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Eugenio Torre
E Torre 
Photography courtesy of Philippine Chess.  

Number of games in database: 1,606
Years covered: 1968 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2417 (2423 rapid, 2343 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560
Overall record: +565 -304 =705 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 32 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (184) 
    B50 B83 B31 B30 B22
 Queen's Pawn Game (115) 
    D02 A45 A46 D00 A40
 Ruy Lopez (46) 
    C64 C92 C77 C84 C99
 French Defense (39) 
    C02 C07 C09 C04 C00
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E15 E17 E12 E16 E14
 Orthodox Defense (28) 
    D58 D61 D55 D50 D51
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (107) 
    C99 C80 C92 C77 C65
 Pirc (100) 
    B08 B07 B09
 King's Indian (84) 
    E62 E97 E73 E82 E92
 Slav (70) 
    D17 D14 D12 D10 D18
 Sicilian (68) 
    B42 B30 B57 B56 B43
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (58) 
    C99 C92 C91 C97 C96
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Karpov vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Tal vs E Torre, 1987 0-1
   E Torre vs Romanishin, 1988 1-0
   E Torre vs Ljubojevic, 1976 1-0
   Larsen vs E Torre, 1973 1/2-1/2
   Chiburdanidze vs E Torre, 1988 0-1
   E Torre vs Karpov, 1984 1-0
   E Torre vs Petursson, 1985 1-0
   E Torre vs J Tarjan, 1983 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship Final-B (1969)
   Melbourne Zonal (1975)
   Marlboro Chess Classic (1977)
   Manila (1979)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Jakarta (1978)
   Cleveland (1975)
   Chigorin Memorial (1980)
   Australian Open 1986/87 (1986)
   Biel Interzonal (1985)
   First Lady's Cup (1983)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 59 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 60 by 0ZeR0
   Eugenio Torre BEST GAMES by Gottschalk
   Filipino Masters vs World Champions by mikevg
   Biel Interzonal 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Nikki KID by reurbz
   Baku 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Asian Continental Blitz
   E Torre vs Praggnanandhaa (Jun-15-19) 0-1, blitz
   E Torre vs D H Nguyen (Jun-14-19) 1-0
   E Torre vs W Chu (Jun-13-19) 1/2-1/2
   K Y Chan vs E Torre (Jun-12-19) 1/2-1/2
   R Huang vs E Torre (Jun-11-19) 1-0

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EUGENIO TORRE
(born Nov-04-1951, 73 years old) Philippines

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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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1511968Manila MeralcoC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
2. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0641968Manila MeralcoE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0921968Manila MeralcoB20 Sicilian
4. B Berger vs E Torre  1-0491968Manila MeralcoA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
5. R Reyes vs E Torre  0-1361968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
6. G Badilles vs E Torre  1-0711968Manila MeralcoE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
7. E Torre vs E De Castro  0-1401968Manila MeralcoC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
8. E Torre vs J Lobigas  ½-½421968Manila MeralcoB27 Sicilian
9. S Aguilar vs E Torre  0-1231968Manila MeralcoB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. E Torre vs N Estimo  1-0301968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
11. E Torre vs K A Lim  ½-½481968Manila MeralcoB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
12. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre  ½-½351968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen  1-0431968Manila MeralcoC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
14. C Benitez vs E Torre  ½-½221968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez  0-1371968Manila MeralcoB03 Alekhine's Defense
16. W Hug vs E Torre  ½-½501969World Junior Championship qual-2B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
17. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½771969World Junior Championship qual-2C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. K Payrhuber vs E Torre  ½-½471969World Junior Championship qual-2B25 Sicilian, Closed
19. E Torre vs R M McKay  0-1321969World Junior Championship qual-2B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. A Sznapik vs E Torre  0-1461969World Junior Championship qual-2E97 King's Indian
21. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson  1-0471969World Junior Championship qual-2B07 Pirc
22. S Bouaziz vs E Torre  ½-½201969World Junior Championship Final-BB02 Alekhine's Defense
23. E Torre vs E M Green  ½-½491969World Junior Championship Final-BC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
24. J Kristiansen vs E Torre  0-1361969World Junior Championship Final-BE73 King's Indian
25. E Torre vs L Ogaard  ½-½251969World Junior Championship Final-BB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
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Aug-04-14  Iskubadayb: Tabla si Cata. Good job.
Aug-04-14  bubuli55: Yes! Tabla si Julio :)
Aug-04-14  bubuli55: Good games. Sabak uli bukas. Maybe JP Ned's to relax tomorrow.
Aug-04-14  Iskubadayb: Great hold on the top board by GM Sadorra. I thought his opening was dubious but kudos to him because there was something more to the position than it seemed. The Nxf2 sac was the key to his play. Even though the imminent exchanges that followed cost him two pawns, the opposite colored bishop ending, as well as a better pawn structure, was more than enough to hold the position.

JP played with a lot of energy, but the problem was his choice of opening. Because of his unfamiliarity with the opening, he never got a good grip of the position. His position slowly deteriorated and lost a pawn in the process, which started the downfall.

GM Torre played a very sound opening. His opponent played a solid game. White put a lot of pressure but Eugene had solid answers the whole way.

Paulo played with low energy in today's game. I expected it after a draining win yesterday... but what do I know.

Bounce back round tomorrow.

Sandals.

Aug-04-14  desertfox: Winning si WIM Fronda
Aug-04-14  desertfox: Panalo na nga!!
Aug-04-14  searchforbobby1: Naririto pala ang tropang sinusundan ko.. nawala na ang analysis at nangyayari sa page ni Wesley.. Magaling at pinutbabayan ang ating skeleteon crew team sa Norway. Thanks for all your analysis..
Aug-04-14  joeyj: R3 Results:

Men/Open

Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 3 : 1

20.1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily 2744 - GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 : ½-½

20.2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2717 - GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 : 1-0

20.3 GM Korobov, Anton 2680 - GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 : ½-½

20.4 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2707 - FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 : 1-0

Women:

Bo. 8 Poland (POL) Rtg - 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 2 : 2

15.1 GM Socko, Monika 2470 - WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 : ½-½

15.2 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2398 - WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 : ½-½

15.3 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska,
Karina 2380 - Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 :0-1

15.4 WGM Bartel, Marta 2359 - WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 :1-0

Aug-04-14  joeyj: R4: Team Pairings
Round 4 on 2014/08/05 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time

Men/Open:

Bo. 41: 52 Philippines (PHI) - 56 Finland (FIN)

Women:

Bo. 8: 43 Philippines (PHI) - 11 Spain (ESP)

Aug-04-14  spawn2: Congrats AFGM! Mabigat talaga ang mga tira pagdating ng Olimpiada!
Aug-04-14  batongol: great and solid game by Sadorra and the legend..

as i have noticed, their confident moves even in the early stage made their opponent confused. thus, the opposing #2 ranking country could not produce a perfect nil score to the Philippine team.

Aug-04-14  Pulo y Gata: I like Sadorra's defensive effort against Ivanchuk. The sequence Ne4-c5-Nxf2 was very nice!
Aug-04-14  pinoymaster77: Yup BIG DRAW by AFGM vs GM Anton Korobov who did very well in the last World Cup, iba talaga pag Olympiad play !
Aug-04-14  pinoymaster77: Iskuba,

Dun sa pag salvage ng MATCH DRAW ng Womens Team vs 8th seed Poland, please checkout the games of WIMs Frayna and Fronda (may WGM norms na in earlier events).

Yung kay WIM Frayna game eh had a BIG EDGE in the opening but lost it, then fell behind then salvaged the draw.

Aug-04-14  jivepar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09o...
Aug-04-14  Iskubadayb: Aye, I had a quick replay of their games. Based on those games e mas mahusay sa bukasan si Janelle. Both ladies were very resilient... parang mga tirador sa Timog. Medyo maraming inconsistencies here and there kaya up and down ang parehong laban nila. The skills are obviously there. Ito ang ibig sabihin kong neglected ang women's natin. Mukhang batak ang tiradingding nila pero kung may proper training ito ay magiging consistent at more solid ang mga tulak nito. Mamimisak ang mga ito ng mamaw. Better yet, sila ang magiging mamaw! :)
Aug-04-14  spawn2: After signal no. 4 that is Ukraine, medyo low pressure type muna(Finland) ang tatapat sa Team Pinas. Looking forward to the team gaining 2 pts after this round.

Sino kaya ang ipapahinga or me ipapahinga ba?

Aug-04-14  spawn2: <Ignacio Dee:Out of the four Nimzos, Torre has adopted an original setup. Four pawns are on the sixth rank. Korobov-Torre 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Bh4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6>

I wonder if GM Torre's game (Nimzo-Indian) will be featured in New in Chess for the Olympiad edition just like his win against GM Nigel Short (also a Nimzo) last Olympiad.

Can somebody with a premium membership kindly check if the set-up employed by GM Eugene was already used before.

Thanks

Aug-04-14  bubuli55: Alexhine. May kutob ako na diretso silang apat hanggang dulo. Batak at ensayado silang apat. Mga bata pa pati.
Aug-05-14  spawn2: <bubuli55>

pards..matutuwa sa yo si AFGM nyan : )

If ever GM Gomez is given a rest, GM Torre will pit wits with IM Mika Karttunen, a d4 player. Checking his chessgames.com page, no game registered vs Nimzo Indian Def.

Aug-05-14  geniokov: How´s our Phil Team? Yung Nimzo-Indian na laban niya kay Korobov remembers me about the famous Torre-Adorjan match na nandoon sa book na "Black is Ok" by Adorjan. Mukhang may improvement at novelty ang revival niya dito ah! Hindi pa tao si Korobov nitong famous TN na ito sa Nimzo-Indian.
Aug-05-14  geniokov: If you have this book of "Black is OK" by Andras Adorjan.Makikita nyo ang analysis nitong Opening na ito.The original setup was based in that game.Yung kay AFGM eh may improvement na ginawa.I think that 7..Qa5 was his improvement!Patent sa kanya yan!
Aug-05-14  joeyj: Round 4 on 2014/08/05 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time

Board Pairings - Open

Bo. 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 56 Finland (FIN) Rtg 0 : 0

41.1 GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 - GM Nyback, Tomi 2591

41.2 GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 - IM Karttunen, Mika 2437

41.3 GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 - IM Agopov, Mikael 2431

41.4 FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 - IM Sipila, Vilka 2425

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140...

Board Pairings - Women

Bo. 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 11 Spain (ESP) Rtg 0 : 0

8.1 WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 - IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2395

8.2 WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 - IM Alexandrova, Olga 2424

8.3 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 - IM Matnadze, Ana 2385

8.4 Bernales, Christy Lamiel 2055 - WIM Aranaz Murillo, Amalia 2314

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140...

Aug-05-14  geniokov: Sayang,hindi naman pala naglalaro sa Australia si Ariane Caolli eh di sana eh napakiusapan na maglaro sa RP Women´s Team.Lakas sana ng Women´s Team natin.At least eh may pang-alternate tayo na malakas din.
Aug-05-14  wordfunph: bubz, napabuhakhak mo ko :)

Unang Granmaestro ng Asya, arriba!

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