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 445 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-05-14    kardopov: Kumusta mga kaibigan? Okey ba kayo riyan?Manalo sana mga pinoy teams mamaya. Go! Go! Go! Aug-05-14    spawn2: <jivepar> Thanks for the youtube link: ) Aug-05-14    spawn2: Nimzo-Larsen for GM Torre Sicilian for IM Bersamina Ruy Lopez for GM Gomez Slav for GM Sadorra Laban Pinas! Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Solid lang si bradidik. Nakaiwas sa mga tyuri at kanya-kanyahan na lang ito. :) Aug-05-14    bubuli55: < Alexhine > < wordz > It makes sense. Let's think about it. Julio and Paulo are first timers. Sabik ang dalawa na yan. Si JP addict din yan sa laro. Si AFGM e malakas at palaban yan. Malayo ang byenahe ng mga yan. Diretso! :) Aug-05-14    spawn2: Master Isku and mga brader..GM Eugene has his eyes on the 3 boards. Pag lumamang na at secured na ang puntos eh kaya na i-lawanit ini! Aug-05-14    kramrich: Maganda tayo ng ladies team natin. Top 10 in the works. Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: I like his chances here. I expect a good result. Aug-05-14    pinoymaster77: Good pm! Nice to see kramrich na bumisita dito, its been awhile ! Aug-05-14    kramrich: Lagi ako ngbabasa pinoy master dito. The men's will win this. Aug-05-14    pinoymaster77: Double edged yung game ni WIM Fronda at Bd3 Aug-05-14    pinoymaster77: Good to know kramrich, how are the twins? Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Well, kung ang pakay lang dito sa olimpyada ay participation, ok lang ang laro araw-araw. Pero kung playing your best potential ang pakay, w/c should always be the case, di uubra ang walang pahingahan. Even line-ups of super gms need to take breaks. Pahirap ng pahirap ang bawat match simula ng rd 2 lalo na kung may mga dikdikan na mahahabang laban, simot agad ang katas nila sa gitna pa lamang. Remember last time e yun ang nangyari sa dulo kaya kinapos. Importante ang palitada ng mga players. Matyagan nyo ang palitada ng team Russia. Aug-05-14    kramrich: Okay naman pinoy master nagaaral na. Nagyari ako 2050 and below nung June Sayang 2 talo ko parehong time forfeit. Wala practice sa blitz hehe Aug-05-14    pinoymaster77: Iskuba, Mukhang di pa decisive advantage nila GM Ino and AFGM, ano latest assessment Yung kila Ino, pareho pang tumatambay mga hari sa gitna Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Type ni bradidik ang ganitong pwesto, so unless na mabigat ang mga tirang bibitawan ng kalaban e tsapsuy ang inaasahan ko dito. Di ko actually nasubaybayan ang laro ni Cata. I actually looked at the engine move sa laban nya at mukhang panalo na nga kung makitz nya ang tira ng rubut, otherwise e lamang lang sa pwesto. Aug-05-14    pinoymaster77: Oki pupuntos pala sa Bds 3 and 4 sila AFGM and Pau, ang legend and future of Phil chess ! Sana pati yung kay Ino ma convert nya. Aug-05-14    jaimenarin: Go go go team Filipinas! Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Ah, nakitz ni Cata ang tira ng rubut. Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Paspyon sa Qside si Cata dito. Aug-05-14    jaimenarin: Mukhang papatak si Pau! Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Ganda ng pwesto ni Euge, plus mahaba pa ang oras kaya nangangamoy tsapsuy. :) Aug-05-14    bubuli55: Parang si Paulo ang pupunto. Kwaliti at posisyon. :) Aug-05-14    jaimenarin: Red yung move 13Rd1ni Ino .. Aug-05-14    bubuli55: Sarap panoorin ng kay sir Euge. Lahat ng pyesa atake. Kapit ! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 445 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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