chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

190 LJUBOJEVI.
Livnrg che$: . ganc plalcd on London\ Soud nank duins the Fe ival orBrirain,1951, bds.e! Roisolimo and
bis queen, the loser invned hcr to dinner: ex
UUBOJEVIC (proi. Lioobo-yevich), L,UBO
MIR (19s0 ), Inte.narional Grandmaster
(1971), the leading Yugosiav player lron 1974.
and oilen lnong ihe world\ besl dozen subsequently:
he was ranked third aller GRhv and
trPNov in 1983. His early lonrnament achievements
include a liBt place (+7=8) equal with
paNNo ahcadolrcRTso and LARSEN al Prloa de
Majo.ca r9?r andase.ondpracc (+9=5 1) after
LaBen at Manila 1973. Playing in his nrst Olympiad.
Skopie 1972, Liuboievia nade the besi
thnd-board*ore(+13=5-l) In May l974heNas
severely injured in a ca. accident and during
convalescence he reappr ned his slyle. Subsequcntly
he achieved more onsistent results,
amone ihem several excell.nt tournamcni lictories:
Las Palnas 1975 (+8-6) ahead ofr^LiMa.ila
1975 (+,1:6) ahe.d ol poLUGAyEvsc and Laseni
Wijk aan Z. e 1976(+5=5- 1)ab.adofTal;Titovo
Uace 1978 (+8:4 1)i seo Paulo 19?9 (+?:6)
equal with (oRGNoI; Buenos Anes 1979 (+8=5)
equalwith Korchnoia and Brasilia 1981 (+5=5). In
a cate8ory 13 iou.nament Buenos Ancs 1980 hc
came third (+4=8 1) after Larsen and N
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ahead ol Karpov. an.l in a caleAory 14 tournament
Bugojno 1982 he cane second (+3=10) equal wilh
Polugayelsky atrer Kdplro! ahead of nijBNER.
spAssky, Lasen. pErRosyAN, and Timman.
Ljubojevia plays the opening in onginal and
somerines hazardous lashion bur withgreat 1ac1i
caL still. a slyle that is intcrcsting althougb it may
-havc conrributed to hh uneven results. He .onverses,rapidlyandfo.cefully.inseverallanguages.
I-ruborevi. AideB\on wljk M. z* 1176 sicilia.
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Be2a6 70-nNf6 3Be3Be7 9ftd6 10Qel0-0 1l QBI
Bd7 12 e5 dxe5 ll lxe5 Nxe5 14 Bl4 Bd6 15 Radl
Qb3 16 Rd3 Nc3 17 Nc4 8.7 13 Rc3 N.6 19 Bxc?
Nxdl 20 Bdl Qa7