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 370 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Ngayon lang pero saglit lang ako muna. Mukhang tabladingding patutunguhan ng kay bata at bradidik. Parehong very slight advantage, if at all. Kay Mark ay very imbalanced pero equal chances. Mahusay si Mark sa ganito. Si Barbie ay King's Gipit variation... may pagkadelikading ang pwesto. Kelangan ng ingat at baka biglang pausukan ni Dingdongpah ito. :) Sep-06-12    mysql: So vs. Hao - So has the slight advantage. Ahead in development and has control of the a8-h1 diagonal. Liren vs. Barbosa - Cramped and difficult position for Barbosa. He must find a way to put the king to safety and develop the kingside pieces. Torre vs. Bu - Torre has a slight endgame advantage. Black has a weak d6 pawn and a bad bishop. Li Chao vs. Paragua - Li Chao is exerting pressure with the passed pawn. Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: I don't see a solid winning strategy on both sides, in Torre's game. I'm 94% sure that this will end in a draw. The 6% is for my friend's savvy. :) Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Pwedeng kolin ni Mark ang pyon sa a2 ha. Nandyan na e. Sep-06-12    321ycnay: <Spawn2> I had to look it up kung ano ang LWUA... hehehe! acronym pala ito for Local Water Utilities Admin. Oo malapit nga kami doon... 'sensiya ka na ha, transient lang kasi kami ng anak ko dito from Bartlett, di pa gaanong sanay sa maraming bagay na sa iba'y karaniwan lamang. Back to topic... bakit wala yatang evaluation ang laro ni AFGM, unlike the three other boards that our boys are playing? Sep-06-12    mysql: Barbosa seems to have entered Liren's home prep. He even missed the simple castling move earlier. Sep-06-12    Pru: live chess tv, Philippines vs. China ang pinapakita. http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.co... Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Good pm, Present! 'Nadinig' ata AFGM yung gameplan, now simplifying to endgame. 2 knights na naman sa kanya vs Bu's bishop and knight. Now let's see what kind of endgame abilidad could be at play here... Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Nakangiti sa ngayon ang pinuno ng mga intsik. Sana ay kay Pich ang huling halakhak. :) Sep-06-12    geniokov: Torre´s g4 is perfect timing!Gusto ko yung tiradang yun! Minority attack! Iniisip ni Bu malamang kung isa-sacrifice niya ang kabayo niya,kapalit ng mga pawn ni AFGM...Pero di yan uubra. Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Tsapsuy si Barbie... bakazakals na lang. Mukhang gumaganda ang tsansa ni Mark. Baka 2-2 pa ito. Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Actually e di ko type ang g4 ni bradidik dahil naging weak ang h-pawn... baka gapangin ng hari. Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Mali ang tulak ng a-pawn ni Mark. Malakas lang yun kung aktibo ang bish nya sa long diagonal. Dahil sa Nxe6 ng puti e di na ito posible. Hard labor na naman. Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Oklak na nga Barbie, laban lang Pinas! Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Baka may order na ang nalalabing intsik na itabla ang mga laro habang maganda pa ang pwesto nila. Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Kung ako kap e cut the losses and recuperate... oper na ng tabladingding sa mga natitirang laban. Boladingding taym muna sa kap ng intsik. Maganda pa rin ang ating ranking dahil sa minimal loss. Sep-06-12    geniokov: Kinukumplika pa ni Mac2 ang labanan! hehehe! Etong kay AFGM natin eh nasa draw na ito....kay Wesley eh ganun din. Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Oklak si Mark. Biglang nawala ang poise nya. Pagod na ang mga bata natin!!! Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Nagiisip pala kayo ng pangalan ng team e ito: Kwadro de Dyak, Four Chesskeeteers, The Beatles, atbp... e apat lang naman ang naglalaro!! Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Tumagilid na din yung kay Mac eh Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: We may have to take a 1-3 result in this match... Sep-06-12    spawn2: parang zugzwang si Genius.. Sep-06-12    geniokov: Ok lang yung kay AFGM,i think tabla!...Di naman makakapasok yung King ni Bu!...Sa tutoo lang,kulong yung Knight ni Bu! Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Mukhang Kc2-d3 na lang balik balik kay AFGM? Sep-06-12    Iskubadayb: Delikazugzwang nga si bradidik. Mukhang tayo ang wawalisin ng mga hinayupak na intsik ha. Ubos tawi. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 370 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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