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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ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 17 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-04-08    321ycnay: Happy Birthday! GM Eugenio Torre. Long live!!! ...and the best of health. Nov-05-08    pinoymaster77: I heard over Sports radio this am that GM Antonio is doing well in US chess circuit? Reportedly a 3rd tournament victory the latest being one in LA. Why no news feature in our major dailies? Nov-05-08    pinoymaster77: Correction - I just read a small feature in Mla Bulletin site. Nov-05-08    narenillo: Torre was featured on the October 2008 edition of FHM Philippines Nov-06-08    kramrich: "Only four (4) Filipinos have been able to take part on this. They are: Antonio Villamayor Paragua Dableo" Laylo qualified last year and lost to bacrot in first rd Nov-06-08    timhortons: <Glenn Bordonada also got the Gold in Board 4 in Buenos Aires 1978 with five wins, four draws and no loss.> were lucky to have glen bordonada around here at chessgames.com http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ce... Nov-07-08    spawn2: thanks very much for the correction kramrich: ) Nov-08-08    spawn2: Guys, The NCFP administrators missed a golden opportunity to promote the game of chess even further. With the Chess Olympiad just around the corner, they could have tickled the imagination of the Filipino chess population by continuously writing on the preparation of the team for the Olympiad. Saan sila ng train, sino ba ang pinaghahandaan nila ano sa tingin nila ang chance ng team, difficulties na hinaharap nila during the training etc. They must get the general public involved kahit na emotional involvement lang. Tignan nyo ang boxing, 4 months away pa ang fight pero ang daming stories sa newspaper. Kaya pagdating ng fight excited ang mga pinoy. Yung mga chess players natin parang mga sundalo yan eh kung maisusulat ng mabuti ang stories nila masarap basahin. They should have commissioned a newspaper who will cover the happenings from beginning to end. Am sure madami ang magpapatronize nun. Ako nga everyday bumibili ng People's Tonight (although I have copies of Business World, Inquirer and Philippine Star sa office)to see if there is something about chess. Nov-08-08    timhortons: yong closet grandmasterblog admin well be in dresden during the olympiads so i think if somebody may mag sulat with authority tungkol sa philiipine chess team sa olympiad wala nang iba kundi sya. Nov-08-08    spawn2: hi tim, would like to clarify my statement, when i said beginning to end I didnt mean from the start of the Olympiad to the end, sana mga 3 months from the Olympiad pa lang, menagcrochronicle na ng preparation ng team para alam natin kung paano sila naghahanda as a team and as an individual. thanks Nov-09-08    timhortons: <spawn2>di nga na a update ng maayos ang ncfp pano pa magawa yon. baka di sa priority ni cong pichay ang ayusin ang website ng ncfp. Nov-10-08    pinoymaster77: Lets pray for the team's success May kibitz request si Mrs Leny So in Wesleys site. Ibang klase talaga ang world crisis ngayon eh puro developed countries ang tinamaan Yung mga mapera malamang may holdings ng stocks, bonds and securities din. Nov-10-08    timhortons: philippine team goodluck sa olympiad! sa icc pala they well do a 64 board relay, sabi ko nga kay lyon sana ma cover up nya lahat ng pinoy player. Nov-11-08    spawn2: Guys, The time for debate is over whether this GM or that GM is worthy to be seeded in the team. Let us all pray for the success of our team in the Chess Olympiad!! Nov-11-08    pinoymaster77: Kakatuwa lang last nite while browsing over the line-ups, I could see names aside from Korchnoi that Beliavsky (I think migrated) holds # 1 board as well as Predrag Nikolic and Gurevich (migrated to Turkey). Nigel Short is on #2 after Adams. Yun iba young guns like Carlsen and Caruana manning their top board. Would be interesting to follow the matchups. Pa-kuwento na lang dun sa may access sa ICC. Nov-11-08    timhortons: i did check at icc and the relay well start start on the 13th icc/newyork time. 12th bukas e so probably opening ceremony palang at wala pang games. Nov-12-08    timhortons: Team captain all the best! mabuhay ang philippine team sa olympiad! Nov-12-08    wordfunph: Good luck GM Torre and the whole gang! I know that the team will do their very best.. Nov-12-08    wordfunph: UPDATE: Just bumped into Eugene Torre and Jayson Gonzales while they were strolling around the playing area. The rest of the RP team are resting. Eugene still has his humour. He thought I was playing for a team, he said! (by closetgrandmaster.blogspot.com) Nov-12-08    timhortons: ma update pala tayo ni wordfun ng on the spot observation sa scene, andoon pala sya sa olympiad. Nov-12-08    wordfunph: Sir timhortons, nasa Cavite ako. Update was posted by Fil-Aussie guy of closetgrandmaster.blogspot.com, in fact, I read he already met and had lunch with Vlad Kramnik in Dresden. Nov-12-08    shintaro go: <wordfunph> Too bad. I thought we were going to have an insider to bring us updates about the RP team since websites will be flooded by news about the top seeded teams. We'll be lucky if we hear reports about Wesley, let alone the RP team... Nov-13-08    pinoymaster77: Sa chessdom site ok ang Olympiad updates, every 5 to 15 minutes. Official pairings for rd1 avail 45 mins from their last update, at 13:00 CET. Nov-13-08    zanshin: <Friday, October 10, 2008 Eugene Torre Speaks Out Here's something in my inbox from Bobby Ang that I thought we better post quickly. This ought to clarify once and for all the behind the scenes story involving Eugene Torre and the RP Olympiad qualification tournament which he, of course, "missed". The Philippine Grand Finals, which also served as the qualifier for the Olympiad team, took place from July 1-13, 2008. GM Eugene Torre’s letter of request for inclusion to the Chess Olympiad Team dated June 16, 2008 was handed, a day or two later, to the NCFP. The request to be seeded, therefore, was made two weeks BEFORE the Finals, and not during nor after. Mr. Recah Trinidad posted this letter belatedly, on Sept. 25, in his column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, without mentioning the date. GM Torre wants it to be known that he had nothing to do with the publication of this letter, for it led to the wrong impression that he asked to be seeded even after the composition of the Philippine team was announced. The unfortunate timing of this column was a disservice both to Mr. Prospero Pichay, the President of the NCFP, and also to Eugene himself as it may have left a lasting negative impression on both parties that neither of them deserved. So a good advice to everyone contributing his opinion is to exercise a little caution and show some respect. Be responsible. Temper the enthusiasm to contribute an opinion based merely on hearsay or rumor (or maybe even from some unseen hand). Let us not heap additional garbage to that already clogging the Internet.> Source: http://closetgrandmaster.blogspot.c... Nov-13-08    pinoymaster77: Ok ack on that writeup clarification. Andito na Olympiad magumpisa na, lets focus on cheering our team. 1st round vs China agad! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 17 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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