.</p></li>
<li><p>He lied on his resume and said that he is a FIDE Master, when in reality he is not. This, unfortunately, seems the most likely possibility, <a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12876403" rel="noreferrer">especially since this USCF profile with his name shows a rating of 1817</a>.</p></li>
</ol>

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<p><strong>My question is: has anybody heard of James Damore in the context of chess? Is he really a FIDE Master?</strong></p>
 -1: <p>I checked on the <a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12876403" rel="noreferrer">USCF website</a>. There is a James A Damore with a rating of 1817 and no titles. This James is registered in Illinois and last played in the Chicago Open 2005.</p>
 3890: <p>James Damore is <strong>not</strong> a FIDE Master, simply chech the <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/advseek.phtml" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Ratings</a> website and search for <em>James Damore</em>. As <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/advaction.phtml?idcode=&amp;name=damore&amp;title=&amp;other_title=&amp;country=%25&amp;sex=&amp;srating=0&amp;erating=3000&amp;birthday=&amp;radio=name&amp;line=asc" rel="noreferrer">this</a> shows, there are no results.</p>

<p>Notice that there are no possible technicalities for why James Damore is not in the system (things like FIDE lost his paperwork or the possibility that James Damore had a FIDE Master title but then cancelled his FIDE membership or similar) since FIDE keeps track of every single membership even when they are cancelled, so if James Damore ever had a FIDE membership (which you have to have if you are a FIDE Master), he should be in the system.</p>
 825: <p>I believe James Damore <strong>lied</strong> about his resume, and not just about chess.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/james-damore-removes-phd-studies-linkedin-2017-8?r=US&amp;IR=T" rel="noreferrer">https://www.businessinsider.com.au/james-damore-removes-phd-studies-linkedin-2017-8?r=US&amp;IR=T</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>If he had the courage to lie about PhD in his profile (that's a very <strong>serious</strong> misconduct), why wouldn't he lie about being an FM master?</p>

<p>I can't think of a reason why his FIDE profile is not available, and his USCF rating is just a little over 1800. Hard to imagine we can't find a single FIDE-rated tournament crosstable with his name (he's a young guy and he had to play serious chess games to get an FM title).</p>

<p>James Damore is <strong>not</strong> an FM. He had cheated the media and Google.</p>

<p><strong>PS:</strong> Note that the media simply downloaded the resume like we did. They had no idea this guy played well below the FM 2300+ rating. Journalists aren't chess players. They didn't have the experience verifying a chess player, but they did quickly send an enquiry to Harvard for his PhD (something they understood).</p>

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