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 487 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-09-15    pinoymaster77: 10. Ng4, nanggugulat yokababs ni AFGM, pang alerto lang muna siguro... Late castling pa later si AFGM Mar-10-15    Pulo y Gata: Where are the moves? Mar-10-15    spawn2: Here it is after Black's 6...d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 h6 9.Na4 Bb6 10.b3 Ng4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12.Bb2 Qh4 13.h3 Ne5 14.f4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Ba6 16.Qc3 O-O-O 17. Rf2 f6 18.Qf3 Rde8 19. Qh2 h5 Time: 37 mins vs 22 mins Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: chessbomb's SF : 0.56 Zhang, Zhong - Torre, Eugenio 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. b3 Ng4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba6 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. Rf2 f6 18. Qf3 Rde8 19. Kh2 h5 * Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: Akala ko for a patzer like me, walang mapuntahan AFGM's queen after white's g3... eh meron palang Qg4... Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: Ayun o pumula sa 20th move ni Zhang na Qe3? I think AFGM gains a pawn via Rxe4 Mar-10-15    spawn2: Ano eval pards? Although opposite colored bishop increases chance for a draw but its GM Zhang who will need to work for it. Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: After Zhang's Re1 (instead of d1) eh naging -1.14 na eval ng chessbomb's SF Mar-10-15    spawn2: d5 GM Euge..parang Pansol puzzle lang yan:) Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: Parang papunta na ding endgame ini, less pieces on the board means less complications, time for calculatons, alam na AFGM i-navigate eto... 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. b3 Ng4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba6 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. Rf2 f6 18. Qf3 Rde8 19. Kh2 h5 20. Qe3 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxf2 22. Re1 * Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: Conceding the 7th rank pero defensible, white's king would be more open pa nga when AFGM gets the f pawn... Mar-10-15    spawn2: Kita na ni GM Torre yang Bc8! Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: Ah Rg8 ang pinili, baka may ibang nakita kung Bc8 Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: Even na, after their blitz to move 30... 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. b3 Ng4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Ba6 16. Qc3 O-O-O 17. Rf2 f6 18. Qf3 Rde8 19. Kh2 h5 20. Qe3 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxf2 22. Re1 d5 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Re7 Rg8 25. Bc1 g5 26. Be3 Qf1 27. Qe6 Rc8 28. Qxf6 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Kg3 c5 * Mar-10-15    Nf3em: saan kayo nanonood? Mar-10-15    spawn2: chessbomb bro! pwese rin dun sa Vietnamchess.vn Mar-10-15    Pulo y Gata: Drawish. Black will exchange the qs when it's clear that he can also eliminate white's b and c pawns. The bishop will die for the passed f-pawn. With a pawn remaining, white has the wrong bishop. Mar-10-15    Pulo y Gata: A great struggle. Pity that Black missed the small backward bishop move on te 24th, but both players are really fighting it out. Mar-10-15    spawn2: science..bawi bukas GM! Mar-10-15    wordfunph: <spawn2> place your bid for this rare copy of Asian Zonal '72 - Champion Torre. http://www.ebay.ph/itm/OLD-PHILIPPI... go AFGM Torre! Mar-10-15    spawn2: Within striking distance pa GM Eugene with the top boards. 1 point lang. Its possible na draw top boards tomorrow. Yung nga lang vs fellow pinoy GM Gomez ang laban tomorrow. <wordfunph> Meron na ako pards nyan. Bigay ng isang napakabait na kaibigan: ) Mar-10-15    Nf3em: ahhh di ako nakapanood kasi biglang nagka meeting ha ha ha katatapos lang Mar-10-15    pinoymaster77: 4 way tie mga may 3.5pts, 3 Viets kasama ace GMs Le and Ngoc saka GM Zhang, GM Ino w/ 3pts recovered na from the loss to IM Hari. Mahaba pa laban, 5 rounds pa yan Mar-10-15    Pulo y Gata: If the pgns are being posted at chess-results after each round, maybe someone can request coverage from chessgems? This is a zonal event and worthy of coverage because a world champion will come out of this group of players. Mar-11-15    pinoymaster77: Viet GMs Le and Ngoc now co-leading with 4.5 while Burmese IM Wynn is for real in beating GM Ino and now has 4pts. Highest placed Pinoys GMs JP and Dar clash with 3.5pts in rd6. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 487 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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