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Aivars Gipslis

Latvian chess player (1937-2000)
Person human Q303455

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
February 8, 1937
Date of death
April 13, 2000
Place of birth
Riga
Place of death
Berlin, Köpenick[3][9]
Country of citizenship
Latvia[10]
Occupation
chess player, correspondence chess player, writer, Grandmaster
Award received
Merited Coach of the USSR[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Latvian
Country for sport
Soviet Union, Latvia
Elo rating
2.4k (2.4k–2.6k, n=52)[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Family name
Ģipslis[14]
Given name
Aivars[15]
Sport
chess[13]
Title of chess person
Grandmaster, International Master, International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, Master of Sport of USSR in Chess
🏷️ Also known as
en Aivars Gipslis de Aivars Petrowitsch Gipslis fr Aïvars Gipslis ru Айварс Гипслис uk Гіпсліс Айварс Петрович
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
000000005170878X
VIAF cluster ID
51652556
Library of Congress authority ID
nr2006013833
GND ID
1154456765
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gipslis,Aivars 1998 Dortmund.png ↗
365Chess.com player ID
Aivars_Gipslis
ChessTempo.com player ID
239949
Chessgames.com player ID
47823
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1154456765
FAST ID
1644321
FIDE player ID
11600080
Freebase ID
/m/04x29m
Show all 21 identifiers +9
ICCF player ID
910024
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID
162072
LibraryThing author ID
gipslisaivars
National Library of Latvia ID
000219590
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
08658183X
Prabook ID
2551997
SNAC ARK ID
w6417npw
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpdVDhrbQ7XJgXtCtcMfq
Yale LUX ID
person/4ef8b74f-acbd-4f3c-a8c8-ee70136f4a13

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🔗 Connections
Country for sport 2
Latvia, Soviet Union
Occupation 2
writer, chess player
Title of chess person 2
Grandmaster, International Master
Award received 1
Merited Coach of the USSR
Country of citizenship 1
Latvia
Given name 1
Aivars
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Latvian
Place of birth 1
Riga
Place of death 1
Berlin
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
chess
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Summary

Aivars Gipslis was born in Riga[1]. He was born on February 8, 1937[2]. He died in Berlin[3]. He died on April 13, 2000[4]. He worked as a chess player[5], correspondence chess player[6], writer[7], and Grandmaster[8].

Body

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include Berlin[3], a seat of government[24], in Margraviate of Brandenburg[25], founded in 1244[26] and Köpenick[9], a locality of Berlin[27], in Germany[28].

FAQs

Where was Aivars Gipslis born?

Aivars Gipslis was born in Riga[1].

Where did Aivars Gipslis die?

Aivars Gipslis died in Berlin[3].

What did Aivars Gipslis do for work?

Aivars Gipslis worked as chess player[5], correspondence chess player[6], writer[7], and Grandmaster[8].

What awards did Aivars Gipslis receive?

Honors received include Merited Coach of the USSR[11].

Related Entities

Latvia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . OlimpBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Berlin, Köpenick
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'et', 'fr', 'it', 'lv', 'pl', 'ru', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → chess
    Place of birth → Riga
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Latvian
    Occupation → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32083|batch #32083]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (25)"
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