sa wakas nadalaw ka din dito : )

checked current fide rating of those who participated in the 1976 Marlboro's Battle of Champions held here in the Philippine which was won by GM Eugene.

Name Rating Year of Birth

A. Karpov 2644 1951
E. Torre 2561 1951
L. Ljubojevic 2553 1950
W. Browne 2435 1949

It just shows GM Torre's staying power. Dont you think?

sa wakas,

Many major chess events were made in Baguio and PICC then. Maybe major factors is then Pres McCoy liked chess,and Campo was influential.

Who would forget those K-K matches and even the Olympiad being done here.

Home > Sports > Top Stories Quezon City, PNP share Inter-cities chess lead 04/15/2009 | 06:58 PM

Email this | Email the Editor | Print | ShareThisMANILA, Philippines - Quezon City and PNP-NHQ-QC pulled off similar impressive victories to keep a share of the lead after Wednesday’s eighth round of the 2009 National Inter-Cities chess team championship in Tarlac.

Quezon City dumped Local Water Utilities Administration-QC-B, 3-1, while PNP-NHQ-QC subdued Valenzuela City, 2.5-1.5, to stay ahead with 13 match points.

GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. outclassed Alcon John Datu, Gary Legaspi humbled Mari Joseph Turqueza and Ilann Perez bested Jan Nigel Galan to lead Quezon City to victory.

Richelieu Salcedo averted a shutout for LWUA-QC-B when he toppled Jerry Areque on board two.

PNP-NHQ-QC struck on victories by Rolando Andador over GM Mark Paragua, Ali Branzuela over Ivan Gil Biag and Horizon Villanueva’s draw with Vic Neil Villanueva.

Silverio Abasolo beat Edsel Montoya for Valenzuela’s lone point.

Earlier, Quezon City and PNP-NHQ-QC battled to a 2-2 draw in the seventh round, with Antonio and Perez winning their matches for QC and Branzuela and Villanueva scoring for PNP-NHQ-QC.

Antonio trounced Andador and Perez downed Montoya for Quezon City’s two victories. Branzuela humbled Areque and Villanueva nipped Gary Legaspi to level the score for PNP-NHQ-QC.

Mandaluyong City, led by GM Bong Villamayor and Jan Emmanuel Garcia, outplayed Pasig-Marfori, 2.5-1.5, to join LWUA-QC-B in third to fourth places with 12 points.

Top seed Tagaytay City drew with Muntinlupa, 2-2, in the seventh round then won over LWUA-QC-A, 2.5-1.5 to climb into solo fifth place with 11 points.

Five teams, led by Valenzuela and FEU-FERN-QC-Inton, share sixth to 10th places with 10 points.

FEU-FERN-QC-Inton humbled Antipolo City, 2.5-1.5, in the eighth round behind Sheider Nebato’s win over Jude Ulanday.

In the individual standings, Antonio and IM Richard Bitoon of Makati share the lead in board one with seven points. Antonio has six wins and two draws while Bitoon has seven wins and one loss.

NM Emmanuel Senador of Calamba is third with 6.5 points on six wins, one draw and one loss.

On board two, Jose Aquino of LWUA-QC-A shows the way with 7.5 points on seven wins and one draw, followed by Michael Manago of La Union with 6.5 points (six wins, one draw) and Ali Brazuela of PNP-NHQ-QC with seven points (seven wins, one loss).

An example in chess team events is Allan Macala, usually sa lower boards yan pero pointsmaker. Usually kasama siya sa teams nila Salcedo. I think Ive been seeing him around since the Cubao 'active chess' events some 20+ yrs back pa...

Pero ang panalo pa rin daw sa dami ng tournaments ay yung chess arbiters ahehe. As Gatus would say, sila daw mga players di sure sa araw na iyon na may mauuwi na premyo, while the chess arbiters and main coordinators sigurado na ang kita.

ang tawag dun sa nangyari sa mga Burmese masters eh "Naharang sila sa kanto".

yung mga Chinese, talagang malalakas ang mga yun. Feeling ko yung mga Vietnamese except ke Ngoc Troungson eh nagpeak na 2 - 3 years ago nung naharang nila tayo sa SEA Games dito sa Manila. Si NT Truong Son ang highest rated nila right now at 2588

Am confident that with the rise of our young GMs (So, Gomez, Paragua) and the resurgence of the old guards (Torre and Antonio) we have regain our supremacy in Asia meaning we are #3 behind China and India.

kung bukas ang Olympiad, this will be my board order

1. GM Wesley So
2. GM Eugene Torre
3. GM Rogelio Antonio
4. GM John Paul Gomez
5. GM Mark Paragua

# 6 could be GM Laylo or GM Mariano kung mareregain nya yung dating form nya.

Actually, our second team is also strong,

IM Bitoon
GM Villamyor
IM Barcenilla
GM Laylo
GM Gonzales

please check Mr Bobby Ang's column today in the Business World titled "Battle of the GM 2". It talks about GM Torre's game vs GM JP Gomez.

Below is a portion of the article:

"Until Wesley So came into the scene, GM Eugene Torre had always won local tournaments in the country so long as its format was round-robin. In Swiss system tournaments he was not as successful, but in all-play-all Eugene was invincible.

One of the reasons behind this dominance was his stamina — he just got stronger as the tournament got longer. This is the same story as in his tennis. I heard one of Eugene’s frustrated opponents ventilate in the locker room once that the GM’s tennis style is a bit unorthodox and he did not have any flashy moves, but no matter how hard you hit the ball or how much "pektos" you apply, Eugene is going to return the ball to you until you err out of exhaustion.

That is why I was so worried during the 2008 PGMA Cup — Torre won the first five games but was visibly tired in the final three rounds and in fact could very well have lost all three. Was he finally losing his stamina?

Well, we got our answer in this Battle of GMs — Eugene lost to Wesley in the 3rd, recovered by beating Ronald Dableo in the 4th, and got temporarily bogged down with draws. However, he came back with a 2.5/3 finish and ended up in solo 3rd place.

More power to GM Eugene Torre! Sana itong darating na Asian Tournament sa Subic, maipakita ulit ni GM Torre ang lakas nya.

First time kong nakita in personal si GM Torre noong laban nila ni GM Balinas sa Magellan Hotel, Cebu City.

Email this | Email the Editor | Print | ShareThisMANILA, Philippines - Philippine National Police-National Headquarters-Quezon City proved to be a tough nut to crack, finishing as the only unbeaten team after nine rounds to capture the 2009 National Inter-Cities chess team championship.

PNP-QC halved the point with Local Water Utilities Administration-QC-B, 2-2, in its last assignment to win the championship on Thursday at the Metro Town Hall in Tarlac.

Ali Branzuela defeated Richelieu Salcedo while Rolando Andador and Horizon Villanueva drew with Alcon John Datu and Mari Joseph Turqueza, respectively, as PNP-NHQ-QC finished with five wins and four draws and accumulate a total of 14 match points.

PNP-NHQ-QC was actually going for a win in their last match to avoid ending the tournament tied with Mandaluyong but Edsel Montoya bowed to Jan Nigel Galan.

In spite of finishing tied with Mandaluyong at the end of nine rounds, PNP-NHQ-QC won the title based on higher tiebreak score. PNP-NHQ-QC and Mandaluyong had to settle for P80,000 each after the top and second place cash prizes were combined and split into two.

Mandaluyong caught up with PNP-NHQ-QC at the top after defeating LWUA-QC-F, 2.5-1.5.

Top seed Tagaytay City finished in a three-way tie for second after crushing co-leader Quezon City, 2.5-1.5, to tally 13 points.

Well, at least Bobby Ang seems friendlier to El Eugenio these days.

Maganda ngang example si Eugene if he breaks 2600 at his age. Disiplinado rin kasi ang mama, he has always emphasized physical conditioning is an integral part of prepns even when he was younger.

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