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Eugenio Torre
Number of games in database: 1,195
Years covered: 1968 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2485
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560
Overall record: +397 -251 =523 (56.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      24 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (154) 
    B50 B40 B83 B22 B52
 Queen's Pawn Game (71) 
    A45 A46 D00 D02 A40
 Queen's Indian (36) 
    E15 E17 E12 E14 E16
 Ruy Lopez (29) 
    C92 C64 C84 C95 C77
 French Defense (28) 
    C02 C07 C09 C18 C04
 Sicilian Scheveningen (24) 
    B83 B84 B81 B85
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (91) 
    C99 C92 C80 C65 C77
 Pirc (78) 
    B07 B08 B09
 King's Indian (65) 
    E62 E97 E73 E92 E90
 Slav (64) 
    D17 D14 D19 D12 D11
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (52) 
    C99 C92 C97 C91 C85
 Sicilian (41) 
    B42 B30 B67 B43 B40
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   E Torre vs Karpov, 1984 1-0
   E Torre vs Romanishin, 1988 1-0
   Chiburdanidze vs E Torre, 1988 0-1
   E Torre vs Petursson, 1985 1-0
   Tal vs E Torre, 1987 0-1
   E Torre vs Tarjan, 1983 1/2-1/2
   Tal vs E Torre, 1973 0-1
   Portisch vs E Torre, 1979 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Anand vs World Champs decisive games+Torre games by visayanbraindoctor
   Filipino Masters vs World Champions by mikevg
   Nikki KID by reurbz
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147
   Baku 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Bugojno 1984 by suenteus po 147
   Toluca Interzonal 1982 by suenteus po 147
   Amsterdam IBM 1979 by suenteus po 147
   1st Burroughs Computers Grandmasters Tt by Benzol

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EUGENIO TORRE
(born Nov-04-1951) Philippines

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Eugenio Torre was born in Iloilo City, the Philippines and is the strongest Filipino chess player of his generation. He reached a peak world ranking of 20 in January 1983 and was in the world's top 100 players for most of the period from 1975 until 1992. (1) At the age of 60, he remains ranked among the top players in the Philippines.

Awarded the IM title in 1972, Torre quickly ascended the ranks, and has the distinction of being the first Asian to earn the title of International Grandmaster. He accomplished the feat at the age of 22 when he won a bronze medal on board 1 at the 21st World Chess Olympiad held in Nice, France in 1974. Torre has been a veteran of the World Chess Olympiad for four decades, playing in every Olympiad since 1970 (except for 2008), playing top board for his team in every Olympiad between 1972 and 2004 inclusive, and leading the Philippine team to 7th place at the 1988 Thessaloniki Olympiad. Altogether, he has won three individual Olympiad bronze medals. Torre also participated in most of the early Asian Team Championships, invariably playing top board and invariably winning one or two medals. He lead the team to three consecutive gold medals during the games held in 1977, 1979 and 1981, to silver in 1983, and gold again in 1986. He also won 4 consecutive individual gold medals in those years and finished with a bronze medal for both the team and himself in his last stint at the Asian Team Championships played in Kuala Lumpur in 1993.

He beat Anatoly Karpov in Manila in 1976, one of Karpov's few losses during his championship reign. Torre qualified for the Candidates round in 1984 but lost to Zoltan Ribli. He was a friend of Robert James Fischer, playing some training games with him and acting as a member of his team during Fischer's 1992 match against Boris Spassky. Later he conducted radio interviews with Fischer on <Bombo Radyo> of the Philippines. He also established the Eugene Torre Chess Foundation and the Eugene Torre Chess Center, which aim to discover and develop hidden talents from the Philippines' provinces.

Philippines top 100 http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtm...; {1) http://www.schachchronik.de/ratings...; (2) http://philboxing.com/news/story-84...

Wikipedia article: Eugenio Torre


 page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,195  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. R C Balinas vs E Torre 1-092 1968 Meralco OpenB20 Sicilian
2. Renato Naranja vs E Torre 1-064 1968 Manila (Philippines)E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. E Torre vs Gligoric  0-151 1968 Manila (Philippines)C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
4. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½77 1969 Ch World (juniors) (under 20)C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
5. E Torre vs Saidy 1-034 1969 Malaga (Spain)B57 Sicilian
6. G Ligterink vs E Torre  ½-½57 1969 Wch U20 fin-BE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
7. G Forintos vs E Torre 0-140 1970 Siegen ol (Men)E77 King's Indian
8. E Paoli vs E Torre 0-129 1970 Siegen ol (Men) qual-DB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
9. E Torre vs Lee  ½-½17 1970 OlympiadC18 French, Winawer
10. E Torre vs F Loheac-Amoun 1-027 1970 Siegen (Germany)C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
11. E Torre vs Ribli  0-154 1971 Athens (Wch U20)B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
12. E Torre vs K Roehrl 1-018 1972 OlympiadC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
13. E Torre vs S Garcia Martinez  0-169 1972 Skopje ol (Men)A07 King's Indian Attack
14. Kavalek vs E Torre  1-037 1972 Skopje/Krusevo/Ohrid (Yugoslavia)E90 King's Indian
15. O Rodriguez vs E Torre 0-130 1972 Skopje ol (Men)B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
16. E Torre vs Bukic  0-142 1972 Nis (Yugoslavia)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
17. Robatsch vs E Torre  ½-½12 1972 Skopje ol (Men)B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
18. E Torre vs Gheorghiu 1-036 1972 Skopje/Krusevo/Ohrid (Yugoslavia)B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
19. E Paoli vs E Torre 0-176 1972 Reggio Emilia 7273B07 Pirc
20. Ujtumen vs E Torre  ½-½44 1972 Skopje ol (Men)B02 Alekhine's Defense
21. E Torre vs T I Shaw 1-034 1972 Hong KongC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
22. E Torre vs H Ardiansyah 1-058 1972 Skopje ol (Men)B07 Pirc
23. L Abraham vs E Torre 0-126 1972 Skopje ol (Men)A00 Uncommon Opening
24. E Torre vs Suttles 1-042 1972 Skopje/Krusevo/Ohrid (Yugoslavia)B06 Robatsch
25. E Torre vs G Sigurjonsson  ½-½10 1972 Skopje ol (Men)C28 Vienna Game
 page 1 of 48; games 1-25 of 1,195  PGN Download
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May-27-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  spawn2: Announcement:

Tonight, May 28 at 8:00 pm GM Eugene Torre, Asia's 1st Grandmaster will appear in Ms. Mel Tiangco's T.V. program "Powerhouse"

You can watch it in GMA's News TV.

May-28-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Sana mailagay din sa youtube, o makakuha ng video link. Medyo bitin kung 30 minutes each lang, di na masyado na-touch yung kay Bobby and yung sa Candidates Match vs GM Ribli.

Heto din youtube link on rd3 of the MPC with sponsor Manny's viit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ5j...

May-28-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Eto yung round 2 video, see any familiar guys? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUS9...
May-28-13  joeyj: Mark Paragua Qualifies for Chess World Cup 2013; Li Chao Wins, Barbosa 2nd

Updated with more pics <(+ Director, Eugene Torre Chess Foundation)> !!!

read more: http://wp.me/P2nKeB-10P

May-29-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Ang popogi ng mga naka suits sa group pic ah.

Eto naman youtube clip on round 7, dito pala nilagay interview kay AFGM. I thought it was more on the ETCF, more on the MPC/ACCC pala...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiKS...

May-30-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Nice link, if want to re-visit the MPC events, easy to see the results round-by-round :

http://www.ncf-phil.org/archives/20...

Jun-02-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: From vonvon's post in FB :

Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr.
FIDE Trainer's Seminar for FIDE Trainer Titles

A yet another FIDE Trainers’ Seminar for FIDE Trainer Titles was successfully organized by Eugene Torre Chess Foundation and Asian Chess Federation, in cooperation with FIDE and the FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) and National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) at the Midas Hotel and Casino last May 21 to 25 in Pasay City.

Chief Lecturer is GM Efstratios Grivas of Greece and assisted by GMs Eugene Torre and Jayson Gonzales of the Philippines.

A total of 33 who participated in the said FIDE Trainer's Seminar for FIDE Trainer Titles. They are Jesus Bitantes, Arnolito Cadiz, Ralph Caluya, Erwin Carag, Roberto 'Ryan" Carandang, Leo Carlos, Dari Castro, Enriquito Cudiamat, Chiara Reina Datu, Idelfonso Datu, Neal Jerusalem Garcia, Michael Gotel, Joel Anthony Hicap, Rudy Ibanez, James Infiesto, Elias Lao, Florante Lopez, Augusto Marcial, Luis Navaja, Susan Grace Neri, Wilfredo Neri, Ilann Perez, Felix Poloyapoy Jr., Edmon Grey Prado, Alan Quezon, Hermilo "Ka Milo" Samaniego, Winston Silva and Eliseo Tumbaga of the Philippines, Minh Chau Lam of Vietnam, Jimmy Lieu of Malaysia, Endar Saktri Lubis of Indonesia and Dashzegve Sharavdorj of Mongolia.

"FIDE will approve or disapprove your proposed titles in the coming FIDE Congress meeting in September 2013." according to Chief Lecturer GM Efstratios Grivas of Greece

Jun-02-13  joeyj: <The Unpublished records of GM Wesley So>

Read hereat: http://philboxing.com/news/story-83...

Jun-02-13  joeyj: also: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/201...
Jun-04-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Etong halos magkasunod this June na 14th ASEAN Age Group in Chiang Mai,Thailand then followed by the Asian Youth Chess in Iran would be the best gauge or barometer of PHI's standing in ASEAN and Asia.

These are the BIG annual intl events for chess kiddie / youth players.

As I recalled for the 13th ASEAN edition last year eh those who got the GOLD in standard event were Joel Pimentel in U20 (outright IM title) and FM Paulo Bersamina in U14, and have to re-check the placing of Austin Jacob Literatus in the U16.

Jun-07-13  geniokov: Congratz sa achievement ng mga Pinoys sa larangan ng Ahedres.Masaya ako at 3 Pinoy ang pumasok sa WCC.(World Chess Cup).Another is that the "Live Rating" of our top players were improving! 1) Wesley So (2704)
2) Oliver Barbosa (2572)
3) Catalino Sadorra (2572)
4) Mark Paragua ( 2569)

As i said,If they will maintain above 2550 rating performance i mean "Live Rating",pupusta ako na ang Philippines will land to Top 10 sa next Chess Olympiad! Mabuhay po tayong lahat!

Jun-07-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Ayos yan sakin genio, the 4 young GMs you listed plus AFGM Torre (wish list ko lang) eh may laban nga yan. PERO dapat may sustained exposure sa tough European tournaments, months before the 2014 Olympiad !
Jun-07-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Sa on-going 14th AAG, eh sa 15 golds so far in rapid and blitz, eh kita disparity sa Boys & Girls, traditionally we get more golds in Boys and it continues.

And also noting our G10 and G12 ranks are not 'ASEAN competitive' (that's a 4 year 'hole'), but I think this can be remedied, not even a formal, organized program but small groups working together. Like for example, the Girls in regular tune-ups vs Boys sa blitz. Given na these days, the playing years for Women usually stop in their 20's, sa age group ranks talaga ang source for next Women's teams.

Near sweep in Boys' blitz. Our main barometer would still be the centerpiece STANDARD events, which will unfold in the next 5 days.

Jun-09-13
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  pinoymaster77: I saw this Philboxing article published by metrolirot in FB groups, and need to share here on ETCF's programs :

http://philboxing.com/news/story-84...

Jun-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  SugarDom: nabanggit pala dun si <spawn2> and <regge>.
Jun-10-13  lakers4sho: They need to make the local tournaments FIDE rated, so as to help the local players gain ratings if they don't have the funds to send them overseas.
Jun-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  SugarDom: Indeed. That is one of the shortcomings of our federation.
Jun-11-13
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  pinoymaster77: That's good idea, if no budget for sending more players overseas, eh allot the budget for sending the PGNs to FIDE and pay the fees, they can even make the submitted games selective, for the players who have gained major ELO, if that's allowed.

First things first, NCFP to settle with FIDE this long standing issue on the fees, since Jan 2013 the locally-based players don't have ELO in FIDE's site.

National tournaments like the BOGM,Natl Age Group finals, Natl Jrs, PNG, Batang Pinoy could hopefully be covered.

Jun-11-13  lakers4sho: Is Battle of the GMs normally FIDE rated? Last year, for example, was it?
Jun-11-13  lakers4sho: I think Paulo Bersamina would already by in the 2400s (FIDE) if the local tourneys were rated.
Jun-12-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Checking at joeyj's chessaccount, dun sa makita pa sa current page eh kasama BOGM 2012 sa liveratings tracking, meaning counted sa FIDE ELO.

Ang mga di yata submitted before eh Natl Age Group finals & the previous Inter-Province which GM Wes topped.

Jun-12-13  lakers4sho: I see, thanks. Now, if only the Phil federation can finally pay its FIDE dues.

I wonder how they'll settle the World Cup ratings if the Philippines doesn't pay before then. Really embarrassing.

Jun-15-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: Pinapabulabog na with FB chess groups, but these are mainly composed of individual chess enthusiasts.

Maybe the ETCF officials / core have the proper channel and clout to influence the speedy resolution of this long festering FIDE ratings issue please !

Jun-15-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: I think even the Alphaland Non-Masters tournaments eh the organizers earlier announced for their editions last year eh they can submit the players' results to NCFP, but these are for rapid ratings.

Even for BLITZ ratings, I heard FIDE extended their 'grace period' na no FIDE fees kaya nauso na lately na kung may major intl event eh may blitz event na. Latest example yung sa MPC 2013 at Midas Hotel.

Kaya lang, for the STANDARD ratings eh the Federation has to pay the FIDE fees for these.

Jun-15-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  pinoymaster77: This is basically the same contents and written also by Eddie Alinea, but the title is much better and the photo from many years earlier... http://www.interaksyon.com/interakt...
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