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 361 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Magandang gabi din sa lahat diyan sa Phil, TonyMayls. Aye, they have to earn every point... or half point, for that matter. :) Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: Equalized na Barbie, nag-freeze lang pala connection in Mark's game and di ganun ka serious time trouble si Delchev, touch and go pa... Ang medyo clear ang edge yung kay GM Wes ah... Sep-03-12    bubuli55: Gumaganda ang posisyon ni Eugene. I can see a pon up qside at endgame.ake that 2. 1 on both sides Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Baka maitabla ni Topa. Di ko gusto ang talon ni Wes sa d4. Dapat e sa d2 yun, simple pero mas matalim ang hangarin. Ang kalaban naman ni Barbz e minimislid siya ng mga hatak ng bish. He wants imbalance and repositioning of his pair. Barbz has so far shown a lot of maturity in prior games. Makikitz natin dito kung tuloy ang ligaya. :) Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: Malaki na lamang Kramnik over Aronian, impending W Sep-03-12    spawn2: Linis ng tiradingding ni Genius..parang si Houdini kalaban ni Cheparinov Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Yun, di kinol ni Mark ang pyon at nakipagtagisan siya ng lakas sa gitna. Tabladingding ang dating. Kay Barbz na naman ang key game! So far e panay ang deliver niya. Pag pumatak pa yan e "DELIVERY BOY" na dapat tawag natin dyan! :) Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: Mukhang balik sa 2-2 ang prospectus based sa current board positions, but's let us see kung may twist pa... Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Although medyo equal ang game ni Barbz sa ngayon e may posibilidad na biglang sumabog ito. Ang kalaban niya ay weteng/pahinog style... istilo ng mga Euro. Hintay ng kulapsoy sa kalaban. Kelangan ng patience ni Barbie. Precise moves will help, too. :) Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: Puedeng mag 2rooks si Barbie vs opponent's queen... Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Inviting ang queen sac kay Barbie. Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Delikaoras si Barbie! Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Wow, kinol ni Barbie!! I was thinking balikbayan lang ang yokabz sabay patong ang Eugene sa d-file. Very imbalanced ito. Pair of rooks and knight vs Queen and pair of bish. Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: Yun lang, accurate kaya oras ni Barbie shown in chessdom? Pero I think kaya yan to reach time control... Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Dikdikan ng bungo ang dalawang bansa. Sarap talaga ng olimpyada. :) Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Prone to inaccuracies pag ganitong time scramble ka kaya di ko gusto ang desisyong pinasok niya. Pero baka kitz na nya ang mga tactical possibilities. Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: May pwersarep pala. Papasukin na siguro ni Barbie. Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Bilib ako kay Euge. Practically perfect play ang mga binabanat niya for his games. Nagkataong perpekto rin ang mga kalaban. Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Aba, ayaw ni Barbz ng tabladingding! Battle mode pala ang delivery boy. :) Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: draw na Mac Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Tabladingding lahat na laban! Sandals po. Sep-03-12    DynamicPulse: sa women team naman panalo si Perena! 1-2 na whew sana manalo si Fronda Sep-03-12    DynamicPulse: wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! barbosa won after his opponent blundered! wth can't believe this!! lmao Sep-03-12    DynamicPulse: ang sarap ng tulog ko ngayon hahaha! blunder of the decade ata to lol! Thank you Lord!! Sep-03-12    DynamicPulse: Bro Joey ratings update pasok!! hahaha. Super excited lang hahahaha The happiest moment for me so far as a chess fanatic. Go Philippines!! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 361 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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