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Aug-18-07
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| brankat: Ljubojevic's Biography on this page is somewhat sketchy, so I'd like ot add a few more notes here. For a couple of decades decades ‘Ljubo’ was the most successful player of Yugoslavia, one of the strongest and most popular chess countries in the world. His comet-like rise started after he had finished second in the 1970 European Junior Championship and was invited to play in a grandmaster tournament in Sarajevo. Ljubojevic won that tournament and already the next year he earned the grandmaster title. In the years that followed he kept winning tournaments and in the 1983 world rankings he was in third place behind Karpov and Kasparov. It is hard to say which were his best tournament achievements, but some (not mentioned in the above Bio) stand out: --- shared first places (and the fascinating neck-and-neck races) with Kasparov in Brussels in 1987 and in Barcelona in 1989. --- Linares, 1985. --- 11 out of 14 super-score on first board at the 1982 Olympiad in Lucerne. --- Las Palmas in 1974 and ’75. --- Manila, 1975. --- Wijk aan Zee, 1976. --- Buenos Aires 1980 and ’81, --- Belgrade, 1987. --- Reggio Emilia, 1991. Thanks to his aggressive and imaginative style Ljubojevic won over many fans and his often unusual opening ideas inspired a number of followers. |
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Jan-06-08
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| Ron: I would like to know if there are any published books by Ljubojevic. He has any essay in Kasparov's _Revolution in the 1970s_ and it is written with insight, verve, and a generosity toward his fellow chessplayers. So from what little I have seen, he is an excellent writer. Perhaps a chess publishing firm can contact him? |
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Jan-06-08
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| rogge: Try Google. Amazon.com has one, at least. |
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Jan-14-08
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| brankat: <rogge> I just googled the Amazon, and could not find any books, neither by, nor about Ljubojevic. When I used Ljubojevic as a "subject",there was a lot of chess books listed where his name is mentioned and games annotated. But, that is a different matter. Personally, I'm not aware of any books by Ljubo. |
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Jan-21-08
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| rogge: <brankat, ron>
Sorry, I see now that Ljubo only wrote foreword in this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=pd_rh... |
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Jan-22-08
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| brankat: <rogge> I'm not surprised that Ljubo didn't get into writing. He is quite similar to B.Spassky. Not really a workaholic :-) Hopefully, there will be a book written, eventually, about his chess. |
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Jan-22-08
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| rogge: I remember him as one of the big guys (like Larsen, Korchnoi, Timman, Huebner, Andersson, etc.) when I was a kid back in the good old seventies :) |
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| Jan-24-08 |
| falso contacto: Mr.Ljubojevic made a nice explanation about a recent game and about time.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbEk...) |
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Jan-26-08
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| diagonal: Maybe Stein who died early, is the strongest player never playing in the Candidates (in fact he he would have qualified if not for a rule restricting the number of candidates from one country) - and then together with Sweden's Ulf Andersson, Ljubojevic has to be considered as the greatest player to have never qualified for the Canidates. From history to the present:
Ljubomir Ljubojevic is the winner of the Corus Chess Honorary Group 2008 (ahead of shared Korchnoi / Timman, and finally Portisch). Congratulations - and please, dear chessgames, a picture of this versatile player with an extraordinary aggressive and imaginative style. Many thanks! |
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| Feb-20-08 |
| jovack: cestitam pobjedu! cccc |
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Feb-21-08
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| brankat: <jovack> You need to brush up on Your mother tongue a little :-) |
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Nov-02-08
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| talisman: happy birthday. a picture please for one of the greats. |
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Nov-02-08
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| Stonehenge: Sretan vam rodjendan :) |
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| Nov-02-08 |
| rjfsworstnightmare: Happy Birthday and thanks for the kind words on Bobby's untimely passing. |
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| Nov-02-08 |
| tud: I am not sure but the story goes that after a failed Interzonal he was sent to serve in the army (which was quite serious, the Yugoslav army) and after he came back he was not anymore the number 2. Because for a short period he was the number 2 player in the world behind Karpov. |
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Nov-08-08
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| brankat: <tud> Ljubojevic was NOT sent to serve in the Yugoslav Army, he joined it for 1 year, 1976-77. And the thing was NOT "quite serious", but quite relaxed (in the 1970s). Like a 1 year of paid vacations. Almost. I can attest to it myself. It was mandatory for all males to serve, after the age of 18, and not later than 28. There were exceptions (many) usually based on health issues, or on good connections. Ljubojevic, like many other well known young man, could have easily avoided the Army if he had wanted to. He stayed in the Zagreb garrison, spending most of his time in Zagreb chess clubs, where I met him and even played a few Blitz games with him. Also, during that time he participated, and shared the first place, in the national championship of 1977which took place in Zagreb. 1976-77 was also a matter of good timing, with the idea to have plenty of time to prepare for the next WC cycle. Although Ljubo never qualified for the Candidates, he still remained amongst the top ten throughout most of the 1980s. The main reason why he didn't achieve more in terms of WC results, was that he never worked on Chess really seriously, and had a host of other interests. |
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Apr-06-09
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| suenteus po 147: A major tournament victory here (shared with Kasparov) for Ljubojevic: Game Collection: Barcelona World Cup 1989 |
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Apr-21-09
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| WeakSquare: Does anyone know which languages Mr. Ljubojevic speaks? |
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Apr-21-09
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| JointheArmy: Croatian probably. |
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Apr-21-09
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| WeakSquare: No, he's a Serb actually.
But he also known as a polyglot of sorts. That's why I'm asking. |
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Jun-22-09
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| brankat: <WeakSquare> L.Ljubojevic is a Serb by nationality, although, as far as I can remember, he, unlike most of other people, has never been burdened by his ethnicity. Regardless of some minor differences in accent and idioms, Croatian and Serbian are essentially the same language. Ljubo also speaks Spanish, English and Russian. |
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Jun-22-09
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| vonKrolock: ...and Portuguese too - he visited Brazil more than once (the Petrópolis interzonal, for instance_ ´in 1979 he played in São Paulo the IT and later in that year he was in Fortaleza in the time of the Brazilian championship that would guve a place in the Rio interzonal http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/bra197... Actually, I remember that he and Milorad Knezevic visited the playing room in "Náutico Cearense" and watched the games - not an every day ocurrence: two yugo-GMs kibitzing Your games... |
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Jun-22-09
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| brankat: <vonKrolock> Yes, I believe, You're right about Portuguese. <..in 1979 he played in Sao Paulo the IT..> By "IT" are You referring to the Interzonal? I'm sure in 1979 Ljubojevic played in the Riga Itz, which was, perhaps the worst showing of his career. Btw, out of curiosity, being a Premium member, why don't You open the Forum? You do have a lot of interesting and knowledgeable matters to share with other CG members. |
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Jun-23-09
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| vonKrolock: <brankat> I'm refering to the International Tournament http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/tb1979... <a lot of interesting and knowledgeable matters > Really? Just like almost every one here... But the idea of a forum is good, thank You |
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Jun-23-09
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| brankat: <vonKrolock> Thank You for the clarification. You are being too modest :-) |
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