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 28 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Pru, Also noticed that in Russia's board assignments when I checked, but in chess results for board performance,Nepo is included in Board 3? There's also Sri Lankan with 4/4 and Eric Hansen was 5.5/6 before this round Sep-09-16    Nf3em: Baliktad ang result 1.5-2.5 ... bawi sa sunod na round. Laban Pilipinas, Puso! Sep-09-16    Pru: <PM77> sa board prizes, board 4 si Nepo - http://chess-results.com/tnr232875.... Also, hindi points ang tinitingnan sa board medals, rating performance plus dapat nakalaro ng 60% sa olympiad. Last Olympiad ito ang board medalists - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_... Sep-09-16    Pru: Ay mali, ito pala dapat sa rating performance - http://chess-results.com/tnr232875.... Tama ka nga PM77 lumalabas sa board 3 rin si Nepo. Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Oo nga sa chess results eh 4 boards only Will have to check the rules on d Boards in the Baku site Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Mens team vs Spain Womens team vs Belgium Puede na ulit maglaro Shania On Mens lineup it depends sa meeting nila kung may kelangan ng rest Sep-09-16    Iskubadayb: Ito na ang kinatatakutan ko. Walang katas ang tiradingding nila JP at Barce pero pwersading pa rin ang at least isa sa kanila na maglaro. Ang kots naman ay walang sampalataya sa ating Jr. champ. Kung hindi nya pinatay ang momentum nito nung 2nd rd eh baka rumatsada sana ito. Dapat eh ipahinga si bradidik dahil mas importante ang laro niya kesa sa prospect ng team na lalong mapapasama kapag natuyuan ng katas Ang Alamat. Sep-09-16    kamagong24: Torre saving the men's team from total annihilation on rd 7 against Italy, the battle just keeps getting tougher from here on, recover!!! Sep-09-16    Virgil A: The team may need to play Paulo the next rounds. It's four straight tense full throttle games to go. Surely the team will run out of gas without playing Paulo. It's time for Paulo to show what he can do. He's earned it. Maybe Paulo can relieve Barce here. Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Different destinies, after a defeat to the Italians, eh PHI Mens draw an even tougher opponent in 14th ranked ALL GM halos Super GMs na Spain. While the Womens get a break being pitted vs lower ranked Belgium which has 2 WFMs in the top 2 boards, they can bounce back with a win agad. Much discussion and thinking yung for Mens team line-up mamaya, sino player I-rest? Sep-09-16    pinoymaster77: Russia vs USA na in both Men and Women, Putin and Obama should watch! I have an idea why Russia came out with their board assignments, malaman mamaya pag submit nila ng line-up Sep-09-16    Viktorerro: Well, if Putin and Obama are invited to watch....Duterte should be the man in the middle, i bet you Putin would be more than glad to have somebody to talk to and kibitz on his side, - Barack will just be cool and confine with himself- just really itching to yakk about human rights but will confine with himself so as not to disturb the other watchers/viewers, otherwise we might hear audible expletives from the man on the middle...drawing unnecessary stares from other watchers...😊☺ Sep-09-16    wordfunph: 6/7 for GM Torre with tpr 2712! Olympiad Rewind! Philippines vs Spain 2016 Baku: ? - ? 2010 Khanti-Mansysk: 1.5-2.5 2008 Dresden: 1-3 2000 Istanbul: 1-3 1994 Moscow: 2-2 1990 Novi Sad: 2.5-1.5 1988 Thessaloniki: 2.5-1.5 1982 Lucerne: 2-2 1980 La Valeta: 1.5-2.5 1974 Nice: 1-3 1966 Havana: 1-3 1964 Tel Aviv: 2.5-1.5 my crystal ball says 2.5-1.5 for Philippines. what's yours? Sep-09-16    wordfunph: para sa akin Banjo rest muna, sabak na si IM Pau. Sep-09-16    allan.dinglasan: Agree with you, 2.5 -1.5 need to recover ASAP! Pau must play and Banjo needs to recharge. Sep-09-16    Virgil A: GM Torre 6/7. Lufet ng Mamaw! Sep-09-16    cro777: Sadorra on his game against Carlsen: http://www.journal.com.ph/sports/as... Sep-09-16    wordfunph: no need for GM Eugene to rest, tatlong Lipovitan binibira nyan before the game :) Alamat Eugene, payt! Sep-10-16    Birthday Boy: Really delighted, he is leading the Board 3 after the 7th round. Sep-10-16    wordfunph: <Birthday Boy> nice. here's the link.. http://chess-results.com/tnr232875.... Sep-10-16    pinoymaster77: Viktorero, You got it right, malamang Putin and Digong mag chika. Then audience sa likod si Emperor Xi (BTW inaalat defending champ China) Buti di pa naalala ang historical 'kasalanan' ng mga Espanol, before they came, Phils was mainly Muslim. Eh now some Pinoy companies have bought Spanish companies, last example was Fundador (bought by Emperador / A.Tan Group) Sep-10-16    pinoymaster77: My forecast eh 2-2 vs Espana Yes, ilaro IM Pau and rest either JP or Banjo. Si AFGM eh super charged and mukhang gustong laruin all 11 games !? Sep-10-16    wordfunph: <Si AFGM eh super charged and mukhang gusting laruin all 11 games !?> posible, di natin alam. Ayak ni GM yan kasi alang bisyo, lagi pa sa gym, at may disiplina sa pagkain. one more time...GM Eugene, bira! Sep-10-16    pinoymaster77: TPR of AFGM eh 2712, +22 sa ELO 6/7 Si Ino eh TPR 2702, +7 sa ELO 2.5/4 GO TEAM PILIPINAS !! Sep-10-16    Nf3em: When AFGM said "Let me try again" in an interview, I knew he meant it. ;-) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 28 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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