Player: Mikhail Tal
Player profile: Aivars Gipslis

Classical games: Mikhail Tal beat Aivars Gipslis 5 to 2, with 17 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 24 1951 Tournament E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 2. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 59 1954 Riga A34 English, Symmetrical 3. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 59 1954 Latvia Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 4. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 22 1954 Riga Championship B30 Sicilian 5. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½ 38 1955 Ch Latvia D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 6. Gipslis vs Tal 0-1 57 1955 Tournament B30 Sicilian 7. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 50 1955 Tournament C15 French, Winawer 8. Gipslis vs Tal 1-0 53 1958 Latvia Championship B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 9. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 26 1958 USSR Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½ 18 1959 Riga (Latvia) B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 11. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 40 1961 USSR Championship 1961b B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 35 1965 Ch Latvia E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 13. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 30 1967 Budva (03) D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. Gipslis vs Tal ½-½ 27 1967 Moskva (05) B89 Sicilian 15. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 27 1967 Moscow B89 Sicilian 16. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 15 1969 USSR Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 17. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 41 1977 Tallinn B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 18. Gipslis vs Tal   1-0 35 1979 Tallinn B08 Pirc, Classical 19. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 18 1981 Tallinn (Estonia) C42 Petrov Defense 20. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 41 1981 It (cat.10) B89 Sicilian 21. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 40 1983 It (cat.10) B08 Pirc, Classical 22. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 17 1985 Yurmala (Latvia) C42 Petrov Defense 23. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 15 1987 Jurmala E00 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 18 1988 It (open) B08 Pirc, Classical  page 1 of 1; 24 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tal wins | Tal loses