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 372 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-06-12    spawn2: Chilax mga friends..2 rounds left and we are up against Vietnam. Dito lamang tayo sa ating SEA neighbor. Go Pinas! Sep-06-12    spawn2: In terms of our performance against our Asian neighbors, we are ahead of Vietnam and India. Only powerhouse China which is tied for 1st place has a better performance than us. So good morning pa rin. Babawi yan mamaya: ) Sep-06-12    321ycnay: Who ever gets the rest today should help team captain GM Jayson hit the books for home cooked prep, mapping out tirading-dings for a final push for the team. The team looked tired last night but likely, IMHO, our loss has more to do from the opposition being more prepared than from us being mentally fatigued. Sanayan lang yan, seemed like China, understandably, was more used to playing with the big guns late in the tournament... Well, in time, we too will get it done! As for now, tuition muna but inside 10, 10-20... PUWEDE! Go Pinas! Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Also a nice Philstar article by Joey Villar on round 8 upset of England : http://www.philstar.com/sportsartic... Sep-06-12    pinoymaster77: Bobby Ang also working overtime with his now daily articles in Business World! http://www.bworldonline.com/content... Sep-06-12    torrefan: Daily na? Di ba Mon and Fri Lang? Can you post those from tues to thurs this week, if any? Thnx Sep-07-12    joeyj: For the record and chessaccount.wordpress.com accounting, the R9 draw of Wesley So Vs Hao Wang was his 'Nr. 6' in the 2012 Olympiad against 2700+ GMs & his 38th “No-Loss Record Vs GMs with 2700+ rating“. Read more: http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/2... Sep-07-12    pinoymaster77: joeyj, If 2 more draws, around 2679 live rating. Was projecting sana 2680+ after this Olympiad, and the Phil team can certainly welcome a TOP BOARD win at this critical time! torrefan, Its all over the place, putting the link in the GM's CG site kung sino yung 'Man of the Match'. Anyway, from the link supplied of bworldonline.com eh andun makikita din related articles... Sep-07-12    pinoymaster77: Eto lang aking 'hula' at 'basa', anyway, a few minutes na lang eto before the official line-ups, pero baka eto ang match-ups : Bd1 Wes vs Le Bd2 Ngoc vs Oli Bd3 AFGM Torre vs Van Huy Bd4 Dao/Hoa vs Mark/Dimaks ? Pero hula ko Dao vs Mark sa board 4. Viets might think d Dao has relatively good / 'safe' record vs Pinoys (usually draw/win)...kesa mabutasan sa Bd4 ni Mark over Doc Hoa We will know in a few minutes... Sep-07-12    pinoymaster77: ETO na official pairings for round 10, just HOT off the press !! Bo. 35 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 27 Vietnam (VIE) Rtg 0 : 0 8.1 GM So, Wesley 2652 - GM Le, Quang Liem 2693 8.2 GM Barbosa, Oliver 2554 - GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son 2639 8.3 GM Torre, Eugene 2469 - IM Nguyen, Van Huy 2506 8.4 GM Paragua, Mark 2508 - IM Nguyen, Doc Hoa 2505 Sep-07-12    Doji: 7/8 pala record ni Le Quang Liem with 2852 RP. Magandang laban sa Brd 1. Sep-07-12    TugasKamagong: In the chessbase.com report of Round 9 of the Olympiad <http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...>, the 2nd pic shows Kamsky about to defeat Grischuk. The guy watching the game over Sasha's shoulder is of course AFGM. Sep-07-12    torrefan: It seems AFGM is preparing for his 11th round clash with Grischuk. Sep-07-12    bubuli55: Good luck Eugene! Good luck Tim Philippines! Sep-07-12    SEMENELIN: We can do it. Go Philippines ! Sep-07-12    Pulo y Gata: Videoke time: "I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use The tools and gifts we got yeah, we got a lot at stake And in the end, you're still my friend at least we did intend For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not And who I am I won't give up on us Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love I'm still looking up Still looking up." <I Won't Give Up> by Jason Mraz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3TJ... Sep-07-12    giwgiw: Philippines 2.5 - 1.5 Vietnam Good Luck Team Philippines! Sep-07-12    pinoymaster77: Prediction range : 2.5-1.5 to 3-1 win for Pilipinas! Sep-07-12    spawn2: This is It! Lipad Pinas! Sep-07-12    wordfunph: hehe, paleho tayo brad.. fly high Pilipinas! 8:08pm Sep-07-12    spawn2: I like our chances here very much. We have the right colors on the right boards. GM So - Slav Def (Exchange Variation?) GM Barbosa (Slav Defense) GM Torre (Queen's Pawn Game) GM Paragua ( King's Indian Defense) Laban Pinas! Sep-07-12    Nf3em: 2.5 -- 1.5 awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Sep-07-12    pinoymaster77: London bridge ba yung kay AFGM? Sep-07-12    spawn2: MagloLondon sana eh killjoy si Van Huy..push c5 agad: ) Sep-07-12    pinoymaster77: Atake si Wes sa h file Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 372 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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