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Eugenio Torre
E Torre 
Photography courtesy of Philippine Chess.  

Number of games in database: 1,601
Years covered: 1968 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2417 (2423 rapid, 2343 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560
Overall record: +562 -303 =704 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 32 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (184) 
    B50 B83 B31 B22 B30
 Queen's Pawn Game (115) 
    D02 A45 A46 D00 A40
 Ruy Lopez (45) 
    C77 C92 C64 C84 C99
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E15 E17 E16 E12 E14
 French Defense (38) 
    C02 C07 C09 C00 C18
 Orthodox Defense (28) 
    D58 D61 D55 D50 D51
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (107) 
    C99 C80 C92 C77 C91
 Pirc (100) 
    B07 B08 B09
 King's Indian (83) 
    E62 E97 E73 E80 E92
 Slav (70) 
    D17 D14 D12 D10 D18
 Sicilian (68) 
    B42 B57 B30 B43 B56
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (58) 
    C99 C92 C91 C84 C85
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Karpov vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Tal vs E Torre, 1987 0-1
   E Torre vs Romanishin, 1988 1-0
   E Torre vs Ljubojevic, 1976 1-0
   Larsen vs E Torre, 1973 1/2-1/2
   Chiburdanidze vs E Torre, 1988 0-1
   E Torre vs Karpov, 1984 1-0
   E Torre vs Petursson, 1985 1-0
   E Torre vs Kamsky, 1990 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship Final-B (1969)
   Melbourne Zonal (1975)
   Marlboro Chess Classic (1977)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Manila (1979)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Jakarta (1978)
   Cleveland (1975)
   Chigorin Memorial (1980)
   Australian Open 1986/87 (1986)
   Biel Interzonal (1985)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   First Lady's Cup (1983)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 59 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 60 by 0ZeR0
   Eugenio Torre BEST GAMES by Gottschalk
   Filipino Masters vs World Champions by mikevg
   Biel Interzonal 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Nikki KID by reurbz
   Baku 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Asian Continental Blitz
   E Torre vs R Praggnanandhaa (Jun-15-19) 0-1, blitz
   E Torre vs D H Nguyen (Jun-14-19) 1-0
   E Torre vs W C Chu (Jun-13-19) 1/2-1/2
   K Y Chan vs E Torre (Jun-12-19) 1/2-1/2
   R Huang vs E Torre (Jun-11-19) 1-0

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EUGENIO TORRE
(born Nov-04-1951, 73 years old) Philippines

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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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Aguilar vs E Torre  0-1231968Manila MeralcoB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
2. E Torre vs E De Castro  0-1401968Manila MeralcoC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
3. C Benitez vs E Torre  ½-½221968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
4. E Torre vs J Lobigas  ½-½421968Manila MeralcoB27 Sicilian
5. E Torre vs N Estimo  1-0301968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
6. E Torre vs K A Lim  ½-½481968Manila MeralcoB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
7. G Badilles vs E Torre  1-0711968Manila MeralcoE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
8. B Berger vs E Torre  1-0491968Manila MeralcoA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
9. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1511968Manila MeralcoC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
10. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre  ½-½351968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
11. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0641968Manila MeralcoE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
12. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0921968Manila MeralcoB20 Sicilian
13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen  1-0431968Manila MeralcoC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
14. R Reyes vs E Torre  0-1361968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez  0-1371968Manila MeralcoB03 Alekhine's Defense
16. W Hug vs E Torre  ½-½501969World Junior Championship qual-2B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
17. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½771969World Junior Championship qual-2C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. K Payrhuber vs E Torre  ½-½471969World Junior Championship qual-2B25 Sicilian, Closed
19. E Torre vs R M McKay  0-1321969World Junior Championship qual-2B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. A Sznapik vs E Torre  0-1461969World Junior Championship qual-2E97 King's Indian
21. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson  1-0471969World Junior Championship qual-2B07 Pirc
22. S Bouaziz vs E Torre  ½-½201969World Junior Championship Final-BB02 Alekhine's Defense
23. E Torre vs E M Green  ½-½491969World Junior Championship Final-BC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
24. J Kristiansen vs E Torre  0-1361969World Junior Championship Final-BE73 King's Indian
25. E Torre vs L Ogaard  ½-½251969World Junior Championship Final-BB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
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Apr-08-09  pinoymaster77: Let's see the run-up/ preps for the Asian Invitational. Watchout for a renewed Eugene!
Apr-08-09  spawn2: pinoymaster,

tagal pa ng hihintayin natin to see the fully-recharged GM Torre. Mapapanood muna natin si Pacman Pacquiao vs the Brit Hatton. I'll make sure to go and visit Subic to watch at least one round. Sila kapmigz and epistle I believe will also go. Sama ka kung available ka.

Apr-08-09  kurtrichards: Yes,<pinoymaster77>. GM Torre always play his best whenever a tournament is held here in the Philippines. Hope before the year ends GM Torre's Elo rating will rise to 2600. Watchout for the Chinese and Vietnamese woodpushers. They too have the tendency to play their best anywhere. (see Dresden Olympiad 2008)
Apr-08-09  wordfunph: spawn2, sama ako sa subic with BCT1 bro..
Apr-08-09  spawn2: wordfunph,

of course bro..ikaw pa kasama din pati si nano, jp and pulsar if available sila : )

Apr-09-09  nanobrain: Belated happy birthday to bartolome, and advanced happy birthday to wordfunph the April boys!and hello to the BCT gang and the Torre and Wesley kibitzers! Pass muna ako sa chess activities this summer kasi my sister from Canada is arriving this easter sunday, and my mother from National City, California is arriving this coming tuesday. So ang duty ko e ipasyal sila, especially during weekends na maluwag ako. they will stay here for a month. Bihira kasing umuwi ang mga yan. Kakahiya naman kung lagi lang sila sa bahay. After they leave, i can resume my chess career [ahehehe, hohoho, hakhakhak].
Apr-09-09  spawn2: <nanobarain>

copy bro, sayang di ka makakalaro sa BW vs BCC.

wordfunph,

di ako available sa 25th me prior commitment ako sa school ng anak ko : (

Apr-09-09  pinoymaster77: kutrichards, ok lets see Eugene in action here and may he and Wes carry the Phil contingent in this impt tourney!

wordfunph, busy sa place niyo specially tomorrow Good Friday, dami pilgrims to Landayan!

nanobrain, all the best entertaining and tending to your kin!

spawn2, noted family first. Mukhang kelangan madami pa mahugot neto he he, yun mga A1 players ng BCT di ata available on the 25th.

Apr-09-09  spawn2: hi pinoymaster,

we have to fix schedule. we are suppose to meet on the 18th one week prior to the 26th (sat)for the BW vs BCC match so that we can arranage board assignment. wordfun was suggesting that we meet on the 25th which is his natal day in Laguna yun nga lang I have a PTA meeting. I texted Ms Mila Emperado to inquire whether we can hold our meeting in St Francis Square (MCC Chess Club)unfortunately, fullybooked daw sila weekdays and weekends. Baka me alam kayo (pulsar, kapmigz etc) of another venue.

wordfunph, please confirm if we will push through with the BW vs BCC on the 26th. ty

Apr-09-09  pinoymaster77: Hi spawn2, ang alam ko lang sa south
na mas madali puntahan sa McDo o Filinvest Alabang, or Pavilion Mall in Binan eh...

Well, so far weekend on 25th/26th still clear.

2 other tourneys for kids are on May 2
and May 17 (open, at Pavilion Mall).

Just let me know. I am also in sms touch with Mr. Ricky Merano of BCC/LCA (Laguna Chess Associatn), since regularly invited to LCA events, for my kids.

Apr-09-09  pinoymaster77: wordfunph, interesting article from
CHESSPHI website :

Intchess 8th Vision Masters IM Tournament 2009
Three IMs Back in Action

Homegrown IMs Rico Mascariñas, Yves Rañola and Japan-based Domingo Ramos shrugged off their inactive status and participated in the recently concluded 6-man FIDE-rated double round robin event organized by the ASEAN Chess Academy in Singapore.

Singaporean FIDE Master Ravindran Shanmugam shared equal first (6.0/10) with Mascariñas and Rañola.

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Apr-09-09  wordfunph: ahhh <nanobrain> <spawn2> won't make it! daming di available sa 25th and so we call off our duel with BCC muna. To <rookdens>, BW is asking for postponement bro..
Apr-09-09  wordfunph: <pinoymaster77> noted bro thanks..
Apr-11-09  rjsolcruz: Re: BW vs BCC

Hello GMs spawn2 and pinoymaster77,

i am representing meralco chess club. our club is composed of employees, retirees and children of meralco and if you are interested, we would like to invite your team to play goodwill match with us. our venue is in our hq in ortigas center, along ortigas ave and just walking distance from robinson galleria.

we have a pretty good venue; air-conditioned and good for 6 to 10 chess boards. snacks are on us.

we have already played with the malibay chess club and is a veteran of bilibid muntinlupa wherein we have played 4 matches so far.

see us at www.meralcochess.blogpost.com

rolly

Apr-11-09  spawn2: good morning gm rjsolcruz,

Happy Easter!

Yes, saw your pictures in the Malibay Chess Club web site. We would be more than happy to meet with your group and play some friendly games.

Thank you very much for the invitation!

I will coordinate with the other Barangay Wesley members so that we can arrange the schedule.

Bro pinoymaster wordfunph, pulsar, kapmigz, epistle, jpsacristan nanobrain, fyi

Apr-11-09  wordfunph: <rjsolcruz> thanks for the invite, we're very honored..

<spawn2> <pulsar> <kapmigz> <nanobrain> <epistle> <jpsacristan> <pinoymaster77> we'll work on it maybe after BCC match if you agree, what you think guys? We'll set a date after our BCC sojourn..

Apr-12-09  spawn2: wordfunph,

I agree with your suggestionto first finish our commitment with BCC.

Kung hirap tayo mag-meet 1 week before our match with BCC, lets push through na lang with meeting them. I suggest May 2 (Saturday) with BCC
May 16(Saturday) with MCC
May 23 (Satuday) Subic
Please confirm guys if ok sched sa inyo para makapag-paalam ako at kayo ke commander : )

Apr-12-09  wordfunph: <spawn2> 3 skeds ok with me..
Apr-12-09  DiskFunkTionaL: Hala, pati sila Rico Mascarinas lumabas sa lungga. Nassan na kaya si Andronico Yap? Abangan ang next episod of Maalala Mo Kaya
Apr-12-09  DiskFunkTionaL: Volunteer ako noon, tiga-bantay sa mga poste ng meralco. May kwento si Mr. Fabunan tungkol sa Subic. O sige, mahagilap nga ang Maria Cafra.
Apr-12-09  BigBangDistantEcho: Bro DiskFunkTional, hinihintay mong ipalabas sa Maalala Mo Kaya ang naging Buhay nang nasira at namayapa nang IM Andronico Yap?

Sa Singapore naglabasan ng lungga ang mga datihang mga manlalaro, ah? Nag chess trainer sa Bahrain iyang si Rico sa Bahrain noong mga 1995-and later years...

Apr-13-09  pinoymaster77: wordfunph,

You can set the skeds El Presidente, and check with the ka-Bggy.

spawn2,cant make it to May 2/Sat mtg,
there's a mini-liga near our village, and will enter my 2 (or 3) sons kun pumayag yun bunso...

Apr-13-09  pinoymaster77: Does anybody have news article link to major papers for the on-going Inter Cities at Tarlac?

I just heard over DZSR sports radio this am a news broadcast that teams Tagaytay (Laylo/Salcedo), Mandaluyong (Bong), QC (Joey) and some of the LWUA teams were in the lead with 4 team points after 2 rounds.

Apr-13-09  spawn2: pinoymaster,

wala din akong balita. Di yata sumali GM Wes and GM Eugene. Baka subsob sa preparation for the Subic event.

Apr-14-09  spawn2: nanobrain,

we are planning to meet this coming saturday (April 18), after lunch for some friendly games. venue will be either in Q.C. memorial circle or sa starbucks uli.

if you are available, please join us. tks

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