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 477 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-14-14    pinoymaster77: Oki, game 5 daw resume mamaya, puti si Vishy... Ano kaya ilabas from the old bag of tricks? Nov-14-14    Nf3em: I predict 2 consecutive draws and decisive Game 7 ... Go go go Vishy! Nov-14-14    pinoymaster77: May tentative list of participants na sa NCFP site sa calendar portion for the 1st ewent na Phil Intl Chess Championship. Nasa list Georgian GMs Gagunashvili, Paichadze and Pantsulaia, Armenian GM Grigoryan and Indian IM Narayanan. Listed sila AFGM, GMs Ino and JP, and IM Pau among the Olympians. Listed din GMs Antonio, Bitoon, Laylo and Paragua. Nov-14-14    pinoymaster77: Truce ulit sa game 5, Magnus turn ulit to play white. Nov-14-14    pinoymaster77: They're listing 8, but my shortlist is still Tim Jawo and Tab. Depende na sa Coach (maybe in 2 weeks' time) yung magiging natl pool. http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014... Nov-17-14    pinoymaster77: Sayang di tumuloy Iskuba sa pagluwas dito, yung intl events sa Celebrity Sports sa QC eh malamang kabisado nya. 2 Russians SuperGM Popov and GM Mokharov has just been added to the stellar cast of foreign GMs. Sa local scene naman, nauuso chess team event todits after the commercially successful DLHSI 3rd edition where more than 50 teams competed. On Nov30 meron sa Pampanga, then Dec sa Bulacan and DLHSI 4th edition daw eyed in April in the summer. Yung 'for fun' team eyed ni spawn2 eh meron pang 5 months to prepare. Saka na isipin under what banner / team name. Kung may overseas GETS/BW naman na bibisita eh puede ding mag sponsor ng team by then. Nov-17-14    pinoymaster77: Sorry, di naman my bad may clearance/advice from spawn2 on Jawo topic as he's also in same Living Legend league. 2 interesting articles that have come across today : http://rivals.ph/basketball/2014/11... http://rivals.ph/opinion/2014/11/go... Nov-17-14    Nf3em: <Yung 'for fun' team eyed ni spawn2 eh meron pang 5 months to prepare. Saka na isipin under what banner / team name.> pwede, meron naman tayong <pulsar>, <nanobrain>, <sherrif>, atbp.; the only problem is they are all working ... kung weekends naman e family day. <Kung may overseas GETS/BW naman na bibisita eh puede ding mag sponsor ng team by then.> walang problema yan, di ba sir <isku>, sir <bubz>, atbp? Nov-17-14    spawn2: Good game for GM Anand, if he manages to draw game 7 with Black. He can go all out next game to try and even the match. Nov-17-14    epistle: I wonder if the results would have been the same had Carlsen been the old guy and Anand the young one with the genuine hair? Nov-17-14    pinoymaster77: A marathon draw! I guess good for Vishy's confidence, game 8 na yata mamaya and he handles white again http://www.newindianexpress.com/spo... Nov-18-14    kamagong24: sana may livestream coverage si GM Torre kasama pa isang pinoy master ng WCC 2014 para sa mga pinoy chessfans Nov-18-14    Nf3em: walang sponsor kaya medyo malabo yan ... Nov-18-14    kamagong24: so, wala talaga tayong maaasahan sa NCFP? Baka si Pacquiao pwede, tutal pinasok na niya basketball at bilyar, di naman siguro malaki ang gastos kumpara sa bilyar, mas tatalas isip ni Pacquiao dito! Nov-18-14    pinoymaster77: Draw ang game 8 Vishy Anand: “I didn't get much from this one, but there are still two games with white pieces.” Nov-18-14    Nf3em: <<Nf3em>: I predict 2 consecutive draws and decisive Game 7 ... Go go go Vishy!> I predicted Game 5 - Draw, Game 6 - Draw & Game 7 - Decisive; the actual result was Game 5 - Draw, Game 6 - Decisive, Game 7 - Draw ... na-rambol! Nov-19-14    joeyj: SBP narrows down choices to two ... November 19, 2014, 06:08 pm Read more at: http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/n... Nov-19-14    pinoymaster77: Nakaidlip pala Magnus nung game 2 he he, pero draw pa din. Sumilip event site and chessbomb kagabi eh wala so rest day pala, resume na game 9 tonight the first of the last 4 games ! http://sports.ndtv.com/chess/news/2... Nov-19-14    pinoymaster77: Nice piece by 'The Dean' Quinito, yes Jawo's role can be as Gilas brand ambassador : http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014... Nov-20-14    spawn2: GM Anand drawing game 9 in less than 25 moves. I expect Vishy to come out tomorrow with guns blazing Nov-22-14    pinoymaster77: Ang nabasa ko lang sa FB this am eh comment na Vishy had a threatening passed pawn, but checking game result eh WC Magnus able to draw naman. Just 2 games to go. Kahit ba maka match draw si Vishy, halimbawa eh 6-6, eh World champ still retains the crown? Nov-22-14    SugarDom: <Pinoymaster77>, iba na panahon ngayon. Wala ng advantage ang world champs. They will go into rapid and blitz tie-breakers, like with Anand-Gelfand, remember? Nov-22-14    pinoymaster77: Thanks for that sharing, Kap sugar na tiebreaks na pala these days. Legend Bobby Fischer's time was in the back of my mind, and baka ganun din nung time ni Gary... Nov-23-14    pinoymaster77: Another Berlin in game 11, drawish tendencies sa variation na yan Nov-23-14    kamagong24: Anand gambled at a wrong time, cheers to both players! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 477 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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