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Aivars Gipslis
Gipslis 
 

Number of games in database: 1,384
Years covered: 1951 to 2000
Highest rating achieved in database: 2535
Overall record: +442 -178 =751 (59.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 13 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (269) 
    B90 B30 B40 B81 B43
 Ruy Lopez (132) 
    C69 C84 C77 C64 C85
 French Defense (89) 
    C01 C15 C07 C11 C09
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (52) 
    C84 C85 C93 C96 C95
 Sicilian Najdorf (46) 
    B90 B98 B94 B92 B97
 Caro-Kann (34) 
    B14 B13 B18 B12 B17
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (93) 
    B43 B42 B47 B46 B28
 Pirc (81) 
    B07 B09 B08
 Nimzo Indian (76) 
    E46 E55 E38 E39 E48
 English, 1 c4 c5 (52) 
    A30 A36 A37 A32 A35
 Bogo Indian (52) 
    E11
 Sicilian Kan (37) 
    B43 B42 B41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972 0-1
   M Kislov vs Gipslis, 1970 0-1
   Gipslis vs H Schulze, 1995 1-0
   A Zaitsev vs Gipslis, 1969 0-1
   Gipslis vs A Sygulski, 1987 1-0
   F Sideifzade vs Gipslis, 1983 0-1
   Gipslis vs Bronstein, 1958 1-0
   N Tolstikh vs Gipslis, 1993 1/2-1/2
   Gipslis vs I Bilek, 1967 1-0
   Karpov vs Gipslis, 1972 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Latvian Championship (1961)
   Latvian Championship (1963)
   Bad Liebenstein (1963)
   Asztalos Memorial (1964)
   URS-ch sf Batumi (1961)
   USSR Championship 1966/67 (1966)
   Belgrade (1968)
   Latvian Championship (1962)
   URS-ch sf Vilnius (1960)
   URS-ch sf Sverdlovsk (1957)
   URS-ch sf Tashkent (1958)
   Capablanca Memorial (1971)
   USSR Championship 1961b (1961)
   USSR Championship (1963)
   World Student Team Championship (1957)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   19 oZeRo's Favorite Games Volume 19 by Sergio X Garcia
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 19 by 0ZeR0
   GM Gipslis: 35 Years of Frienship with Chess by Resignation Trap
   Tallinn 1977 by Chessdreamer
   Tallinn 1981 by Chessdreamer


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AIVARS GIPSLIS
(born Feb-08-1937, died Apr-13-2000, 63 years old) Latvia

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Aivars Petrovich Gipslis was born in Riga. In 1955, when still a teenager, he won the Latvian Championship for the first of eight times. He played six times in the Soviet Championship, finishing joint third in the 1966 edition. He became an International Master in 1963 and a grandmaster in 1967, the same year he qualified for the Sousse Interzonal. Also in 1967, he tied for second place in the Alekhine Memorial tournament, ahead of four World Champions (Vasily Smyslov, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, Mikhail Tal, and Boris Spassky). A prolific chess journalist, Gipslis was for many years the editor of the Latvian magazine Sahs. He was also a GMC. He died in 2000 in Berlin.

Wikipedia article: Aivars Gipslis


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 page 1 of 56; games 1-25 of 1,384  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0241951Candidate MastersE30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
2. M Pasman vs Gipslis  ½-½411952Latvian ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. Gipslis vs Tal ½-½381952Latvian ChampionshipC49 Four Knights
4. Gipslis vs J Mileika  1-0191953Latvian ChampionshipE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
5. J Mileika vs Gipslis  ½-½261954Latvian ChampionshipA17 English
6. Gipslis vs Tal  ½-½221954Riga ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
7. I Zilber vs Gipslis  0-1271954Latvian ChampionshipA13 English
8. Gipslis vs M Pasman  0-1421954Latvian ChampionshipB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
9. Gipslis vs K Klasups 1-0421954Latvian ChampionshipD28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
10. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½591954Latvian ChampionshipA34 English, Symmetrical
11. E Terpugov vs Gipslis  0-14419542nd Soviet Team CupD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Gipslis vs V Tarasov  0-14319542nd Soviet Team CupC71 Ruy Lopez
13. Simagin vs Gipslis  0-14319542nd Soviet Team CupE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
14. Gipslis vs A Novopashin  1-02419542nd Soviet Team CupC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
15. N Kopaev vs Gipslis  1-04119542nd Soviet Team CupD95 Grunfeld
16. Gipslis vs V Goglidze  ½-½2419542nd Soviet Team CupC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
17. I Veltmander vs Gipslis  ½-½2319542nd Soviet Team CupE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
18. Gipslis vs A Bannik 1-03719542nd Soviet Team CupC16 French, Winawer
19. G Bastrikov vs Gipslis  ½-½6119542nd Soviet Team CupB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
20. Gipslis vs A Batuev  ½-½1219542nd Soviet Team CupC01 French, Exchange
21. Korchnoi vs Gipslis  ½-½281955URS-ch sf RigaE31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line
22. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½381955Latvian ChampionshipD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
23. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0501955URS-ch sf RigaC15 French, Winawer
24. Gipslis vs Koblents  1-0241955Latvian ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
25. B Gurgenidze vs Gipslis  0-1591955URS-ch sf RigaA15 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-30-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Aivars Gipslis
Born 8th February 1937 in Riga
Died 13th April 2000
Awarded the IM title in 1963 and GM title in 1967
He was Latvian champion in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1966.
Feb-08-06  BIDMONFA: Aivars Gipslis

GIPSLIS, Aivar
http://www.bidmonfa.com/gipslis_aiv...
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Feb-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: The POTD played lots of wonderful games -- see <Resignation Trap>'s collection at the top of the page.

Here is one of my favorites: Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972

Do all Latvians play chess like this?

Aug-02-09  myschkin: . . .

Pic (book cover): http://www.chessmania.narod.ru/book...

Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aivars...

Sep-05-09  grasser: According to the Boylston Chess Club he died at the board in a Berlin tournament.
Oct-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <grasser> Not exactly. He suffered a heart attack during a league game, died three months later in hospital.
Feb-08-10  monrealis: Latvia was not in USSR in 1937.
Apr-27-15  zanzibar: IM gets capital treatment, but not GM?

Doesn't seem fair (see bio above).

Feb-08-16  Yopo: Not an Ordinary Grandmaster
https://www.chess.com/article/view/...
Feb-08-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  eternaloptimist: <Yopo> Thanks for posting that link! That article is informative & entertaining. I love playing over GM Gipslis' games! He was definitely not an ordinary GM as that article stated. He was a very creative player who excelled in calculating deep combinations. He defeated some strong GMs as can be seen in his "NOTABLE GAMES" section above. He won the Latvian Championship 8 times & he also won games against World Champs like Tal & Karpov!
Apr-13-16  TheFocus: Rest in peace, Aivars Gipslis.

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