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Sep-12-10
 | | brankat: <reychong> <Shams> Rarely in his career was Matulovic showing "drawing tendencies". On the contrary, he liked sharp, tactically rich types of positions. The nickname "J'adub-ovic" is a South Slavic form of a last name, derived (in this case) from the French "J'adoub". When in the above mentioned game against I.Bilek, Matulovic took back a move, he said: "J'adoub". :-) "Patulovic", on the other hand is a misunderstanding. It's root "Pat" means "stalemate" in Serbo-Croatian language, the predominant language in Matulovic's homeland, former Yugoslavia. In English, literally translated it would be: "a stalemater" :-) |
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Sep-12-10
 | | dakgootje: <It's root "Pat" means "stalemate" in Serbo-Croatian language> There was a clay-motion (?) series for kids on television when I was young [yes, like that is long ago.. ;) ] about two neighbors called Pat and Mat. I think the series was originally Czech - so would this happen to mean 'stalemate' and 'mate'? Actually, on second though, pat and mat are the Dutch words as well for stalemate and mate -- guess I never realized it because here the series is called 'neighbor and neighbor'. |
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Sep-13-10
| | brankat: <dakgootje> Very perceptive! Yes, "Mat" does mean "mate", the extended English language version being "checkmate". Originally, the expression comes from the old Persian "Shah Mat", meaning literally: "the King is dead". The 19th century (and earlier) European masters were in a habit of announcing the "Mate", which. of course, happens with the last Check that then leaves the King no escape. So, the routine was to make the move while saying: "Check, Mate", two words. This custom has been out of the tournament practice for at least a hundred years, but the term, "Checkmate" (now 1 word) remains. |
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Nov-02-10
 | | wordfunph: Bukic-Ljubojevic 1978 Bugojno Super Tournament: Bukic had two more minutes and looked at both scoresheets that contained 40 moves each. By all means everything was okay. His opponent moved away from the table but came back when Bukic's time was over. Ljubojevic looked at the sheet and informed Bukic that they had not played the necessary 40 moves due to his mistake --- he had written the same move twice! Lesson: Never ever rely on the opponent's scoresheet! happy birthday Ljubomir! |
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Nov-02-10
 | | talisman: happy birthday L.L!!!! |
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Dec-12-10
| | wordfunph: conversation between William Lombardy and Ljubomir Ljubojevic during Las Palmas 1975: William: Are you going to be a World Champion?
Ljubomir: No.
William: Don't you have an ambition?
Ljubomir: No. I'm not interested. |
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| Dec-12-10 | | BobCrisp: I'm not interested either. |
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Jan-01-11
| | wordfunph: Costa del Sol 1971: During his game with Ciocaltea, Lubomir Ljubojevic debated with the tournament director claiming that he could castle even though he had moved his King, since it had been returned to its original square! i was looking for that game here in CG but nada.. |
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Jun-09-11
 | | grasser: Well at least I know what his left ear looks like. :) |
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Jul-28-11
| | brankat: Probably the same as the right one. |
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Oct-16-11
| | wordfunph: finally a Ljubojevic book..
http://www.ebay.ph/itm/Ljubomir-Lju... ..by Milan Bjelajac |
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Oct-21-11
| | brankat: <wordfunph> It may make a nice addition to Your modest little collection :-) |
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Nov-02-11
| | brankat: Best wishes for Your Birthday Ljubo! |
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Nov-02-11
| | talisman: happy birthday Ljubo! (tell Mrs. to take the tags off the pants). :) |
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| Nov-02-11 | | bronkenstein: Happy birthday to mr <No. I'm not interested> (being a world champ that is) =) |
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Nov-15-11
 | | whiteshark: The famous Serbian grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojevic in 1997 interview expressed the following view: < "Fischer is a man ahed of his time and his ideas are road markings for the 21st century. Fischer's proposal of changing the starting positions of the pieces, making more room for CREATIVITY, is the only way that the human race can retain its vitality in the face of inevitable technological progress. Like his chess clock, which is used more and more, his idea of a chess game will be accepted - whether in twenty or fifty years is immaterial." > |
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Nov-15-11
| | whiteshark: Ljubomir Ljubojevic: < "My generation ( Karpov, Timman, Miles.. ) fought at the chessboard - nowadays that job is being done by home analysis. The changes in chess concern the perfection of computers and the breakthrough of high technology. Under this influence the game is losing its charm and reducing more and more the number of creative players. Before, one played on intuition, feeling; now, TECHNIQUE, especially at the highest level, is more important." > There's some truth in it. /ws |
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Nov-15-11
| | whiteshark: Ljubomir Ljubojevic: <" The ancient game is EXHAUSTED, computers have put an end to imagination, there will be no more creativity, PRE-PLANNED moves are being made on the chessboards. " > |
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Nov-15-11
| | whiteshark: Ljubomir Ljubojevic: < "I do not think that Kasparov's defeat with Deep Blus is so vital. He lost to Deep Blue because he entered into a fight against a very powerful machine which had not been used like this before. Chess is a mathematically limited game and that automatically gives an advantage to the computer. Quite simply, I think that the game of chess has been EXHAUSTED and that it is near its end." > |
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| Nov-15-11 | | bronkenstein: <...exhausted...something something...exhausted...> sounds like that good old Capablanco-Grischukian tune. |
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Nov-16-11
| | brankat: Re: a recently published book about Lj.Ljubojevic. The link was posted here a month ago. This in case You guys have missed it: http://www.ebay.ph/itm/Ljubomir-Lju... |
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Dec-20-11
| | brankat: Wishing You a very happy Holiday season! |
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| Nov-02-12 | | zev22407: A great creative playe. |
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| Nov-02-12 | | midknightblue: happy birthday GM LJUBOJEVIC. One of the great contributors to the hedgehog. |
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Nov-02-12
| | talisman: happy birthday L.L. |
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