Ljubomir Ljubojević

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Ljubomir Ljubojević
Ljubojević in 2010
Full name	Љубомир Љубојевић
Country	Yugoslavia → Serbia
Born	(1950-11-02) 2 November 1950 (age 74) Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Title	Grandmaster (1971)
FIDE rating	2571 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2645 (January 1983)
Peak ranking	No. 3 (January 1983)

Ljubomir Ljubojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Љубојевић; born November 2, 1950) is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1977 (tied) and 1982.

Life and career

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Ljubojević was born on 2 November 1950 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia (now Užice, Serbia).^[1] He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1970 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1971.^[1] Ljubojević was Yugoslav champion in 1977 (jointly) and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship. In 1983 he was ranked third in the Elo rating list,^[2] but he never succeeded in reaching the Candidates Tournament stage of the World Championship.

He played for Yugoslavia in twelve Chess Olympiads, nine times on top board, with an overall result of 63.5% (+66−22=75). He won an individual gold medal on third board at Skopje 1972 and three bronze medals (one individual and two team).^[3]

Ljubojević tied for first place with Robert Hübner at Linares 1985.^[4] He has defeated almost every top grandmaster active during his career, including world champions Garry Kasparov,^[5] Anatoly Karpov,^[6]^[7]^[8] and Viswanathan Anand.^[9]

Tournament victories

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Palma de Majorca 1971
Las Palmas 1974
Las Palmas 1975
Manila 1975
Wijk aan Zee 1976
São Paulo 1979
Buenos Aires 1979
Linares 1985
Reggio Emilia 1985–86^[10]
Belgrade 1987
Brussels 1987
Barcelona 1989
Reggio Emilia 1990–91^[11]

Notable games

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References

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^ ^a ^b Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia: A Bioblibliography. McFarland. p. 253.
^ "All Time Rankings". Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
^ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Ljubomir Ljubojević. Olimpbase.org. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.
^ Linares 1985. Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.
^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Garry Kasparov (1987). Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.
^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoli Karpov (1982). Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.
^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoli Karpov (1986). Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.
^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoli Karpov (1991) Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.
^ Viswanathan Anand vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Anatoli Karpov (Blindfold, 2001). Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-28.
^ Reggio Emilia 1985–86 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Ippogrifoscacchi.it. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.
^ Reggio Emilia 1990–91 Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Ippogrifoscacchi.it. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ljubomir Ljubojević.

Ljubomir Ljubojevic player profile and games at Chessgames.com (1,945 games)

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