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 64; games 1-25 of 1,596  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0 64 1968 Manila Meralco E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 2. C Benitez vs E Torre   ½-½ 22 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 3. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0 92 1968 Manila Meralco B20 Sicilian 4. E Torre vs P Rasmussen   1-0 43 1968 Manila Meralco C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 5. E Torre vs J Lobigas   ½-½ 42 1968 Manila Meralco B27 Sicilian 6. B Berger vs E Torre   1-0 49 1968 Manila Meralco A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 7. E Torre vs K A Lim   ½-½ 48 1968 Manila Meralco B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 8. E Torre vs E De Castro   0-1 40 1968 Manila Meralco C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 9. S Aguilar vs E Torre   0-1 23 1968 Manila Meralco B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. R Reyes vs E Torre   0-1 36 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1 51 1968 Manila Meralco C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 12. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre   ½-½ 35 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. G Badilles vs E Torre   1-0 71 1968 Manila Meralco E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 14. E Torre vs N Estimo   1-0 30 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez   0-1 37 1968 Manila Meralco B03 Alekhine's Defense 16. E Torre vs A Saidy 1-0 34 1969 9th Costa del Sol B57 Sicilian 17. W Hug vs E Torre   ½-½ 50 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 18. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½ 77 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. K Payrhuber vs E Torre   ½-½ 47 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B25 Sicilian, Closed 20. E Torre vs R M McKay   0-1 32 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 21. A Sznapik vs E Torre   0-1 46 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 E97 King's Indian 22. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson   1-0 47 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B07 Pirc 23. S Bouaziz vs E Torre   ½-½ 20 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B B02 Alekhine's Defense 24. E Torre vs E M Green   ½-½ 49 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 25. J Kristiansen vs E Torre   0-1 36 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B E73 King's Indian  page 1 of 64; games 1-25 of 1,596

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 23 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-05-16    Virgil A: Tabla nga sila AFGM at Master Isku. Hihi Sep-05-16    spawn2: Master Isku cannot make any progress against his buddy GM Eugene. Sep-05-16    spawn2: Nice one Pau! Sep-05-16    pinoymaster77: Ok ah, yung kay Banjo ba eh draw na? Girls daw 2-1 so far, Fronda's game remaining, the win delivered by Olympiad 'rookie' WFM Shania of FEU / Sta Rosa Laguna Bukas pag gising eh silip next opponent Sep-05-16    pinoymaster77: May bonus pa, na grind out pa ni Banjo after 74 moves and over 5 hours of play! Big 3.5 to 0.5 by Mens team!! Sep-05-16    pinoymaster77: Per chessbomb overview of game results eh ff are TOP table results Sa bakbakan ng Ukraine vs Russia mga dating magkasama sa USSR, eh bumawi Ukraine sa invasion, truce sa top board Elijanov vs Kramnik. Tinalo Ponomariov si Prof Toma sa bd2, nakabawi naman Nepo sa bd3 pero tinalo ni Volokotin si GM Grischuk! Sa India vs Cuba eh na convert nga GM Vidit sa bd3 vs GM Quesada for the pivotal win 2.5 to 1.5 USA was held to match draw by Czechoslovakia, all 4 boards were drawn Mukhang Ukraine vs India sa top table in round 5 Sep-05-16    Pru: Favorable match up pa rin, mens PHI vs. South Africa, womens PHI vs. Algeria. Sep-05-16    spawn2: South Africa is a dangerous opponent. Checked their round 4 result. They took down 40th seed Austria with a score of 3 - 1. Ingat Team Philippines. Sep-05-16    pinoymaster77: Good am, Yup Mens team vs 79th ranked South Africa Womens team vs 64th ranked Algeria Sep-05-16    Virgil A: If I may anticipate the call of Kap James, It's a toss up between Paulo and Barce. I'm guessing Barce might sit out this next round. Expect RSA to field in their top 4 players. And AFGM will play with super sized gusto and extra sauce in round 5. Sep-05-16    wordfunph: Rewind! RP vs South Africa 2000 Istanbul = 4-0 1964 Tel Aviv = 2.5-1.5 1958 Munich = 2-2 Sep-06-16    Pulo y Gata: I tremble in anticipation of James Buryo's line-up. Sep-06-16    pinoymaster77: Going over the standings eh remarkably 2 other Asian nations are doing quite well over their rankings. For the Men, its Mongolia who waylaid higher rated Croatia to have 7MPs and will next face Turkey. Their exposure and buildup is now paying off, I remember this same core participating in the events here as far back as 4 years ago. They also merit mention in the round 4 highlights. The Kazakh Women naman are 4/4 for 8MPs and tonight they will be up against powerhouse Russia na! Ukraine got Russia's number talaga, I recall in past Olympiads they could handle Russia. Wala pa si Chucky nyan. http://www1.bakuchessolympiad.com/n... Sep-06-16    pinoymaster77: Ayun na nga po, tale of the tape. ALL GM Line-up for PHI : Bo. 53 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 79 South Africa (RSA) Rtg 0 : 0 24.1 GM Sadorra, Julio Catalino 2560 - GM Solomon, Kenny 2371 24.2 GM Gomez, John Paul 2492 - IM Cawdery Daniel 2416 24.3 GM Torre, Eugenio 2447 - IM Kobese, Watu 2350 24.4 GM Barcenilla, Rogelio 2455 - IM Van den Heever, Donovan 2247 Sep-06-16    spawn2: Team Philippines will field an all GM line-up vs dangerous South Africa tonight. Good luck! Sep-06-16    wordfunph: round 5 forecast 3.5-0.5 Sep-06-16    pinoymaster77: 2 more MATCH UPs of interest ! Bo. 5 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 3 China (CHN) Rtg 0 : 0 1.1 GM Eljanov, Pavel 2739 - GM Wang, Yue 2737 1.2 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan 2709 - GM Ding, Liren 2753 1.3 GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2693 - GM Yu, Yangyi 2725 1.4 GM Volokitin, Andrei 2647 - GM Wei, Yi 2717 Bo. 4 Azerbaijan 1 (AZE) Rtg - 9 India (IND) Rtg 0 : 0 4.1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2761 - GM Harikrishna, P. 2752 4.2 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2722 - GM Adhiban, B. 2671 4.3 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2696 - GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2669 4.4 GM Safarli, Eltaj 2688 - GM Sethuraman, S.P. 2640 Sep-06-16    pinoymaster77: Naka jackpot na ba wordfun and friends sa chess bookie ? Sep-06-16    wordfunph: olatz bro PM. Sep-06-16    Nf3em: Good luck Team PHL! Sep-06-16    Pulo y Gata: And good looks! ;-) Sep-06-16    allan.dinglasan: 3.5-0.5 prediction versus RSA! Nice historical facts Wordfunph! So stressful in doing forecast but chess serenade me!!! 2-2 Russia vs Egypt! remember their encounter, Russia was in the rope against the Egyptians Sep-06-16    allan.dinglasan: 3.5-0.5 prediction versus RSA! Nice historical facts Wordfunph! So stressful in doing forecast but chess serenade me!!! 2-2 Russia vs Egypt! remember their encounter, Russia was in the rope against the Egyptians Sep-06-16    spawn2: Nimzo-Larsen eh expected to appear. So si IM Kobese pala ang napiling recipient. Sep-06-16    spawn2: The South Africans are putting a good fight. They really prepared for this Olympiad Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 23 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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