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 440 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-02-14    joeyj: 42. Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH / RtgAvg:2526) 1 GM Predojevic Borki 2604 2 GM Dizdarevic Emir 2522 3 GM Stojanovic Dalibor 2503 4 IM Kadric Denis 2473 5 FM Marjanovic Dejan 2373 Aug-02-14    joeyj: Women 55. ICCD (ICCD / RtgAvg:2056) 1 WIM Baklanova Tatiana 2229 UKR 2 WCM Mucha Annegret 2008 GER 3 Myronenko Natalya 1942 UKR 4 WIM Gerasimova Olga 2045 RUS 5 Marcinkeviciene Egle 1675 LTU Aug-02-14    Iskubadayb: Ang women's team natin ay parating neglected. Kaya gusto ko ring ma train yan in the future kung wasto ang mga tao. Sa talento ng mga yan e mamimisak yan kung tama ang preparasyon. Dasal na lang muna... para sa ngayon at sa hinaharap na opisina. :) Aug-02-14    pinoymaster77: Iskuba, Si WIM Camacho eh varsity scholar sa UTD in Dallas, same Univ where GM Ino went. Not sure kung graduate na nga or not. Si WIM Frayna taken cared of by the FEU system, nila GM Jay IM Ranola. WIM Fronda ng DLSU system. Saka long time Age Grouper and chess playing family. WIM Perena and WNM Bernales ng UP system. WNM Bernales may grupo na chess friends natin na specifically supporting, and persuaded to comeback yung family to the Natl NCFP events. Kaya LAHAT sila BATAK (compared t other PHI women players). Ang kulang nga lang eh overseas tournaments. Ang last siguro nila yung mga nandito eh yung Pacman Cup last year saka yung Asian Cities sa Tagaytay last Q4 2013. Aug-02-14    pinoymaster77: Mukhang Womens team eh poised for a 2nd win. Early dogfight match for our Men's team. Magkaalaman sino-sino mga potential key point producers sa critical rounds, indication of playing shape. Aug-02-14    spawn2: <Pm77> Pards, I expect our Men's Team to also register their second win:) Boards 3 and 4 will be crucial in this round. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Good thing rd 2 schedule is one (1) earlier since there is work tomorrow. Anyways, this only happens every two years kaya lulubos lubusin ko na. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Line-up for the 2nd round is now available in chessresult.com Team Philippines and Team Bosnia & Herzegovina will field the same line-up they used for rd 1. GM Kramnik and GM Carlsen will play in rd 2. Aug-03-14    joeyj: Board Pairings - Open Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Bo. 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 42 Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) Rtg 0 : 0 31.1 GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 - GM Predojevic, Borki 2604 31.2 GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 - GM Stojanovic, Dalibor 2503 31.3 GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 - IM Kadric, Denis 2473 31.4 FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 - FM Marjanovic, Dejan 2373 http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.... Board Pairings - Women Bo. 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 55 ICCD (ICCD) Rtg 0 : 0 29.1 WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 - WIM Baklanova, Tatiana 2229 29.2 WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 - WCM Mucha, Annegret 2008 29.3 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 - Myronenko, Natalya 1942 29.4 WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 - WIM Gerasimova, Olga 2045 http://chess-results.com/tnr140381.... Aug-03-14    joeyj: Live Games @ http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2014... also @ https://chess24.com/en/olympiad2014... Gametime for R2 : 8:00PM (PHI time) Aug-03-14    spawn2: GM Torre's game started with d4 but IM Kadric decided to transpose to a Pirc. Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Ganda ng pwesto ni bradidik. Late ako. :) Aug-03-14    Pulo y Gata: I can't understand BIH, why didn't they field the very strong, talented and handsome GM Emir?!? No wonder PHI will win this match. Aug-03-14    spawn2: IM Kadric nearing time trouble..Go Genius! Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Sanay si bradidik sa ganitong pwesto kaya kumpyansa na ko dito. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Master Isku..ano sa tingin mo yung ke GM Gomez? Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Oklak si JP. Deretsong ang bpon ng kalaban. Di ko nasubaybayan yun ah. Aug-03-14    bubuli55: Andre payr si a Julio at JP. Ganado si Paulo. Payt AFGM! Gud am sa lahat:) Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Musta, Bubz. Panalo itong kay brader. Lakas ng d-pawn. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Master Isku..nagpanic time control. Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Namiss ni bradidik ang combo. Bd5+ Kh8 tapos ay Qe3 Qxd6 sabay Qd4! wins sana., Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: 40th move ang Ra7 kaya mahirap. Rh4 sana ang tamang atake sa pyon. Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Swerte itong Bosnia ha. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Gotta hit the sack..hopefully we can draw this match against BIH. Night Master Isku! Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Sweet dreams bradidik. :) Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 440 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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