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 450 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-09-14    Pulo y Gata: So phi lost to geniokov's team! So sad that the country's top hope is coaching a foreign country. Come back, geniokov, come back! Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: Ah kaya naman pala, may nabigay palang valiable tips si Genio sa Austrianos ah! (joke lang). Baka dapat dun nga may stop sila IM Pau and GM JP someday. Meantime after round 6 eh 58th ang Mens team vs ranking of 52nd, while the Womens team eh 45th vs ranking of 43rd. Kaya lang its not really vs a lower rated country in an odd even round, its going to be vs 44th ranked Belgium which has 2 GMs and 2 IMs, puedeng match din yun lang their players are higher rated, mukhang susceptible sila sa Board 4 (IM Pau's shot again?). The Womens team can complete their 'comeback' to the target circle with another match win vs the lower rated Egypt. If its any consolation, 8th seed Poland na naka draw nila is in 3rd place while 11th seeded Spain who beat them now in 20th place. Aug-09-14    wordfunph: brethren <geniokov>, anlufet ng Austria! grats brother. Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Ngayon lang ulit. Husay ng mga bata ko ha. :) Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Ganda ng panalo ni Mag kay Caru... parang mahika. Tuyot ang pwesto pero biglang nakamada. Grabe tumulak si Maging. Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Di ko gusto ang dxc ni brader. Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Parating debalde sa pwesto ang mga bata natin dahil masama ang mga pambukas nila. Halating na pangit ang prepa. Mahirap magtagumpay pag ganito. Sana sa susunod ay buo na ang team malayo pa at merong ilang buwang prepa. Aug-09-14    dunkenchess: Lahat ay maneuvering for good positions pa. Walang tension pa. Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: So far ay ok si bradidik. Wag lang mataymtrobol e walang talo ito. Sandals na muna. Aug-09-14    dunkenchess: Mukhang ubosh si Paulo ngayon Aug-09-14    spawn2: GM Eugene will get an addtl 30 minutes thinking time to plan his assault carefully. Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: Good pm, may pagasa pa match, for awhile lamang Ino and looking like sya maka win pero tumagilid at sometime nung may connected passed pawns, pero buhay pa chances ni Ino. Yung kay AFGM eh tig 2 rooks and pawns endgame, teritoryo eyo ng Living Legend. Aug-09-14    joeyj: R7: Team & Board Pairings/RESULTS Men/Open: Bo. 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 44 Belgium (BEL) Rtg : 1½ : 2½ 31.1 GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 - GM Winants, Luc 2545 : ½-½ 31.2 GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 - GM Michiels, Bart 2535 : ½-½ 31.3 GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 - IM Ringoir, Tanguy 2508 : ½-½ 31.4 FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 - IM Docx, Stefan 2491 : 0-1 Women: Bo. 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 59 Egypt (EGY) Rtg : 3 : 1 25.1 WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 - WGM Mona, Khaled 2169 : 0-1 25.2 WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 - WGM Wafa, Shrook 2065 : 1-0 25.3 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 - WIM Moaataz, Ayah 1954 : 1-0 25.4 WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 - WFM Abdelmenaem, Sohayla 1782 : 1-0 Aug-09-14    Pulo y Gata: amazing rating for most of egypt's titled women players. paulo's opponent bored him to submission. Aug-09-14    jaimenarin: bawi na lang sa susunod na laban.sabi nga ni the Legend ay yung last three rounds yung crucial..Go go go team Pinas!! Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Wow, may panalo pala yung laro ni bradidik. Mas malakas ang paspyones nya kesa sa kalaban. Sayans yun ha. Aug-09-14    shadowleaf04: Still undefeated after seven (7) grueling rounds! Truly an inspiration for all chess players! Aug-09-14    gokusano: Going to round 8, the fab 4 must be dead-flat tired already. Feeling exhausted going to the crucial last four round is the most unimaginable situation they can hardly evade. Without a reserve to cushion off some pressure, the players will literally lay down their last waning strength fighting for our beloved country. Something to juice up their adrenalin must be induced to them. I'm not insinuating PED. Maybe a word of stimulation from Pichay like promising them house and lot if they individually could win all their remaining assignments. Ang mga players ang naghihirap makipagbakbakan, ang mga junkets parang turistang nagpapasarap. Aug-09-14    joeyj: R8: Team Pairings Round 8 on 2014/08/10 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 38: 55 Bangladesh (BAN) - 52 Philippines (PHI) Women: Bo. 19: 28 Mongolia (MGL) - 43 Philippines (PHI) Aug-09-14    gokusano: Quo vadis, team Philippines? Is it up or down? Even the lightest assignments can give them a head ache now. Fatigue is a factor you cannot cure in just a matter of day. Hope they still have the determination and the extra strength to keep them going. On the other hand, the ladies could have a positive result today. They are a five woman team that can properly be rotated to face the crucial last four rounds. Go, go, go! Aug-09-14    epistle: There should be no more draws. At this stage, it is better to lose by trying to win, than to draw by trying not to lose. The worst possible finish should not be feared--at least it'll be another record in the history books. Aug-09-14    wordfunph: kuya Eugene, isang request lang sana maitumba natin ang Bangladesh. Tinalo tayo nyan noong Bled 2002 Olympiad 1.5-2.5, buhos natin sa round 8. Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Dapat maglaro si Jayson dahil fresh na fresh ang utak nyan sa chess. Basta gamit lang sya ng sep na pambukas, mamimisak yan. Sa xp ko ay maganda ang laro ko tuwing galing ako sa mahabang pahinga. Ang problema lang parati ay bukasan dahil walang handa pero oras makapunta sa gitna ay usok na. Nakados na im norms pa ko ng retirado na ko. :) Aug-09-14    dunkenchess: Wala nang bawi bawi sa sunod na laban. Keep cool lang at kung me tabla go for it, puntos din yan. Mahirap yang do or die. Itong Olympiad para na ring isang 12 round boxing championship baka akala nyo. Ang mga players, the Fab 4, ang mahihirapan. Wala kasing active alternate, meron man pang uuto lang yan. Akoy nagpapasalamat ke pichay for this gruesome picture. Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Ang problema e kung di sya nakalaro early on ay mas hirap na ngayon dahil aalalayan na nyan ang bossing nya dahil tatakbo sa eleksyon ni Kasping. 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