Player #10407
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Name: Ray Garrison
Registered: 2005-09-15
Lastconnect: 2023-06-09 11:22
Address:   United States
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: 281496

Player's statistics
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 2030 2030.4 946 games 1. 18. +525-404=15~2 207 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 1713 1713.9 163 games 1. 4. +65-38=1~59 25 tournaments
XiangQi XiangQi 1894 1894.8 126 games 1. - +76-44=1~5 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 1788 1788.2 92 games 1. 2. +59-26=0~7 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 1556 1556.1 6 games - 8. +3-0=0~3 1 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
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