Latvian Championship — Riga 1963
Aivars Gipslis won the 20th Latvian SSR Championship with 11½ points from fifteen games, half a point ahead of Jānis Klovāns. All 120 games of the sixteen-player round robin are available.
A title decided in the last round
Gipslis finished with a seventeen-move victory over Kārlis Klasups. Klovāns lost to Valery Zhuravlev in twenty-six moves, leaving Gipslis alone in first place.
Anatoly Shmit took third with 10½ points, ahead of Zhuravlev on ten and Israel Zilber on 9½.
The complete championship record
Chief arbiter O. Krūmiņš’s contemporary report supplies the official crosstable and describes the decisive final round. Every pairing is represented by a legal score.
The original records give the year without precise playing dates or round numbers. Those unknown fields are preserved.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gipslis, Aivars P | 11½/15 | +8 -0 =7 | games |
| 2 | Klovans, Janis | 11/15 | +8 -1 =6 | games |
| 3 | Shmit, Anatoly | 10½/15 | +7 -1 =7 | games |
| 4 | Zhuravlev, Valery Ivanovich | 10/15 | +9 -4 =2 | games |
| 5 | Zilber, Israel | 9½/15 | +7 -3 =5 | games |
| =6 | Zdanovs, Igors | 8/15 | +6 -5 =4 | games |
| =6 | Klavins, Janis | 8/15 | +5 -4 =6 | games |
| =6 | Petersons, Andrejs | 8/15 | +5 -4 =6 | games |
| =6 | Korelov, Alexander Pavlovich | 8/15 | +3 -2 =10 | games |
| 10 | Koblencs, Aleksandrs | 7½/15 | +3 -3 =9 | games |
| 11 | Zelinsky, Yuri | 6½/15 | +2 -4 =9 | games |
| 12 | Kirillov, Valentins | 6/15 | +1 -4 =10 | games |
| 13 | Klasups, Karlis | 4½/15 | +2 -8 =5 | games |
| =14 | Solmanis, Zigfrids | 4/15 | +3 -10 =2 | games |
| =14 | Kalnins, Arvids | 4/15 | +1 -8 =6 | games |
| 16 | Kuzmicovs, Genadijs | 3/15 | +1 -10 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gipslis, Aivars P | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Klovans, Janis | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Shmit, Anatoly | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Zhuravlev, Valery Ivanovich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Zilber, Israel | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Zdanovs, Igors | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Klavins, Janis | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Petersons, Andrejs | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Korelov, Alexander Pavlovich | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Koblencs, Aleksandrs | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Zelinsky, Yuri | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Kirillov, Valentins | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 13 | Klasups, Karlis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 14 | Solmanis, Zigfrids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Kalnins, Arvids | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Kuzmicovs, Genadijs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.