Ljubomir Ljubojević

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Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950 in Užice, Yugoslavia, now Serbia. He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He 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,[1] but he never succeeded in reaching the Candidates Tournament stage of the World Championship. Ljubojević tied for first place with Robert Hübner at Linares 1985. He has defeated almost every top Grandmaster active during his career, including world champions Garry Kasparov (blitz) and Anatoly Karpov. He plays for Serbia, but is currently living in Spain.

[edit] Tournament victories

  • Palma de Majorca 1971
  • Las Palmas 1975
  • Manila 1975
  • Wijk ann Zee 1976
  • Sao Paulo 1979
  • Buenos Aires 1979
  • Linares 1985
  • Reggio Emilia 1985
  • Belgrade 1987
  • Brussels 1987
  • Barcelona 1989
  • Reggio Emilia 1991


[edit] References

  1. ^ All Time Rankings. Retrieved on June 7, 2007.

[edit] External links


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