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 27 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-08-16    gokusano: BOLD as in bold, 3-1! Arriba Philippines!! Sep-08-16    gokusano: On another important matter: Philippines-Hungary 2-2! Go ladies, don't get intimidated. Kaya n'yo yan!! Sep-08-16    Pru: Ok na yung PHI 2.5-1.5 basta panalo sa match. Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: For Board 3, nanalo ulit Russia's Nepo so 6/6 pa sya. India's Vidit agreed to draw so 5.5 pts while our Living Legend AFGM Euge at 64 yrs old has 5 pts to lead PHI's charge ! Sep-08-16    pinoymaster77: Ang TEAM PHI din may good team chemistry and spirit in this 2016 Olympiad. Ang ma remember ko kay GM Adiban eh the 'coughing' GM sa isang past Asiad. Naging Super GM na din pala sya at high 2600s : "Explaining India's success in Baku and two years ago, when they won the bronze medal, Adhiban noted that India has a great team spirit. An interview with the match winner will be posted here soon." https://www.chess.com/news/olympiad... Sep-08-16    Iskubadayb: I must admit that if Euge is not playing, my focus will be on the US team. If my friend remains undefeated, I'm daisy. :) Sep-09-16    Nf3em: 2.5-1.5 in favor of Team PHL. Sep-09-16    Nonnus: That Sadorra was disappointed for not beating Carlsen shows that the Philippine team is in high spirits. It's a pity Caruana is no longer playing for Italy. We could have seen Sadorra getting disappointed twice in a row. 3.5 - .5 for the Phils! Sep-09-16    wordfunph: against Italy, dehado Pinoys sa elo in 4 boards pero llamado sa puso! Sep-09-16    Nf3em: Laban Pilipinas, Puso! ;-) Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: On paper mas malakas pa Norway kesa Italy, but look at the GREAT FIGHT last night, even the Norwegian Team Captain got scary moments on potentially losing the match! And both Magnus and Ino were a bit disappointed with the result, maybe Magnus for playing subpar and was he cocky in underestimating Ino? And then Innopov was probably pondering if he let a LANDMARK win get away? The chess world seems to think there were indeed winning chances. As cro777 pointed out,Magnus also missed out on a 'simple' tactic... Oh well, now its up against the Italiannis Sep-09-16    kramrich: Opening phase are going well for the Pinoys so fsr especially GM Eugene. Laban Pilipinas! Sep-09-16    epistle: Good luck to the Philippine teams Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Draw na Ino, pero mukhang behind sila JP and Banjo, equal kay AFGM. Sa Womens winning si Fronda, pero behind sila Bernales and Secopito. Will have to ask Master's assessment of Frayna's game later kung counter blunder nga ba yung Ra1? Or chessbomb's engine not deep enough? Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Another blunder by Janelle, Rg1 spelled doom and biglang talo. Fronda is winning but the Gara sisters are poised to win in boards 3 and 4. A 1-3 match result is looming Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: AFGM showed vintage Torre moves per watching fans, and poised for a win again! Sana may maka extricate kila JP or Banjo, maka draw Sep-09-16    Virgil A: GM Torre wins again. Lufet! Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: USA and Russia are winning, Latvia poised to defeat the Dutchmen. Either Latvia or Russia is next for USA team Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Yup AFGM now 6/7! Vidit losing to GM So, while panalo pa din Nepo for 7/7 ! Sep-09-16    spawn2: Matindi ang majica blanca ni GM Eugene! Sep-09-16    Pru: Vintage GM Eugene, ang tindi. Sep-09-16    Pru: <PM77>, Nepo is not board 3, board 4 siya, naglalaro lang sa board 3 in place of Prof Tomashevsky. Board 1 Karjakin, board 2 Kramnik. Sep-09-16    Nf3em: Congrats GM Eugene! Galing! Sep-09-16    Iskubadayb: Nakana, batang-bata. Sep-09-16    Nf3em: Oo nga sir <Isku>, galing. Pero mukhang olats sa match. The best result is maka-draw si JPG para 2-2. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 27 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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