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 400 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-07-13    spawn2: <pm77> No mention in the article whether Indonesian chess legend GM Utut Adianto will come out of retirement. Hope he plays just to increase the chances of an Asian bringing home the title. Oct-07-13    pinoymaster77: Right-o, we will know come tournament time na siguro by Wed/Thurs if Sen Utut will proceed with his comeback. Meantime, AFGM rightly skipped the blitz event to prepare for their trip tomorrow. Meantime, latebreaker is FM Paulo would be able to join the group, I think their sked is on Wed. Oct-08-13    pinoymaster77: Indonesian site news, Sen Utut is quoted but more on the Indonesian campaign and also the recent success in their Women Youth program with Medina Auria's garnering her final WGM norm... (he didn't state categorically that he will play...) http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2013/0... Oct-09-13    pinoymaster77: In the meantime, while we're looking out for the tournament sked and maybe the rd1 pairings will be by tomorrow, here's a feature on the 5-star hotel venue... looks good, mukhang malaki talaga allotted budget nila... showing also Indonesia's steady progress... now hiring teachers for English... http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com/2... Oct-09-13    pinoymaster77: From the inachess.com site : 4. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Appointed: 9 to 18 October 2013 Wednesday, 9 October 2013 : Arrival & Re-registration, 19:00 – Opening Ceremony Thursday, 10 October 2013 : 10:00 – Technical Meeting 15:00 – Round 1 Friday, 11 October 2013 : 09:30 – Round 2, 16:00 – Round 3 Saturday, 12 October 2013 : 15:00 – Round 4 Sunday, 13 October 2013 : 09:30 – Round 5, 16:00 – Round 6 Monday, 14 October 2013 : 15:00 – Round 7 Tuesday, 15 October 2013 : 09.30 – Round 8, 16:00 – Round 9 Wednesday, 16 October 2013 : 15:00 – Round 10 Thursday, 17 October 2013 : 10:00 – Round 11 (Final), 19.00 – Closing Ceremony Friday, 18 October 2013 : Departure Oct-09-13    bubuli55: Gudlak, Sir Eugene sa Indonesia Open. Oct-09-13    pinoymaster77: Meron na ngang entry sa chess-results.com, total of 9 GMs > 2600 rating and I count 38 GMs in the listed entries of 111 players so far. Host Indonesia understandably has the most entries with 43 while the 'little brown brothers' in the Pinoys number 15. Round 1 is around 3pm Indonesia time... let the battles begin ! http://www.chess-results.com/tnr113... Oct-10-13    pinoymaster77: I hope the link can be opened here in CG. AFGM Eugene Torre was asked to speak during the opening ceremonies last night http://indonesiaopen.chessdom.com/2... Oct-10-13    lakers4sho: should be starting right now, but there's still nothing on chessbomb Oct-10-13    spawn2: 1st round was generally friendly for the Filipinos except for FM Pau and GM Mac's losses. Hope there will be a reversal of fortunes for the two. Am also expecting to see some live games via Chessbomb. Yesterday was a disaster as far as the live games were concerned. Oct-10-13    spawn2: 2nd round opponent of GM Torre is FM Anton Smirnov of Australia. He is a 12 year old wonderkid toting an ELO of 2306. For e4 he replies with a Ruy Lopez set-up. No games in chessgames showing his defense against d4. Oct-10-13    frkind: FYI mga sir dito ako ngayon jakarta bakasyon lng tama ka sir <pinoymaster77> wife and daughter ko teacher dito nway try ko kumuha ng pix para moral support :) Oct-10-13    spawn2: <frkind> Thank you very much! Oct-12-13    frkind: http://www.flickr.com/photos/105126... Fyi 1st batch pix sa jakarata. Oct-12-13    wordfunph: <frkind> yodaman! thank you. Oct-12-13    pinoymaster77: Nice feature on the IOCC & its future : http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId... Oct-16-13    spawn2: IOCC is winding down..last 2 rounds. Next stop is the Asian Cities in Tagaytay which will start on Sunday. Oct-17-13    pinoymaster77: There will be a lot of movements come the Oct ELO ratings by the first days of Nov publication by FIDE, as many of our locally-based GMs and IMs saw action in the BOGM, IOCC and now the Asian Cities set to start this Sun. Oct-26-13    spawn2: October is a good month for Philippines chess. This 26th of October, two Philippine champions emerged. Tagaytay team winning the Dubai Cup and GM Wesley So running away with the Unive tourney. Hope these two achievements will encourage the country's sports official to pay more attention to chess. Oct-26-13    lakers4sho: I didn't like their overall performance in the Indonesia Open, but oh well. Oct-27-13    bubuli55: < spawn2 >. Baka April makauwi ako. Sana kitakits uli ang BW :) Oct-27-13    spawn2: <bubuli55> We will definitely organize a kitakits on your next visit: ) Oct-28-13    pinoymaster77: Letting the chess fans savor the 'latest triumphs' for a few days, not to steal the thunder but its true the BOGM is purely for locals, while in the Indonesia Open there were the Russian or former USSR and Indian players. Lower than top 25 the best placed Pinoys. While sa recent Asian Cities eh pagka-pubish pa lang sa chess-results.com it was notable many countries didn't field their A teams, so the Tagaytay team with 4 young GMs had a good chance. More so, since GMs Gomez and Laylo was on bit of upswing, while GM Oli can hold his ground. Mac has been on a funk lately, pero those ups and downs happen to players. Hopefully by the time na 2014 Olympiad, they have already 'optimized' their forms. Still hoping some or most of them would be sent on a prolonged campaign in Europe to toughen up... Nov-03-13    Nf3em: kumusta mga kaibigan, Ok ba kayo riyan? Nov-03-13    spawn2: <Nf3em> Mabuti naman friend. The Foundation met last Tuesday to discuss the different projects it will undertake in the coming months. Will make the announcement here once everything is final. Of course, tomorrow is the special day of GM Eugene Torre who will celebrate his birthday. Advance Happy Bday Grandmaster Torre! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 400 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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