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 380 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-11-12    joeyj: R1 Pairings NOW AVAILABLE ... Gametime today: 4PM (PHI time) http://chess-results.com/tnr82574.a... Oct-11-12    joeyj: R1: 29 Torre Eugenio PHI 2500 Vs 82 Hartono INA 2230 Oct-11-12    spawn2: Today was a good day for the Noypis Wagi GM Torre GM Paragua GM Barbosa GM Bitoon IM Dimakiling Tabla FM Bersamina GM Gomez Go go go sa Round 2! Oct-11-12    spawn2: Just sharing.. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other... Oct-11-12    spawn2: Another one: ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbqy... Oct-11-12    spawn2: and another : ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flnK... Oct-11-12    joeyj: SEE LIVE ... R2: 2012/10/12 : 09.30 10:30AM (PHI time) GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA(2637) Vs <GM Eugene Torre PHI(2500)> <GM Dimakiling Oilver PHI(2470)> Vs GM Krasenkow Michal POL(2636) http://chessbomb.com/site/ Oct-11-12    pinoymaster77: Oo nga joeyj, nag Ruy pa si GM Viorel, gusto yata ng Spanish lessons... Yan ang vogue nung mga ka-batch ni AFGM di ba? Oct-11-12    pinoymaster77: Round: 02 White: GM Iordachescu Viorel (MDA) Black: GM Torre Eugenio (PHI) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 * Oct-11-12    pinoymaster77: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb7 15. b4 * Mukhang standard linyadingding pa din, they're following the first choice moves shown by the engine, know by heart na eto, they breezed thru the first moves... Oct-12-12    joeyj: GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA(2637) Vs GM Eugene Torre PHI(2500) : ½-½ GM Dimakiling Oilver PHI(2470) Vs GM Krasenkow Michal POL(2636) : 1-0 Oct-12-12    pinoymaster77: Next for AFGM eh 8th seed Viet GM Nguyen Ngoc ! 430pm Indon time ang bakbakan! Sa 2-pointers eto pairings : Round 3 on 2012/10/12 at 16.30 Bo. No. Name Pts. Result Pts. Name No. 1 23 Dao Thien Hai 2 2 Yu Yangyi 4 2 9 Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2 2 Dzhumaev Marat 26 3 11 Bocharov Dmitry 2 2 Nguyen Duc Hoa 30 4 13 Gagunashvili Merab 2 2 Dimakiling Oliver 34 5 15 Grigoryan Avetik 2 2 Bitoon Richard 39 6 21 Lu Shanglei 2 2 Tania Sachdev 43 7 35 Wang Chen 2 2 Xiu Deshun 22 Oct-12-12    pinoymaster77: Puede pala yun, GMs Barbosa (to GM Bitoon) and Paragua lost via zero start (DEFAULT !) in round 2, pero for rd4 Swiss program paired GMs Bitoon & Barbosa again. Per chess friends na nag-pairings in tournaments, nangyayari nga daw yun... http://www.chess-results.com/tnr825... Oct-13-12    spawn2: <pm77> Di pa rin available mga games ng Indon Open. Only those covered in chessbomb sng kita but the rest wala pa rin pgns sa chess-result.com Oct-13-12    joeyj: see here LIVE STREAMING ... http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com/2... AFGM miron sa game ni Mark P. ! Oct-13-12    pinoymaster77: Curious lang ako why sa Olympiad ok result pero pag individual campaigns eh not the same. Is it the team members feeding off each other's energy, and may team guidance and iba feeling sa Olympiad? Some of our opponents underestimated us being lower rated, and pressed for wins? Oct-13-12    kardopov: I have the same curiosity. Anyway, some Pinoys are within striking distance. The field is relatively strong and winning against anyone is rather difficult. Oct-13-12    wordfunph: "He's so forgetful. On our wedding day, he wore the wrong pair of shoes. Well, those are the trade-offs of geniuses, I guess." - Mrs. Marilyn Alano Torre (wife of GM Eugenio Torre) Source: from the book Beyond the 13th Move published in 1978 by Ramon M. Quesada Oct-13-12    wordfunph: ooppss my mistake, should be Marilin and not Marilyn.. Oct-14-12    pinoymaster77: Si Magnus pa din nagwagi sa Bilbao Masters Final, after beating Caruana in blitz tiebreak ! Oct-17-12    geniokov: Good Morning brethren! What happen to our players in Indonesian Tournament? Any news? Oct-18-12    pinoymaster77: Since madalas pumasyal si batongol dito, post ko dito on this good chess event in Angeles City, hope may familiar names for him... http://www.chess-results.com/tnr831... Oct-18-12    pinoymaster77: genio, Di pumatak Pinoys sa Indon Open, positive note eh FM Haridas earning IM norm (unofficial, per mga BW computations, haven't seen media confirmation yet) Oct-18-12    joeyj: ^^^ mayron na media confirmation bro <pm77> @ chessdom.com Yu Yangyi edges Li Chao on tie-break to take the trophy in Indonesia Open Championship : Oct 17, 2012 In a field with 33 Grandmasters, there were many opportunities for title norms and these were achieved by Wei Yi (GM Norm), <Haridas Pascua, Pham Le Thao Nguyen, Wan Yunguo, Gui Qi, and Hamdani Rudin (IM Norm)>. http://www.chessdom.com/yu-yangyi-e... Oct-18-12    pinoymaster77: Hello joeyj, Noted, thanks for sharing that chessdom article! I think some of our players (norm hunters)plan to play in the Penang Open in Dec... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 380 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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