Bjelajac Milan (ed.) Ljubomir Ljubojevic

Beograd: Zofi Service, 2011. — 399 p. — ISBN: 978-86-914753-0-7.By publishing the book "Ljubomir Ljubojevic", who was one of the best Serbian and Yugoslav chess player ever, I wanted to commemorate and honor his 60th anniversary together with 40 years since he was awarded the title of International Grand Master.
Belonging to the same generation as his and being myself a long-range chess fan, I have believed that a fruitful creativity and a very successful chess career of one of the best World Grand Masters of his time could be presented in a picturesque way.This book reviews almost all chess tournaments from 1968-2010 in which Ljubojevic took part. It covers over 150 tournaments, of which 32 were his triumphs.The book is conceived in two parts. First part provides a tabular survey of all 32 tournaments, in which Ljubojevic was the winner, starting with Sarajevo ( 1 970) up to Wijk aan Zee (2008) when four contenders played double round tournament. In This part are shown all of his victories. Further on, the survey includes his match with Gligoric, Belgrade (1 979)., which attracted an unseen interest of Yugoslav chess public until than in which the younger player did triumph!
The second part of book contains a tabular survey of all other chess tournaments in which Ljubojevic participated, although did not triumph at them: nevertheless, all the games he had won are published here. When reading this book a skillful reader who will analyze Ljubojevic 's games may realise that in some of those his position might have not been very favorable, although he succeeded to win them, finally. That was often happening when he deliberately played on his opponents lack of time for thinking, and does not feel very happy about it, as mentioned to me on the occasion when asked him for a permission to publish this book. However, it is worth mentionning that during his carrier he has lost many of winning positions, too. But, our intention was not to present it here and now.