Gray, Garvin   (AUS)       [FICGS member # 1363]



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Garvin Gray


Last status : I see ratings are listed as having been updated,


I only play blitz silver in advanced games. Please do not challenge me for an advanced game in anything else.


Garvin Gray has currently 15 running correspondence chess game(s), won 267, lost 60 and drawn 570 other games against an average elo of 2111, played advanced chess at fast time controls, now 0 running, 64 won, 33 lost, 73 drawn, does not play big chess, does not play Go (wei-ch'i, baduk), and played poker texas holdem, now 0 running, 23 won, 21 lost, finally Garvin finished a total of 1111 games and is still playing a total of 15 games.



Correspondence chess statistics :

vs. Nelson Bernal Varela (2439) :   54%   (21 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Arkadiusz Wosch (2247) :   52%   (18 games, 3 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Sergey Kireev (2287) :   50%   (16 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Lubos Fric (2334) :   43%   (15 games, 1 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Sebastian Boehme (2248) :   35%   (14 games, 0 wins, 4 losses)
vs. Luca Sorbi (2351) :   57%   (14 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Scott Nichols (2183) :   42%   (13 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Roland Markus (2225) :   57%   (13 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. George Clement (2162) :   50%   (12 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Christoph Schroeder (2302) :   50%   (11 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)


Advanced chess statistics :

vs. Alvin Alcala (2489) :   43%   (41 games, 7 wins, 12 losses)
vs. Scott Nichols (2295) :   50%   (24 games, 3 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2062) :   69%   (13 games, 7 wins, 2 losses)
vs. William Taylor (2101) :   64%   (7 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Kamesh Nookala (2418) :   30%   (5 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Thibault de Vassal (2305) :   25%   (4 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Benjamin Block (1683) :   100%   (4 games, 4 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Rafnizar Rusli (1711) :   100%   (4 games, 4 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Michel van der Kemp (2070) :   33%   (3 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)
vs. David Evans (2364) :   33%   (3 games, 0 wins, 1 losses)


Poker holdem :

vs. Yeturu Aahlad (2344) :   0%   (3 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Volker Koslowski (1996) :   0%   (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Stanislas Gounant (2118) :   50%   (2 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Scott Nichols (2037) :   50%   (2 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Andrew Endean (2034) :   50%   (2 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Benjamin Block (1664) :   100%   (2 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)



Garvin's favorite game is : Chess

Uses engines : Yes

Languages spoken : English

City : Brisbane




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Last messages by Garvin Gray in the forum :


Is rating just a number on this site?    (2026-02-22 07:45:14)

There are two types of tickets.

The first kind is when you win a lower class/rapid event and that qualifies you to enter the next (...)


Is rating just a number on this site?    (2026-02-19 04:56:14)

So much discussion in the chat bar, but as soon as I take it to the forum, all I get is crickets. (...)


Is rating just a number on this site?    (2026-02-13 02:36:18)

I am taking this comment from the chat to this forum for further discussion.

In my opinion, this statement is false. On this si (...)


WCH_STAGE_2_GROUP_01__000029    (2026-01-29 07:12:28)

What is happening with these groups? (...)


Too many groups for tourneys    (2026-01-28 17:36:07)

Time to wind the clock back quite a few years. What I suggested as a solution to this issue was that the rating bands for the class tourneys and the r (...)


WCH_STAGE_2_GROUP_01__000029    (2026-01-28 01:44:51)

It is even in the rules: there will be double round-robin tournaments for 5 players groups only.

Therefore, these 5 player grou (...)


WCH_STAGE_2_GROUP_01__000029    (2026-01-28 01:42:00)

Why is this only single round robin?

We have discussed this previously. Five players. Double round robin.
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An indication for draw offers    (2025-12-10 02:03:16)

Sorry, deja vu again.

ICCF already handles this topic.

A player can only offer one draw every ten moves in a (...)


Too many groups for tourneys    (2025-12-10 01:59:32)

I am not being harsh on Thibault at all. I am just stating a fact in regards to these discussions. For there to be progress, the site owner has to be (...)


Too many groups for tourneys    (2025-12-09 18:40:17)

The issue is not so much with rating bands, it is difference in ratings of the groups.

400 points in the groups is ridiculous. A (...)