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 220 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-19-11    spawn2: We, who regularly post on this page do not obligate anyone to visit nor read this page. What we request is for others to have a little respect to the person whose name appears on this page. He has given much to the country as a player and as ambassador of the royal game. Jul-19-11    dahtah: ang hirap kasi,tinuturuan mo na ng tama,mga pilosopo pa.kung patuloy tayu sa ganitong isip at gawa di tayu aasenso.sabagay tignan mo sa local chess scene,di tayu makaangat angat,naiwanan na tayu ng karamihan.kasi naman tayu utak natin very limited,tignan mo na lang sa mga posts puro papuri na kala mo natutuwa pa nyan si pareng eugene. hindi ako nag iimpose kaninuman,sinasabi ko lang tama at saka masaya ako d2 <spawn2>nawiwili ako sa mga posts ng tulad ko pero tumatayu balahibo ko tuwing makakabasa ako ng paulit ulit na kwento at papuri ki pareng eugene. Jul-19-11    dahtah: si pareng eugene idol ko yan at malaki respeto ko dyan,kya dapat bigyan nyu naman ng mga kapita-pitagang posts hindi iyang na kung ano anong papuri.kahit tanungin mo si pareng eugene hindi na yan natutuwa,di na lang kumikibo yan. Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Dahtah, I really like you. Natutuwa ako parating basahin ang posts mo. Madalas kasi ay hagalpak ako. Pag lumampas ng 3 sentences ang posts at di tungkol sa chess, di ko binabasa... igsi ng patience ko, pero ang posts mo at ni boratco, pareho ang istilo. Negatibo pero halatang nagmamalasakit at saka nakakatuwa. Badge mo na sa kin itong si pareng Eugene mo. Iba ang respeto namin dito dahil grabe ang personalidad nito. Kalimutan na natin ang achievements nya sa chess. Sa pagkatao ay walang katapat ito! Dun ka na lang sa kabila at sumisilip pa rin kami dun. Poster pa rin ako dun kahit medyo madalang na. I hope na pagbigyan mo kami. :) Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Of course welcome ka dito pero sana ay positibo lang. Oki? :) Jul-19-11    spawn2: I am just really puzzled, 219 pages of almost pure positive and informational messages in the last 3 years..why oh why all of a sudden, we have guests who cant understand or cant respect what we are doing here. Me kanta dyan eh "Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang ?" Jul-19-11    dahtah: syempre pag tinalo ka ng kalaban mo,i congratulate mo,di ba pag talo ka shake hand ka sa kalaban mo at sbay sabing congrats. Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Hahaha, bwisit ka. Sport ka rin pala tulad ni pareng Eugene! :) Jul-19-11    bubuli55: parekoy, huwag mo nang patulan itong lugar na ito. pwede mo naman gawin yan sa ibang lugar. balato mo na sa amin ito. Jul-19-11    dahtah: wala lang magawa,o sige sya punta mo na ko school ko,cockfighting university of the philippines d2 yan sa legaspi city albay.yun gusto mag masteral contact lang k d2 cg. syensya na sa gabos. Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Have a nice day, Dahtarrasch! ;) Jul-19-11    spawn2: going back to the on-going BOGM4, during the opening, I noticed that the veteran players like Torre, Antonio, Barcenilla and Nolte are sitting on two or more chairs (ke GM Joey 3 chairs) stacked up vs the youngsters with only one chair. I guess, they are doing this to have a better view of the chess board landscape. Mukhang based on experience kaya nila ginagawa to: ) Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: O baka sa tanda e nagsiliit na sila! Hahaha I like high chairs, too. Mas malayo sa board ang mukha mo ay mas kita mo lahat! Mukhang ganun din ang feeling nilang mga eksperyensado na. Jul-19-11    Iskubadayb: Nakapulot ng bagong teknik si Bubulekhine. Gagamitin na nya yan sa next Texas tourney! :) Jul-19-11    bubuli55: Hahaha e di ano pa! Tirang GM din :) kahit sa epektos Lang:) Jul-20-11    Iskubadayb: Hahahaha... ubos tayo! Napabuhakhak ako. :) Jul-20-11    wordfunph: napasyal pala si <dahtah> dito kanina, di man lang nyo pinakape hehe :) mamyang 8pm pa pala result.. breaktime muna, trivia naman dyan kay Alamat, ano middle name niya? ..di ko rin kasi alam eh. Jul-20-11    pulsar: <dahtah> Gari midbid ta ka na ah. Engineering ka sa BU, padi? Nag-abutan pa kita sa Woodpusher's Chess Club, iyo? Langsiram magpalipot, padi. ;) Jul-20-11    kidsgambit2: ang hirap naman nuon prez word, matagal ko na ring tinatanong yan eh. Jul-20-11    pulsar: <breaktime muna, trivia naman dyan kay Alamat, ano middle name niya?> Simple. Eugene? :) Jul-20-11    kidsgambit2: Mayroon sa database namin Eugenio Wagan Torre. I don't know if its him, kasi all other databases available don't have middle name. Jul-20-11    shadowleaf04: sir <wordfunph> I think Eugene's middle name is Oliveros. Jul-20-11    wordfunph: thanks sir <shadowleaf>, maybe long-lost relative ni Alamat si atty <nanobrain>.. calling <nano>! kamag-anak pala kayo ni GM Torre.. Jul-20-11    shadowleaf04: Welcome, sir <wordfunph>. Eugene's father was a lawyer, like sir <nanobrain>, baka narinig na nya kung sino sya. Jul-20-11    pulsar: Kaya pala matinik sa chicks, este, chess si Attorney! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 220 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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