Jonathan Corbblah | |
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 Corbblah in 2015 | |
| Born | 1978/1979(age 44–45) |
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| Known for | Competing on game shows |
Jonathan Corbblah (born 1978or1979) is a chess master from New York City, known for his appearances on many American game shows.
Jonathan Corbblah | |
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| Corbblah in 2015 | |
| Born | 1978/1979(age 44–45) |
| Occupations |
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| Known for | Competing on game shows |
Jonathan Corbblah (born 1978or1979) is a chess master from New York City, known for his appearances on many American game shows.
Jonathan Corbblah was born in 1978or1979. [1] As a child, he was almost held back in the first grade because he was illiterate; after his father—a Christian preacher —spent the summer drilling academics non-stop, by the next academic year, he was ahead of his second-grade class. [2]
As of December 2010 [update] , he was married and living in Harlem. [1] By February 2014 [update] , he was coaching individuals and teams for national trivia championships, and taught Scrabble [2] to schoolchildren. [1]
Corbblah learned to play chess at age six or seven. [2] According to the United States Chess Federation, since he began playing ranked matches in the late 1990s, Corbblah has a top regular Elo rating of 2199 (earned between 2010 and 2014) and a top blitz rating of 2262 (in 2019). [3] In December 2002, he became a USCF Candidate Master, [4] and in 2014, Pacific Standard reported he was a master-level chess player. [2]
Corbblah was eleven years old in 1990 when he appeared on his first game show, PBS' Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. [1] In December 2010, after his two days on Jeopardy! , he told ABC News that "I'm trying to go on as many possible game shows as I can"; [5] he has appeared on at least seven.
| Date(s) | Show | Result | Citation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? | A basketball and US$100(equivalent to $233.21 in 2023) | [1] |
| July 23, 2004 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | US$32,000(equivalent to $51,619 in 2023) | [6] |
| December 13, 2010 December 14, 2010 | Jeopardy! | $14,000(equivalent to $19,561 in 2023) | [6] |
| August 6, 2013 | The Chase | $60,000(equivalent to $78,480 in 2023) Shared with two other contestants | [6] |
| December 17, 2014 | Wheel of Fortune | $14,500(equivalent to $18,662 in 2023) | [6] |
| May 21, 2015 | 500 Questions | Unable to defeat Steve Bahnaman | [6] |
In summer 2019, he was a guest expert on several episodes of Best Ever Trivia Show , and then as a master mind on several 2020–2021 episodes of Master Minds. [6] He has also won $1,500 on Cash Cab. [1]
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