Aivars Ģipslis (February 8, 1937 – April 13, 2000) was a Latvian chess Grandmaster, and a chess writer. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.
Born in Riga, he was champion of Latvia in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, and 1966. He also played in several Soviet Chess Championships, his best result coming in 1966, when he was equal third with 12/20. This is a list of all the winners of the USSR Chess Championship. Gipslis played in the Sousse Interzonal of 1967, but did not advance to the Candidates' level. Sousse ( Arabic سوسة Sousa) is a city of Tunisia. Located 140 km south of Tunis, the city has 173 047 inhabitants (2004 Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation Perhaps his best tournament result was the Alekhine Memorial 1967 in Moscow, where he finished on 10/17, a point behind the winner Leonid Stein. Leonid Zakharovich Stein (Леонид Захарович Штейн November 12 1934 – July 4 1973) Soviet Grandmaster His second place was shared with Milko Bobotsov and two World Champions, Vassily Smyslov and Mikhail Tal, ahead of two others, Boris Spassky and Tigran Petrosian, among a host of other strong players. Milko Georgiev Bobotsov (Милко Бобоцов (born 30 October 1931 in Plovdiv - † 3 april 2000 Sofia, Bulgaria Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov (Васи́лий Васильевич Смысло́в (born March 24, 1921, in Moscow) is a Russian Chess Mikhail Tal (Mihails Tāls Михаил Нехемьевич Таль Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, mʲixa'iɫ̺ n̻ʲɛ'xɛmjɛvʲiʨ t̺al̻ sometimes transliterated Mihails Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij (Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian French Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Պետրոսյան ( June 17, 1929 &ndash August 13, 1984) was World Chess Champion from 1963 His other outstanding tournament results include equal first at Bad Liebenstein 1963 with Lev Polugaevsky, and equal second at Budapest 1977 behind David Bronstein. Bad Liebenstein is the oldest Spa town in in Thuringia ( Wartburgkreis district Germany) Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky ( Russian: Лев Абрамович Полугаевский) (sometimes transliterated as Lyev Polugayevsky) ( Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн February 19 1924 &ndash December 5 2006) was renowned as a leading Drink affected his performance in later years, but he continued to play right up to the year of his death (Hooper & Whyld 1992:153). Aivars Ģipslis ( February 8, 1937 – April 13, 2000) was a Latvian Chess FIDE Grandmaster and
He became an Grandmaster in 1967, and edited the Latvian chess periodical Šahs from 1963. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.
With the white pieces, he most frequently opened 1. e4. His repertoire with black was more varied. He is the eponym of the Gipslis Variation of the Sicilian Defence which he played the black side of several times in the 1960s: 1. The Sicilian Defence is a Chess opening that begins with the moves 1 e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6.