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 481 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-11-14    SugarDom: so what is the problem? Dec-11-14    LDS2011: Now i have 1 grade 4 and 2 grade 3 students.napakaganda po ng potential ng 3 bata na ito.ang problem po ay yung isang grade 3.nakakagulat ang performance nya kasi after only 2 sessions 2hrs each,ay he could solve problems like defence dun po sa chessmaster gm edition. Dec-11-14    LDS2011: my problem is this grade 3 student po ay sobra ang pagkaaktibo nya.gusto nya ay maglaro ng maglaro sa chessmaster na ok lang sa kanya kahit palagi sya talo.pano po kaya ang tamang treatment sa ganito student. Dec-11-14    LDS2011: sana po mabigyan nyo ako ng advice on how will i handle this boy kc alam ko this boy will be a good chess player.hindi ko pa lang siguro nga alam kung pano maghandle ng ganito bata.first time ko kc nagkaroon ng ganito kaaktibo na student.thanks a lot in advance. Dec-12-14    torrefan: Paano mo naman nasabing "sobra" ang pagkaaktibo nya? Kung para sa iyo ay sobra yung laro sya ng laro sa chessmaster, maaaring sa kanya ay hindi sobra yun. Iba-iba ang karakter at istilo ng mga manlalaro. Kaya pabayaan mo na lang sya kung iyon ang gusto nyang gawin. O kung di ka makatiis ay ipasa mo na lang sya sa ibang trainer. Dec-12-14    torrefan: I would like to take this opportunity nga pala to greet someone here. He was born 13 days ahead of Jesus Christ and is known as the Santa Claus of BW-GETS because of his.... generosity. He is joeyj's best friend. Let us all extend our warm happy birthday greeting to... Teka, ano nga pala pangalan nya... Hirap ng tumatanda a. Anyway, pare, stand up to be recognized! Dec-12-14    wordfunph: oki oki, hapi bertdey to joeyj's bespren --- PM77! Dec-12-14    kardopov: Aha! Si sir noypi pala ang celebrant. Akala ko malalim ang variation at walang nakakaalam. Happy birthday sir pinoymaster77. Buti nalang dumating si sir worditch dahil kung hindi isip at kamot ulo lang ako. Dec-12-14    kardopov: Almost an even performance, and not bad overall. Actually, AFGM finishes one notch above his seeding. Congrats to you sir Eugene. Likewise, congratz to GM JP, the highest placed among the Filipino competitors. Is there another year ender tourney for the Filipino warriors? Dec-12-14    kamagong24: <LDS2011> well kung kaya na niyang mag spot ng combinations, might as well na dun muna mag focus ng pagtuturo, like introduce him to basic mating combos like pins, forks, zugzwangs, how to spot somthered mate patterns etc then kung grasp na niya yung patterns, pede na isingit yung openings, control of center, deployment, king safety para ma balance yung laro niya :) Dec-12-14    LDS2011: @torrefan,kamagong24 thanks so much for the advice but definitely i will not give up on this boy.you're right maybe i should just let him play and then dun sa basic tactics and mating pattern.thanks a lot chess friends. Dec-12-14    wordfunph: <LDS> mas maiigi ngang babad siya sa chess, i recall Wesley So once said that etong si GM Li Chao eh matinding adik-adik sa ahedres. Good indication yan na malayo ang kanyang mararating. goodluck. Dec-12-14    pinoymaster77: Good pm, Aber aber top secret yan ng secret agent, nagumpisa yata nung mag greet ang sister ko sa FB. But then again si wordfun nga pala eh keeps a 'diary'. Alas, it was a working day, 2 principals this week, and pampa relax na lang sa gabi checking out the favorite sites. Thanks be to God, but stopped counting na kung ilang kandila, hairline na lang basehan ajeje Dec-12-14    pinoymaster77: Sa PICC nga eh mainly odd numbered finishes. GM JP was tops among Pinoys at 5th, Dar at 7th, Joey at 9th, AFGM at 11th followed by IM Yap, GM Rich, FM Randy, GM Ino, IM Hari for 12th to 16th. IM Pau won Top Junior while WIM Frayna won Top Lady. May pooling of prizes pala so buti di ko pinagtapat-tapat yung final ranking sa chess-results.com dun sa revised NCFP prizes. Sa Challengers champ si Joey Albert Florendo of Davao while also with 8 pts was top seed Allan Cantonjos. Sa Penang Open 2014, 5 sila with 7 pts,but GM Bong Villamayor emerged Champ with superior tiebreak. IM Dimaks was 6th. Wala nang Pinoy na pinalaro sa Challengers at buking na. Rest day bukas, then I think sa Sun ulit round 1 ng PSC Chairman's Cup naman. Yung mga uuwi galing Penang puede pang humabol... Dec-13-14    LDS2011: thanks wordfunph. Dec-13-14    Pulo y Gata: LDS, ako din gusto ko lang magchess lang nang magchess pero di pwede. Turuan mo din ng disiplina at balanse ang bata. Dahil teacher ka niya dapat may ideya ka kung anong mga una mong dapat ituro. Good luck. Sana ay maging magaling na manlalaro ang alaga mo! Dec-13-14    kamagong24: you're welcome LDS2011, tama si Pulo y Gata, maintain balance, hindi na healthy yung ma-addict yung student mo sa chess maganda rin siguro kung turuan mo siya ng values ng pagiging sportsman, wag gayahin ito: http://youtu.be/WeyXKTVYenA You can skip at 2:15 hahaha! Dec-14-14    LDS2011: salamat po talaga sa mga advice nyo.i will do just that.any predictions who will win the london classic? Dec-14-14    Nf3em: LDS 2011, are you an active member of Balayan Chess Club? Dec-15-14    LDS2011: yes po nf3em.bakit po? Dec-15-14    Nf3em: may mga naging member kasi ako sa Chess.com group called Batangas Team Philippines na taga Balayan at active member din ng chess club nyo ... that was few years ago nung active pa ako sa Chess.com ... MMM27 at jhemit ang username nila dun (sorry can't reveal their real name) ... never meet them in person though ... ;-) Dec-15-14    LDS2011: ah ok po.taga san po ba kayo? Dec-15-14    Nf3em: Bauan Batangas ;-) Dec-15-14    pinoymaster77: Sharing / update on the Skywalker http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014... Dec-15-14    pinoymaster77: LDS2011, Since starter yung protege, eh kasama naman sa early lessons yung chess notation / pagsulat ng moves. Yan ang isang KEY foundation, magkaroon ng record ng games / chess notebook. Then isabak muna sa mini tourneys like among mga students mo and tune-up with nearby chess communities/clubs. Then trial later sa Palaro elims thru sa school nya and Natl Age Group qualifiers. Yung iba kasing top Kiddies today, eh tamad mag record ng moves, dependent na lang sa 'muscle memory' and pattern recognition, laro na lang ng laro. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 481 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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