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 446 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-05-14    jaimenarin: Mate yung kalaban ni Paulo! Congrats Pau! Aug-05-14    spawn2: Nice 1 Pau!..scorer at Board 4! Aug-05-14    spawn2: Tablading na yung ke GM JP! Aug-05-14    dunkenchess: Fight AFGM! Fight fight fight. Aug-05-14    spawn2: Master Isku..Qh3 lang ba dapat tira Genius or Nxg7? Parang Pansol puzzle lang di ba? Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: I was looking at it e in the end ay, sa aking analisa ay the best move was a fast move dahil naubos ang oras nya dun. Kahit h4 e ok dahil lasting ang magandang pwesto nya. Nxg7 is always good pero ewan ko lang kung may oras syang kalkulahin dahil masyadong komplikado. Maraming reply ang itim. Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Ang kriptonayt kasi ni alamat ay paniktaym kaya dapat ay iniiwasan nya ito. Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Maaaring nakalkula na nya ang Nxg7. Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Blunder ang kalaban. Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Napanood na ni brader ito. :) Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Ika nga ni Ruben ay, "Kaya na ni Gatus ito!" HIHI. :) Aug-05-14    Iskubadayb: Una na kong kokongrats kay alamat. Sandals po. :) Aug-05-14    spawn2: 2nd point courtesy of AFGM! Aug-05-14    spawn2: ..and Team Pinas wins against Finland!! Aug-05-14    spawn2: Team Pinas will move up but not so much since 2.5 points lang nadagdag sa over-all score nila. Ok na siguro para di rin masyado malakas kalaban tomorrow. Sa Thursday pa first rest day. Aug-05-14    spawn2: Good morning, next opponent for Team Pinas will be 58th seed Chile. Aug-05-14    dunamisvpm: Mabuhay kayo! Laban P'nas! Have fun all the way! GOD bless the Philippines! Aug-05-14    joeyj: R5: Team Pairings Round 5 on 2014/08/06 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 31: 50 Chile (CHI) - 52 Philippines (PHI) Women: Bo. 21: 14 Bulgaria (BUL) - 43 Philippines (PHI) Aug-05-14    dunkenchess: Kawawa ang girls, nil sa Espana. Fight girls! Aug-05-14    pinoymaster77: Nice momentum, Chile may 2 GMs and 2 IMs, baka mga todo line-ups mamaya, then a MUCH NEEDED REST ! Mabigat din kaharap ng Womens team in Bulgaria, hinga ng fresh na hangin ! Aug-06-14    wordfunph: maong lang po kumukupas, isang kampay para kay Kuya Eugene! Aug-06-14    pinoymaster77: Ed Andaya's article in the Journal Group: http://www.journal.com.ph/editorial... Aug-06-14    joeyj: R5: Team & Board Pairings Round 5 on 2014/08/06 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 50 Chile (CHI) Rtg - 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 0 : 0 31.1 GM Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo 2533 - GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 31.2 GM Flores Rios, Mauricio 2537 - GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 31.3 IM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal 2457 - GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 31.4 FM Salinas Herrera, Pablo 2398 - FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 Women: Bo. 14 Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg - 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg 0 : 0 21.1 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2505 - WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 21.2 WGM Videnova, Iva 2342 - WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 21.3 WGM Nikolova, Adriana 2325 - Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 21.4 WGM Voiska, Margarita 2279 - Bernales, Christy Lamiel 2055 Aug-06-14    pinoymaster77: KAYA ULIT ng Men's team yan! Sa lower boards score ulit, and ganun din puedeng approach for the Womens team, sa Bd1 katapat ni WIM Camacho yung GM Stefanova, na World rapid champ yata. Pero si Cheradee eh fighter yan and usually unfazed, HOLD lang top board then iskor sa baba. Hopefully Christy is over her opening game jitters, and sila ni Jodilyn ang pumukpok sa baba. Aug-06-14    spawn2: Honestly, I cant understand the team's strategy of not giving any rest to either GM Ino or JP and giving GM Jayson the chance to revive his game which has been in slumber for 2 years. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 446 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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