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 385 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-27-12    pinoymaster77: As shared to spawn2, considering the field our 3 Pinoys are in good position so far with GM Mark & IM Manny with 4.5pts while IM Dimaks has 4pts. GM Mark beat GM Short in early round. Napansin lang the 'Hydra GMs' not dominating, are some of there in UAE as guests. Just noted for GM Giri, looks like for the rest of his games after rd5, eh di na tatapusin tournament? http://www.chess-results.com/tnr886... Dec-29-12    pinoymaster77: Advanced Happy New Year to BW/GETS and chess friends! Dec-29-12    wordfunph: Prosperous 2013 to GM Eugene Torre and all! Dec-30-12    kardopov: Happy new year to everyone, GETS and BW. Dec-30-12    bubuli55: Happy New Year as inyong lahat Dec-31-12    spawn2: Happy New Year to all. Looking forward to a better year for GM Eugene, Wes and Philippine Chess! Dec-31-12    bebfuerz: Happy New Chess Year! Cheers! Dec-31-12    geniokov: Happy New Year po sa lahat! Jan-02-13    spawn2: After the holiday season, our celebrated chess players should now focus their eyes on two major events this Jan. The PSC International tourney in Baguio City which will run from Jan 13 to 20 and Zonals 3.3 from Jan 21 to 30. Jan-03-13    joeyj: Philippines Top 3 Philippines (Active players) # Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year 1 Villavieja, Butch PHI 2260 0 2 Lincoln, Yap PHI 2118 4 1957 3 Legaspi, Edmundo PHI 2087 0 1951 http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtm... Happy New Year GETS & BW !!! Jan-05-13    pinoymaster77: PSC Cup venue has been moved to the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in NCR, kaso checking the skeds eh wala masyado games falling in the weekend... TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: Jan 13 After 1200 : Arrival Jan 14 1100 : Players Meeting 1400 : Opening Ceremony 1500 : Round 1 Jan 15 0930 : Round 2 1600 : Round 3 Jan 16 1500 : Round 4 Jan 17 0930 : Round 5 1600 : Round 6 Jan 18 1500 : Round 7 Jan 19 1500 : Round 8 Jan 20 0930 : Round 9 1600 : Closing Ceremony Jan 21 Before 1200 : Departure Jan-06-13    spawn2: <pm77> List of particants na lang kulang and we are ready to go: ) Looking at the sched, its not that tiring. Only two days have 2 games sched (Jan 15 and 17). Will definitely visit the venue to lend moral support to our local heroes. Go Genius! Jan-07-13    pinoymaster77: Hi spawn2, Still wondering nga still no press release on who are playing? Less foreigners means more playing slots for Pinoys... In the meantime, I just caught portions of the chess kuwentos from the latest kitakits, and replayed AFGMs game vs Viet IM Van Huy. From my batil observation that one seems drawish talaga,walang mapiga? Now dun sa game vs Levente Vajda, I think this was for the last round and AFGM was mentioning the bishop capture is a defensible line... Now yung game where his king could menacingly be in the long diagonal of the opponent's bishop (initial fear of possible discovered check) eh will check the other Olympiad games. Maigi din sana kung napasyal iskubadayb, Master Glenn or pulsar dito eh give their annotations... Jan-08-13    wordfunph: PSC Cup initial list of participants.. http://chess-results.com/tnr89394.a... goodluck po, GM Torre! Jan-08-13    pinoymaster77: If AFGM is in form to approximate the 2012 BOGM & Olympiad, eh he can be in strong contention PSC athletes need to join, Julius Gonzales may be the youngest, think he is U12 and graduating from Elem this schoolyear. Possibly because of winning the 2012 PNG where YNM title was at stake, and baka natuloy na PSC allowance for a year. Will also track if after this PSC Cup, there was no issue on UAAP players joining this tournament. UAAP chess opens this weekend Jan-11-13    orcafan: The Caissars chessforum As a campaign manager, I wish you all to vote for twinlark for most helpful category for constantly updating Wes bio. I am confident he will he will not hesitate to do AFGM bio upon request. Jan-13-13    pinoymaster77: Mga NCR-based na bahala sumilip and cheer sa PSC Cup, while kaming Southern Luzon will visit Tagaytay for the Zonals, how does that sound? Of course, Metro Manilans can visit Tagaytay for the still cold weather... Jan-14-13    pinoymaster77: On UAAP Season 75 opening, may pics nakita with AFGM witnessing the ceremonial opening moves. - For UE Mens, parang si jpsac (J.Cruz) nasa top board. - In HS Boys, Jasper also given tough top board assignment and having baptism of fire in the initial games Jan-17-13    pinoymaster77: The one good thing noted in the regular press articles is that the on-going PSC Cup has SMART as major sponsor! That was silent, but deep move... Hopefully, the NATIONAL OPEN Semis and BOGM / Natl Open Finals or whatever it would be called this year, would also be funded with the prizes and venue being fit for a NATIONAL Open Jan-21-13    spawn2: Good luck GM Eugene in tomorrow's 1st rd of the Zonals! Jan-21-13    torrefan: Good luck idol! Pagbutihin mo. Ang kailangan ay solid na mga tiradingding, di nababasag. Likidong mga laro, parang ulan, pumapatak. Ayaks mo yan! Jan-22-13    pinoymaster77: Guessing time na ano first move ni AFGM vs GM Wes ? Jan-22-13    spawn2: The Living Legend vs the Chairman..tough one to call. Based on ratings, GM Wes definitely has the upper hand but GM Eugene is dangerous especially if he is the underdog. Hope they give the Filipino fans a game they will remember. Good luck to our beloved chess warriors. Jan-22-13    Pulo y Gata: <spawn2> I called it almost the same as you: <The Living Legend vs. The Rising Star, Philippines Edition>. I also think that Wesley has the edge, but GET is hard to get OTB. Pun intended. <Happy you-know-what> :) Jan-23-13    spawn2: Congrats to both GMs: ) For GM Wesley for winning the game and GM Eugene for playing fighting chess. GM Wes getting the inside track on one of the two WCC spots but GM Torre can still get the other one. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 385 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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