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 388 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-27-13    torrefan: 1st Filipino to win a tournament in the USSR. Feb-27-13    bubuli55: First Asian to beat a reigning world champion. Feb-27-13    torrefan: The Pinoy who beat bobby Fischer. The only pinay chesser whose bf has 2800 elo. Feb-27-13    torrefan: The Pinoy with the shortest draw against a 2700 player Feb-28-13    metrolirot: Some beautiful combinations from GM Torre and GM So which were included in the new "Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations" as featured in Bobby Ang's Chess Piece column... http://www.bworldonline.com/content... Feb-28-13    spawn2: <metrolirot> Read the soft copy bro and will buy Business World today to add this article to my collections.: ) Mar-01-13    pinoymaster77: Since there will be renewed thrust on the youngsters, the latest set of 'chess prodigies' in the U10/U8 ranks continue to do well. Among them are Justine Mordido of Daniel Quizon of Luzon (Natl Age Group campaigners), the often featured Alekhine Nouri (son of NM Hamed Nouri), Gil Casa Jr (Ilonggo champ) and new discovery Mark Jay Bacojo. Mordido played in the ASEAN and Asian Cup last year while Nouri recently campaigned in Sri Lanka. In the just concluded STCAA / CALABARZON Regionals, pint-sized Daniel Quizon was the youngest qualifier to the Palaro for this batch, at 8 or 9 yrs old... Mar-01-13    spawn2: After Reyjavik Open, we will have the 3rd HD Cup in Vietnam. Some of the Pinoys who will see action: GM Barbosa GM Antonio GM Mark Paragua GM John Paul Gomez GM Darwin Laylo GM Richard Bitoon IM Oliver Dimakiling FM Paulo Bersamina The tournament is fairly strong with GM Le Quang Liem as top seed. Mar-06-13    spawn2: In this coming Candidates, am rooting for GM Magnus Carlsen to bring home the crown and fight GM Vishy Anand for the World Championship. The pressure is on GM Magnus since lots of people expect him to walk over the opposition. Mar-08-13    allan.dinglasan: Thanks Grandmaster Torre for remembering me in my special day! Thanks to <Spawn> and <Wordfunph> for introducing me to Asia's First GM! Truly a big honor for me to meet our Hero! Mar-14-13    pinoymaster77: Candidates Matches start tomorrow, it may be the STRONGEST field of 8 so far, with most of the SUPER ELITE players qualifying. What more can you ask for as a better start than an early Aronian vs Carlsen clash in round 1 ! GM Aronian Levon 2809 - GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 GM Gelfand Boris 2740 - GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 - GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 GM Svidler Peter 2747 - GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 Mar-15-13    pinoymaster77: Draw na ang games na Aronian vs Carlsen, and Svidler vs Kramnik, walang mapiga! Mar-16-13    pinoymaster77: Now, there's a young man with deep pockets. I hope he can work with reelectionist Sen. Trillanes to workout approval of the DOS. And I hope he also gets chess in his radar, to give some token budget man lang from his CSR or sports budget... http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013... Mar-21-13    wordfunph: GM Torre on Bobby Fischer as interviewed by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, lifted from NIC Magazine 2012 #7.. <At one point, when he was very down, he said, "Eugene, you love me?" I was a little bit taken aback... Of course, Bobby, I love you. "Ok."> sweet :) Mar-27-13    spawn2: Has been following the Candidates very closely and I like what am seeing. 4 rounds to go and we have Carlsen, Aronian and Kramnik occupying the first 3 spots. Is it a coincidence that they are also top 3 in terms of elo. If you are ask to list your top 5, who will be the other two. For me of course Anand is a given. Am just not sure to whom I will give the 5th slot. Topalov perhaps? Mar-29-13    pinoymaster77: Nagbago ihip ng hangin nga Bro in the last 2 rounds 11 and 12, with twin losses by Levon, 2 wins by Vlad and the first loss by Magnus to Chucky! Last 2 rounds, si Vlad naman may half point lead over Magnus... Mar-29-13    spawn2: Yes bro. Very surprising yung result between Carlsen and Ivanchuk. Could be the upset of the tournament. Before the tournament started I put my chessbucks on Carlsen and Kramnik. I like my chances going into the last 2 rounds. Mar-29-13    spawn2: Going into the last 3 rounds, there was discussions with some friends which from Magnus, Big Vladimir and Levon has the biggest chance considering last 3 opponents. There was general agreement that Magnus has inside track due to Kramnik still needs to play Aronian. And now the 12 round debacle for Magnus happened. Ika nga ni bro bubuli..Chess is Hard! Mar-30-13    pinoymaster77: Napanood mo press conference nila Magnus & Chucky sa livestream link? Disappointed talaga Magnus sa sarili... Mar-30-13    spawn2: Yes bro, umalis nga kaagad eh. This Candidates will go down as one of the Classics. It's complete with all the drama required to make it memorable. We are in for a Cardiac Finish as the Great Joe Cantada loves to say during the Crispa - Toyota days. Mar-30-13    pinoymaster77: Amusing yung post game nila Levon and Vlad, sabi ni Levon honestly he thought he was winning, then Vlad also said 'what,I thought I was winning'... tapos sa bandang huli pinakita ni Vlad drawing line ni Levon with the h pawn push which he acknowledged missing... Well, with the specter of a Korean war or US-Nokor facedown over our heads (sana nga saber rattling lang) eh after the rest day today, expect ALL the GM Candidates to go on an ALL OUT WAR in the final 2 rounds. May Ivanchuk vs Kramnik pa sa final round ha! Panalo chess dito with the chesscasting 'technology' by Socar, the superb livestream, dami natutuwa sa live commentaries nila GM Short and IM Lawrence, may chessbomb then dumadami internet hits... sana they will apply next to ALL major FIDE events! Saka responsible naman lahat itong mga Candidates, they know what's at stake and pinapanood ang games pati ng playing public (25 pounds a pop ha), no ridiculously short draws sana in the final round... Mar-31-13    spawn2: I still believe that Carlsen will win this one to face Anand fot the Championship. Mar-31-13    Fiona Macleod: I believe: 1.all 8 players are aware of the currents standings; 2. they know who their next opponents will be; 3. they all want to win first place but each one of them, if he can't win, would prefer another player to win it over the other six; 4. those whose last games can affect the outcome of the championship will have their play affected by their individual preferences under No.3 above, whether consciously or unconsciously, wittingly or unwittingly; 5. Carlsen is aware of No.4; 6. Carlsen will have a chance to win this if he will sweep his remaining games; and 7. Carlsen is aware of No. 6. Mar-31-13    Pulo y Gata: http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId... Mar-31-13    spawn2: This Candidates is one giant roller coaster ride! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 388 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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