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 8 running correspondence chess game(s), won 267, lost 60 and drawn 577 other games against an average elo of 2113, 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 1118 games and is still playing a total of 8 games.



Correspondence chess statistics :

vs. Nelson Bernal Varela (2433) :   54%   (21 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Arkadiusz Wosch (2247) :   52%   (18 games, 3 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Sergey Kireev (2289) :   50%   (16 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Lubos Fric (2334) :   43%   (15 games, 1 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Sebastian Boehme (2237) :   35%   (14 games, 0 wins, 4 losses)
vs. Luca Sorbi (2350) :   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 (2292) :   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 (2338) :   0%   (3 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Volker Koslowski (1996) :   0%   (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Stanislas Gounant (2125) :   50%   (2 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Scott Nichols (2037) :   50%   (2 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Andrew Endean (2024) :   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 (...)