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 369 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-05-12    pinoymaster77: GETS / BW, What do we call our Men's team. Isang maisip ko pa lang eh 'Fab Five', pero meron na yata niyan sa basketball and sa music groups ata... Something relevant to chess sana... Let the ideas come in, while we're inspired ! Sep-05-12    pinoymaster77: Olympiad site round 8 highlights : 'Elo doesn't really play a game in chess, as repeatedly proven by Philippines. The 35th-seed soundly beat the strong team of England by 3-1. Oliver Barbosa on the 2nd and legendary Eugenio Torre on the 3rd board defeated their respective opponents.' http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.co... Sep-06-12    spawn2: What do we call our Men's team. Isang maisip ko pa lang eh 'Fab Five', pero meron na yata niyan sa basketball and sa music groups ata... <bro pm77> We can call them the Avengers: ) GM Eugene "Iron Man" Torre GM Wesley "Thor' So GM Oliver "The Hulk" Barbosa GM Mark "Captain America" Paragua IM Oliver " Hawkeye" Dimakiling Joke lang. Go Pinas! Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: If football has the Azkals & Malditas, and basketball has Gilas & Sinag, ano kaya sa ahedres? Di naman ata angkop ang Bakazakals ahehe, since trinabaho mga panalo and di bakasakali...something more befitting our team's efforts... Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: I heard chess stories / history when GM Bong was here, and he shared it was the Philippines which 'introduced' the international game of chess to China (called PROC then), not sure if this was in the 70's or the 80's but definitely during the time of Campo. It was part of the 'sports diplomacy' then. Maybe that was the time when China was 'slowly opening up to the world'. There was also a time of basketball diplomacy when a PROC team played a series of games here I think led by PBA players,and we used to beat them. Now back to the 2012 Chess Olympiad, is it turning full circle and Philippines is about to re-take its rightful place in Asian chess? I think back in the days when China was starting their ascent in chess, their top gun was GM Ye Rongguang (many tournament wars vs GMs Torre & Antonio) then) as we can see in those old Chess Asia editions... plus an active Chinese coach who also played in a Philippine tournament last year, together with his players... Sep-06-12    shadowleaf04: <pinoymaster77> <spawn2> Para sa akin, I would like to call the Men's Team the <FEARLESS FIVE>! Maaring sa rating at ranking eh dehado sila, pero di sila nasisindak sa kalaban. Sa halip, sila ang naninindak sa ginawa nilang pagtaob sa ibang mas malalakas na kalaban. Against China, its tough but it can be done. 2.5-1.5 win for Team Philippines! Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Ayos, phrase of the day : 'Elo doesn't really play a game of chess...', let that be on our mind for ALL the remaining matches! Rd9 'wars' - US vs Russia, Phils vs China, Armenia vs Germany, about 6 more hours before the battles! Hala sa Wes page, dami nang nag-forecast based on sentiments on a Pinoy sweep... Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Chessbase's round 8 report, mainly citing also the Olympiad site's write-up, pero may captions yung pics and recap of the round results for the top tables : http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Aba pina-rest si Wang Yue, hmmm... Bo. 35 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 6 China (CHN) Rtg 0 : 0 2.1 GM So, Wesley 2652 - GM Wang, Hao 2726 2.2 GM Barbosa, Oliver 2554 - GM Ding, Liren 2695 2.3 GM Torre, Eugene 2469 - GM Bu, Xiangzhi 2670 2.4 GM Paragua, Mark 2508 - GM Li, Chao 2665 Sep-06-12    fierychess: Wala pa din kupas si GM Torre! Sep-06-12    joeyj: Round 9 2012 Chess Olympiad R7 Read more: http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/2... _________________ Sep-06-12    spawn2: <pm77> Basta ako..Team Philippines will give China a good fight. Go Pinas! Sep-06-12    lokim: Malupet pa din si old geezer torre :d parang grand master lang sa mga kungfu movies =)) Sep-06-12    geniokov: "If the Ship are sinking...Who starts to panic?...Younger people or Older people?"...That is the secret of an Older people why they can survive!=MATURITY AND WELL EXPERIENCED PLAYER is the main weapon of AFGM Torre! At sana ganito din ang approach nila Wesley,Oly Mark and Dimaks!...Chinese chessplayers are used to tactics because of their own version of "CHINESE CHESS" full of tactics! While in our country,we used "DAMA" which is full of strategies!Profesional Dama Players knew which position is strategically a won game! Yan ang namana natin na meron tayong mga Pilipino!...We have a strong feeling and know when to use our intuition at the right time.Parang Billiard,titirahin mo pa lang,alam mo na ang punta ng mga bola at kung ANONG POSITION ANG IBIBIGAY MO SA KALABAN MO?...Solution="TRY TO COMPLICATE POSITION"...Mahina ang Chinese dyan! Mabuhay po tayong lahat! Philippines will win by 2.5-1.5 Sep-06-12    Putakti: Torre inspires the team to win! Go Philippines! yakang yaka yang mga Instik! Sep-06-12    torrefan: Good luck Eugene! Sep-06-12    jaimenarin: present!! go go go PH!! Sep-06-12    Archdruid: Great openings to start off. We believe, Philippines! Sep-06-12    wordfunph: may luck be with you, sir Huge.. Sep-06-12    giwgiw: Philippines 3.5 - .5 china Team Philippines For the Win^^ Sep-06-12    spawn2: Now, China's strategy is in full display for this round. They rested Hao so that Ding and Li will have the white pieces to attack Barbosa and Paragua. Hao and Bu to seek a peaceful resolution with Wes and Genius. Whether their strategy willl work..Sana Hindi! Laban Pinas! Sep-06-12    Jim Bartle: "They rested Hao so that Ding and Li will have the white pieces to attack Barbosa and Paragua." Except they had no idea they'd be playing the Philippines next. Sep-06-12    321ycnay: Good evening, present ho... from Capitol Hills, Old Balara, Q.C.! Nawa'y palarin ang lipi nating mga manlalaro ng ahedres. Anumang balakid, sasapuhin at huhulihan na ng ating AFGM, ang haligi ng koponang Pinas! Papatak itong hukbong pulahan, sa magalang na pakiwari lang naman, sa iskor na 2.5 - 1.5. Go team Pilipinas! Sep-06-12    mysql: Where's Iskubadayb? I need human analysis on the Torre vs. Bu game. I think Torre has a slight advantage in this endgame. Sep-06-12    spawn2: <321ycnay: Good evening, present ho... from Capitol Hills, Old Balara, Q.C.!> Malapit ka lang pala sa LWUA: ) Every night dyan ako dumadaan. 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