Player #10407
Name: | Ray Garrison |
Registered: | 2005-09-15 |
Lastconnect: | 2023-06-04 09:27 |
Address: | ![]() |
Info: | that is me studying the position on the Manray chess set at the Toledo (Ohio) Art Museum in 2015....(it is a chigorin defence) ............................................................................................ I have won twenty-one championships in nine different games: Lyngk (seven times) Breakthrough (five times) Mini Shogi (twice) Conhex (twice) Amazons Catchup Dameo Einstein Qyps I also won both of the Monster Tournaments ............................................................................................ I have achieved a 2000 plus rating in twelve different games: Lyngk (2159) conhex (2004), chess (2286), shogi (2048), twixt (~2020), Amazons (2126), Four in a Row (~2075), Gomoku (2005), Breakthrough (2290), Einstein (2006), Slither (2046), Street Soccer (2071) My best go rating is 6.7kyu ............................................................................................ I achieved USCF Candidate Master title for over the board chess tournament play in December 2016. (first norm achieved in 1993, fifth norm achieved 2016). I have been an active tournament chess player in the U.S. since 1977 (more than 1,000 tournaments). My best USCF rating is 2067. Interestingly, I hold the world record for latest castling in a game, google "latest castling chess" and you will find the game at the top of the search (I castled prematurely at move 48) ............................................................................................ I have been self employed from chess since 1997. I owned Chess Express, a retail specialty store in downtown Ann Arbor from 1997-2000. From 2000 to 2020, I was a full time scholastic chess instructor in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since March 2020, I shifted my business to 100% virtual instruction. My website is www.arborchess.com ............................................................................................ I joined littlegolem in September 2005 and it has been a part of my life eversince. |
Membership: | Member |
Number of moves: | 280725 |
Game | Variant | Rating | Rank | Games | Championship level | Ladder position | Won/Lost/Drawn/InProgress | Tournaments |
Go | Size 19x19 | 1783 | 1783.2 | 141 games | - | - | +81-60=0~0 | 21 tournaments |
Go | Size 13x13 | 1644 | 1644.5 | 112 games | - | - | +67-45=0~0 | 15 tournaments |
Go | Size 9x9 | 1765 | 1765.3 | 344 games | - | - | +190-154=0~0 | 46 tournaments |
Go | Toroidal Go | 1500 | 1500.0 | 6 games | - | - | +1-5=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
Chess | Chess | 2331 | 2332.0 | 212 games | - | - | +163-17=32~0 | 30 tournaments |
Chess | Chess960 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Tumbleweed | Size 4 | 1570 | 1570.9 | 10 games | - | 3. | +6-2=0~2 | 1 tournaments |
Connect6 | Connect6 | 1857 | 1857.0 | 615 games | 3. | - | +371-243=1~0 | 83 tournaments |
StreetSoccer | Street Soccer | 1980 | 1980.5 | 946 games | 1. | 18. | +521-404=14~7 | 207 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | 3-points match | 1873 | 1873.7 | 527 games | - | - | +301-226=0~0 | 92 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | 5-points match | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | 7-points match | 1724 | 1724.2 | 106 games | - | - | +77-29=0~0 | 8 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | 11-points match | 1726 | 1726.9 | 52 games | - | - | +40-12=0~0 | 52 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | 19-points match | 1731 | 1731.8 | 78 games | - | - | +64-14=0~0 | 42 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | 50-points match | 1814 | 1814.0 | 54 games | - | - | +42-9=0~3 | 4 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | Black hole | 1500 | 1500.0 | 2 games | - | - | +2-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
EinStein würfelt nicht! | Backwards capture | 1500 | 1500.0 | 2 games | - | - | +1-1=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Ocean's Eleven | 54-card | 1676 | 1677.0 | 163 games | 1. | 4. | +60-38=1~64 | 25 tournaments |
XiangQi | XiangQi | 1869 | 1869.1 | 126 games | 1. | - | +73-44=1~8 | 22 tournaments |
Draughts | International Draughts | 1763 | 1763.4 | 146 games | - | - | +91-54=1~0 | 55 tournaments |
Draughts | Checkers | 1760 | 1760.8 | 258 games | - | - | +146-91=21~0 | 74 tournaments |
Draughts | Dameo | 1956 | 1956.8 | 227 games | - | - | +145-79=3~0 | 86 tournaments |
Shogi | Shogi | 1768 | 1768.8 | 53 games | - | - | +38-15=0~0 | 5 tournaments |
Shogi | Mini Shogi | 2011 | 2011.3 | 354 games | - | - | +288-66=0~0 | 46 tournaments |
Shogi | Shogi 5x6 | 1546 | 1546.6 | 6 games | - | - | +5-1=0~0 | 6 tournaments |
Shogi | Shogi 5x6 PLUS | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
WYPS | Numeric | 1840 | 1840.8 | 198 games | - | - | +139-59=0~0 | 18 tournaments |
WYPS | Numeric small | 1669 | 1669.1 | 80 games | 1. | - | +61-19=0~0 | 13 tournaments |
Twixt PP | Size 24 | 1919 | 1919.4 | 388 games | - | - | +214-174=0~0 | 98 tournaments |
Twixt PP | Size 30 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 8 games | 2. | - | +0-8=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
Twixt PP | Size 48 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Hex | Size 13 | 1959 | 1959.9 | 152 games | - | - | +95-57=0~0 | 16 tournaments |
Hex | Size 11 | 1542 | 1542.3 | 8 games | - | - | +6-2=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
Hex | Size 19 | 1889 | 1889.4 | 167 games | - | - | +100-67=0~0 | 34 tournaments |
Reversi | Size 8x8 | 1756 | 1756.8 | 107 games | - | - | +59-46=2~0 | 15 tournaments |
Reversi | Size 6x6 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Reversi | Size 10x10 | 1685 | 1685.7 | 67 games | - | - | +30-36=1~0 | 4 tournaments |
Reversi | Size 12x12 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
DVONN | DVONN | 1897 | 1897.3 | 329 games | - | - | +177-143=9~0 | 60 tournaments |
TZAAR | Random | 1696 | 1696.4 | 104 games | - | - | +66-38=0~0 | 51 tournaments |
LYNGK | Stack6 | 2077 | 2077.6 | 360 games | - | - | +305-55=0~0 | 184 tournaments |
Amazons | Size 10 | 2139 | 2139.6 | 222 games | - | - | +159-63=0~0 | 44 tournaments |
Golem Word Game | 100 letters | 1961 | 1961.2 | 86 games | - | - | +73-13=0~0 | 9 tournaments |
Four in a row | Size 9x9 | 1939 | 1939.2 | 444 games | - | - | +250-187=7~0 | 82 tournaments |
Four in a row | Size 6x7 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 14 games | - | - | +14-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Four in a row | Size 8x8 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 4 games | - | - | +2-2=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Four in a row | Size 10x10 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 5 games | - | - | +5-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Gomoku | Gomoku Pro | 1605 | 1605.2 | 60 games | - | - | +25-35=0~0 | 6 tournaments |
Gomoku | Gomoku Pro 9x9 | 1927 | 1927.4 | 186 games | - | - | +145-41=0~0 | 114 tournaments |
Gomoku | Gomoku | 1750 | 1750.1 | 220 games | 4. | - | +120-100=0~0 | 43 tournaments |
Dots and Boxes | Size 5x5 | 1820 | 1820.9 | 226 games | - | - | +132-94=0~0 | 41 tournaments |
Dots and Boxes | Size 6x6 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Dots and Boxes | Size 7x7 | 1539 | 1539.8 | 13 games | - | - | +8-5=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
Breakthrough | Size 8 | 2290 | 2291.0 | 997 games | - | - | +893-104=0~0 | 218 tournaments |
Lines of Action | Size 8x8 | 1918 | 1918.8 | 226 games | - | - | +148-75=3~0 | 34 tournaments |
Lines of Action | Scramble | 1500 | 1500.0 | 1 games | - | - | +1-0=0~0 | 0 tournaments |
Lines of Action | Quick | 1845 | 1845.5 | 127 games | - | - | +99-28=0~0 | 126 tournaments |
Lines of Action | Black Hole | 1461 | 1461.8 | 16 games | - | - | +7-9=0~0 | 2 tournaments |
Havannah | Size 10 | 1630 | 1630.5 | 43 games | - | - | +24-19=0~0 | 4 tournaments |
Havannah | Size 4 | 1705 | 1705.7 | 52 games | - | - | +39-13=0~0 | 6 tournaments |
Havannah | Size 8 | 1747 | 1747.5 | 98 games | - | - | +56-42=0~0 | 26 tournaments |
Slither | Size 13 | 1850 | 1851.0 | 85 games | - | 14. | +62-22=0~1 | 10 tournaments |
Slither | Size 9 | 1965 | 1965.5 | 110 games | - | - | +98-12=0~0 | 57 tournaments |
Catchup | Size 5 | 1742 | 1742.7 | 233 games | 2. | - | +133-76=0~24 | 80 tournaments |
Catchup | Random | 1813 | 1813.7 | 265 games | - | 2. | +200-62=0~3 | 139 tournaments |
Catchup | Size 7 | 1789 | 1789.9 | 92 games | 1. | 2. | +58-25=0~9 | 4 tournaments |
Polyomino | penta | 1762 | 1762.3 | 130 games | - | - | +89-38=3~0 | 37 tournaments |
Polyomino | mini | 1631 | 1631.3 | 37 games | - | - | +22-9=6~0 | 12 tournaments |
Polyomino | small | 1722 | 1722.7 | 49 games | - | - | +38-8=3~0 | 26 tournaments |
Polyomino | hexa | 1697 | 1697.3 | 21 games | - | - | +17-4=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
OSKI | English | 1609 | 1609.2 | 9 games | - | - | +7-2=0~0 | 3 tournaments |
Fendo | Seven | 1525 | 1525.0 | 4 games | - | 16. | +1-0=0~3 | 2 tournaments |
ConHex | ConHex | 1951 | 1951.6 | 239 games | - | - | +194-45=0~0 | 101 tournaments |
Morelli | Size 13 | 1659 | 1659.2 | 10 games | 1. | - | +8-2=0~0 | 1 tournaments |
Morelli | Size 9 | 1519 | 1519.6 | 11 games | - | - | +6-3=2~0 | 2 tournaments |
QYPS | Size 8 | 1681 | 1681.4 | 64 games | - | - | +43-21=0~0 | 14 tournaments |
QYPS | Size 5 | 1716 | 1716.7 | 59 games | - | - | +45-14=0~0 | 47 tournaments |