Name: Esftratios Grivas
Date of birth: 30th of March 1966
Place of Birth: Aegio, Greece
Place of Residence: Athens
Current rating:
EG: 2468 and going down
Future rating:
EG: Zero!!
Your favorite color:
EG: Black
Your favorite food:
EG: Sushi
Your favorite drink:
EG: Gin
Music you like to listen to:
EG: Pink Floyd
The best non-chess book you ever read:
EG: (I will spit on your grave) by Boris Vian
The best chess book you evert read:
EG: Grivas Method
Your best result ever?
EG: Silver medal in Olympiad 1988. It was important for the team.
Your best game ever?
EG: Minasian – Grivas Ankara 1995 is the most interesting.
The game that you wished to be the winner of?
EG:Serper – Nikolaidis 1993 in the place of Serper !
Your favorite square?
EG: It must be d4.
Your favorite piece?
EG: Bishops are nice. Also I play very good Rooks endgames.
Your Favorite/idol chess player(s)?
EG: Rubinstein
What distinguishes you as a chess player?
EG: I am logical.
Who or what would you like to be if you weren’t yourself?
EG: I am Givas. So I would like to be Efstratios 
Be yourself.
Which person or personality you would like or wished to meet?
EG: Einstein is an interesting person.
Your strong point in your personality?
EG: I am egoist and persisting.
Your weak point in your personality you like to remove?
EG: I am carried away sometimes.
Your favorite place in the world (or like to go to)?
My country is great but also Maldives. The sea is important for me. I like to fish sharks. Sometimes they fish me J (Grivas was attacked by a shark during his stay in Dubai 2014-2016 – CK)
Your aim/target in life?
EG: Helping my children achieving their dreams.
A hobby that you would like to learn/practice?
EG: I like sports but you must go with the age.
What chess gave to you?
EG: Pleasure first of all.
What chess took from you?
EG: Nothing. I am very happy with it.
What you like to change in the chess rules?
EG: Nothing.
Your message/advice to Fide/?
EG: No message to FIDE. What I like to do I do.
Carlsen, Caruana, or?
EG: Unclear match. No Preference.