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Aivars Gipslis
Number of games in database: 993
Years covered: 1951 to 2000
Highest rating achieved in database: 2535
Overall record: +313 -127 =545 (59.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      8 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (207)      B90 B30 B40 B56 B81  Ruy Lopez (97)      C69 C84 C77 C64 C85  French Defense (71)      C01 C15 C07 C09 C11  Ruy Lopez, Closed (40)      C84 C85 C96 C95 C93  Sicilian Najdorf (36)      B90 B94 B98 B92 B97  Caro-Kann (28)      B14 B17 B13 B18 B19	With the Black pieces:  Pirc (64)      B07 B08 B09  Nimzo Indian (60)      E55 E39 E38 E46 E48  Sicilian (59)      B43 B42 B47 B28 B48  Bogo Indian (36)      E11  English, 1 c4 c5 (34)      A30 A37 A36 A34 A32  Sicilian Kan (27)      B43 B42 B41

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Zaitsev vs Gipslis, 1969 0-1
   Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972 0-1
   M Kislov vs Gipslis, 1970 0-1
   Gipslis vs Bronstein, 1958 1-0
   Gipslis vs A Sygulski, 1987 1-0
   Karpov vs Gipslis, 1972 0-1
   Gipslis vs Hracek, 1991 1-0
   Gipslis vs Razuvaev, 1982 1-0
   Gipslis vs Dinstuhl, 1996 1-0
   N Tolstikh vs Gipslis, 1993 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   USSR Championship 1966/67 (1966)
   Moscow (1967)
   USSR Championship (1970)
   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
   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 40; games 1-25 of 993  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 24 1951 Tournament E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 2. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 38 1952 Ch Latvia C49 Four Knights 3. K Klasup vs Gipslis 0-1 14 1953 Tournament E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 4. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 22 1954 Riga Championship B30 Sicilian 5. Gipslis vs A Novopashin   1-0 24 1954 URS-chT C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 6. Gipslis vs K Klasup   1-0 42 1954 Ch Latvia D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 7. Gipslis vs A Batuev   ½-½ 12 1954 URS-chT C01 French, Exchange 8. Simagin vs Gipslis   0-1 43 1954 URS-chT E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 9. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 59 1954 Riga A34 English, Symmetrical 10. Tal vs Gipslis   ½-½ 59 1954 Latvia Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 11. E Terpugov vs Gipslis   0-1 44 1954 URS-chT D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Taimanov vs Gipslis 0-1 46 1954 Woroschilowgrad E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 13. Gipslis vs Goglidze   ½-½ 24 1954 URS-chT C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 14. Gipslis vs A Bannik 1-0 37 1954 URS-chT C16 French, Winawer 15. Gipslis vs M Mukhitdinov   ½-½ 57 1955 URS-chT fin B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 16. Gipslis vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 28 1955 URS-chT fin B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 17. Gipslis vs Kholmov   0-1 27 1955 URS-chT sf C78 Ruy Lopez 18. Gipslis vs Tal 0-1 57 1955 Tournament B30 Sicilian 19. Kholmov vs Gipslis   ½-½ 44 1955 URS-chT fin A19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation 20. Y Neishtadt vs Gipslis 1-0 23 1955 USSR club Ch C24 Bishop's Opening 21. Averbakh vs Gipslis 1-0 36 1955 URS-chT fin E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 22. Korchnoi vs Gipslis   ½-½ 28 1955 Ch URS (1/2 final) E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line 23. Gipslis vs Koblents   1-0 24 1955 LAT-ch B30 Sicilian 24. Tal vs Gipslis 1-0 50 1955 Tournament C15 French, Winawer 25. Tal vs Gipslis ½-½ 38 1955 Ch Latvia D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack  page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 993

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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