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 374 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-09-12    batongol: Sitwasyon ng Pinoy before the game against Romania.. http://chesshive.com/2012/09/round-... Sep-09-12    batongol: May offer na sacrifice bishop ang kalaban ni AFGM, ano kaya ang isasagot? Sep-09-12    pinoymaster77: Di tinanggap yung sac ni AFGM. Frozen delight sa chessdom, pero nakapasok sa Olympiad site. Tama kaya yung clock readings nila GMs Barbosa and Paragua, masyado nang mababa, mukhang blitz time eto mamaya... Sep-09-12    bubuli55: Nagkalimutan na sa Bsac Sep-09-12    pinoymaster77: Yung sa game ni Mark ang pinaka behind sa ngayon... Yung kila Wes & Barbie even... Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Ok pa lahat. Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Biglang sagitsit sila Giri. Sure na sa top ten, baka top 5 pa. Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Ubos si Hao kay Vash. Sep-09-12    torreAC: Torre is the Best chess player ever produced... Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Gatus!! :) Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Olats. Tagal hanging ang bish sa b5, pwedeng kolin yun ha. Sep-09-12    wordfunph: Huge missed 34...Qe5 Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Naka top 20 kaya? Sana. Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Meron ba? Anong move, Wordz? Sep-09-12    Megadeth: Kinapos na. Sayang, mukang pasok pa rin sa 20, sana. Vietnam 2.5-.5 against Uzbekistan with board remaining left. Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Pagod na talaga. Wala ng energy ang mga tiradingding nila. Mas draining kasi ang team play kesa individual. Siguro dahil sinusndan mo rin ang laro ng mates mo kaya bale apat na laban ang inaanalyze mo. Dagdag pa ang added pressure bawat laban. Sep-09-12    wordfunph: master Isku, eto sabi ni robot.. 0.00 34...Qe5 35.Bd3 Qa1+ 36.Kd2 Qe5 37.Kd1 Qe3 38.Qf6 Qg1+ 39.Kd2 Qe3+ 40.Kd1 Qg1+ Sep-09-12    batongol: With the result, what place kaya phl? Sep-09-12    wordfunph: <spawn2> inside or outside 20 eh ilabas ang meheheheng kaldereta harhar! grats RP team! Sep-09-12    spawn2: Yup yup bro wordfunph. An improvement from our previous 50th place in 2010 Khanty. It is something worth celebrating! Sep-09-12    kardopov: <wordfunph: <spawn2> inside or outside 20 eh ilabas ang meheheheng kaldereta harhar!> Time for get-together to unwind. Sep-09-12    epistle: pasok ba tayo sa top 20....? Sep-09-12    spawn2: Dami dapat ipagpasalamat: 1. 21st appearance ni GM Torre sa Olympiad! 2. Team Philippines improving on its 50th place in Khanty! 3. Team Philippines fighting against the top Team in the Olympiad Armenia China, Hungary, England, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Vietnam)! 4. Pinoys all over the world watching the Olympiad to support the Team! 5. GM Wesley facing the best players in the world and remained unscathed Sep-09-12    Iskubadayb: Got it, Wordz. Oo nga. Hirap makitz yan lalo na kung wala ka ng katas! Sayans. Salamat po. Sep-09-12    bubuli55: Bigatin nga ang mga natapat sa atin a. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 374 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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