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 449 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-08-14    jaimenarin: Go go go team Pilipinas!! Aug-08-14    spawn2: d4 player pala ito si IM Robert Kreisl.. Aug-08-14    spawn2: Mabilis tira ni Genius! IM Kreisl was the first to deviate playing 4.Nf3 instead of cxd5 in the game Villagra vs Torre, Tromso Olympiad 2014 Aug-08-14    pinoymaster77: Good pm, semi-Slav nga Pards. Aug-08-14    pinoymaster77: Meantime, JoeyV's update in Philstar after round 5 : http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014... Aug-08-14    kardopov: A player usually exhibit that extra mileage if he keeps on winning, otherwise he will feel the pain and suffer from exhaustion in case of a loss. Adrenalin rises however battered a player may be if there is something to cheer about, like the case of winning a game. But a vanquished player is more likely to acquire the feeling of a person in deep sorrow and grief in case of a loss. It is very distressful for a player in case he fails to contribute to cause of the team. In my opinion, Jayson (though I don't admire this person and I really doubt his capability) may provide the cushion the team will need in case of exhaustion. In tagalog, alalay sa tutukod. Jayson may opt not to slam bang but rather play solidly to eke out a draw. This strategy is better than letting the player crawl because of fatigue. Aug-08-14    dunkenchess: AFGM Mr Olympiad? I like that! Aug-08-14    epistle: I wonder if there's anyone playing in the olympiad today who likewise had played with Torre in the olympiad of 1970 or in one before 1970? Aug-08-14    dunkenchess: Maganda ang mga laban nila. Nagsolo sac kaya 1 piece up si AFGM. Maneuvering pa ang iba. Aug-08-14    SugarDom: Pwede siguro kami ni <epistle> sa Yap Island Chess Federation, sa Pacific Ocean. Lilipat kami ng federation Board 1 - epistle Board 2 - kardopov Board 3 - wordfunph Board 4 - sugardom Aug-08-14    spawn2: Hirap ang team Pinas sa Austria. Hope we survive this round although me five (5) rounds pa and will still have the chance to recover. Aug-08-14    spawn2: Nakadraw na IM Pau..our 3 GMs are against the ropes Aug-08-14    dunkenchess: Winning si Mr Olympiad. Aug-08-14    dunkenchess: Correction - lossing. Talo tayo. Aug-08-14    spawn2: Lumalaban pa GM Eugene for that precious half point. We went down vs Austria but kaya pa bumawi with 5 rounds to go. This is going to be a bumpy ride towards top 20: ) Tabla pa Genius hehehe Aug-08-14    spawn2: Iba ka talaga Genius! queening pawn ng kalaban, tapos quality down pa..nakatabla ka pa? Hanep!! Aug-08-14    kardopov: Draw! This is one for the record. Aug-08-14    kardopov: Nakabawi Women's team, 4-0! Gratz girls. Aug-08-14    joeyj: R6: Team & Board Pairings RESULTS Men/Open: Bo. 41 Austria (AUT) Rtg - 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 3 : 1 22.1 GM Ragger, Markus 2644 - GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 : 1-0 22.2 GM Shengelia, David 2556 - GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 : 1-0 22.3 IM Kreisl, Robert 2432 - GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 : ½-½ 22.4 IM Diermair, Andreas 2447 - FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 : ½-½ Women: Bo. 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 95 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Rtg : 4 : 0 33.1 WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 - WIM Al-Zarouni, Kholoud Essa 1862 : 1-0 33.2 WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 - WIM Nouman, Amna 1869 : 1-0 33.3 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 - Al-Zarouni, Aisha 1689 : 1-0 33.4 WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 - Abeer, Ali 1657 : 1-0 Aug-08-14    jaimenarin: May agimat si: "The living Legend of Philippine Chess"and "Mr Chess Olympiad".Nice draw Sir Eugene!!:) Aug-08-14    joeyj: R7: Team Pairings Round 7 on 2014/08/09 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 31: 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 44 Belgium (BEL) Women: Bo. 25: 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 59 Egypt (EGY) Aug-08-14    batongol: At move 19... I left the game because from the batil point of view, the AFGM will eventually lose it.. But Alas, the AFGM strikes again. That draw is like a win to me! So far, AFGM is living up with his name..the TORRE(tower) is hard to demolish. Aug-08-14    dunkenchess: Mr Chess Olympiad and the 'Grandson' are left standing. Magkasabay as chess Olympic ang lolo at apo, saan ka. Aug-09-14    bubuli55: 2wins and 4 draws. Eksayted aki. This can be one of AFGM's better performances in the Olympiad. Way to go Mr. Olympiad! Aug-09-14    wordfunph: isa pang mabagsik na laro tonight, gudlak GM Eugene "22nd Olympiad" Torre! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 449 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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