EUGENIO TORRE (born Nov-04-1951, 73 years old) Philippines [what is this?] 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. He was an early coach of Wesley So. 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 Last updated: 2023-12-26 19:36:48

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page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,601  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Aguilar vs E Torre   0-1 23 1968 Manila Meralco B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. E Torre vs E De Castro   0-1 40 1968 Manila Meralco C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 3. C Benitez vs E Torre   ½-½ 22 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 4. E Torre vs J Lobigas   ½-½ 42 1968 Manila Meralco B27 Sicilian 5. E Torre vs N Estimo   1-0 30 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. E Torre vs K A Lim   ½-½ 48 1968 Manila Meralco B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 7. G Badilles vs E Torre   1-0 71 1968 Manila Meralco E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 8. B Berger vs E Torre   1-0 49 1968 Manila Meralco A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 9. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1 51 1968 Manila Meralco C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 10. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre   ½-½ 35 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0 64 1968 Manila Meralco E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 12. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0 92 1968 Manila Meralco B20 Sicilian 13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen   1-0 43 1968 Manila Meralco C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 14. R Reyes vs E Torre   0-1 36 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez   0-1 37 1968 Manila Meralco B03 Alekhine's Defense 16. W Hug vs E Torre   ½-½ 50 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 17. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½ 77 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. K Payrhuber vs E Torre   ½-½ 47 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B25 Sicilian, Closed 19. E Torre vs R M McKay   0-1 32 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 20. A Sznapik vs E Torre   0-1 46 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 E97 King's Indian 21. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson   1-0 47 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B07 Pirc 22. S Bouaziz vs E Torre   ½-½ 20 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B B02 Alekhine's Defense 23. E Torre vs E M Green   ½-½ 49 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 24. J Kristiansen vs E Torre   0-1 36 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B E73 King's Indian 25. E Torre vs L Ogaard   ½-½ 25 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern  page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,601

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 37 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-12-16    paulegavesky: Congrats GM Eugene Torre. Asia's First Grand Master is really a Living Legend. Long Live GM Eugene Torre! Sep-12-16    spawn2: Di ako nagulat na lalaro ang Alamat sa Rd 10. Sabi nga nila.."When the going gets tough, the Tough gets going" Laban Pilipinas! Sep-12-16    wordfunph: Olympiad Rewind! Philippines vs Scotland 2016 Baku: ? - ? 2010 Khanti-Mansysk: 2-2 1992 Manila: 2-2 1986 Dubai: 1.5-2.5 1982 Lucerne: 3-1 1978 Buenos Aires: 3-1 1970 Siegen: 3-1 1964 Tel Aviv: 2-2 1958 Munich: 5-3 1956 Moscow: 2-2 my crsytal ball says 3-1 for the country with 7,107 islands. goodluck Philippines! Sep-12-16    Nf3em: High tide or low tide? Laban Pilipinas, Torre! Sep-12-16    Nf3em: Anong oras simula? Baka huli na naman ako nito makanood. It's 5:20 pm in BKK, 1 hour late of MLA time. Sep-12-16    gopi11: It's about to start in 7 minutes, 4 am Pacific/7 am Eastern, and 7 pm Manila time... Sep-12-16    Virgil A: Yes! Lalaro si GM! Yan ang tunay na leader. He's willing to take responsibility. And take the pressure off his teammates. Tama ka, spawn2. Improve Olympiad placing. Ayun nga. For flag and country. Salamat sa link. Beautiful. #Respect. Sep-12-16    spawn2: Let's go GM Eugenio "The Hurricane" Torre! Sep-12-16    spawn2: d4 going towards a London System but different move order. Sep-12-16    Pulo y Gata: Can someone do a blow by blow job with positions here? Thanks! Sep-12-16    Virgil A: 2.c3 Only 80 games recorded at Opening Explorer. Sep-12-16    Pulo y Gata: Is Eugenio peaceable or aggressive today? Sep-12-16    Virgil A: Mali yung sequence na nakita ko. 4.c3 Only 20 games recorded. Payt! Sep-12-16    spawn2: Very sharp yung laro ni GM Banjo. Sep-12-16    Pulo y Gata: Link please. Sep-12-16    spawn2: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2016... Si Ino and Barce very aggressive, naalala ko tuloy yung mga zombies sa Train to Busan. Sep-12-16    epistle: To dramatise the durability of of this indestructible, ancient Tower of Power we note that in the Siegen Olympiad (1970) one of his teammates was Sammy Estimo who won gold in the 2nd reserve board. Now Estimo just plays in weekend tournaments with some Caballeros Guapos lol Sep-12-16    epistle: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?... Sep-12-16    pinoymaster77: Good pm, PRESENT! Yung kay AFGM pormang London pero slightly different variation na Slav like ang pawn setup. Per chess24's engine eh lamang na GM Ino and equal pa the other 3 boards, pero wait for proper time for AFGM Euge to setup the usual traps! Sep-12-16    pinoymaster77: Pinanood din naming family yung movie na 'Train to Busan' kagapi, spawn2. Yun na pala yung ending sa pic shot ng batang bida ! Sep-12-16    kamagong24: maybe 16. h3 Sep-12-16    pinoymaster77: Pero lamang na lamang sa time ulit si AFGM,baka may kabog si FM Gourlay ah Sep-12-16    Sally Simpson: Eugenio is playing Iain Gourley. Which is good because Scotland have rested GM Colin McNab who is the stronger and more experienced player. I've never played Iain but I know his games. He will try to solve problems tactically. If Eugenio keeps a lid on him then he should win. (Gosh I hope my mates don't see me rooting for the opposition.) Scotland's Board One Andrew Greet just needs one more win for his long overdue GM title. That is why he was placed on board one above two GM's. How about I cheer on Eugenio and you guys, just this once, give a wee cheer for Andrew. You can win the match 3-1. wordfunph posted: "my crsytal ball says 3-1 for the country with 7,107 islands." Scotland's 790 islands which is a lot, pales into insignificance when compared to 7,0107. Can you name them all? :) Sep-12-16    pinoymaster77: Nice one from Sally, and noted you're from Scotland. Thanks for rooting for PHI this time Sep-12-16    pinoymaster77: Nice Chessbase highlights on round 9, which mainly features : - Fancied USA team vs Norway, and now I understand the reason behind Naka's facial expression (epistle and nano would be delighted) - The teenager-flavored Iranian team earning a draw vs powerhouse England, watchout for this young Iranian core in more Olympiads to come. - Australia's 15 yr old IM Anton Smirnov 2458, set to earn his GM norm, score is 7/8 on Board 4 - Of course ang ating bida AFGM Eugene "Think all that talk of teenagers on the rise is impressive, then take a look at 64-year-old Eugenio Torre, Asia's first grandmaster, also playing his record breaking 23rd Olympiad. Is it to talk about his desire to still play, and so on? No, it is to describe his own staggering performance, making him a favorite for a gold medal on board three! The senior citizen (ok, ok, he has a couple of months to go still) has played in every round, and has scored 8.0/9 with an amazing 2804 performance. Just amazing." http://en.chessbase.com/post/2016-b... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 37 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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