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 442 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-03-14    torrefan: Mirabeau Maga? Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Opkors HIHI. Halos magkasing lakas lang yan pero Maging of the South si bradidik at yung Maging of the North naman ang tukoy ko. Malamang ay nanonood si Maging dun sa Tromso. :) Aug-03-14    bubuli55: Master Iskubz. Anong masasabi mo sa 49...Bg5 ni Paulo? Confident yung bata. Kung baga sa San Lazaro, nagpaikot pa ng pamalo sa meta. :) Aug-03-14    pinoymaster77: Nga PALA as I recalled the past posts/articles, Prez Butch flies out on the 6th / Wed, while the FIDE voting would be on August 11th. Just thinking out loud, there might really be inevitable changes to the NCFP ah : - If Kirsan WINs, he might have some moves vs Butch ? (not unless sila Bambol and VP Binay mag mediate). Bambol would be FIDE Sec Gen while Toti continues on with ACF. - If Gary wins, Butch gets the ACF. Will he still be able to run the NCFP concurrently? In case not, to WHOM can he handover? Anybody ready in the BOD? If Butch stays on as NCFP Prez, he will have even lesser time for NCFP, having to tend to ACF and his businesses ? Aug-03-14    Iskubadayb: Magandang senyales yung Bg5 na yun. Natawa nga ako ng itira nya. May sense of humor si bata. Bilib ako sa gapang na yun. Ang sarap sana kung natutukan ko ang laro pero ang hirap kasi dahil ang daming magagandang bakbakan. Sarap talaga ng olimpyada. Para akong batang paslit sa toys r us. :) Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Nung pinapanood ko yung laban ni Kojima ng Hapon laban kay Movsesian ng Armenia, ang sarap ng panood ko dahil ang ganda ng atake ng hapon at ang linaw ng mate. Akala ko ay alam na ni Kojima ang palitada e biglang nag sunod sunod na blaynder. Sa totoo e kahit bullet e kita na ang mate. Grabe ang panlumo ko ng bigla pang matalo ang hapon. Science professor! Pero yan ang masarap so olympiad. Kahit malaki ang diperensya ng rating ay naglilipana ang mga upset. Hinihintay ko ang first upset natin! :) Aug-04-14    bubuli55: Matsala. Sana laro uli si bata bukas. Baka sakaling makakuha ng GM norm :) Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Ok lang ipahinga si bata bukas dahil ito lang malamang ang maging pahinga nya. After this e ratsada na malamang yan dahil may rest day pa naman. Sa mga following days e ang top boards ang hahanapan ng off. Aug-04-14    pinoymaster77: Ilan nga kayang points ang needed for those double GM norms? Would 7 or 7.5 pts in 9 games be enough? Ang alam ko dyan depende sa average ratings ng opponents. Checkout na lang ulit pag patapos na Olympiad... Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: It will take care of itself. Ang target muna ay ang ipanalo o atlis itabla ang bawat match... basta walang olats. Sa last 2 or 3 rds e pag may tsansa sa norm ay tsaka kakamadahin yan. Si Jayson ay good for 4 games, para makapahinga ang bawat isa sa regular. Unless na biglang nagpasikat si Jay e di banat lang. Aug-04-14    joeyj: Board Pairings - Open Round 3 on 2014/08/04 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg 0 : 0 20.1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2744 - GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 20.2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2717 - GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 20.3 GM Korobov, Anton 2680 - GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 20.4 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2707 - FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140... Board Pairings - Women Bo. 8 Poland (POL) Rtg - 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg 0 : 0 15.1 GM Socko, Monika 2470 - WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 15.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2398 - WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 15.3 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina 2380 - Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 15.4 WGM Bartel, Marta 2359 - WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140... Aug-04-14    pinoymaster77: Black si AFGM vs GM Anton Korobov, whose CG.com repertoire with WHITE eh ff: With the White pieces: Nimzo Indian (51) E55 E47 E53 E59 E52 Slav (35) D10 D17 D15 D16 D18 King's Indian (29) E97 E94 E91 E92 E90 Grunfeld (27) D86 D87 D85 D70 D88 Queen's Gambit Declined (21) D31 D35 D38 D36 D39 Queen's Indian (20) E12 E15 E17 E13 Aug-04-14    torrefan: I predict a 2.5 -1.5 win by the Phils. against the mighty Ukraine with win by Catas and the Berserker. Aug-04-14    allan.dinglasan: Game na! yahoo Olympiad na!!! Aug-04-14    spawn2: Basically, GM Korobov is a d4 player. His scores vs the Nimzo Indian and Slav are very impressive. Hope Asia's First Grandmaster has tricks under his sleeves that will confuse the SGM from Ukraine. He has employed his pet Nimzo Indian. Laban Pinas! Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Hindi ko gusto ang mga choices of opening ng mga bradidik natin. Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Wow, doubled c-pawn si JP, with the open c-file. Obviously ay di aral si JP sa opening na ito, pero bakit nya ginamit ito? Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Gusto ko ang pwesto ni Eugene. Bwisit ang reyna nya sa a5. May posibilidad din ng kingside pawn storm. Maganda ang laban na ito. Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Si Cata rin ay di prep sa linyang pinasok nya. Wala pang 10 moves e kulang na sa isang oras siya. Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Ouch, mali-mali ang pagdala ni Cata sa opening. Mukhang olats. Always use your mastered opening. Aug-04-14    spawn2: Mabigat ang inog ng Planet Chucky. Iba talaga pag-elite Master Isku! He is slowly grabbing the initiative. But GM Ino is still in the ballgame ika nga. GMs Torre, Gomez and IM Bersamina lamang pa sa oras and medyo stable pa position. Laban lang! Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Oposit kulay ang target ni Cata. May tsansa pa itong itabla. Aug-04-14    batongol: malakas ang c5 ni Anton. kailangang malaman ang sagot ni AFGM.. Aug-04-14    bubuli55: Gud am. Maganda ang Laban ngayon. Sana makatabla lahat sila :) Aug-04-14    Iskubadayb: Medyo sumasama ang pwesto ng yokabz ni Paulo. Gipit sa espasyo. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 442 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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