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 441 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Ah, nag-offer pala ang kalaban after Ne4. Good result. On to the next round. Aug-03-14    joeyj: Board Pairings & RESULTS - Open Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Bo. 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 42 Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) Rtg : 2 : 2 31.1 GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 - GM Predojevic, Borki 2604 : ½-½ 31.2 GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 - GM Stojanovic, Dalibor 2503 : 0-1 31.3 GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 - IM Kadric, Denis 2473 : ½-½ 31.4 FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 - FM Marjanovic, Dejan 2373 : 1-0 Board Pairings - Women Bo. 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 55 ICCD (ICCD) Rtg : 3½: ½ 29.1 WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 - WIM Baklanova, Tatiana 2229 : 1-0 29.2 WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 - WCM Mucha, Annegret 2008 : 1-0 29.3 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 - Myronenko, Natalya 1942 : 1-0 29.4 WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 - WIM Gerasimova, Olga 2045 : ½-½ http://chess-results.com/tnr140381.... Aug-03-14    art00: ROUND 3 Pairings: OPEN: Ukraine (2) vs Philippines (52) WOMEN: Poland (8) vs Philippines (43) Board pairings are not yet available. *** Aug-03-14    desertfox: Si Chucky and co. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Good morning, It was a good save for Team Pinas Kudos to IM Bersamina. Maagang darating signal number 4 sa Pinas via Ukraine. Last Olympiad sa Rd 4 natapat sa Armenia. Laban lang Team Pinas! Aug-03-14    batongol: Buti naman naka tabla pa tayo, 2-2. Confident tumira si Paulo. Medyo matindi ang susunod..basta tuloy tuloy lang ang tigas ng depensa nina Sadorra at AFGM, magiging modest ang kalalabasan ng games ng mga Pinoy. Aug-03-14    Pulo y Gata: Ang hirap hanapin ang games sa Olympiad page! That was close, but now they can bounce back with a win over Ukraine! Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: That was a nice gesture by the Bosnians. Yan ang sinasabi kong ambassadorship. Very classy ang mga Bosnians. Dapat matandaan yan ng mga Pinoy at pwedeng bawian ng magandang asal din sa hinaharap. Mamatyagan ko na rin ang laro ng mga yan. Ipapahinga ko dito sa 3rd rd si Master Berphy dahil dalawang mahabang laro na siya. Importante pa e usually ay mababa ang enerhiya pag kakapanalo lang. Ang sama ng pagkatalo ni JP kaya usually ay galaiti kang bumawi kapag ganito. Abangan na lang kung sino ang lalaro. Aug-03-14    wordfunph: Master Isku, agree with your choice for round 3. sana sabak na GM Gonzales, all GM squad against powerhouse Ukraine. happy na ako sa 2-2 vs Ukraine. isang malutong na hiyaw --- Pinas labannnnn! Aug-03-14    wordfunph: Perena was winning when i left, science building! 4-0 sana pero oks lang. Ukraine may be dreaming of a sweep against PHI, di papayag si Inang Bayan. paktayan na ini! Aug-03-14    wordfunph: underdog sa bookie ang ating red/white/blue na bandila. Ukraine 4.0-Philippines 0.0 $325 Ukraine 3.5-Philippines 0.5 $191 Ukraine 3.0-Philippines 1.0 $151 Ukraine 2.5-Philippines 1.5 $112 Ukraine 2.0-Philippines 2.0 $15 ANY OTHER $5 isa pang tagay, kikig Pilipinas! Aug-03-14    Pulo y Gata: Oki na saaken na patablahin ng Filipinas ang Ukraine. Malaki ang tama niyan sa boki. Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Science building ba, bradidik HIHI. May pakiramdam akong iiskor si Jayson dito... tabla manalo lang. :) Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Science department yung laro ni alamat. Pinaghirapan nyang kamadahin ang pwesto, sabay bigay ng panalo dahil sa panic time. Kaya isa yan sa dapat iniistres parati sa mga manlalaro... ang piliting di maubos ang oras dahil masasayang talaga ang pinaghirapan. Trabaho ng kapitan yan na paalalahanan ang mga manlalaro kapag medyo naguumpisa ng maglaho ang mga minutos. Pero usually ay kita na dapat ni bradidik yung Bd5+ kahit panic time. Sa aking palagay ay kulang sa freshness si bradidik kaya di nakitz yun. Ibig sabihin ay sobra sa chess. Saturated ang utak. Maaaring hindi pero di nakakawala kay Euge ang combo na yun. Aug-03-14    lakers4sho: 1/2 1/2 1-0 1/2 torre with the W Aug-03-14    pinoymaster77: Baka ang ipa REST dyan si GM Panjol. Players have to go a board level up, AFGM at Bd2, Pau at Bd3, Jayson at Bd4 with GM Ino holding the top board. We've got NOTHING TO LOSE, throw out the ELOs. Don't worry about IM Pau 'spartan 1998', warrior training yan for the FULL 11 games if needed, saka kung paglaruin sya ng derecho. Kahit na ALL long games up to endgame eh ilalaban yan, pero subject to Team Captain / Coach advice depending sa match situation. Aug-03-14    Pulo y Gata: JP's opponent has prepared well. I have that same line in my laptop from my old prep, pretty forcing and yielding White the better structure. Di ko na tiningnan mabuti ang laro, pero oki naman ang itim sa linyang yun. Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: I think JP should play. Kung merong must play dito ay si JP, sa aking palagay. Dahil kung ako ang nasa lagay ni JP ay gigil akong maglaro dito. Maari ring ifield ang same line-up. I will not do it, though. Just think about it, sa regular games of the same strength level, it's difficult to win consecutively. Ganun din pag natalo ka ay usually ay bawi ang next round. Bihira rin ang sunod na olats. Grabe naman yung blunder ni JP sa endgame, pang kinder. Pag b4 ng kalaban e nag a4 siya. I mean, what was he thinking?? Walang purpose yung push kundi, I wanna lose as fast as I can. :) Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Win or lose si JP ay pwersading ipahinga sa 4th rd. Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Itong si Chuking ay hinog yan para mapisak ni Cata dahil may tendency yang magkalat pag naunahan ng olats. Kailangan lang kumunat ni Cata at obyus na ipakita kay Tsuking na tabla lang ang hanap niya at magiinit na ang ulo nito at magwawala. :) Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Si Pono naman ay makunat pero kayang tablahan ni JP yan basta ang pambukas na gamit nya ay yung kabisado nya at drowis ang dating. Yan naman ang trabaho nila sa uno at dos, ang itabla ang laro sa mga mamaw. Sa buntot ang puntos natin. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Hirap ng puyat tapos isang grabeng trapic pa sasalubong sa iyo sa umaga. But ok na rin, it could have been worse kung natalo Pinas sa BIH. Aug-03-14    spawn2: Master Isku baka ipahinga si Chuckster sa rd 3? Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Garantisadong lalaro yan! Galaiti yan. Bumubula ang bibig HIHI. Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Si Maging nga e tabla lang kanina. Wag magpaniwala sa rating. Tulak lang ng pyesa. Kayang pisakin ang Yukreyn. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 441 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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