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Bobby Fischer vs Filipino Masters in 1967 Manila Electric Company sponsored "Beat Bobby Fischer Series" which was held during the month of April, 1967. Fischer playing the 10 best Philippine chess players at that time. Only then future GM Rosendo Balinas, Jr. gave Fischer the toughest fight and was able to draw his game with the then future World Champion. 8 games, 1967 Eugene Torre Becomes Asia's First Grandmaster Eugene Torre became Asia's first grandmaster when he earned his final GM norm in the 1974 Nice Chess Olympiad where he anchored the Philippine Team to the Final round and 11th place finish, the highest placing ever attained by the Philippines under the round-robin format. He also won the bronze medal on Board 1 of which the gold was garnered by then future World Champion Anatoly Karpov. Here are some of the selected games of the historic moment. 8 games, 1974 Filipino Masters vs World Champions This is a collection of won and famous drawn games by Filipino Masters against World Champions (Men and Women) 30 games, 1957-1996 Fischer's Record 20 Straight Wins 1970-1971 While Fischer's ELO rating of 2785 has been broken by eight recent masters (Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov, Anand, Carlsen, Morozevich, Ivanchuk, and Aronian) his 20 straight wins against top master competition from Palma De Mallorca 1970 to the Candidates Final in 1971 remain in the record books as one of the most modern amazing and unsurpassed feat in chess. Enjoy!! 20 games, 1970-1971 Interesting Games of Filipinos in Chess Olympics The following are games by Filipino chess masters identified by the OlimBase web site as interesting games along with other chess greats in the Olympics. 7 games, 1958-2002