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 423 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-14-14    Iskubadayb: TY, Alexhine. Hanggang ngayon e malalakas pa rin ang mga players ng MWSS ha. Jun-14-14    spawn2: Actually Master Isku, the event was a brainchild of a husband and wife team who love to play the following: tennis, table tennis and chess. It so happen that they have for a church mate the niece of GM Torre. They were looking for some helping hand to run the 1 day tournament, that is where the Foundation came in. The venue was really impressive. The City Club is one of the newest leisure clubs in Makati with high class facilities. Jun-14-14    joeyj: 'We have to give 101% full support to Wesley,' says Torre http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sp... also http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/201... Jun-14-14    SugarDom: <gmlet888: Sir Sugar, whether you like it or not, it is FESSAP/BAP's Graham Lim vs MVP. Of course MVP is allied with POC-PSC-UAAP-NCAA-PBA. It is unfortunate that wes went with Mr. Graham's group.> Pareng <spawn2> sagutin ko lang ito bago ako mag-migrate sa nanobrain page. Kaibigan ko itong si gmlet eh, mabait eto. Tukayo, musta? :) Yung nga ang ibig kong sabihin tukayo, dapat hindi nila dinamay si Wesley sa politika. Ok lipat na. hehe Jun-14-14    spawn2: <Sugardom> No problem pards: ) thanks! Jun-14-14    spawn2: Happy Father's Day GM Torre and to all Dads visiting the Torre page. Jun-14-14    pinoymaster77: Let's lookout for the next ETCF projects, and in the meantime AFGM's next tournament coming up, NCC Finals sked for June 19th bday of our natl hero Jose Rizal, just 4 days away... Jun-15-14    kardopov: Happy father's day to AFGM and to spawn2. Jun-15-14    jaimenarin: Outstanding move by the great Eugene Torre in a very complicated situation!-(in support of WS). Kudos!!! Jun-15-14    spawn2: kards..Happy Father's Day din..bukas balik na sa paglalaba, tapos na ang pahinga: ) Jun-17-14    pinoymaster77: Maybe that Dads day event eh warm-up for the likes of epistle & sheriff para dun sa conceptualized na ratings tournament. Tapos sa Makati area naman, maybe ETCF can intro yung Exec chess series. Sa FB, merong mga palaro na inter-company na team na composed of employee-players. Saka sa mga kuwento eh may Inter-Bank competitions din. Kung maging regular activity eto eh ayos, maybe can partner with the Business CLubs in Makati, like yung Tower Club etc... they can be the sponsors then ETCF can help technically. Would be a coup if can invite Mayor Junjun for ceremonial moves or maglaro din sya for fun... Medyo humaba na imahinasyon, just thinking out loud. Jun-17-14    epistle: I drew with sheriff in a hard fought game. Sheriff beat Olympian NM Sammy Estimo with AFGM watching. Jun-17-14    SugarDom: Ang lupeet ni bata noh. Wag nyong tatawaging matanda yun. :) Jun-18-14    pinoymaster77: Eh praktisado si sheriff kay 'IM' nano na disipulo ni GM Balinas, tapos praktisado pa kila puling,epistle, and mga BW. Eh di lumabas yung 'secret weapon'. BTW, Ive read the names of kramrich and I think Doji also na nag play sa 2nd Sat tournament sa Alphaland nung Sat / June 14th. Parang pasok sa top 10 si kramrich. Jun-18-14    pinoymaster77: Mukhang mga preparing na for 2015 NCC Semis and 2016 Olympiad team ang ating mga katoto na player ah... Heeding the CALL of DUTY ?! Jun-19-14    spawn2: Good afternoon, Final cast of the BOGM tourney has been announced. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr138... Good luck GM Torre! Jun-19-14    pinoymaster77: All the best on Sat kay AFGM, rd1 black vs GM JP Gomez, rd2 white vs 'old nemesis' IM Dimakiling. Jun-19-14    Pulo y Gata: After the 22nd Olympiad appearance, comes what? Immortality, I suspect. Hope he makes it to the cast! Jun-19-14    torrefan: wow, FMPB vs. AFGM in the last round. Jun-19-14    wordfunph: sigaw ng GETS, bente dos! GM Huge, buhos na po nyo para sa 22. Sir, good luck! Jun-19-14    wordfunph: Chess Olympiad Appearances: 21 = GM Eugenio Torre (Philippines) 20 = GM Lajos Portisch (Hungary) 19 = GM Heikki Westerinen (Finland) 17 = William Hook (US Virgin Islands) GM Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) go for 22! http://www.olimpbase.org/statistics... Jun-19-14    torrefan: 17 times for Korchnoi for Switzerland only or were his appearances for the USSR counted? Jun-19-14    perfidious: The total for Korchnoi includes six on the USSR side, the remainder for Switzerland. http://www.olimpbase.org/statistics... Jun-19-14    Iskubadayb: Bradidik, sagap ng preskiting na hangin bago umusok ang hampasan. :) Jun-20-14    pinoymaster77: Timeout lang, dun sa on-going World Rapids eh toasted sa India yung win ni Vishy over WC Magnus ! http://sports.ndtv.com/chess/news/2... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 423 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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