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 454 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: Kirsan wins! Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Landslide nga 110 to 61, hope Kirsan fulfills the promises he made during his 2 Phil visits during the campaign. Did Bambol win with him ? Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Girls team up 3-0 vs Costa Rica with wins by WIM Frayna WNM Bernales and WIM Perena. Drawish kay WIM Fronda in rook and pawns endgame. 2-2 ang China and Ukraine, draw in all 4 boards. Magpilit siguro France vs Czechs to get share of lead with China. Aug-11-14    Iskubadayb: May tsansa itong kay Cata dahil ang h1 square ay same color as his bish. Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Iggy's post in FB Groups 'Chess Philippines' - good questions ! Ignacio Dee 1 min Kirsan is elected as Fide president again. Bambol will become sec-gen unless it does to another person. Pichay bet on the wrong horse. What happens to Philippine chess? 1. Will we have more tournaments for our masters, especially foreign tournaments, or must they find a way to compete in foreign tournaments? 2. Will there be more linkages with Fide to improve training through seminars and lectures? 3. Will training for international competitions be improved? 4. Or will we continue with the present state of affairs? Aug-11-14    cro777: Sheikh Sultan reelected Asian Continental President. 38-12 win over Pichay Prospero. Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Good am, Mens team now 63rd, will next face Bolivia which has 1GM and 2IMs in its line-up. Womens team will face a TOUGH Latvia team Let's PRAY and cheer for them. Aug-11-14    cro777: Reykjavik Open 2015 (March 10-18) Wesley So: "A wonderful event in Reykjavik next year! Memorable for me, reached 2700+ here. Going to give my best fighting chess this time!" Aug-11-14    joeyj: R9: Team & Board Pairings/RESULTS Round 9 on 2014/08/11 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 159 Pakistan (PAK) Rtg - 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 1 : 3 40.1 IM Lodhi, Mahmood 2335 - GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 : ½-½ 40.2 IM Mirza, Shahzad 2268 - GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 : 0-1 40.3 Syed, Ahmad Ali 0 - FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 : ½-½ 40.4 Iqbal, Mudasir 0 - GM Gonzales, Jayson 2405 : 0-1 Women: Bo. 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 86 Costa Rica (CRC) Rtg : 3½ : ½ 27.1 WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 - WFM Gamboa Alvarado, Olga Leticia 1899 :1-0 27.2 Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 - WFM Rodriguez Arrieta, Maria Elena 1920 : ½-½ 27.3 WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 - Acevedo Mendez, Lisseth 1846 : 1-0 27.4 Bernales, Christy Lamiel 2055 - Ramirez Gonzalez, Maria Jose 1764 : 1-0 Aug-11-14    wordfunph: just came from my barber and shaved clean :( decent finish na lang habol for the last two rounds, ayak na yang Bolivia. Aug-11-14    joeyj: R10: Team Pairings Round 10 on 2014/08/12 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 33: 52 Philippines (PHI) - 85 Bolivia (BOL) Women: Bo. 19: 25 Latvia (LAT) - 43 Philippines (PHI) Aug-11-14    spawn2: If makadalawang sunod eh kaya pumasok sa Top 30! Medyo kaya next opponent but should not be too complacent. 3 - 1 should be the score. Need every half point we can get for the tie breaks at the end. Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Napakasarap ng tulog ko kuya Eddie galing galing kasi ng 2 teams na panalo lahat. Our big congratulations to them for their big wins. Matinik pa rin si Jayson. Hindi ko malilimutan ang 2 talo ko sa kanya in an invitation nung IM pa sya. Ako pa lang nuon PM (parang master). He he he... Aug-11-14    dunkenchess: Kirsan again won. Nandyan na yan wala ng magawa si Gary. Money talks in election you know. Aug-11-14    pinoymaster77: Meantime, Bobby Ang's Chesspiece on the Olympiad after 7 rounds, also features the nice win of Uzbek ex-World Champ Rustam over Russia's Vlad at the top board : http://www.bworldonline.com/content... Aug-12-14    Iskubadayb: Ayak yang Bolivia. Chance ito para mapahinga si Cata. Namisplay nya ang endgame kagabi. Pagod na rin. Prez, bokalzki ka na rin HIHI. Banat tayo sa last 2. Masarap panoorin ang mga labang ito. Endgame na lang aabutin ko mamaya pero in spirit ay andun ako! :) Aug-12-14    joeyj: ^^^ selfie nga dyan bro <wordfunph> ! LOL Aug-12-14    spawn2: Extended vacation GM Eugene;) Aug-12-14    joeyj: R10: Team & Board Pairings Round 10 on 2014/08/12 at 14:00 : 8:00PM PHI Time Men/Open: Bo. 52 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 85 Bolivia (BOL) Rtg : 0 : 0 33.1 GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2590 - GM Zambrana, Oswaldo 2472: 33.2 GM Gomez, John Paul 2526 - IM Gemy, Jose Daniel 2332 : 33.3 FM Bersamina, Paulo 2363 - IM Cueto, Jonny 2283 : 33.4 GM Gonzales, Jayson 2405 - Monroy G., Javier A. 2150 : Women: Bo. 25 Latvia (LAT) Rtg - 43 Philippines (PHI) Rtg : 0 : 0 19.1 WGM Reizniece-Ozola, Dana 2278 - WIM Camacho, Chardine Cheradee 2214 : 19.2 WGM Rogule, Laura 2347 - WFM Frayna, Janelle Mae 2205 : 19.3 WGM Berzina, Ilze 2247 - Fronda, Jan Jodilyn 2098 : 19.4 WIM Skinke, Katrina 2217 - WIM Perena, Catherine 2165 : Aug-12-14    gokusano: Lamang pala sa lahat ng board ang rating ng latvia. Sana maitumba ng Pinas ang kalaban. Aug-12-14    kardopov: Hello everyone. I'm new here. Aug-12-14    kardopov: Pahinga pala si AFGM. Dapat si Ino ang pinahinga para makabawi ng lakas. Aug-12-14    SugarDom: O, nasa dyaryo si Mang Isku. http://www.journal.com.ph/sports/ot... “Kapuntos natin ang Japan, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh at Mongolia? Eh sisiruhin ‘yan ng Timog all-star noon.Grabe nangyari sa ating chess.Tagal pinaghirapan ni Pocamps (Campomanes) i-build, e lusaw na agad,” said two-time Olympiad member NM Ed Bernal ( 1980/1984). Aug-12-14    kardopov: Ito ba yun copy paste? <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-12-14    bubuli55: Our very own! We read it first here. :) Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 454 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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