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 79 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-04-18    spawn2: So far, GM Torre is 2/2 in the on-going Asian Seniors Championship in Tagaytay City. He will be playing against fellow Olympian IM Angelo Young in rd 3 scheduled this afternoon. Nov-05-18    spawn2: GM Torre won against IM Young essaying one of his pet openings..the Nimzo Larsen. Nov-05-18    wordfunph: 3/3 perpek! Nov-06-18    Nf3em: Belated HBD AFGM. Trivia: IM Angelo Young was the BD 1 player of FEATI U way back in the 80s. One time he gave a chess puzzle to his fellow players and other by standers in their practice area, a freshman student pick-up the Knight and make his 1st move and seconds later the puzzle was solved. IM Angelo Young commented "Galing mo bata a! sali ka kaya sa try-out?" Nov-06-18    wordfunph: si bro Dan yong bata, galing mo bro! Nov-06-18    Pulo y Gata: when all is said and Dan... Nov-06-18    wordfunph: Roca-Torre 1/2, Chito next. Nov-07-18    spawn2: IM Garma defeated GM Torre in the 5th rd. IM Garmatik as he is fondly called in the local chess circles played really well to hand GM Torre is his first loss in the tourney. IM Garma will face NM Caturla who also won his game in the last rd. GM Torre will try to bounce back as he face FM Oleg Rinas of Kazakhstan. Nov-08-18    Granny O Doul: Is this the same Garma who used to go by "Raul" in Washington Square back in the 90s? Nov-08-18    wordfunph: Rinas (2429) vs Torre (2449) 1/2 next round: El Eugenio vs Koboy http://chess-results.com/tnr389945.... Nov-09-18    wordfunph: Torre - Pacis 1-0 Manaog next.. http://chess-results.com/tnr389945.... Nov-10-18    spawn2: GM Torre won against NM Stewart Manaog in the penultimate rd of the on-going Asian Seniors Championship in Tagaytay. Looks like GM Torre is sure to keep his Asian Seniors title (65 and above) regardless of the results in the last round. Congrats GM Torre.. Nov-12-18    spawn2: Mission Accomplished! GM Torre defends his Asian Seniors 65 and up title! Next stop Asian Continental Chess Championship in Makati, Philippines next month. Nov-12-18    epistle: congrats! Nov-12-18    wordfunph: El Eugenio, mabuhay! Nov-12-18    bubuli55: AFGM, Congratulations! I wish to join these games when my schedule is more flexible. A year or two. :) Nov-12-18    posoo: hooooboy! now DIS fellow looks a little NUTS but he wod be MoRE ATRACTIVE if he puts on a nice SMILE for da cumara! Com on Mr. Eugenio, show ur PRETEY FACE! Nov-14-18    bubuli55: AFGM won his last round game at Asian Seniors to place second overall behind Chito Garma. Koboy made a good showing. Ranked 13, placed 9th. Nov-15-18    Iskubadayb: Wow, may Asian Seniors na pala. Maybe I'll give it a try someday. Kumusta mga bradidik! Lalo na to my especial bradidik... Euge! Congrats sa good showing, and belated birthday greetings, too. I just noticed, but I don't remember bradidik Angel going to the Olympiad. I hope he did. I'd show for the next one just to have a drink with Adrian! :) Nov-15-18    Iskubadayb: < Granny O Doul: Is this the same Garma who used to go by "Raul" in Washington Square back in the 90s? > It's his younger brother. Dec-18-18    Iskubadayb: BRADIDIK, MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and Marlineenee.:) Dec-29-18    pinoymaster77: Bumisita pala Master Isku Kumusta na, advanced happy New Year! In case may plano for Asian Seniors next year eh heto nasa FIDE calendar Nag top Pinoy pa contemporary na IM Ricky De Guzman sa recent Asian Chess Championship recently hosted here. Asian Seniors Chess Championship 2019 Almaty, Kazakhstan 8-Sep-2019 18-Sep-2019 Dec-30-18    spawn2: Happy New Year to all GETS and chess enthusiasts! May 2019 bring joy and success to everyone. Dec-31-18    bubuli55: Happy New Year to AFGM and family! Dec-31-18    gokusano: Happy New Year to all, especially to AFGM and family. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 79 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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