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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 76 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-21-18    pinoymaster77: Chessbase/David Llada interview naman of legend Karpov, many insights Babalik daw sya to Platja d' Aro 2019,sana pati Euge https://en.chessbase.com/post/inter... Sep-22-18    spawn2: Goodluck to Coach GM Torre and to the rest of Team Philippines who are now in Batumi to represent the country in the Batumi Olympiad. Kaya yan ng Pinoy! Sep-22-18    epistle: Sa coach yan magkakatalo. Go Team Philippines! Tokhang your opponents to submission! Sep-22-18    kardopov: Even if they are lesser known, the Filipinos are talented and tough to crack. Surprises are what they will offer us starting the first round. MABUHAY ANG PILIPINO! Sep-23-18    wordfunph: if all teams show up in time, 54th seed Philippines will face 129th seed Malta. go Philippines! http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.... Sep-23-18    wordfunph: Malta's team composition.. http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.... Philippines vs Malta 2004 Calvia = 4-0 1996 Yerevan = 4-0 Sep-23-18    epistle: The player to watch: Elias Tirador--- http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.... Sep-24-18    wordfunph: Round 1: San Marino vs Philippines http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.... San Marino: 1 Rossini Paul 1678 2 Berardi Giancarlo 1766 3 FM Grassi Enrico 1965 4 CM Volpinari Danilo 1985 5 CM Righi Ezio 2031 Sep-24-18    Kapmigs: Any idea who is the chef for the Philippine teams?----http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news... Sep-24-18    spawn2: As expected, Team Pinas registered a 4-0 win vs the makers of canned tuna. But in rd 2, they will be in a fight vs higher seed Slovakia. Goodluck! Sep-25-18    gokusano: Match lang sila ng slowvakia. Sana mag slow start ang vakia para advantage ang Pinas. Hopefully, RP Team will pull this one out tapos US sana makaharap next. Lugi sa rating laban sa US pero meron big heart to hold fort and fight for the country. Sep-25-18    spawn2: A nice 2.5 - 1.5 win vs Slovakia in the 2nd rd. Next is Croatia, a dangerous opponent. Seeded 18th, all GM line up. Hope they do well..expecting IM Haridas to play giving FM Turqueza a rest. Go Team Pinas! Sep-26-18    spawn2: Team Philippines went down vs Croatia in the 3rd round. They will face 55th seed Estonia in the next rd. After 3 rds of chess, the 54th seed Philippines is at 41st place. Sep-26-18    gokusano: From the book, Estonia is slightly favored. Never lose hope team RP, you have the heaRT. LABAN PUSO! Sep-28-18    Amulet: ...now; it is 101 place after 5 rounds. Sep-28-18    spawn2: Next rd opponent is Jersey. Time to bounce back.. Sep-28-18    wordfunph: nampusha nasa kusina mga batibot, si GM Sado lang solid perf pero ang iba ah ewan ko. ala kasi sa line up si GM Joey, GM Torre, GM Paragua, iba na ang may experience. sinabak muna dapat sa int'l tourneys yong mga batibot. Lebanon lang olatz pa, haynaku! uwian na pag tinalo pa ng Jersey. Sep-28-18    wordfunph: dapat req't sa RP Olympiad team eh GMs lang makakapaglaro. yong mga batibot mag-GM muna bago isampa sa gyera. ggrrrrr... badtrip! Sep-29-18    Viktorerro: Hehehe("uwian na pag tinalo pa ng Jersey"), umarangkada na pala ang malaking palaro na Olimpiada Ajedrez. Ang pagkaka alam ko diyan sa Jersey ay pawang mga mangingisda ang mga komunidad diyan sa isla na iyan na administratibo ng mga Ingles, nangingisda sila kasama na ang industria ng scallops, at ang iba diyan ay mga tourists guides kaya at the end of the day at pa hinga na sila ay pa lipas oras sa chess...kapag na olatz sila sa mga club players ng Jersey na mga mangingisda ay sa Navotas fish port na mag praktis ng chess ang Phl team. Okay lang amoy isda basta ala Elias Tirador ang mga banat moves...ka praktisan ko ng chess iyan diyan sa Guam. Pa lipas oras lang, pero hindi kami mangingisda, huh! Sep-29-18    Viktorerro: Puede naman all GM pinadala ng Phl team, all General Manager type players - executive chess ang level ng play. Ung mga true GMs ay nagsipag overseas base na siguro karamihan, States side, Europe, Singapore, etc - mukhang na tokhang na sa lagay-estado ng chess sa Pinas, shabu-shabu na kasi, este shabby-shabby lang - nothing great, nothing to go for. Magpalit na lang ng lyrics ng Bayang Ma-Giling - ang mamatay sa gutom ng dahil sa iyo?...jokiz lang, kaya 'yang Jersey, wag lang sila sasabak sa laban ng gutom - at passed out at hilo ang sasapitin. Hihihi... Sep-29-18    bubuli55: Jersey next? Bon appetit! :) Sep-29-18    bubuli55: I agree with wordz . Although I have to say that I don’t know the process for the selection, this phi team is probably not the strongest team ncfp can assemble. But I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt. Ncfp must have their reasons. And these boys are already there. Their names were called and they obliged. I’m sure they are doing their best. It’s the phi team. I’d give them full support. Good hunting gentlemen. Sep-29-18    bubuli55: I believe the selection process was by merit. Sep-30-18    spawn2: It’s not too late. Rd 6 pa lang tayo. Sure win na Pinas dito. We have 5 more rounds to go. Let’s take it one round at a time mga brother: ) Go Pinas..Go Coach Torre! Sep-30-18    spawn2: 4-0 in favor of Team Pinas. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 76 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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