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 362 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-03-12    joeyj: Live Ratings (PHI) Visit here: http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/l... Sep-03-12    desertfox: Folks: take a look at this..a possibility...Judith Polgar vs. El Eugenio!! Sep-03-12    spawn2: Galing Team Philippines! Sep-03-12    batongol: Dating gawi, nanatiling malakas si So sa mga 2700 plus players. Walang kaba at ang kalaban pa ang nag offer agad ng Q to Q.. Barbie, you are the man. Lamang sa quality ang opponent pero nanatili siyang compose at yun.. blunder si bulagarian. Higit sa lahat ang panalo niya ng nag deklara ng team win ng Pinas.. Si AFGM parin ang pulsong bato. Konti na lang panalo na pero ok narin yung draw.. Hindi natataranta si Mark sa unang salpukan ng laban na napaka aggresive na opening ng kanyang kalaban. Kaya naman a draw is also good for the team. Proud po kami sa inyo Phl Players!.. Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: Whoa, thank you Lord! Next is Hungary... Sep-03-12    spawn2: The Team's cohesiveness is showing. They are rowing in one direction ony and that is to show the world that Filipinos can play chess and play it well! Beat Hungary! Sep-03-12    torrefan: I am not completely happy! We are suppose to get Russia now! The top seed versus the tough seed! Sep-03-12    shadowleaf04: <The top seed versus the tough seed!> Hagalpak ako rito. Great performance for the team. AFGM almost won against Cheparinov. Barbosa hung in there until he got a swindle! Now Hungary is next! If Team Philippines wins again, chances are the dream match vs Russia will be in the horizon. Sep-03-12    bubuli55: < Sep-03-12    torrefan: I am not completely happy! We are suppose to get Russia now! The top seed versus the tough seed! > Hagalpak! Sabay toot :) Kilala na kita! Only one person I know who can put up that kind of a featured headline :) Sep-03-12    wordfunph: birthday gift of Team Philippines to brother <shadowleaf04> today.. 2.5-1.5 victory by Pinas over mighty Hungary! happy birthday <shadow>! possible Polgar-Torre coming up.. <The top seed versus the tough seed!> lol! Sep-03-12    bubuli55: < shadowleaf > hapibertdey! Sep-03-12    Iskubadayb: Wow, the delivery boy has delivered yet again! Bilib ako kay Barbie. Correction lang. Hindi swindle yun. The poor dude just got lost in the tactical mayhem. Barbz kept the constant pressure after the queen sac... non-stop! It was too much for the Bulgarian to bear! Sep-03-12    Pulo y Gata: GM Eugenio Torre controlled the fight against GM Ivan Cheparinov. The young lion was tamed and couldn't even bare its teeth. Sep-03-12    pinoymaster77: Happy natal day shadowleaf! Sep-04-12    pinoymaster77: As mentioned in another FORUM earlier, ang maganda sa players natin eh COLOR BLIND, they are adept in both colors and can also deliver wins... In this latest upset of Bulgaria, GM Barbosa's Board 2 win was with the black pieces.. Sep-04-12    pinoymaster77: Enjoy the self-made video by Nil Maglas on that momentous Round 6 upset of Bulgaria! Many firsts ha, I think first ever Olympiad wins over Moldova,Kazakhstan and Bulgaria so far... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qltW... Sep-04-12    spawn2: Recapping Team Philippines' performance after 6 Rounds: 1st Round Win against 113th seed Libya <4 - 0> 2nd Rd Win against 23rd seed Moldova <2.5 - 1.5> 3rd Round Win against 40th seed Kazakshtan <4 - 0> 4th Round Narrow loss against 3rd seed Armenia <2.5 - 1.5> 5th Round Win against 51st seed Iceland <3 - 1> 6th Round Win against 13th seed Bulgaria <2.5 - 1.5> 7th Round will be against 4th seed Hungary Go Pinas! Sep-04-12    epistle: ngayon lang ako nakasilip..... ang galing na pinakikita ng team pinas.... MABUHAY PO KAYO!!!! keep it up.... Sep-04-12    spawn2: Another gigantic clash tonight will be between powerhouse Armenia and China! This match is also worth watching. GM Aronian will surely try to recover from to avenge his loss to Kramnik and try to get back on the winning track at the expense of Tactical Whiz GM Wang Hao. Sep-04-12    spawn2: GM Torre with the white pieces against dangerous GM Polgar may adopt the same strategy he used against GM Cheparinov. Control the game, lead the game to a strategical struggle rather than a tactical melee. Looking at GM Judith's repertoire against d4, you can see the KID and the QID (based on chessgames.com database)which are both defenses that lead to unbalance positions. Sep-04-12    wordfunph: kaya naman pala ganado.. <NCFP Chairman Prospero Pichay Jr. and NCFP Secretary-General Abraham Tolentino Jr. arrived in Istanbul on Sept. 2 to support the team and to attend World Chess Federation (FIDE) Council meetings.> http://www.philstar.com/pinoyworldw... Sep-04-12    pinoymaster77: Ah, confirmation yan na andun na 'Manager' Pichay and acknowledged 'boss'. Malamang nga may mga group mini-celebrations dun and pep talks... Sep-04-12    joeyj: Round 7 2012 Chess Olympiad R7 Read more: http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/2... Sep-04-12    giwgiw: Round 7 GM Wesley vs. GM Leko GM Barbosa vs. Gm Almasi GM Torre vs. GM Berkes GM Paragua vs. GM Balogh Philippines 2.5 vs 1.5 Hungary Good Luck Team Philippines! Sep-04-12    shadowleaf04: Same team vs Hungary. Interesting that Judit Polgar sat this one out. Same prediction with <giwgiw> Go Team Philippines! 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