Ljubomir Ljubojević (; born November 2, 1950) is a Serbian

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grandmaster. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1977 (tied) and 1982.

Life and career

Ljubojević was born on 2 November 1950 in Titovo Užice,

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

(now Užice,

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). He was awarded the

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(IM) title in 1970 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1971. Ljubojević was Yugoslav champion in 1977 (jointly) and 1982. He won the 1974

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. In 1983 he was ranked third in the Elo rating list, but he never succeeded in reaching the

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stage of the World Championship. He played for Yugoslavia in twelve

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s, nine times on , 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). Ljubojević tied for first place with Robert Hübner at Linares 1985. He has defeated almost every top grandmaster active during his career, including

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, and

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Tournament victories

*Palma de Majorca 1971 *Las Palmas 1974 *Las Palmas 1975 *Manila 1975 * Wijk aan Zee 1976 *São Paulo 1979 *Buenos Aires 1979 *Linares 1985 *

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1985–86 *Belgrade 1987 *Brussels 1987 *Barcelona 1989 *

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Ippogrifoscacchi.it. Retrieved on 2012-11-07.

Notable games

Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Ulf Andersson, Wijk aan Zee 1976, Sicilian Defense: Paulsen, Bastrikov Variation (B47), 1–0Bent Larsen vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Milano 1975, Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense (A77), 0–1Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Viktor Korchnoi, Linares 1985, French Defense: Winawer, Poisoned Pawn Variation (C18), 1–0Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs Anthony Miles, Bugojno 1986, English Opening: General (A10), 1–0

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* (1,945 games) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1950 births Chess grandmasters Living people Serbian chess players Yugoslav chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Sportspeople from Užice