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 495 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-22-15    pinoymaster77: And to TOP it off, the AGELESS legend AFGM Eugene is still doing it, at age 63 or 64 ba? Siya din defending champ, having won NCC Finals / BOGM 2014. Jul-22-15    wordfunph: El Eugenio bravo! Jul-22-15    Barococo Prosopoeia: Only with his wife or with other women? His brain is phenomenal. Must be because of his tuna diet. Congratulations! Jul-22-15    spawn2: GM Torre will also conduct a 16 board simul after the tourney. Will post the result once available. Jul-22-15    Pulo y Gata: The Grand Master of Philippine Chess, congratulations! Jul-22-15    gokusano: Congratz GM Eugene! Jul-22-15    kamagong24: Truly, a national treasure of Philippine sports!!! Mabuhay GM Torre!!! Jul-23-15    Barococo Prosopoeia: Why not a page for the tournament? The Guamese players will be happy seeing their names at CG. Jul-23-15    pinoymaster77: Ang maganda nyan eh there's closer linkage between the Federations of Guam and Phils. Saka AFGM Eugene being the Chairman of the PCTAP can help open doors at the proper time for Pinoy Chess Trainers. Aside from livelihood eh chance na din for a better life/opportunity for the fortunate ones. Jul-24-15    spawn2: http://www.chessdom.com/gms-torre-a... Jul-24-15    spawn2: http://www.chessasiapacific.com/cap... Jul-24-15    pinoymaster77: NICE, from viewing the KCFAP artcle, some insights : - It is a project where Kasparov camp and Pichay worked together - The Guam players could in return plan in the intl events to be hosted here, NCFP calendar still lists 3 of them, and I think the 1st one could be the old Kasparov Foundation project? - Meron na palang Guam Chess Learning Center and Kasparov Asia Pacific of Leong / Long are linked up na. Well maybe AFGM Eugene can just link them up to PCTAP, or opportunities for PCTAP members to be tapped. Peter Long and Malaysians already tap Pinoy trainers in chess school ventures in Malaysia. Jul-25-15    spawn2: http://pop.inquirer.net/2015/07/23/... - checkmate Jul-29-15    pinoymaster77: Kelan ba showing ng Spectre and Pawn Sacrifice? Maabangan. Just watched Antman. Aug-01-15    pinoymaster77: Masaya sumali dyan sa mga palarong ganyan ah http://www.spin.ph/boxing/manny-pac... Aug-01-15    wordfunph: Chess Piece -- Bobby Ang <By the way, I remember writing once about how people would place their knights on the board before the game. Most people like me would position both knights facing the opposite side of the board. GM Eugene Torre would “point” their knights to the left side of the board. When I asked him about this GM Eugene was surprised and asked “but isn’t that the way they are set up in the diagrams in the chess books?”> http://www.bworldonline.com/content... bosh tayo kay Alamat, harhar! Aug-02-15    kidlat1994: Hahahaha nice one <wordfunph>. Ang galing pa rin ni alamat Eugene Torre. Wala pa ring kupas. Eugene Torre na siya di pa ako grade 1 :) Aug-02-15    wordfunph: bro <kidlat>, korekek ka.. <Wala pa ring kupas. Eugene Torre na siya di pa ako grade 1 :)> grade 1 ako Torre na si GM Eugene, ngayon grade 6 na anak ko eh Torre pa rin siya :) GM Eugenio "Maong Lang Kumukupas" Torre, para sa 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad! Aug-05-15    obientag: Pres, musta na, tagal me nawala medyo di maganda ang pangyayari s buhay ko? Pero okey okey na rin nnakakarecover na kahit papaano. Totoo ba iyong kay wesley nabasa ko sa interview kay mam lenny? Ng comment ako sa forum ni wesley ban ako kaagad, musta na si danny? May bw p b? Balitaan mo naman ako. Tnx Aug-05-15    pinoymaster77: Kumusta Obien, nice to hear from you! Aug-28-15    kamagong24: The Legend... Aug-28-15    epistle: Overall, the best chess player the Philippines has ever produced. Sep-08-15    pinoymaster77: Ayun may article, walang kupas talaga si AFGM. Random chess yan so mas gamit 'natural' chess talent kasi walang pre-positioning ng pieces / memorization of openings needed http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/spo... Sep-08-15    epistle: I just wonder why Filipino journalists often misspell the surname of Pacman. Sep-09-15    kidlat1994: Nice to see old pals here. Pati pala ako naka ban na din sa page ni WSO. Nakakalungkot na umabot sa demandahan ng sariling magulang. Buti na lang at si Torre hanggang ngayon matretreasure pa rin na chess player kahit sa pagtanda nya. Sana makalaro siya hanggang 100 years old sa Olympiad :) Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 503) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 495 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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