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 409 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-10-14    Nf3em: Throw-back, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?... Jan-10-14    Nf3em: Ere pa: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?... Jan-11-14    spawn2: Thank God GM Wes made it. Now the fight over the board starts. GM Rapport doing a "Genius" move opening with the Nimzo-Larsen.Go Wes! Jan-11-14    pinoymaster77: Oo nga Pards, they will have good rapport when exchanging views about the opening. Tama nga post mortem na nawala surprise factor for Richard since he's played the opening before, and maybe not at this elite tournamnt level, maybe shows his inexperience. Pero maigi na din nababanggit ang opening as Nimzo-Larsen-Torre. Matindi mamaya first encounter vs GM Naka, white si Wes(ano kaya?) Jan-11-14    Nf3em: 1.b3 is also my weapon back in my high school days. If I remember correctly, I only lost once against a senior player in our school. Jan-11-14    spawn2: GM Wes has GM Rich's number. Baka draw yan with GM Naka mamaya. Jan-11-14    Nf3em: Wes-Naka 1/2-1/2 ... ;-) Jan-12-14    pinoymaster77: You asked for it, you got it, DRAW na nga in 27 moves Jan-13-14    spawn2: Sa akin eh ok na yang draw for now. Haba pa laban and am assuming di pa fully recovered GM So sa amazing race nya to Tata. Rd 4 will be very crucial for GM Wes and GM Anish. Jan-13-14    Penguincw: ♔ Quote of the Day ♔ < "Bobby will turn in his grave if the inheritance of his daughter Jinky is not awarded by the Icelandic court. I had seen with my two eyes how Bobby lovingly took care of Jinky during her infant days in Baguio, in the Philippines." > -Eugene Torre Jan-13-14    Joshka: <penguincw> Well it's a shame then he didn't spell his requests out in a will, cause from what I have read and heard she got nada. DNA tests reveal she was not even fathered by him, which I guess comes as no surprise as she does not resemble him at all. One can't deny he was smitten by her, sent her gifts, cards, but never anything legal on paper. I think he also purchased a house for Jinky and her mother. But I believe Myoko got everything. Jan-14-14    spawn2: Tomorrow is the long awaited game between GM Wesley So and GM Anish Giri. Its been almost 3 years since these two face each other at the 19th Sigeman Tournament (2011). Looking forward to a fantastic game. Go Wes! Jan-14-14    SugarDom: Fight!!!! haha Jan-15-14    spawn2: Its like waiting for the start of the game of Gilas vs South Korea in the FIBA Asia Cup! Jan-17-14    pinoymaster77: GM Wesley vs GM Boris naman, the latter not in good form in Tata event so far, but remains dangerous coz of his renowned chess capabilities / knowhow. Jan-17-14    spawn2: Hmm..first GM Magnus winning the World Chess Championship and now in Tata Steel GM Wesley So and GM Anish Giri showing impressive Chess. Looks like the rise of the players born from 1990 and up is upon us. Jan-18-14    pinoymaster77: spawn2, Mukhang current youth brigade's RISE nga! I remember maybe that was 3 decades ago now, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium and probably during Campo's FIDE time, there was a MAJOR intl tournament here, and the youth on the rise (following sila Anand ang Short) were Kamsky (bespectacled, nerdy boy pa nuon), Shirov, Lautier,Gelfand yung generation na yun ang on the rise naman... young 'veterans' sa field sila Ljubo, Bareev, Dreev and of course AFGM. Jan-18-14    spawn2: Yes pards. So nice to see a Filipino after 20 plus years is again part of the elite circle. Hope our young players will get inspired by GM Wes' exploits to improve their games. Jan-18-14    spawn2: Its c4! It would be interesting to ask GM Susan and GM Wes if they were able to guess right GM Levon's opening choice. Jan-18-14    Nf3em: Brod <alex>, time to make it up with you since di tayo natuloy last time na kitakiz. Jan-19-14    spawn2: Copy bro. Got the message na. See you! Jan-21-14    metrolirot: Happy birthday bro spawn2! Jan-21-14    geniokov: Alex,si Dennis ito! Happy Birthday ha!Ingat ka lang dyan. Jan-21-14    pinoymaster77: Happy birthday to spawn2, the GETS guardian and ETCF stalwart! BTW, ka bday mo Sen Koko (may FB alert), good chess batch Jan-21-14    kardopov: <spawn2> Maligayang kaarawan sa guwapong bantay ng Eugene Torre page. :0) Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 409 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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