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Eugenio Torre
E Torre 
Photography courtesy of Philippine Chess.  

Number of games in database: 1,606
Years covered: 1968 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2417 (2423 rapid, 2343 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560
Overall record: +565 -304 =705 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 32 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (184) 
    B50 B83 B31 B30 B22
 Queen's Pawn Game (115) 
    D02 A45 A46 D00 A40
 Ruy Lopez (46) 
    C64 C92 C77 C84 C99
 French Defense (39) 
    C02 C07 C09 C04 C00
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E15 E17 E12 E16 E14
 Orthodox Defense (28) 
    D58 D61 D55 D50 D51
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (107) 
    C99 C80 C92 C77 C65
 Pirc (100) 
    B08 B07 B09
 King's Indian (84) 
    E62 E97 E73 E82 E92
 Slav (70) 
    D17 D14 D12 D10 D18
 Sicilian (68) 
    B42 B30 B57 B56 B43
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (58) 
    C99 C92 C91 C97 C96
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Karpov vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Tal vs E Torre, 1987 0-1
   E Torre vs Romanishin, 1988 1-0
   E Torre vs Ljubojevic, 1976 1-0
   Larsen vs E Torre, 1973 1/2-1/2
   Chiburdanidze vs E Torre, 1988 0-1
   E Torre vs Karpov, 1984 1-0
   E Torre vs Petursson, 1985 1-0
   E Torre vs J Tarjan, 1983 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship Final-B (1969)
   Melbourne Zonal (1975)
   Marlboro Chess Classic (1977)
   Manila (1979)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Jakarta (1978)
   Cleveland (1975)
   Chigorin Memorial (1980)
   Australian Open 1986/87 (1986)
   Biel Interzonal (1985)
   First Lady's Cup (1983)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 59 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 60 by 0ZeR0
   Eugenio Torre BEST GAMES by Gottschalk
   Filipino Masters vs World Champions by mikevg
   Biel Interzonal 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Nikki KID by reurbz
   Baku 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Asian Continental Blitz
   E Torre vs Praggnanandhaa (Jun-15-19) 0-1, blitz
   E Torre vs D H Nguyen (Jun-14-19) 1-0
   E Torre vs W Chu (Jun-13-19) 1/2-1/2
   K Y Chan vs E Torre (Jun-12-19) 1/2-1/2
   R Huang vs E Torre (Jun-11-19) 1-0

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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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1511968Manila MeralcoC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
2. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0641968Manila MeralcoE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0921968Manila MeralcoB20 Sicilian
4. B Berger vs E Torre  1-0491968Manila MeralcoA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
5. R Reyes vs E Torre  0-1361968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
6. G Badilles vs E Torre  1-0711968Manila MeralcoE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
7. E Torre vs E De Castro  0-1401968Manila MeralcoC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
8. E Torre vs J Lobigas  ½-½421968Manila MeralcoB27 Sicilian
9. S Aguilar vs E Torre  0-1231968Manila MeralcoB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. E Torre vs N Estimo  1-0301968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
11. E Torre vs K A Lim  ½-½481968Manila MeralcoB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
12. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre  ½-½351968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen  1-0431968Manila MeralcoC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
14. C Benitez vs E Torre  ½-½221968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez  0-1371968Manila MeralcoB03 Alekhine's Defense
16. W Hug vs E Torre  ½-½501969World Junior Championship qual-2B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
17. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½771969World Junior Championship qual-2C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. K Payrhuber vs E Torre  ½-½471969World Junior Championship qual-2B25 Sicilian, Closed
19. E Torre vs R M McKay  0-1321969World Junior Championship qual-2B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. A Sznapik vs E Torre  0-1461969World Junior Championship qual-2E97 King's Indian
21. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson  1-0471969World Junior Championship qual-2B07 Pirc
22. S Bouaziz vs E Torre  ½-½201969World Junior Championship Final-BB02 Alekhine's Defense
23. E Torre vs E M Green  ½-½491969World Junior Championship Final-BC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
24. J Kristiansen vs E Torre  0-1361969World Junior Championship Final-BE73 King's Indian
25. E Torre vs L Ogaard  ½-½251969World Junior Championship Final-BB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
 page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,606  PGN Download
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Sep-05-12  wordfunph: welcome chessbookie mate <Stone> :-)
Sep-05-12  spawn2: bro <Nf3em> GM Eugene is really giving it all for country!

Hope he and the rest of Team Philippines become an inspiration to the young ones to take up chess.

Also, Corporate sponsors should give chess a second look.

Marami pang Legend, Gentle Mauler, The Spark, Barbwire and Diesel Maks sa tabi tabi..kailangan lang ng support.

Sep-05-12  Nf3em: on second thought, I know who's the angel on PHL Team's side ... ;-)
Sep-05-12  pinoymaster77: May nag FB sakin si Conrado Diaz, na 3-1 na daw for PHI? Confirmed na ba?
Sep-05-12  Nf3em: korek ka jan bro <spawn>, me <Pau> pa tayo next in line ... may <hugo> ... he he he ...
Sep-05-12  pinoymaster77: May FB alert sakin, happy birthday Kap Pareng sugardom! Saan ka man naglalayag, dami ding pa birthday gift sayo na chess milestones!
Sep-05-12  spartan1998: Congrats GM Eugene and RP Team for winning!

PM77, nanood kami ni pau, pero before 12midnight natulog na sya. May email ako sa yo re: law on averages, dumating na kanina :)

Sinilip ko sa tablebases ng shredderchess.com, draw na yung kay GM Barbosa.

Anyway, panalo pa rin!

Sep-05-12  Archdruid: Hindi pa draw. 85. Ne8 is a brilliant move. Hindi makabalik sa h5 ang hari ng kalaban.
Sep-05-12  spartan1998: Spoke too soon, mali ayon sa tablebases yung 83...Be6, mananalo pa si GM Barb!
Sep-05-12  pinoymaster77: Ok Lilet,

Read your email, ayos!

Sa chessdom, wala pa ngang result yun kay Barbie. Clinched match win na yan, gusto ko sana wait yung next rd9 opponent pero may pasok pa ulit bukas...

Good night and God bless us all!

Sep-05-12  Archdruid: He is going to win. Sacrifice the knight but get the pawn to become a queen.
Sep-05-12  giwgiw: Philippines 3 - 1 England

Congrats GM Torre! Congrats Team Philippines!

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

Sep-05-12  Archdruid: Panalo! Orly let his time almost run out to determine the right end game treatment.The Ne8 was a brilliant move that does not allow the opponent's king to go back to h5. With the 60 second increment, Orly can handle the time. He is truly a great blitz player.
Sep-05-12  Archdruid: Now, who was the one who predicted that Orly will lose? You should be studying chess some more.
Sep-05-12  Nf3em: ayun nag-resign din kc mamamate ... tsk tsk tsk pinagod lang si Barbie ...

congrats PHL Team for 3-1 win against GBR!!!

Sep-05-12  joeyj: Live Ratings (PHI)

see hereat:
http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/l...

Sep-05-12  bubuli55: Congratz Sir Eugene and the whole RP team. You're doing a good job. We're very proud of you. All the best. :)
Sep-05-12  geniokov: Wow! Congratz AFGM Eugene Torre!!!!Yesssssssssss!!!...Go go go Philippines!....Ika nga ni Sir Eugene kay Short,"Hoy Liit!..Marami ka pang kakaining bigas! Wuahhhhhhhhh! Mabuhay po tayong lahat!...Ay Salamat! Kahit pagod ako from work eh over compensated naman ako sa balita!
Sep-05-12  batongol: Performance level hanep Pilipinas..

Pader pa rin si So sa mga opponent na matataas ang rating, hinihintay ko na lang ay ang isang guhit sa mga 2700 plus players at alam kong darating din yun..

Biglang tayo ulit ni Barbie pagkatapos matapilok sa last round, galing mo barb hindi basta basta ang tinalo mong player from England..

At heto na ang pinakamatindi, akala ko e 20 years ago ang laban pero ito na yon. Unti unting bumabalik ang bangis ni AFGM sa ahedres.

Mark naman held his own. Ang tabla ay sapat na para sa 3-1 at taas noo na naman ang mga Phl players sa Turkey. Ayos! ang bata ni <word>..

You are making us proud Pinoy Players..Mabuhay Philippines!

Sep-05-12  pinoymaster77: Good am,

Journal article by Ed Andaya on the round 7 draw with Hungary, sunod-sunod na eto rd8 vs England then rd9 vs China articles coming up also...

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php...

Sep-05-12  Doji: Congrats Team PHI! Nanalo rin ng malaki laki sa chessbookie. hehe..

SETTLEMENT DATE: Sep-05-12
PROJECTED PAYOUT: 967 (4:1)
Olympiad Rd 8: England-Philippines
Philippines
YOU WIN! COLLECT 967

Sep-05-12  pinoymaster77: Business World article for rd7 match :

http://www.bworldonline.com/content...

Sep-05-12  pinoymaster77: Nice Philstar article, already part of Phil chess lore, so let's collect them, puedeng balik-balikan para namnamin ulit...

http://www.philstar.com/sportsartic...

Sep-05-12  wordfunph: <Sep-05-12 Doji: Congrats Team PHI! Nanalo rin ng malaki laki sa chessbookie. hehe..>

engr. <Doji> ingat sa bookie, nakaka-adik :)

congrats GM Torre and PHI Team!

Sep-05-12  pinoymaster77: Sana ma drumbeat nga eto, vonvon posted this in FB groups this am and will probably also appear sa mga media sites na contributor siya :

BAYAN MUNA CONGRATULATES HISTORIC FEAT OF PHILIPPINE CHESS TEAM IN OLYMPIAD: Urges government to provide more funds for sports in 2013 budget Bayan Muna Representative and National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) Vice-President Neri Colmenares expressed elation over the victories of the Philippine Chess team currently playing in the World Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey and calls for more government support for chess. “ We congratulate our chess team for its outstanding performance. Being thrust into the main attraction in the Olympiad by playing on the top three main tables for the first time since we joined the Olympiad, specifically the Third Main Board in an Olympiad where 158 countries play on 79 Boards, is a historic feat indeed—the highest board ranking we have ever achieved” said Colmenares. “Defeating world chess powers like Bulgaria with their super GMs is another historic milestone for our men’s chess team, never before achieved. The team of Grandmasters So, Paragua, Barbosa, Torre and even International Master Dimakiling headed by NCFP President Butch Pichay have been to a place where no Filipino chess teams have ever been. Their victories are exhilaratingly ecstatic for the Filipino people” said Colmenares who, as the Chess Champion of Western Visayas, placed second in the 1976 Palarong Pambansa. “Our women’s chess team should also be commended. Although they lost four matches so far, they have won all their other games and also achieved the highest board ranking ever by a Philippine women’s team. Many countries find it difficult to barge into the top twenty of the Olympiad after the USSR broke up into many chess playing countries in the 80’s. Now, our men’s team is ranked 2nd to 6th place in the current standings. ” said Colmenares who was recently elected to the NCFP National Board. “Whatever happens after these matches, both our teams have done exceedingly well and we should be proud of them. We, do however wish they will continue to win their next matches and maintain their top ten standings until the finals.” Colmenares, who started playing chess at the age of six and as Palarong Pambansa player strongly advocates for grassroots sports development, asked for more support from government for chess. “Bayan Muna has been supportive of age group tournaments for players below 14 years old. But government has to step in. The dismal funding not just for the national chess federation but also the local federation is not encouraging. Pres. Noynoy Aquino, through the Philippine Sports Commission, should also budget much needed funds for chess and sports in general” he concluded.

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