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Aivars Gipslis
Number of games in database: 1,014
Years covered: 1951 to 2000
Highest rating achieved in database: 2535

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (211)      B90 B30 B40 B56 B81  Ruy Lopez (100)      C69 C84 C64 C77 C85  French Defense (72)      C01 C15 C07 C09 C11  Ruy Lopez, Closed (42)      C84 C96 C85 C95 C93  Sicilian Najdorf (36)      B90 B94 B98 B97 B92  French Tarrasch (26)      C07 C09 C05 C03 C04	With the Black pieces:  Pirc (67)      B07 B09 B08  Nimzo Indian (60)      E55 E38 E39 E46 E20  Sicilian (60)      B43 B42 B28 B47 B46  Bogo Indian (37)      E11  English, 1 c4 c5 (35)      A30 A36 A37 A34 A32  Sicilian Kan (27)      B43 B42 B41

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972 0-1
   M A Kislov vs Gipslis, 1970 0-1
   A Zaitsev vs Gipslis, 1969 0-1
   Gipslis vs H Schulze, 1995 1-0
   Gipslis vs Bronstein, 1958 1-0
   Gipslis vs A Sygulski, 1987 1-0
   Gipslis vs Hracek, 1991 1-0
   Gipslis vs I Bilek, 1967 1-0
   Karpov vs Gipslis, 1972 0-1
   N Tolstikh vs Gipslis, 1993 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Moscow (1967)
   USSR Championship 1966/67 (1966)
   USSR Championship (1970)
   Jurmala (1985)
   USSR Championship 1961b (1961)
   USSR Championship (1963)
   USSR Championship (1969)
   Sousse Interzonal (1967)
   USSR Championship (1958)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   GM Gipslis: 35 Years of Frienship with Chess by Resignation Trap
   Tallinn 1977 by Chessdreamer
   Tallinn 1981 by Chessdreamer
   Jurmala 1985 by Tabanus
   Tallinn 1969 by Chessdreamer
   Nikki Pirc by reurbz

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AIVARS GIPSLIS (born Feb-08-1937, died Apr-13-2000, 63 years old) Latvia [what is this?] 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

page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,014  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 24 1951 Riga E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 2. Gipslis vs Tal ½-½ 38 1952 LAT-ch C49 Four Knights 3. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 22 1954 Riga Championship B30 Sicilian 4. Gipslis vs K Klasup   1-0 42 1954 LAT-ch D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 5. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½ 59 1954 LAT-ch A34 English, Symmetrical 6. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½ 59 1954 LAT-ch A34 English, Symmetrical 7. E Terpugov vs Gipslis   0-1 44 1954 2nd Soviet Team Cup D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Simagin vs Gipslis   0-1 43 1954 2nd Soviet Team Cup E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 9. Gipslis vs A Novopashin   1-0 24 1954 2nd Soviet Team Cup C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 10. Gipslis vs Goglidze   ½-½ 24 1954 2nd Soviet Team Cup C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 11. Gipslis vs A Bannik 1-0 37 1954 2nd Soviet Team Cup C16 French, Winawer 12. Gipslis vs A Batuev   ½-½ 12 1954 2nd Soviet Team Cup C01 French, Exchange 13. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½ 38 1955 LAT-ch D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 14. Gipslis vs Koblents   1-0 24 1955 Latvian championship B30 Sicilian 15. Y Neishtadt vs Gipslis 1-0 23 1955 USSR club Ch C24 Bishop's Opening 16. Korchnoi vs Gipslis   ½-½ 28 1955 Ch URS (1/2 final) E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line 17. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 50 1955 URS-ch sf C15 French, Winawer 18. Gipslis vs Tal 0-1 57 1955 URS-ch qf B30 Sicilian 19. I Nei vs Gipslis   1-0 30 1955 URS-ch sf A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 20. Gipslis vs R Renter   1-0 35 1955 URS-ch sf B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 21. Kholmov vs Gipslis   ½-½ 44 1955 4th Soviet Team-ch final A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 22. Averbakh vs Gipslis 1-0 36 1955 4th Soviet Team-ch final E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 23. Taimanov vs Gipslis 0-1 46 1955 4th Soviet Team-ch final E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 24. Gipslis vs M Mukhitdinov   ½-½ 57 1955 4th Soviet Team-ch final B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 25. Gipslis vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 28 1955 4th Soviet Team-ch final B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack  page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,014

Dec-30-04    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... _ Feb-08-07    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    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    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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