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 219 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-19-11    geniokov: Even Andras Adorjan put in his book "Black is Ok" with his drawn game against Torre.It was the famous Torre-Adorjan games of a QID. Jul-19-11    geniokov: Torre´s contribution in Slav was featured in "New in Chess 4"(1986)and it was mentioned in that book Slav Exchange Variation that Torre introduced a new and amazingly sharp ideas! (Schroer-Torre) which he repeatedly used it against Partos in Biel Interzonal. Jul-19-11    pinoymaster77: Kaya pagtapos na playing days niya if ever, at nag-author ng Endgame Manual eh pila tayo nga katoto, at pauunlakan pa tayo may autograph with a SMILE! Jul-19-11    TiburcioTinio: Talo na naman daw po si sir torre a. Pwede po kayang yung mga talo nya naman pagusapan dito kasi sabi nila mas may natututunan tayo sa mga talo kesa panalo Jul-19-11    spawn2: IM Barbwire was able to put one over GM Eugene..with all other matches ending in draws. Bawi tomorrow against IM Ranola. Haba pa ng prusisyon! Jul-19-11    pinoymaster77: Puede mag-request ng games annotation kila pulsar & Iskuba, when their time permit, hopefully soon he he, sige na... Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Naalala ko ang kwento nya dyan sa laban nila ni Lajos. Next day ulit ang resumption kaya logtu muna after whole night of analysis. Everytime makakatulog siya ay mapapanaginipan nya ang position at ang key move. Sabay gising at analyze ulit. Pag di ubra e tulog ulit at same scenario, dream ulit at key move. Kulang tuloy si bradidik sa tulog. But it worked dahil naitabla kaya co-champ sila ni Portisch sa Interzonal. That performance is going to be tough to equal! Jul-19-11    TiburcioTinio: Ano na po standings sir worfunph? Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Binanggit ko ang palagay kong mali sa talo kay Barce. Kung di nagkamali dun sa late middle-game at naidala ng parehas sa endgame ay ayos sana ang buto-buto. Anyway, we try to stay positive here kaya di kami nagbababad sa mga olats. Jul-19-11    pinoymaster77: Yup, mahaba pa yang laban and dami pa excitement. And topics dito we try to maintain on chess and mainly on GM Torre Jul-19-11    TiburcioTinio: Pero sabi daw ni capablanca you learn more when you lost kesa when you won. Go gm torre! Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Kay Jimmy pinakamigat itong sched! Matindi na nga ang 1 game per day as it is. Sa mga kabataan ay kahit walang tulugan, ok lang. Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Sa mga kabataan lang yan. Pag ganyang may edad ka na ay asar talo lang ang makakamit mo! Jul-19-11    spawn2: GM Eugene being the humble person that he is, would congratulate IM Barb for the fine win. That is why he earns our respect not only as a chess player but also as a true gentleman. Mabuhay ka El Genio and congrats IM Barbwire. Jul-19-11    geniokov: < Iskubadayb: Naalala ko ang kwento nya dyan sa laban nila ni Lajos. Next day ulit ang resumption kaya logtu muna after whole night of analysis. Everytime makakatulog siya ay mapapanaginipan nya ang position at ang key move. Sabay gising at analyze ulit. Pag di ubra e tulog ulit at same scenario, dream ulit at key move. Kulang tuloy si bradidik sa tulog. But it worked dahil naitabla kaya co-champ sila ni Portisch sa Interzonal. That performance is going to be tough to equal!> Naalala mo din pala yan Master.Ako naman eh nabasa ko yan noon sa isang magazine about his game against Lajos.Ewan ko kung may natatandaan kang nasabi nya na "May Lusot!"(tabladingding)...at may nabanggit sya na ika-69th move ata... Jul-19-11    pinoymaster77: Ayos yan, lets keep the good milestones coming... Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Di ko na maalala bradidik ang mga salitang ginamit nya. Naalala ko lang ang excitement sa mukha niya habang kinukwento ang mga pangyayari. Syempre iba ang salitang gamit nya sa mga interviewer at meron naman kaming sariling chess club lingo sa kwentuhan. :) Jul-19-11    geniokov: Why i consider GM Eugene Torre a Legend not only in our country...not only in Asia...But in the whole Chessworld?...GM Torre was the only Pinoy GM and rather in Asia,as the only GM who meet several World Chess Champions from Mikhail Tal...Tigran Petrosian...Boris Spassky...Anatoly Karpov...Garry Kasparov...Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov! Have we noticed that? And definitely Eugene Torre as a part of Bobby Fischer Team in the 2nd Fischer-Spassky Match had already met Bobby Fischer in Chessboard,even in practice....It´s only GM "Legend" can tell? Jul-19-11    pinoymaster77: Good nite GETS / BAGETS, rest well Jul-19-11    geniokov: Para sa akin,He deserves the name "GM Legend"...Hmmm,malapit na ang Birthday nya ah? Lumalagapak na 60!...That completes the story of a Legend! Jul-19-11    wordfunph: ...i'm late, grats IM Barb! only one game sked tomorrow at 3pm, IM Rañola vs GM Torre coming up.. Jul-19-11    batongol: Correct #1... <spawn2: GM Eugene being the humble person that he is, would congratulate IM Barb for the fine win. That is why he earns our respect not only as a chess player but also as a true gentleman. Mabuhay ka El Genio and congrats IM Barbwire.> Correct #2... <pinoymaster77: Yup, mahaba pa yang laban and dami pa excitement. And topics dito we try to maintain on chess and mainly on GM Torre> Correct #3... AFGM means Asia's First Grand Master Jul-19-11    dahtah: manong tigilan na yang walang katapusang papuri,nakakairita na,dyan lumalabas ang kababawan natin,mas maigi magbigay tayu ng analysis sa mga laro.yan,yan ang sinasabi ko at walang katapusang iyan,kung hindi tayu titigil sa mga kababawan natin,mananatili tayung nasa ibabaw,di ba mas masarap kung minsan tayu ang nasa ilalim? Jul-19-11    spawn2: its a pity that some people cannot respect the wish of other people to maintain this page the way it started. Informative and positive. I dont see foreigners maligning the owner of this page or the people kibitzing on it. Only fellow countrymen who have this mentality "Kung di ako masaya..dapat hindi rin kayo masaya" tsk tsk Jul-19-11    pinoymaster77: dahtah, Imposing yourself on others is out of line here. Sa iba ka na lang magkibitz kung irita ka Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 219 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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