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 363 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-04-12    spawn2: Personally, am puzzled with the move of Hungary to rest GM Judith Polgar who has been scoring very well. Either it's a case of over confidence or they see something special about the combination. I think, this improve our chances to "upset" Hungary. Go Pinas! Sep-04-12    shadowleaf04: <spawn2> I agree with you. But look at Moldova. They decided to rest Viorel Iordachescu in the match vs RP. They lost narrowly. Now, this guy played three straight rounds and scored three wins. He is going for his fourth vs Germany. It is up to Team Philippines to prove that not fielding Judit Polgar against them is a costly mistake. Sep-04-12    bubuli55: If we score 5 points in the last 5 rounds, we will be in the top 10 ! One game at a time. One team. One goal! We believe ! Sep-04-12    bubuli55: If we score 6 points we have a medal. 7 points will shock the world Sep-04-12    DynamicPulse: Sa tingin ko pinakiusapan ni Susan Polgar si Judith na mag rest muna para may chance pa tau. Gusto nya manalo ang team natin hehehe. Sep-04-12    allan.dinglasan: Happy Birthday Shadow leaf! Go RP! Sep-04-12    spawn2: Am following for the first time games of our Pinoy chess players in ICC. Normally, ICC covers only elite tournaments, top boards of the Olympiad. Seeing the names of our four warriors and being able to watch their games makes me really proud. We are really doing well: ) Sep-04-12    Nf3em: Gud evening bros & idols! Go go go Ph! Sep-04-12    mysql: Where's Iskubadayb? I want to see some human analysis in Torre's game. Torre's position is quite cramped but I don't see how black can exploit it yet. Sep-04-12    sleepless in seattle: Wes draws with Leko Sep-04-12    sleepless in seattle: We believe in AFGM! Sep-04-12    cro777: Extra Torrestial!! Congrats Torre, congrats Philippines! Sep-04-12    giwgiw: Congrats GM Torre! Mabuhay ang PILIPINAS! Sep-04-12    sleepless in seattle: Congrats AFGM!!! Sep-04-12    bubuli55: GM Eugene Torre has made his presence felt in the current Istanbul Olympiad with a scintillating come from behind win on board 3 to propel the gutsy and resilient 35th seed Philippines team to a tie with 4th seed Hungary - a perenial powerhouse in chess. Congratulations! The Philippines team is making world news! We BELIEVE ! Sep-04-12    Marmot PFL: Good win for Torre. Berkes at 27 should be near his peak and should not lose a long game to a player more than twice his age. Sep-04-12    Iskubadayb: Bwisit ka, bradidik... ang lupaytz mo! Hayup ang kinamada mo! Napakwiki silip ako kanina e delikagipit ang pwesto natin. Pero nakitz ko na maraming taktika ang laban kaya kampante ako na kung magkamali lang ng konti ang kalaban e siguradong tsatsapsuyin mo! Yahoo!! :) Sep-04-12    spawn2: Its 2:34 am here need to check the result: ) And the result was great! Sep-04-12    spawn2: Grabe: ) Dagdag na naman sa Alamat mo to GM Eugene! Kala ko ipit bago ako matulog..ikaw pala ang mang-iipit! London System against a 2600 player. whew..ang tanong eh makatulog pa kaya ako? : ) Sep-04-12    Iskubadayb: Tulog na bradidik! :) Sep-04-12    spawn2: wahaha..Master Isku.ninanamnam ko yung game ni GM Eugene including the posts: ) Went to bed at around 10:30 pm dahil di na kaya pero ang babaw ng tulog hehehe Another 17 minutes at balik higaan na! See you again tonight same time and channel..continue pa showing ng I Am Legend! Sep-04-12    spawn2: Tomorrow its going to be against England led GM Mickey Adams.. Sep-04-12    cro777: <spawn2: London System against a 2600 player.> Interestingly, in the London System Berkes opted for the exchange configuration of Bd6 vs Bf4. Torre introduced a novelty on move 12. 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Ne7 click for larger view 12. Qc2 A novelty. Alternatives are 12.Qf3 and 12.Qe2. Well fought game by GM Eugene Torre. <richardhanes: Torre did not get lucky here, it takes a skilled player like him to create his own luck.> Sep-04-12    torrete64: Congrats GM Torre ! Another epic performance to add to his legend :-) Sep-04-12    MarkFinan: Wait till tomorrow?? He's playing an Englishman :D Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 363 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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