The chess games of Eugenio Torre

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

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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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


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