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 1,606  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1 51 1968 Manila Meralco C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 2. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0 64 1968 Manila Meralco E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 3. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0 92 1968 Manila Meralco B20 Sicilian 4. B Berger vs E Torre   1-0 49 1968 Manila Meralco A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 5. R Reyes vs E Torre   0-1 36 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 6. G Badilles vs E Torre   1-0 71 1968 Manila Meralco E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 7. E Torre vs E De Castro   0-1 40 1968 Manila Meralco C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 8. E Torre vs J Lobigas   ½-½ 42 1968 Manila Meralco B27 Sicilian 9. S Aguilar vs E Torre   0-1 23 1968 Manila Meralco B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. E Torre vs N Estimo   1-0 30 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. E Torre vs K A Lim   ½-½ 48 1968 Manila Meralco B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 12. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre   ½-½ 35 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen   1-0 43 1968 Manila Meralco C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 14. C Benitez vs E Torre   ½-½ 22 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 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 1,606

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ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 350 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-30-12    Iskubadayb: 3.5 - .5 Sandals na po. Gratz sa team! Enjoy. :) Aug-30-12    pinoymaster77: Ok ganun na nga, matter of time na lang. Good nite, sa round 4 bangga pa sa mas matindi, let's enjoy the ride! Aug-30-12    spawn2: mukhang matagal pa yung dalawa..pagdating ng hating gabi eh logtu na ako at baka maging kalabasa yung kalesa ko.. Aug-30-12    bubuli55: 4-0 pa yata :) congratz PHI team! Aug-30-12    DynamicPulse: Panalo rin pala women team natin wuhooo!! Aug-30-12    DynamicPulse: In Barbz' game, the 3 pieces are nicely coordinated to each other and the Black Queen will just stare to the beauty of it lol Aug-30-12    DynamicPulse: OK it's official paNalo na si Barbosa. 3-0 na so far pending the result of Wesley's game. mukhang 4-0 to ah. Aug-30-12    Doji: ang lufet ng team PH! sarap manood.. 4-0 na yan!! Aug-30-12    DynamicPulse: Wesley is winning so 4-0 and for the women team 3-1. Ayos!! Aug-30-12    DynamicPulse: It's official!! men team won 4-0 against Kazakhstan and women team won 3-1 over Turkmenistan!! Aug-30-12    I Love You: Panalo na Wesley, 4-0!! Aug-30-12    desertfox: It's 4-0...congratz Phil team!! Aug-30-12    I Love You: Asahan natin sa round 4, baka nasa top 10 na manggagaling ang susunod na makakatunggali. Go Pilipinas!!! Aug-30-12    I Love You: Ow! Ang daming kakagulat na resulta, ang Kyrgyztan NT na may isang FM sa kanilang line up ay tinalo ang Singapore 3-1!! Zimbabwe manage to draw their games against Bologan team (Moldova). At ang Georgian team ay tinalo ang Netherlands 2.5-1.5!! Hamakin mo yon lahat ng players ng Netherlands nasa 2600+ ang ratings pero tinalo lamang ng 2500+. Aug-30-12    gregory2188: Congratz Phil team! 4-0 and 3-1 Aug-30-12    geniokov: Congratulations Philippine Team! You made us proud! Aug-30-12    desertfox: Here we go! Phils vs. Armenia sa 4th round! Aug-30-12    desertfox: We need the help of Ariane Caoili hehe! Aug-30-12    geniokov: Waahhhh! Philippines vs Armenia! Go..go..go Philippines! This is exciting match! Wesley So vs Levon Aronian A repeat performance between Paragua and Movsesian! Aug-30-12    geniokov: ChessFlashNews after 3rd Round: Best Players According to Points Dimax place 14th out of 100 According to Rp,games,points % Dimax place 9th out of 150 Board Prize: Dimax is 3rd place best for Bd5! Categorie Prize after Rd3: Philippines rank 1st sa Group B! Gaprindashvilli Cup (best Federation= sum of Open+Women) Philippines rank 16! Mabuhay po tayong lahat! Aug-30-12    desertfox: Hooray!!hurrah!!!hurray!!Mabuhay..go go go team Pinas!!! Aug-30-12    Doji: magandang laban to mamaya.. ubusin natin tong seeded No. 3! Aug-30-12    torrefan: Lalaro tayo? Aug-30-12    bubuli55: We may have to go with the same laynap. Gudlak PHI Aug-30-12    batongol: Grabe! Nakakabigla! Nakaka excite! Nakaka Congrats! 4-0! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 350 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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