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 424 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-21-14    spawn2: AFGM drawing against top seed GM Gomez. IM Pau won against GM Laylo. Jun-21-14    joeyj: 1.5/2 Live Rating: http://chessaccount.wordpress.com/l... Jun-21-14    Iskubadayb: Kunsaydred. May pgn na ba yan, Alexhine? Jun-21-14    spawn2: BoGM is using the Pichay Torre scoring system. 3 pts for a win, 1.5 for a draw and 2 pts for the one who stalemates. <Joeyj> Based on your score it seems GM Torre after drawing with GM Gomez won against IM Dimaks. I was in the PSC Athlete's Dining Area watching GM Torre against IM Dimaks. AFGM was quality and a pawn up during the last 5 minutes. Did not finish the game though. Jun-21-14    joeyj: Hehehe ... <spawn2> i've got the results @ FB ! Yes AFGM won Vs Dimaks ! https://www.facebook.com/permalink.... Jun-21-14    spawn2: <joeyj> Thanks. Just noticed dun sa link which you provided eh sa rd 2 dalawa laro ni GM Gomez. The other one should be Garcia vs Abelgas. IM Jem won in a very nice tactical game. Jun-21-14    pinoymaster77: Gud am, Ah win pala Jem and di as listed ni Nil na win Abelgas, di pala the latter ang early leader? Kung gayun, with 1.5pts are at least AFGM Eugene, IM Pau and IM Jem ? WIM Frayna ambushed GM Rich Jun-21-14    spawn2: Checked with chessresult.com and no update yet on standing plus pgn. Arrived after lunch which means I was not able to follow rd 1. According to some friends, GM JP was ahead with two pawns but GM Torre was able to save it. In rd 2, the game Torre-Dimakiling was a Slav Def with Bg5. This game I was able to observed 95%. GM "AFGM" Torre was in control of the game with IM "Diesel" Dimaks trying to complicate it but unsuccessful. Would really like to get my hands on those pgn! Jun-21-14    spawn2: <Master Isku> Wala pa sa chessresult. Will post it here pagmeron na. The 2nd game was fun to watch. IM Oliver exchanging his rook for a either a knight or a bishop plus pawn. Jun-21-14    Iskubadayb: Ty, Lex. Ganda ng umpisa ni bradidik. Tuloy ang gym brader. :) Jun-22-14    pinoymaster77: Sa Torre-Pichay scoring system pala, eh 4.5pts yung 1 win and 1 draw. Among the early leaders sila AFGM and IM Pau ! 9 more games to go... Jun-22-14    joeyj: R3 Results: IM Pau, AFGM & Jan Em had drawn their respective games. While GM JP & WIM Frayna won their respective games. A 5-way tie for 1st after 3-rnds @ BOGM ! http://chess-results.com/tnr138542.... Jun-22-14    spawn2: GM Torre is looking good! White with GM Rich Bitoon tomorrow. Hoping for a win to maintain position as one of the leaders after rd 4. Jun-22-14    pinoymaster77: Aba maagang article : http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014... Jun-23-14    pinoymaster77: Im just pretty glad and encouraged by the series of GOOD NEWS, and coming to the fore of our Philippine CHESS HEROES - IM-Elect Pau 'spartan 1998' Bersamina (mula NCC Semis pa), AFGM Eugene 'Vintage Form'Torre, WIM-Elect Janelle Mae 'GM Killer' Frayna, PHI#2 GM Catalino 'Ino' Sadorra accompanied by his intelligent,pretty wife Katie and Dad Bing. 'Grand slam' gold medals also by NM Edmundo Gatus and WFM-Elect Shania Mae Mendoza in the ASEAN Age Group in Macau, and newly minted WFM-Elect Mich Yaon and WIM-Elect Jan Jodilyn Fronda. With such chess heroes' exploits, PHI Chess is not that deep into the doldrums but actually has a BRIGHT future during this transition period, applying the lessons learned. Hope tuloy tuloy na ang NCFP and PSC nito. Jun-23-14    pinoymaster77: I still think its GM Ino as the first seeded player by NCFP, then either 3 to 4 slots from the ongoing BOGM / NCC Finals. because NCFP might still reserve a '2nd seeded slot' just in case a perceived strong player doesn't have good result, but is known can help the Olympiad team, like for the case of GM Oli in the 2012 BOGM. GM Oli didn't qualify as top finisher in the 2012 BOGM in Boracay/Aklan but due to his series of good tournament results before that BOGM, eh he was named as the 2nd seeded player. Jun-23-14    jaimenarin: Go go go AFGM EUGENE TORRE!! Jun-23-14    wordfunph: Torre - Antonio showdown tomorrow. dalawang sunod na olats si GM Joey, kapana-panabik na 6th round. http://chess-results.com/tnr138542.... Jun-23-14    Iskubadayb: Malupaytz pa rin ang ating pamato ha. Derechong lang bradidik. Masaya ang GETS sa resulta. Cruise control pag medyo alanganin ang porma. Wordchnoi, I hope na solid na ang kingside mo. Puro tayo may mga positional issues HIHI. :) Jun-24-14    SugarDom: haha! nadagdagan na yung ireregalo ko kay Word. Meron akong superpower dito. 1/4 lang solid na kaagad, pag binuo mo man of steel. Jun-24-14    spawn2: GM Torre splitting the point with GM Antonio. Its IM Garcia, GM Gomez, IM Bersamina and GM Torre occupying top 4 positions. 5 rounds to go..still lits of chess ahead of us. Jun-24-14    pinoymaster77: Dadaan pa IM Jem kila AFGM, IM Pau and GM JP sa last 3 rds, still wide open race! Jun-24-14    Iskubadayb: Expected, bradidik. Malakas sa dulo si alamat pag kundisyon kaya maganda ang hinaharap natin. Gym, Jimmy. :) Jun-24-14    pinoymaster77: For the rounds 7 and 8 today eh GM Banjo and WIM-Elect Frayna ang opponents. Critical day today, for the positioning, tapos tig 1 game per day na until Sat. IM Jem will play WIM-Elect Frayna and GM Laylo today. Jun-25-14    pinoymaster77: AFGM drew with GM Banjo. Solo leader si GM JP with 5/7, AFGM tied for 2nd with 4.5/7, all the best sa rd8 game mamayang 4pm vs WIM-Elect Janelle Frayna ! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 424 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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