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 367 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-05-12    wordfunph: <FISCHERboy: Oddly, GM Torre shares the same characteristics. He's not that consistent. He can STILL win against 2600s, but can also lose against 2300s. Age, I guess. If he can pull off another miracle today, I'll canonize him saint.> St. Eugene :-) Sep-05-12    Archdruid: GM Eugene Torre is ageless in chess! Sep-05-12    kardopov: WOW! Galing talaga ni bradidik! Sep-05-12    obientag: <allan> sarap ng mga binibitawan mo mga salita ah...so inspiring! Sep-05-12    spawn2: Guys..allow me to share the text message I received from GM Eugene when I wish the Team good luck in behalf of BW GETS.. GM Eugene: Basta best effort kami. Hope we'll live up to your expectation. Thanks for the support: ) Sep-05-12    kardopov: Double wow! Obien in the house! Sep-05-12    sleepless in seattle: Congrats AFGM! Sep-05-12    Doji: Wow! Nawala antok ko ah.. Lupit! Sep-05-12    wordfunph: padre <obien>, welkambak. Sep-05-12    rjsolcruz: GM Eugene, Congrats for short-circuiting GM Short of England. This win is short of being a miracle because of the big difference in rating. Sep-05-12    spawn2: <obientag> Nasa cloud 9 ang BW GETS! But mahaba pa ang laban.. Go Pinas! Go Alamat! Sep-05-12    Megadeth: Sulit ang pagpupuyat, aantok antok na naman sa opis nito bukas, pero okay lang. GM Torre congrats! Sep-05-12    Nf3em: nice win GM Genius!!! go go go Team PHL!!! GETS GETS AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ;-) Sep-05-12    shadowleaf04: AFGM a Tower of Power in the Olympiad. Team Philippines, the biggest <revelation> in this year's Chess Olympiad! Congratulations! Don't stop winning! Sep-05-12    desertfox: Congrats po St. Eugene!!!!! Sep-05-12    Nf3em: napaganda ng record na iiwanan ni AFGM El Eugenio Alamat Ikaw Na The Best Ka Torre sa Philippines Chess ... I never doubted U sir since I was a kid 'til this very moment ... mabuhay ka! at buwisit ka! hehehe <sabi yan ni sir <isku>>! Sep-05-12    Nf3em: sa kabilang dako, si GM Gawain Jones gusto yatang mag-ala-Giri, naghahanap pa ng swindle he he he ... Sep-05-12    Stonehenge: Congrats :) What's GM's Torre score so far at the Olympiad? Sep-05-12    wordfunph: <spawn> pakape ka naman dyan. Habang inaantay ang matamis na 3-1 :) Sep-05-12    spawn2: hahaha..lalo ako di makakatulog nyan! Sep-05-12    wordfunph: mate <Stonehenge> make it 3/4. http://results.chessolympiadistanbu... Sep-05-12    Nf3em: ako panay higup d2 ... yun nga lang Tiger Beer ;-) gud mornyt sir <word>, bro <spawn>, et al. Sep-05-12    Stonehenge: Ty, sir wordpun :) Very impressive! Sep-05-12    Stonehenge: wordfun, sorry. Sep-05-12    pinoymaster77: Good pm, Was getting some text updates from spawn2, na lamang daw Barbie and now lately si AFGM. Just got home, and silip and panalo na pala si Genius! Now mabagal pa din connection at this hour and bagal pa makapasok sa chessdom to go over the moves... Ika nga private sharing to spawn2, this is a SPECIAL Olympiad for AFGM, this is for Mama Vicenta! Go for 3-1 win Team Pinas! 11 rounds ata eto, so 3 rounds na lang, TODO na pato!! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 367 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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