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 78 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-05-18    Viktorerro: Kayang kaya na iyang match up with Vietnam kahit na outrank sa seedings...pareho lang na Vietnam rice ang kino consume nang dalawang team kaya pareho ang chances. O, go na! Ding-Duda games para exciting chess! Iwas-iwas sa So -Radja lines, paktay ipis tayo diyan. Oct-05-18    wordfunph: it's you or me.. Philippines vs Vietnam, jumpball in two hours. Oct-05-18    gokusano: Congrats team RP for the valiant effort! Oct-05-18    Pru: Not bad for Pinas per chessbomb 37th place. Oct-05-18    Pru: Congrats Team Philippines!!! Oct-05-18    bubuli55: Congratz team Philippines! Oct-07-18    wordfunph: 54th seed PHI finished at decent 37th place, congratulations to all olympiad players and to El Eugenio! Oct-08-18    spawn2: Congrats Coach Eugene and Team Philippines.. Oct-09-18    Pulo y Gata: Filipinos putting down Philippine chess, Philippine players/team, while cheering on Filipino players who abandon their country are the real crabs Oct-14-18    spawn2: GM Torre will be busy in the coming weeks. On October 20, Eugene Torre Chess Foundation in cooperation with the Chinese Filipino Business Club will have its 5th CFBCI Cup in Binondo Manila. In the last week of October, he will be the guest of honor of Gumaca, Quezon which will celebrate its town fiesta. He will conduct a 20 board simul and will grace the opening of a chess tourney in the area. We were informed by the organizers that GM Torre has been a guest of the town way back in 1974! November 2 is the start of the Asian Seniors Championship in Tagaytay to be followed by the World Seniors Championship in Italy on November 17. Oct-14-18    wordfunph: bro spawn, thanks sa update. declared special non-working yong Nov 2. pede makasaglit sa Tagaytay :) Oct-15-18    epistle: <In the last week of October, he will be the guest of honor of Gumaca, Quezon > He may take a boat ride across to our town Quezon, Quezon and see the place where I've reigned as the chess champion since 1976 Oct-16-18    spawn2: There might be some changes in GM Torre’s sched in November. In December, Asian Continental Championship will be held in Manila. Oct-16-18    wordfunph: <In December, Asian Continental Championship will be held in Manila.> swabe 'to, makadayo nga. Oct-20-18    wordfunph: from Chessbase India.. <How GM Torre Eugenio beat Mitrabha Guha in 13 Moves!!> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3z... Oct-29-18    Nf3em: Aba OK yan. Kaso 28-Dec pa ako uuwi. Oct-29-18    spawn2: GM Torre was the guest of honor of Gumaca Quezon for their town fiesta. He conducted a 20 board simul last Saturday and delivered the opening remarks in the tournament held the following day. Oct-30-18    Nf3em: <<spawn2>: GM Torre was the guest of honor of Gumaca Quezon for their town fiesta. He conducted a 20 board simul last Saturday and delivered the opening remarks in the tournament held the following day.> Yes bro. I saw pictures in FB, posted by a chess friend from my home town Lopez (next to Gumaca). AFGM looks in good condition. And the hair hahaha. Oct-30-18    Nf3em: Share ko lang here: CTTO Mr. Noel Serrano (Chess Arbiter from Lopez, Quezon). https://www.facebook.com/noel.v.ser... Nov-03-18    spawn2: Its 12:05 am November 4, which means its GM Eugene Torre’s birthday! Happy Birthday GM Eugene..I pray that God will continue to bless you with good health. Goodluck on your games in the Asian Seniors Championship today. Nov-03-18    wordfunph: happy birthday, El Eugenio! ang maginoo, napakabait, napaka-humble, at nag iisang Hari ng Ahedres ng Pilipinas! 1:06am Nov 4 Nov-03-18    bubuli55: Happy Birthday! AFGM. Good health and long life. And plenty more of official chess games. Nov-03-18    pinoymaster77: Happy birthday AFGM Euge! Nov-04-18    bubuli55: November 4, 2018. Happy Birthday! GM Euge Nov-04-18    Pulo y Gata: Philippine chess is, and will always be, GM Euguene Torre. Happy birthday! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 78 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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