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 453 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Chess is hard. Now you win now you lose. Ganyan talaga, better luck next round. IMO hindi maging exposure ang Olympics. Exposure should be in open tournaments prior to Olympics just like those top players are doing from Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary, etc. Parang ginawa pang training ground ang Olympic. Lol. Parang nauna ang national para exposure tapos sa regional ang pinale. Ano ba yan. Aug-11-14    spawn2: All is not lost for Team Pinas. 3 more rounds of action. Top 30 is a possibility. Post mortem analysis will happen after the Olympiad but today until August 14 eh tsiring tsiring pa rin:) Aug-11-14    manorchy: Asian Teams after Round 8: China 14 pts India 12 Uzbekistan 11 Vietnam 11 Indonesia 10 Malaysia 10 Iran 9 Bangladesh 8 Philippines 8 Mongolia 8 Japan 8 Thailand 8 Pakistan 8 Sri Lanka 8 Interesting to note the team of FIDE first timers from OMAN, seeded 173 out of 177, also has 8 pts. Didn't bother to put the respective starting/current ranks to spare anyone reading from further depression. Exposure to international competition is one thing, they get plenty of that, but translating that to positive results (improvement in performance, skill, fundamentals, etc) is another. Aug-11-14    spawn2: GM Torre has earned 5.1 elo points after eight (8) rounds. He has overtaken IM Yap to occupy 11th place in the Philippines' FIDE Rating list. GM Salvador is holding the 10th position with 2449. Two more wins for GM Eugene and he will again enter Top 10. Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: TY, Manorzki. Hayup ang picture ano? Mga suki lang natin lahat yan dati. Ngayon e kasama natin ang mga tsimayzki sa kusina. Ubosh tawi! Iba talaga ang takbo ng chess noon. Di ito naiintindihan ng mga hindi serious/pro na manlalaro... ang national open ay parang lifeline sa amin! Kaya kung taon-taon ito ay parating pursigido ang buong bansa na makasingit every year, kaya parating may bagong talent na nadidiskubre!! Napag-iwanan na tayo. Buti na lang at pumipitik pa si Super Lolo! :) Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: Kapuntos natin ang Japan, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh at Mongolia?? Eh sisirohin yan ng Timog all-star noon! Grabe nangyari sa ating chess. Tagal pinaghirapan ni Pocamps ibuild e lusaw na agad. :( Aug-11-14    joeyj: R9: Team & Board Pairings Round 9 on 2014/08/11 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 159 Pakistan (PAK) Rtg - 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 0 : 0 40.1 IM Lodhi, Mahmood 2335 - GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 40.2 IM Mirza, Shahzad 2268 - GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 40.3 Syed, Ahmad Ali 0 - FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 40.4 Iqbal, Mudasir 0 - GM Gonzales, Jayson 2405 Women: Bo. 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 86 Costa Rica (CRC) Rtg : 0 : 0 27.1 WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 - WFM Gamboa Alvarado, Olga Leticia 1899 27.2 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 - WFM Rodriguez Arrieta, Maria Elena 1920 27.3 WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 - Acevedo Mendez, Lisseth 1846 27.4 Bernales, Christy Lamiel 2055 - Ramirez Gonzalez, Maria Jose 1764 Aug-11-14    spawn2: If you are the coach and Philippines blanked Pakistan in Round 9, will you extend GM Torre's vacation in Round 10? Aug-11-14    Pulo y Gata: <Aug-11-14 spawn2: If you are the coach and Philippines blanked Pakistan in Round 9, will you extend GM Torre's vacation in Round 10?> Aye! Aug-11-14    bubuli55: Balik sa unang laynap. Kailangan na ni Jayson ang pahinga. :) Aug-11-14    Pulo y Gata: Ang importante mapahinga sa final onslaught. Kung hindi si GMT e si Ino dahil mabigat ang uno nyang hawak. Aug-11-14    gokusano: <Iskubadayb: Kapuntos natin ang Japan, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh at Mongolia?? Eh sisirohin yan ng Timog all-star noon! Grabe nangyari sa ating chess. Tagal pinaghirapan ni Pocamps ibuild e lusaw na agad. :(> Is this the real thing? Sad reality indeed. Akala ko malaki nagawa ni Pichay at ng NCFP dahil marami ang lumabas na Grandmasters, kasama na si Wesley So, sa panahon ng kanilang panunungkulan. Pero parang napag iiwanan pa rin tayo base sa mga resultang internasyonal, at pinakahuli ay itong Olimpyada. Maaring nag improve ang RP chess, pero sa resulta parang mas malaki imprubment ng mga kapitbahay natin sa Asya. Ano kaya ang kulang? Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Kulang na kulang sa training period. Dun pa lang sa NCFP Calendar, nung kalalabas lang nung Jan 2014 eh yun agad pinuna on why the BOGM is sked for late June, eh very close na to the Olympiad in August. Anyway, more on that later on, few days after the Olympiad and back na sila sa Pinas. Aug-11-14    gokusano: Balik Berphy, pahinga si AFGM. Bukas pahinga si Ino, sa susunod si JP. Balik orihinal na layn ap sa last day. Ito ang viewable setup. Pero paano pag nagpapanalo si Gonza? Ipahinga nalang si Pichay! Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Ang PINAKAMAINIT na event today eh yung FIDE Assemby and yung elections. Eto post ni Mr. Paul Truong sa FB : "Today is big election day in Tromso at Chess Olympiad Norway 2014. Here are a few well publicized battles: For the election for the Presidency of FIDE, it will be Kirsan Ilyumzhinov vs Garry Kasparov. For the leadership post of ECU, it will be Silvio Danailov vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili. For the leadership post of Asian Chess, it will be Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan vs Prospero Pichay. For Olympiad 2018, it will be Batumi, Georgia vs South Africa. Kasparov has a big team of lawyers in Tromso for many days. He has a humongous budget to get his message out. This will be the ugliest election in FIDE history. Expect lawsuits & complaints, etc. For the ECU post, it will also be nasty but on a smaller scale. For Asian Chess, the word on the street is it will be a lopsided win by Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan since his opponent has no track record outside of the Philippines and few even knows who he is. For Olympiad 2018, the Batumi bid will win big as it has the potential to be one of the best Chess Olympiad ever.The results should be known later on this evening (local Tromso time)." Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Tingnan ko kung kaya nila. Napagiwanan na tayo ng mga kapitbahay. Anong kulang-walang kulang nasobrahan lang sa galing. Asian leadership post - pichay hu? Lol. Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: Lalaro si Euge sa last two kahit anong mangyari sa Pakistan match. Cata or JP ang pahinga sa next round. Wala ng talo si Jay dito. Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Gomez win! Rest are winning? Nil ata Pakistan. Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: Panalo na itong kay Jay. Medyo mahirap ipanalo ang kay Paul Berphy. Kung may katas pa si Cata e pwedeng gapangin ang pwesto nya. Looking good. Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Nga pala, napansin ko sa lower boards ng England eh sila GMs Howell and Sadler ang fielded. Kasama pa din pala GM Nigel pero di maganda resulta nasa 1.5/4, nung na 2 sunod na losses eh rest muna sya since his last game in rd6. Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: Ganda ng panalo ni Jay. Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Jayson is also winning! Abay hindi masama. OK na OK. Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: Draw na dapat ang kay Paul para panalo na ang match at maaga ang pahinga. Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Panalo na nga. Big rounds of applause to GM John Paul Gomez and GM Jayson Gonzales for jobs well done. Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Dalawa na lang. Hindi rin maiiwan tong baso ko, me laman pa. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 453 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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