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 451 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Tama yan... respeto sa laro... ibuhos ang makakaya... kung ano ang resulta ay tanggapin. Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Naalala ko yung laro ni Euge kahapon ay siguradong kita nya yung panalo kung preskiting pa sya. Simple lang e... tsek tsek lang para tulak ang hari ng itim sa Qside sabay palitada ng tore at sakto ang sundot sa doublepyon ng kalaban sa d1. Samantalang ang connected pyones nya ay walang pigil ang pag reyna. Science lab. Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: Malaman natin mamayang 4pm kung ano line-up. Baka naman today eh wala nang campaigning, kasi bukas na yata election. At kung nakarating 6 NCFP Directors eh task nila to help Mr. Butch campaign. Though, mukhang sa mga nabasa lang eh may lamang pa din Kirsan as the incumbent. Saka may contested daw na legality of about 25 proxy votes na hawak ng Kirsan camp. Pero, if not counting those 25 contested votes, eh lamang pa din Kirsan camp by over 25 votes, eh sila na ulit uupo... Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: 4GMs and an IM ang line-up ng Bangladesh. Draw sila with Belgium, while nadale sila ng Singapore kaya andun sa 76th place. Di sila pushover, mapapalaban na naman Men's team natin, may they get their EXTRA energy ! Aug-09-14    Iskubadayb: Kung boboto ako ay kay Kirsan ako kaya oki sa kin ang balitang yan. Elitista si Kasping. Sandals na pala ako. Bukas ulit, TonyMayls. :) Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: Mas 'level playing field' this time sa 2014 Tromso Olympiad for the Men's field. Yung mga traditional powerhouses eh di na ganun ka DOMINANT where tatambay sila sa TOP 5 o TOP 10 kada round, and other countries don't have the firepower to match up with them. But not ANYMORE, after 7 rounds na to eh TOP 5 ang Azerbaijan,China, Czechs (beat Russia !), Bulgaria and Romania. France and Cuba are within striking distance at 6th and 7th. For the 'chess powers' eh 8th ang Armenia, 10th ang Ukraine, 11th ang Hungary,14th ang USA and 16th ang Russia. For other pretenders eh Netherlands at 15th, Israel at 17th England at 21st. Making a splash / surprises are India at 9th and Indonesia at 22nd. Vietnam is not having a good Olympiad compared to previous editions, nasa 32nd, napupuntusan sila sa lower boards with their IMs (wala GM Dao). Pero nitong last 4 rounds, eh baka make their final moves na mga 'chess powers', will separate the men from the boys. Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: India is being towed pala sa Boards 2 and 4, a younger GM Sethuraman 2590 is ably manning Bd2 with 5/6, GM Sasikiran 2669 with 4.5/6 and AFGM's suki GM Adhiban 2619 with 5/7 so far, all 3 are undefeated so far. Something to watch out for if our GMs play again in Indian tournaments o magkaroon ulit ng chess sa Asian Games in near future. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140... Aug-09-14    wordfunph: right master Isku, my vote for Kirsan. if it ain't broke, don't fix. Aug-09-14    spawn2: Mga pagod na but wala tayo magagawa dyan. When the going gets tough,the tough gets going! Last 4 rounds, make your move Team Pinas! I-iscore yan vs Bangladesh tonight! Aug-09-14    wordfunph: yup <spawn>, i-iskor yan vs Bangladesh ng 1.5 haha! bad joke. Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: Indonesia Mens team eh fieled a 'transition team' and isang GM lang with Mega at top board. Taking a peek why 'high' ang ranking nila at 22nd eh may buwenas din sa ibang earlier pairings. But for rd8, they will crash into powerhouse Israel : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140... Aug-09-14    pinoymaster77: Let's say some EXTRA fervent prayers for our teams, specially our Mens team for that added wisdom and energy ! Aug-10-14    spawn2: Hehehe..panalalakas ko lang loob natin lahat :) Btw, pls watch Ang Pagpupugay this afternoon (5 pm) sa GMA News TV. Aug-10-14    Pulo y Gata: I peeked at GM Torre's game near the end last night but didn't finish. I was looking at Rd8+ Kc6 (Kc5 Rc7+ Kb4 Rxd4 exd4 Rc1 d2 Rd1 Kc3 f7 Kc2 Rxd2+Kxd2 Kg7 d3 f8=Q Rxf8 Kxf8 =) Rxd4 exd4 Rh3! d2 Rd3 Kc5 f7 Kc4 Rxd2!, but maybe he missed a win much earlier. Aug-10-14    spawn2: According to an Inq7 article, GM Jayson was ready to suit up for Rd 7 but GM JP still wanted to see action. Let's see if GM Jayson will finally don his cape for Rd 8. Aug-10-14    Pulo y Gata: As Superman Ozawa of Naked Ambition says: When things get tough, we get tougher! Something like that. Aug-10-14    lakers4sho: Laban pilipinas puso Aug-10-14    dunkenchess: Laban Pilipinas maski puso na lang ang maiwan. hehehe... Aug-10-14    gokusano: All out na ngayon team Pinas, rest naman bukas. Inom ng gaytoreyd para sa adisyonal na enerhiya! Aug-10-14    wordfunph: GM Gonzales finally suited up against Bangladesh.. GM Murshed Niaz (2453) - GM Jayson Gonzales (2405) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr140... Aug-10-14    spawn2: Hmm..very interesting. All GM line-up for both Teams! Aug-10-14    pinoymaster77: First ALL GM line-up nga for PHI. Ganun din Bangladeshis Aug-10-14    joeyj: R8: Team & Board Pairings Round 8 on 2014/08/10 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 55 Bangladesh (BAN) Rtg - 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 0 : 0 38.1 GM Rahman, Ziaur 2523 - GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 38.2 GM Abdulla, Al-Rakib 2522 - GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 38.3 GM Hossain, Enamul 2421 - GM Torre, Eugenio 2438 38.4 GM Murshed, Niaz 2453 - GM Gonzales, Jayson 2405 Women: Bo. 28 Mongolia (MGL) Rtg - 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 0 : 0 19.1 IM Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 2410 - WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 19.2 WGM Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs 2346 - WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 19.3 WFM Lkhamsuren, Uuganbayar 2125 - Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 19.4 WIM Ankhchimeg, Bayanmunkh 2123 - WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 Aug-10-14    Pulo y Gata: Go, Jayson "the messiah" Gonzales! Aug-10-14    gokusano: I draw pag hindi kabisado ang opening. Mas makakabuti yun kesa mag ispekyuleyt dahil hindi naman sya ensayado at GM din naman katapat nya. It's enough that he can give one of his team mates the much needed rest. Preskiting na si Paulo sa kanyang pagbabalik. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 451 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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