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 496 OF 503 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-09-15    epistle: Maybe not 100. but it could be another record to break. right now, who holds the record of the oldest participant ever in the Olympiad? Sep-09-15    art00: <<epistle:> Maybe not 100. but it could be another record to break. right now, who holds the record of the oldest participant ever in the Olympiad?> My guess would be Viktor Korchnoi. *** Sep-09-15    perfidious: William Hook played in an Olympiad, aged eighty-three. Sep-12-15    pinoymaster77: 1 Olympiad at a time yan at ang demands mentally and physically eh di biro. Yung sa 2016 Olympiad eh puedeng puede pa. Its up the younger Masters to prove na time na nila pagdating sa BOGM / NCC Finals Sep-15-15    Nf3em: <<obientag>: ... musta na si danny? ...> I'm still alive and kicking brod <obien> ... medyo madalang na ako pumasyal dito sa CG pages ... buti naman at nakaka-recover ka na brod ;-) Sep-16-15    Nf3em: <<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!> LOL ... in my case I make sure my Knights points towards the enemy King. BTW, Knight is my favorite piece ;-) Sep-16-15    epistle: I like a knight which look like an ass because that is my favourite piece. Sep-16-15    OhioChessFan: I always point them toward the enemy King, and find any other way rather annoying. Sep-16-15    TheFocus: So no one ever points them at their own self? Rather interesting. I always point mine forward, right at the enemy. Sep-17-15    pinoymaster77: Tingin ko kayang pumatak nina AFGM and GM Panjol sa field na ito, I mean wala sila GMs Zhang, Mega or some Chinese GM compared to last year. Sana maka gain ELO si GM-Elect Hari dito, and kung natuloy IM Pau eh sana pumatak. Nasa field din NM Jerad and mga FEU HS Boys, good for them to compete, saka Women players WIM Frayna Fronda and WFM Shania http://www.chess-results.com/tnr187... Sep-18-15    spawn2: Good luck GM Eugene sa Malaysian Open. You continue to give honor to your country by not only trying to win the tournament but more importantly by being a gentleman on and off the board. Sep-18-15    pinoymaster77: May team pala sa Astro Merdeka si GM Megaranto, so since andun na eh malamang lalaro din sa Malaysia Open. Natuloy naman GM-Elect Hari at naglalaro na sa team event, ewan lang kay GM Panjol, si IM Pau daw di muna at sa next big event na lang siguro ditto. Sep-18-15    wordfunph: <but more importantly by being a gentleman on and off the board.> amen. pardz <obien>, parang ahedrez lang ang buhay. Stay strong and best of luck! Sep-21-15    pinoymaster77: Maaga pa, dami pa 2-pointers. Jerad fell to IM Nolte. Rd3 noted GM Oli vs FM Yeoh Sep-22-15    spawn2: GM Torre having a good start with 2 wins and a draw in the first 3 rds. Sep-22-15    wordfunph: ...in preparation for 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad :) Sep-22-15    epistle: <AndrewMD: It will be Nakamura vs Svidler in the final round. Who is your bet now? USA vs USSR!> FRANCE. France is still the best country in the world. Sep-22-15    Nf3em: wow kita ko pa din mga post ng mga favorites ko ... Sep-22-15    pinoymaster77: Good to see sa Malaysia Open some Thai FMs, maybe the chess academies there and Pinoy coaches contributed to development of aspiring Masters ? There are also Australian and Indian IMs in the field. Din naglaro yata GM Mega. Di rin nga natuloy GM Panjol Magkaalaman yan in the 2nd half of the tournament, round 5 onwards for prospects sa placing Sep-24-15    spawn2: Rest day today GM Torre just a point away from the leaders. He can push tomorrow for two wins to close the gap and position himself for a possible podium finish. Sep-25-15    spawn2: GM Eugene winning vs IM Senador. Still a point a way from the leader. When he wins his next two games, its possible he will go up against the leader for a chance to take the lead. Sep-25-15    pinoymaster77: Round 8 on 2015/09/26 at 1500 Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. 1 1 GM Vakhidov Jahongir 2532 6 6 IM Shyaamnikhil P 2427 17 2 7 GM Torre Eugenio 2462 5½ 5½ FM Le Tuan Minh 2429 16 3 9 IM Ly Moulthun 2452 5½ 5½ IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R 2422 18 Sep-25-15    spawn2: Chances of GM Eugene looking good. Next game is scheduled at 3 pm tomorrow giving him chance to rest and prepare to clinch a win and set up a winner take all game against the front runner in the last rd. Sep-25-15    Pulo y Gata: GM Torre is impressive through and through. That he is still fighting it out toe to toe with the younger masters and remains a chess force to be reckoned with show his incredible endurance and discipline. A good role model on and off the board. A true Filipino legend and pride. Mabuhay ka, GM Torre! Sep-25-15    pinoymaster77: Sa Challengers eh Pinoys lording it over once more, after 7rds, Chester Caminong still perfect with 7pts, running 2nd is FEU HS Istraelito Rilloraza (they will meet in rd8 today), then followed by HS mate Marvin Miciano. 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