Ljubomir Ljubojević
Serbian chess grandmaster
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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.
Ljubojević in 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Љубомир Љубојевић 2 November 1950 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Yugoslavia → Serbia |
| Title | Grandmaster (1971) |
| FIDE rating | 2571 (August 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2645 (January 1983) |
| Peak ranking | No. 3 (January 1983) |
Life and career
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 FIDE Elo rating list,[2] but he never succeeded in reaching the Candidates Tournament stage of the World Championships. This was partly due to unsteadiness and opening experimentation. On his best days, he was a dangerous opponent to anyone; but his lack of consistency prevented him from making a bigger impact on world championship events.
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, team silver medal at Nice 1974 and three bronze medals (one individual and two team).[3]
Ljubojević tied for first place with Robert Hübner at Linares 1985 ahead of Jan Timman (world number 3), Rafael Vaganian (4), Lajos Portisch (5), Viktor Korchnoi (7) and Lev Polugaevsky (8).[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 and medals with the national team
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Yugoslavia | ||
| Men's chess | ||
| Olympiad | ||
 | 1972 Skopje | Open team |
 | 1972 Skopje | Individual board 3 |
 | 1974 Nice | Open team |
| 1980 Valletta | Open team |
| 1982 Lucerne | Individual board 1[10] |
| World Championship[11] | ||
| 1989 Lucerne | Open team |
| 1989 Lucerne | Individual board 1[12] |
| European Championship[13] | ||
| 1973 Bath | Open team |
| 1973 Bath | Individual board 3[14] |
| 1977 Moscow | Open team |
| 1983 Plovdiv | Open team |
| 1983 Plovdiv | Individual board 1[15] |
- Palma de Mallorca 1971[16]
- Las Palmas 1974
- Las Palmas 1975
- Manila 1975
- Wijk aan Zee 1976
- São Paulo 1979
- Buenos Aires 1979
- Linares 1985
- Reggio Emilia 1985–86[17]
- Belgrade 1987
- Brussels 1987
- Barcelona 1989
- Reggio Emilia 1990–91[18]
Notable games
- Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Ulf Andersson, Wijk aan Zee 1976, Sicilian Defense: Paulsen, Bastrikov Variation (B47), 1–0
- Bent Larsen vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Milano 1975, Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense (A77), 0–1
- Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Viktor Korchnoi, Linares 1985, French Defense: Winawer, Poisoned Pawn Variation (C18), 1–0
- Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anthony Miles, Bugojno 1986, English Opening: General (A10), 1–0
