Ljubomir Ljubojević

Ljubomir Ljubojević
Full name Љубомир Љубојевић
Country Serbia
Born November 2, 1950 (1950-11-02) (age 61)
Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2571 (November 2009)
Peak rating 2645 (January 1983)

Ljubomir Ljubojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Љубојевић) is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia (now Užice, Serbia).[1] Ljubojević was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971.[1] 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,[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 =75 −22). 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] and Anatoly Karpov.[6][7][8] He plays for Serbia, but is currently living in Spain.

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Tournament victories

Notable games

References

  1. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia: A Bioblibliography. McFarland. p. 253. 
  2. ^ "All Time Rankings". http://chess.eusa.ed.ac.uk/Chess/Trivia/AlltimeList.html. Retrieved 2007-06-07. 
  3. ^ OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Ljubomir Ljubojević
  4. ^ Linares 1985
  5. ^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Garry Kasparov (1987)
  6. ^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoli Karpov (1982)
  7. ^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoli Karpov (1986)
  8. ^ Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anatoli Karpov (1991)
  9. ^ Reggio Emilia 1985-86
  10. ^ Reggio Emilia 1990-91

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