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 365 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-05-12    iking: <Jim Bartle: I'd think an arbiter would have stopped all that talking during the game...Especially with the whole world watching.> yeah, that should be the prim and proper thing to do <JimB>. Sep-05-12    iking: <spawn2: <iking> Wag mo na atatin. Baka bumalik pa dito. > nakakaasar kasi sir <spawn2> eh, pero i will heed your admonition. Sep-05-12    spawn2: <iking> Oks lang yan bro. Pagnagwala yan di natin kaya mahinto. Mababahiran lang tong page na to ng di mga kanais nais na posts. Let's take it easy. Thanks a lot! Sep-05-12    shadowleaf04: <iking> Tama si bro <spawn2>. KSP lang yun, wala kasing magawa, pumapel bigla pagkatapos maghasik ng lagim sa kabilang pahina. Inggit kasi. Di gaya natin na masaya dahil may magandang dahilan. Hope our team can get back to their winning ways. Sep-05-12    joeyj: Round 8 2012 Chess Olympiad R8 Read more: http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/2... Sep-05-12    fierychess: Congrats to you GM Torre for winning this game against the powerhouse Hungary team! Sep-05-12    pinoymaster77: Ayun ang maganda sa chessaccount ni joeyj, the most up to the minute liveratings! Me thinks GM Wes will come out of this Olympiad with at least 2680+ live rating. Wish lang eh he lands a FIRST WIN over a HydraGM. He has shown he can get slight edge during the game as seen in his games vs top boards GMs Bologan,Aronian,Topalov and Leko! Hopefully, he has warmed up his seat and gained more confidence playing regularly vs these Hydra's! Now, its GM Adams' turn... Sep-05-12    pinoymaster77: May official line-ups na Bros, let's GET IT ON (in about 4.5 hours pa!) : Bo. 11 England Rtg - 35 Philippines Rtg 0 : 0 6.1 GM Adams, Michael 2722 - GM So, Wesley 2652 6.2 GM Jones, Gawain 2653 - GM Barbosa, Oliver 2554 6.3 GM Short, Nigel 2698 - GM Torre, Eugene 2469 6.4 GM Pert, Nicholas 2555 - GM Paragua, Mark 2508 Rested si GM Howell, its GM Pert vs GM Paragua in Bd4. Still maintained GMs Wesley and Mark go for the wins, then we secure the draw in Boards 2 and 3, but of course kung nagka-edge sa game eh GO FOR IT! Samahan natin ng matinding mga DASAL bros! Its the CRITICAL final 4 rounds na! Sep-05-12    giwgiw: Philippines 3 - 1 England GM Adams 1/2 - 1/2 GM So GM Jones 0 - 1 GM Barbosa GM Short 1/2 - 1/2 GM Torre GM Pert 0 - 1 GM Paragua Go For The Win Team Philippines! Sep-05-12    wordfunph: libre naman todits forecast at mangarap and so itotodo ko na parang tulad ni <bubz> at para matakot mga kalaban :) Philippines 4 - 0 England iwagayway ang ating bandila sa Istanbul! Sep-05-12    bubuli55: Ayun ang sinasabing eksperyensado si AFGM ika nga ni GM Susan Polgar. Gudlak sa RP Tim ! Sep-05-12    Nf3em: Oi Oi Oi ... Fav ko yan <Take It Easy> kanta ng <Eagles> ... Gud evening folks ;-) Sep-05-12    kardopov: Interesting would be the game between Torre and Short. Payback time for GM Eugene Sep-05-12    allan.dinglasan: Go GM Torre! Make a headline again and again! 3-1 RP! Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: So far, so good lahat. :) Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: 8 mins lang ang gamit ng kalaban ni Barbz. Lutong bahay yata ang natitikman ng manok natin! Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: Si Euge, hinog ng basagin ang sentro sa tulak ng kingpyon. :) Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: Binasag na nga ni bradidik. Kinukunatan naman ng Brit. Paliit ng paliit ang minuto ni Barbie. Ganda sana ng pwesto ni bata kung di kanto boy ang isa nyang Eugene. Sep-05-12    wordfunph: mayor Isku, nasundan ni Barb etong game and played 15.Qc1 Caruana vs G Jones, 2012 maganda posisyon ni El Eugenio. Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: Ah, tiradingding pala talaga ni Gawgaw yan ha. Mas gusto ko sana ang aircon h6 kesa Nf8 ni bradidik, pero ok lang ang pwesto. Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: Gusto ko ang pwesto ni bata. Di papatak yang atakeng liit ni Miki. Mas maganda ang prospects ni bata sa endgame. Si Barbie naman ay ang ganda ng pwesto. Kayang unti-untiin hanggang kumulapsoy ang itim. Equal chances ang tres at kwatro. Tahimik pa pero parang sasabog mamaya. Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: Aw, di ko gusto ang palitada ng bish. Ang lakas ng bish ni Barbz sa g5 at misplaced ang black bish sa b4. Nabawasan ang tactical possibilities sa kingside. Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: Pinrobok ni Mark ang weakness sa c6 at a6. Let's see kung may patunguhan. Kung makapatong lang ang tore nya sa c-file e masarap na. Sep-05-12    Iskubadayb: Ok pa lahat. Sandals lang muna. Sep-05-12    Archdruid: Kaya ni Orly 'yan. Exchange ng black bishop creates weaknesses on the king's side of black. Kailangan lang ang timing against black's breakthrough on the c-file. a4 kaya? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 365 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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