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 1,595  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Aguilar vs E Torre   0-1 23 1968 Manila Meralco B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. E Torre vs E De Castro   0-1 40 1968 Manila Meralco C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 3. C Benitez vs E Torre   ½-½ 22 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 4. E Torre vs J Lobigas   ½-½ 42 1968 Manila Meralco B27 Sicilian 5. E Torre vs N Estimo   1-0 30 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. E Torre vs K A Lim   ½-½ 48 1968 Manila Meralco B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 7. G Badilles vs E Torre   1-0 71 1968 Manila Meralco E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 8. B Berger vs E Torre   1-0 49 1968 Manila Meralco A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 9. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1 51 1968 Manila Meralco C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 10. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre   ½-½ 35 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0 64 1968 Manila Meralco E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 12. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0 92 1968 Manila Meralco B20 Sicilian 13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen   1-0 43 1968 Manila Meralco C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 14. R Reyes vs E Torre   0-1 36 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 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 64; games 1-25 of 1,595

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 26 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-08-16    kramrich: Mukhang si Ino pa ang iiskor ng winning point. Crucial yung brd 4, hope banjo draws that one Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Win by JP and draw by Ino would be fine, but if Ino sees a chance to convert to a win eh it would be the BIGGEST win of his career ! GO PILIPINAS LABAN ! Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Sa Ukraine vs USA, draw na Korobov vs Shankland, Ponomariov vs Nakamura, drawish kay Wesley, while Caruana winning over Elijanov at top board Sep-08-16    kramrich: We should be happy with draw on all boards now Sep-08-16    Pru: Hoping 2-2. Pero mas closer yung crystal ball ni <wordfunph>. Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Draw na daw GM Ino with WC Magnus! A feather in the cap pa din Sep-08-16    Pru: Draw na JP, may perpetual. Sep-08-16    Pru: 2-2 na, draw na Barce. Sep-08-16    Nf3em: Ayus! Sep-08-16    allan.dinglasan: 2-2! 2nd time in a row my forecast is correct! Sep-08-16    Pru: India will be the last remaining perfect team. Looks like they will beat Netherlands. Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Good result for both PHI teams icheck na naman pag gising sino mga ka pairing Kanina pagsilip eh losing Adhiban sa bd2 n drawn na boards 3 n 4. Lumamang ba sa top board? Sep-08-16    Pru: Si Adhiban na ang lamang. Draw Harikrishna at Giri. Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Ah baligtad nga pala Adhiban ang lamang -2 Malamang India vs USA sa rd7 Ang Russia ba keeping up Would not be complete kung walang Russia vs USA and China vs USA Sep-08-16    Pru: Oo nga malamang India vs. USA, sila ang solo first at second. PHI di pa alam kung sino dahil maraming 9 points. Sep-08-16    cro777: GM Jonathan Tisdall (captain of the Norwegian chess team): "I thought at some point that we were going to lose. 2-2 is a very good result if one considers what could have happened. Magnus was very disappointed and went immediately to the hotel." http://mattogpatt.no/wp-content/upl... Sep-08-16    Iskubadayb: <Magnus was very disappointed and went immediately to the hotel"> I was disappointed because Sado was happy with a draw. I had no hotel to go to, though. :) TY, Cro. Now, tougher opponents loom. Here's hoping for the best. Sep-08-16    spawn2: Team Philippines vs Italy in rd 7. They are now in 19th place after rd 6. Tuloy ang laban! Sep-08-16    cro777: Susan Polgar reported that Sadorra also was a little bit disappointed that he could not convert a better game. It seems that he tried but was not able to find the correct path. Maybe his best chances were in the position after 33.Qc2 click for larger view Here, instead of 33...Qe5 he could have tried 33...Qb4 with the same idea. Magnus was probably disappoined because he missed a simple tactics after Sadorra made a mistake by playing 20...Bg6 click for larger view Magnus missed here 21.Bxc7 Qc8 22.Bd6 (he played 21.Nxc2). Sep-08-16    Virgil A: Round 7: Philippines vs Italy 4-0 Beating Italy tomorrow will put the Philippines into the top 10. Lufet! Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Heto na another 'bangga sa taas' round, similar sa PHI vs Paraguay earlier, and for Women eh vs Georgia / India earlier : 53rd seed PHI now in 19th vs 36th seed Italy Sa Womens 46th seed eh 17th now vs 8th seed Hungary Notably sa Open aside from India vs USA sa top table eh noted England vs China. China Russia and host Azeris with 10 MPs, expecting them to crowd at the top again in succeeding rounds. Sep-08-16    wordfunph: Rewind! Philippines vs Italy 2002 Bled: 3-1 1986 Dubai: 3-1 1980 La Valeta: 3-1 1976 Haifa: 2-2 1972 Skopje: 1-3 1970 Siegen: 5-3 1968 Lugano: 3.5-0.5 1966 Havana: 1-3 1960 Leipzig: 5.5-2.5 1958 Munich: 2-2 my crystal ball: 2-2 Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Potential MATCH-UPs, Ive checked Italy's record, seems for me Norway is stronger than them, so at our Team's current condition / mindset they will give another good fight! Caution lang huwag maging carried away fielding the same players every round, can start rotating the next 3 rounds then TODO na for the LAST 2 rounds! GM Vocaturo 2583 vs GM Sadorra 2560 GM Dvrinyy 2543 vs GM Gomez 2492 GM Rombaldoni 2567 vs GM Torre 2447 GM Brunello 2568 vs GM Barcenilla 2455 Prediction ? Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Ako will go out on a limb : PHI over Italy 2.5 - 1.5 GO PILIPINAS LABAN ! Sep-08-16    dunamisvpm: Mabuhay si GM Eugene Torre! Mabuhay ang Pnas! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 26 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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