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 467 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-03-14    Pulo y Gata: Puso is good, but heartbreaks happen. Reality check for PHI basketball. Perhaps two or three naturalized players will do it. Sep-03-14    mysql: Why not make it 12 naturalized players, including the coaching staff. Sep-03-14    bubuli55: There's a couple of dozen players from N Korea who would jump on that offer. Sep-03-14    torrefan: <mysql: Why not make it 12 naturalized players, including the coaching staff.> Or they should be trained to jump higher, to compensate for lack of height (never mind that they had almost the same average height as the Puerto Ricans--but they were already tired, of course). Anyway, Gilas is about to make history: five consecutive near wins with the entire nation cheering the team's near victories. Onward mga kapuso! Sep-03-14    bubuli55: IDK. I think Nothern Consolidated has the blueprint for a Phil team. A rebounder/shot blocker, a slasher and 3 pure shooters. And a superb coach. Sep-03-14    wordfunph: only Distrito can stop Barea. Sep-03-14    Pulo y Gata: <Sep-03-14 wordfunph: only Distrito can stop Barea.> Gretchen would an entire team. Sep-03-14    wordfunph: i'm not in favor of naturalized players, para tumangkad painumin ng Cherifer araw-araw ang LAHAT ng kabataang Pinoy. di pwedeng PUSO lang ang panlaban. Sep-03-14    Pulo y Gata: <Sep-03-14 mysql: Why not make it 12 naturalized players, including the coaching staff.> yes, usa should colonize phi again. maybe spain. they fight first: Sep-03-14    pinoymaster77: If eligible under current FIBA rules, Clarkson (LAL), Pringle and Banchero are possibilities. Sila Ray Parks, Greg Slaughter, Matt Ganuelas, Kiefer Ravena and Mac Belo are prospects from the Gilas Sinag / cadet pool. Pero teka, laruin muna yung Asian Games then saka na krokis sila Kots Chot and staff. Still our best World Championship ever, in terms of loss margins. I mean if will also check the 1972 Munich Olympics, tambak din tayo under All Filipino set-up. Sep-03-14    Pulo y Gata: when phi gets all the foreign players it could gets, we should call them usa team b or spain team b, something like that. we are hopeless hopers we are. Sep-03-14    bubuli55: Saw highlights on utube. Defense needs a lot to be desired. Lack of transition defense. Soft pick and roll defense. Sep-04-14    torrefan: The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), which opened in 1975, is the <world's> second-oldest professional basketball league after the NBA. At that time, the Senegalese do not even know yet what basketball was. Its population was then just in a basic survival mode, wracked by civil strife, famine and malnutrition. I therefore expect the Gilas Team--a product of almost 40 years of basketball practice and expertise and beefed up by importations and naturalizations--to make a mincemeat of the Senegal team which learned to play basketball only three years ago. Sep-04-14    spawn2: Rudy "The Destroyer" Distrito, the Ivan Drago of PBA. The description of the beautiful Ludmilla Bobet Drago of her husband perfectly fits Mr. Distrito..anything he sees..he destroys Sep-04-14    spawn2: Are you considered adik sa FIBA basketball if you found yourself looking for a restaurant or bar in Makati Avenue where you can watch the last game of Gilas vs Senegal because you will not be able to make it to your house for the start of the game?:) Sep-04-14    torrefan: Gilas news flash: <We need to develop shooters, says Salud> Good idea. If you can't beat them, shoot them. Sep-04-14    gokusano: <Anyway, Gilas is about to make history: five consecutive near wins with the entire nation cheering the team's near victories. Onward mga kapuso!> Hahaha... sakit tyan ko sa kakatawa. Whatever, these players earn millions via basketball. Mababaw lang kaligayahan ng mga Pinoy. Kahit haging lang, pwede na. Sep-04-14    SugarDom: sORRY BUT the basketball team is performing better than our chess players which is incredible. Sa chess blown out tayo last Olympiad. Sep-04-14    bubuli55: < torrefan: Gilas news flash: <We need to develop shooters, says Salud> Good idea. If you can't beat them, shoot them. > Haha. Classic! One of those I'd put in my back pocket. :) Sep-04-14    bubuli55: The closest thing Gilas can do to that is to bewitch their opponents. They can bring sawing needles to the games. At least that's what we did in the 70's. Our opponents were like - How did I get a pin in my belly? Sep-04-14    bubuli55: < spawn2: Rudy "The Destroyer" Distrito, the Ivan Drago of PBA. The description of the beautiful Ludmilla Bobet Drago of her husband perfectly fits Mr. Distrito..anything he sees..he destroys > I remember one time at that UltraLife gym, Rudy Distrito was bullying and making fun of the other players. Stocky little guy. Sep-04-14    Pulo y Gata: What I remember about Distrito is what he did to Allan Caidic. No matter how great he was, that erased everything for me. Sep-04-14    pinoymaster77: Patsiring tsiring lang nood tonight at baka maging sad ulit, at there were several stretches in the game na may feeling ng deja vu lalo na nung humabol at lumamang pa ang Senegal, then leading ang Gilas by 3 points then sa last posession ng kalaban eh naka 3 offensive rebounds pa and 3-pointer to tie it a 64, then yung last shot ni LA Tenorio di pumasok. Sa overtime, mas nakauna Senegal then nag foul out si Blatche, buti lumabas ang Pinoy style basketball and na-feed Junemar and they made 5 freethrows thru RDO, Junemar and Jimmy to take the lead for good. As per TV5 guest Coach Tim Cone eh this is just the BEGINNING, and magandang pabaon eto for the Asian Games. 1st WIN in the World Championship in 40 years, mukhang PHI will be regulars to the FIBA Asia elite and the Olympics/World Cup nito, am sure up and coming young players would follow the footsteps of the Gilas heroes! Sep-04-14    Pulo y Gata: then jaworski's slit throat gesture and unmistakable "patay na ba?" Sep-04-14    Pulo y Gata: MVP must have promised additional incentive to the gilas players to win vs senegal because, reportedly, some people from the official delegation of senegal talked down to phi delegation that included mvp. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 467 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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