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Eugenio Torre
E Torre 
Photography courtesy of Philippine Chess.  

Number of games in database: 1,606
Years covered: 1968 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2417 (2423 rapid, 2343 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560
Overall record: +565 -304 =705 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 32 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (184) 
    B50 B83 B31 B30 B22
 Queen's Pawn Game (115) 
    D02 A45 A46 D00 A40
 Ruy Lopez (46) 
    C64 C92 C77 C84 C99
 French Defense (39) 
    C02 C07 C09 C04 C00
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E15 E17 E12 E16 E14
 Orthodox Defense (28) 
    D58 D61 D55 D50 D51
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (107) 
    C99 C80 C92 C77 C65
 Pirc (100) 
    B08 B07 B09
 King's Indian (84) 
    E62 E97 E73 E82 E92
 Slav (70) 
    D17 D14 D12 D10 D18
 Sicilian (68) 
    B42 B30 B57 B56 B43
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (58) 
    C99 C92 C91 C97 C96
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Karpov vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Tal vs E Torre, 1987 0-1
   E Torre vs Romanishin, 1988 1-0
   E Torre vs Ljubojevic, 1976 1-0
   Larsen vs E Torre, 1973 1/2-1/2
   Chiburdanidze vs E Torre, 1988 0-1
   E Torre vs Karpov, 1984 1-0
   E Torre vs Petursson, 1985 1-0
   E Torre vs J Tarjan, 1983 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship Final-B (1969)
   Melbourne Zonal (1975)
   Marlboro Chess Classic (1977)
   Manila (1979)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Jakarta (1978)
   Cleveland (1975)
   Chigorin Memorial (1980)
   Australian Open 1986/87 (1986)
   Biel Interzonal (1985)
   First Lady's Cup (1983)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 59 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 60 by 0ZeR0
   Eugenio Torre BEST GAMES by Gottschalk
   Filipino Masters vs World Champions by mikevg
   Biel Interzonal 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Nikki KID by reurbz
   Baku 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Asian Continental Blitz
   E Torre vs Praggnanandhaa (Jun-15-19) 0-1, blitz
   E Torre vs D H Nguyen (Jun-14-19) 1-0
   E Torre vs W Chu (Jun-13-19) 1/2-1/2
   K Y Chan vs E Torre (Jun-12-19) 1/2-1/2
   R Huang vs E Torre (Jun-11-19) 1-0

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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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1511968Manila MeralcoC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
2. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0641968Manila MeralcoE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0921968Manila MeralcoB20 Sicilian
4. B Berger vs E Torre  1-0491968Manila MeralcoA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
5. R Reyes vs E Torre  0-1361968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
6. G Badilles vs E Torre  1-0711968Manila MeralcoE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
7. E Torre vs E De Castro  0-1401968Manila MeralcoC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
8. E Torre vs J Lobigas  ½-½421968Manila MeralcoB27 Sicilian
9. S Aguilar vs E Torre  0-1231968Manila MeralcoB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. E Torre vs N Estimo  1-0301968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
11. E Torre vs K A Lim  ½-½481968Manila MeralcoB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
12. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre  ½-½351968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen  1-0431968Manila MeralcoC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
14. C Benitez vs E Torre  ½-½221968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez  0-1371968Manila MeralcoB03 Alekhine's Defense
16. W Hug vs E Torre  ½-½501969World Junior Championship qual-2B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
17. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½771969World Junior Championship qual-2C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. K Payrhuber vs E Torre  ½-½471969World Junior Championship qual-2B25 Sicilian, Closed
19. E Torre vs R M McKay  0-1321969World Junior Championship qual-2B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. A Sznapik vs E Torre  0-1461969World Junior Championship qual-2E97 King's Indian
21. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson  1-0471969World Junior Championship qual-2B07 Pirc
22. S Bouaziz vs E Torre  ½-½201969World Junior Championship Final-BB02 Alekhine's Defense
23. E Torre vs E M Green  ½-½491969World Junior Championship Final-BC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
24. J Kristiansen vs E Torre  0-1361969World Junior Championship Final-BE73 King's Indian
25. E Torre vs L Ogaard  ½-½251969World Junior Championship Final-BB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
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Sep-15-13  pinoymaster77: Shell Active National Finals this weekend at Megamall. Live blog coverage by The Brown Man Diary with sponsors. Annually, AFGM graces the awarding ceremonies.As per TBMD's blog, ff were the winners :

And the winners for each division of 2013 Grand Finals Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship

Girls Juniors

Champion: Enriquez 7 points
2nd place: Moulic 6 points
3rd place: Lozano 6 points

Boys Juniors:

Champion: Sevillano 7.5 points
2nd place: Galan 7 points
3rd place: So Kua 6.5 points

Girls Kiddies:

Champion: Docena 7 points
2nd place: Osena 6 points
3rd place: Mendoza 6 points

Boys Kiddies:

Champion: Bernardo 8.5 points
2nd place: De Leon 7 points
3rd place: Rilloraza 5.5 points

Congratulations to the winners and ALL finalists and their families and Coaches, great chess achievement!

Kyle Sevillano must be just about 14 years old but topped the Juniors Boys (U20), he was already previous Champion of the Kiddies Boys (U14), another potential YOUNG titled player prospect.

Sep-18-13  spawn2: In the coming Asian Cities next month, I share pm77's wish for a youth squad to be created. Hopefully, a city can be requested to sponsor the group.

IM JEM Garcia
FM Pau Bersamina
FM Jerad Docena
NM Gio Mejia
NM Alcon Datu

The above players can provide a good fight. Its also one way of preparing for the future.

Sep-18-13  pinoymaster77: Second the motion, Pres. Pichay can very well have the NCFP cover this youth team,and even have PSC backing for 'youth/grassroots' development.

2 other promising youngsters are Rhenzi Sevillano (recent Shell U20 champ) and Literatus.

Sep-21-13  spawn2: One week to go and BOGM 6th Edition unfolds.

Men’s Division

GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr.
GM Oliver Barbosa GM Rogelio Barcenilla Jr.
GM Richard Bitoon
GM John Paul Gomez
GM Darwin Laylo
GM Mark Paragua
GM Eugene Torre
IM Joel Pimentel
IM Emmanuel Senador
IM Richelieu Salcedo III
FM Roderick Nava
NM Jony Habla
NM Narquinden Reyes

Sept. 28, 2013 (Saturday)

1:00 PM OPENING CEREMONIES
DRAWING OF LOTS

Sept. 29, 2013 (Sunday)

2:00 PM ROUND 1

Sept. 30, 2013 (Monday)

9:00 AM ROUND 2
3:30 PM ROUND 3

Oct. 1, 2013 (Tuesday)

3:30 PM ROUND 4

Oct. 2, 2013 (Wednesday)

9:00 AM ROUND 5
3:30 PM ROUND 6

Oct. 3, 2013 (Thursday)

2:00 PM ROUND 7

Oct. 4, 2013 (Friday)

9:00 AM ROUND 8
3:30 PM ROUND 9

Oct. 5, 2013 (Saturday)

2:00 PM ROUND 10

Oct. 6, 2013 (Sunday)

9:00 AM ROUND 11

3:30 PM ROUND 12

Oct. 7, 2013 (Monday)

9:00 AM ROUND 13

2:00 BLITZ OPEN SIDE EVENT

6:00 PM CLOSING CEREMONIES

Sep-21-13  lakers4sho: I think the old timers should start giving way for the new generation to play in these events.
Sep-21-13  spawn2: I believe that it is up to the youngsters to make the old timers irrelevant via over the board play. For one, the tournament is called Battle of the Grandmasters. If you will think about it, no player with IM rank or below should be playing. The fact that they are being allowed to play provide them the opportunity to test their skills against these battle hardened grandmasters.
Sep-22-13  lakers4sho: They are automatically seeded without having to participate in a pre-qualification tourney to obtain their slots, that is classic goldfish pampering.
Sep-22-13  pinoymaster77: Without overseas-based GMs So, Sadorra,Sanchez and Salvador, interesting field for locally based GMs and GM Barcenilla. Instead of 4 slots, 6 qualifiers from the Semis will join the BOGM.

If in good condition / form, AFGM Torre can contend at the TOP here. Just a start of a 3 tournament campaign in around 45 days.

Sep-22-13  spawn2: <lakers4sho>

Will just wait for the result of the tourney: ) You are not going to bait me with that "classic" argument: )

Sep-22-13  SugarDom: Dimaks and Paulo bers not included in bogm?
Sep-22-13  pinoymaster77: Kap sugar,

FM Paulo placed 9th in the Semis while Dimaks didn't have a good tourney, very low placing than last year.

Sep-22-13  pinoymaster77: Final placings in the NCC Semis :

http://www.ncf-phil.org/archives/20...

Sep-23-13  pinoymaster77: Ayos! Mas nauuso ang Exec chess!

EXECUTIVE CHESS TILT SET OCT. 19

The first King of Sports Executive Chess tournament reels off Oc. 19, 2013 at the cozy King of Sports restobar, pacific century tower, 1472-76 quezon ave., Quezon city.

The competition is open to company executives, career officers, businessmen and professionals. Confirming their participation are six-time executive chess champion Dr. Jenny Mayor, Dr. Johnny Corrales of Neopolitan hospital, Atty. Quirino Sagario of DAR Quezon city, businessmen Noel Garcia, Noel Tejada, Emil Colindres and Juancho Caunte, engineers Efren Bagamasbad and Menandro Manuel,consultant technical writer Emir Gamis, sportswriter Marlon Bernardino, administrative assistant III Ramil Acosta of DepEd quezon city, board secretary Alfredo Chay of Quezon City Parks Development Foundation and Ray Rabago of Adamson University.

This was announced by FNA Ricardo Martin, managing director of the organizing D’ Plaza Chess Association of the Phils., Inc. which is assisted by Kaunlaran Chess Association of quezon city, in cooperation with Bugsy International Promotions. The event is sanctioned by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) and will be limited to 40 players who will slug it out in a 7 rounds Swiss System with time control of 20 minutes plus 3.0 seconds increment . Minimum guaranteed prizes are P5,000 plus trophy for the champion, P3,000, P2,000 , P1,500, and P1,000 respectively for 2nd-5th placers. For more details, please contact 09196298973 or 09333001383.

Sep-23-13  bubuli55: Gudlak pulz!
Sep-23-13  SugarDom: This will be honeymoon for pulsar.
Sep-23-13  pinoymaster77: Where are the rest of GETS BW - Atty Oliveros, Dennis SJ, Kap sugar, Alex, Rene, Dari? Panay practice pa o busy?

Meantime, we have a SIZZLING HOT campaign by WNM Jan Jodilyn Fronda of DLSU in the on-going World Juniors!

After a swashbuckling round 9 win over Chinese WIM Zhai Mo 2309, WNM Jan Jodilyn Fronda 2038 continued to show her warrior's heart with another win over Argentine WIM Ayelen Martinez 2101 to climb to 14th spot. In round 11, she next goes up against Colombian WIM Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda 2225 with the white pieces, go JODILYN ! 3 rounds to go!

Sep-24-13  epistle: There's no hope for me to win the first prize if Pulsar is around.

The entrance fee is P1,000.00 by the way.

Sep-24-13  wordfunph: my $100 chessbucks on bes Emir and $1,000 to all other players :)

arya <pulsar>!

Sep-24-13  Nf3em: Yessssss, BW-GETS well represented. Go Pulsar!
Sep-24-13  pinoymaster77: A very BUSY WEEKEND for chess, just when the World Jrs is wrapping up, to start naman this weekend ang Natl Youth Chess / NCR leg and the BOGM 2013 sa PSC Complex,tapos may 7 Pinoys campaigning in HK Open. Sa Oct naman may Indonesia Open, Asian Intercities in Tagaytay and University Games in Bacolod City... http://www.ncf-phil.org/ncfp_calend...
Sep-26-13  pinoymaster77: BOGM na this weekend, RAIN or SHINE. Pero sana mas gumanda na weather.

Just for fun, and for fantasy chessbookie lang, placing 1000 chessbucks on AFGM !

Medyo ibang rekados / dynamics etong field of 14 na eto...

Sep-26-13  spawn2: <pm77>

Bakas ako ng additional 1000:)

Sep-26-13  bubuli55: Sabit din ako ng 1000 kay AFGM !
Sep-26-13  SugarDom: Hi <pinoy>.

I will join later and beat Puls and nanobrain. hahaha.

In my dreams.

Sep-26-13  Nf3em: 2 tulog na lang.
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