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 404 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-14-13    lakers4sho: getting into a bit of a problem against the Berlin when you got Leko on your team is not a good sign I suppose. Nov-14-13    Pulo y Gata: Why should the buck fall on Leko? He's Anand, and he's a bigger expert on Berlin than Pedro. Nov-14-13    pinoymaster77: That's the BEST game of the match so far, BOTH players showed they're 'human'. Aptly titled 'THIS IS HOW CHESS SHOULD BE PLAYED', may our young and current top players emulate them : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/t... Nov-14-13    pinoymaster77: Nice Chess Piece article by Bobby in BW on the match so far, Atty Jong is mentioned at the end. Nov-14-13    pinoymaster77: Nice one too, this was intended before the Match, but nice insights too : http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-... Nov-16-13    pinoymaster77: Mukhang halos tapos na boksing with 4-2 lead by Magnus, with 2 endgame triumphs. Let's see,6 games to go... Nov-16-13    spawn2: <pm77> Medyo tagilid na nga ang bangka. Last 6 games and it will be a very tall order for GM Anand to come up with a win considering how GM Carlsen has outplayed him in the last two games. Nov-16-13    Nf3em: when Vishy traded all the minor pieces at f6 as well as at e3, that released all the tensions and his winning chances; from there, I stopped watching for I have hunch that it will be another Magnus endgame victory out of a nearly equal position. Nov-17-13    pinoymaster77: From the chessbomb analyst, eh they didn't sense 'Anand playing all out for a win' by the tone of his play. Seems he wanted to get a rest day and recharge and prepare. Pero nakapunta na naman sa posisyon na gusto ni Magnus na 'equal endgame position'. Mukhang talo ng computer brain ni Magnus lahat ng table bases? Thats quite scary na even a minor inaccuracy a TOP GM cannot afford to do so against him... What else can be done? Nov-18-13    spawn2: <pm77> GM Anand has to search within and find the "Tiger of Madras" in him. Only then will he have a chance of winning. I expect him to come out swinging tonight. Nov-18-13    pinoymaster77: Nice write-up in DNA India, puts in some good points to ponder : http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/repor... Nov-18-13    epistle: Where's the link for the bob ang article? Nov-18-13    Nf3em: We may have a new WCC in less than 12 games if Vishy continue to play like this. Nov-18-13    spawn2: I feel for GM Anand. It's not only that he might lose his crown but will relinquish it in front of his countrymen if the trend continues. There are still 5 games to go, hopefully he can get one win and that will inspire him to put a tougher challenge. Nov-18-13    epistle: GM Anand is proving to be not a worthy champion to the challenger. Nov-18-13    perfidious: <epistle>: The champion has already proven himself a more than worthy titleholder in every respect, but he appears to have had his day in the sun, same as with every other sporting endeavour. Nov-18-13    pinoymaster77: Challenger Magnus just needs 2 points to wrest the crown? Let's see with Game 8 tonight. Nov-18-13    spawn2: I have not seen the whole post game interview for game 7 but based on the still pictures in chessdom, it seems GM Anand is handling the 2 game deficit quite well. I could be wrong though. Nov-19-13    epistle: Anand playing two points down at this stage is like running a 100-meter dash against Carlsen with a stone tied to each of his (Anand's) balls. Nov-19-13    pinoymaster77: Yup, with each passing game eh lumalapit na Magnus to the crown. A lot of positive changes might happen to chess as a sport, specially on popularity due to Magnus' charisma and other endeavours like commercial modelling. AFGM Eugene Torre was in the group pics of chess community's dinner with campaigning Gary Kasparov who's on whirlwind tour of Asia for his FIDE presidential bid. Sen. Koko, Cong Colmenares, NCFP officials, GMs, WIM Perena and media people were seen in the pics. Nov-19-13    pinoymaster77: Good Philstar article, Gary has fond memories of the 1992 Olympiad here and his battles with AFGM Eugene Torre ! http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013... Nov-19-13    lakers4sho: Heh, swooping up the little countries before Kirsan is able to do so. Nov-20-13    pinoymaster77: Elections would be in Aug then, but Gary as challenger need to cover a lot of ground. Meantime, this WCC Match would be in the homestretch, for a probable new era in chess. Also, this Sunday would be the Pacman vs Rios rumble in Macau. Go Manny! Nov-20-13    pinoymaster77: Insights of that game 8, I guess only Vishy and his team would know why they played the Berlin... http://www.indianexpress.com/news/v... Nov-21-13    Nf3em: and Magnus is 1/2 a point away from being the new WCC ... in tennis, this is called 3 match points ... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 404 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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