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 403 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-10-13    pinoymaster77: Meron pala sa chessbomb, ayos na sakin yun! OPPOSITE sides castling, mukhang ALL OUT battle eto ! Commentary sa opening by chessbomb : Carlsen is the first one to deliver a real surprise this match! The Caro-Kann is not something we expected from him, considering how much he plays e5. This opening choice seems to say that he has been working on something specific for Anand, and thinks that this may be a weakness of his. It also says that he wants to keep things solid in the opening stages. Nov-10-13    spawn2: Mukhang leading to a draw..lapit na masimplify. Nov-10-13    Nf3em: yeah it might be a draw with Rg3-Kh7-Rgf3-Kg8-Rg3-Rgf3-Kg8-Rg3 Nov-10-13    Nf3em: and they did! 1/2-1/2 Nov-10-13    spawn2: Hehehe..post game interview will be interesting. Nov-10-13    Nf3em: Well its too early to expect the first blood. I think Game 4 will be the turning point. ;-) Nov-10-13    pinoymaster77: May improvement naman, umabot ng 25 moves. Sa batil kong tingin parang wala nang mapiga na win dun sa posisyon.. Nov-11-13    kardopov: <pinoymaster77: May improvement naman, umabot ng 25 moves. Sa batil kong tingin parang wala nang mapiga na win dun sa posisyon..> Anand declined sharper, complicated position via Qg4. Maybe tonight's the night. Nov-11-13    lakers4sho: What's the next event for our Philippine chessers? Nov-12-13    spawn2: <lakers4sho> It will be the SEA Games which will run from Dec. 11 to the 22nd if I remember the dates right. Nov-12-13    pinoymaster77: Commentaries on Game 3 opening so far, from chessbomb : 1. Nf3 Carlsen is stubborn! We see game 3 begin the same way as the game 1, and it will be interesting to find out if Anand is comfortable repeating the opening or not. Most likely it will be up to Carlsen to deviate. I'm really surprised by this choice not to play e4 or d4 where he's had so much success prior to the World Championship. 1... d5 2. g3 g6 So far the moves are the same, and it looks like Anand is comfortable waiting for Carlsen to make an improvement. 3. c4 And here it is. Not necessarily an improvement, but Carlsen is going for a different structure, one without d4 perhaps. This could transpose into an anti-Grunfeld position in a few moves. 3... dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8. O-O * Nov-12-13    Nf3em: hoooo abot pa ba? Nov-12-13    spawn2: kakasilip ko lang din : ) Nov-12-13    Nf3em: I thought Vishy had the game but suddenly something went wrong ... nice fighting game though. As I said, Game 4 might be the turning point ... ;-) Nov-12-13    pinoymaster77: Analysts did think Champ Anand hhttp://chennai2013.fide.com/anand-d... the advantage at some point... Nov-12-13    pinoymaster77: 2 days lang Gary dun, mileage for his candidacy. Malaking pagkakaiba ng tournament sa match. Experience eh factor din sa match. Sa unang championship try ni Vishy eh natisod and I think one of the early ones was vs Gary then, but he was tough mentally and able to come back even stronger, kaya nag Champ si Anand Nov-12-13    pinoymaster77: Whoaa, lalo pang mag boom ang chess sa India nito... http://newindianexpress.com/sport/F... Nov-13-13    pinoymaster77: Nice recap at chessbase on game 3 and the match so far :http://www.chessbase.com/post/chenn... Nov-13-13    kardopov: lamang si carlsen Nov-13-13    pinoymaster77: Ruy Lopex Berlin,usually drawish but they're going hammer and thongs... Nov-13-13    pinoymaster77: chessbomb now says even, looks like Vishy has turned it around and Magnus looks glum... http://chennai2013.fide.com/anand-c... Nov-13-13    lakers4sho: This should be a draw but definitely not straightforward. Anand has to work for it. Nov-13-13    Nf3em: I was wrong but Game 4 almost became the turning point ;-) Nov-13-13    spawn2: Kudos to both players for giving the fans a game that is worth talking about. Top grandmasters are singing praises on the two for the fighting chess they displayed in rd 4. Nov-13-13    pinoymaster77: Though seems to be the media and fans' favorite, Magnus will not get it on a silver platter, saka its really tough for a FIRST timer to the world championships. Champ Vishy has the experience and chess smarts. Parang nung Kasparov vs Anand, Gary was going towards end of career, while mahaba pa career ni Anand. The Indian analyst mentioned last night that Anand was hinting on this (eventual retirement) somewhat, after completing a certain number of championship games... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 403 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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