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 80 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-14-19    Iskubadayb: TonyMayls, Happy new year, too. Pumatak pa si Rikitik. I'm so happy for my bradidik! Kasakhstan! Very inviting yan ha. Thanks for the heads up. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Euge & Marlin! Jan-14-19    Iskubadayb: Are you guys following the Tata? I do when I can. Telbatz na talaga si Kraming. Pang Luneta yung atake ni Nepo, hindi nakitz ni Vladong. Nasa banyo tuloy siya ngayon.:) Mar-18-19    Nf3em: Kumusta mga kaibigan, OK ba kayo riyan? Mar-22-19    spawn2: Musta bro Danny. No news yet on next tourney of Eugene. He is concentrating on his role as National Coach. Jun-02-19    spawn2: We may get to see GM Eugene play in the Asian Continental 2019 in China. Abangan.. Jun-06-19    spawn2: To GM Torre and the rest of the members of Team Philippines who are now in China for the 2019 Asian Continental Championship, good luck! May you have a successful campaign. Jun-07-19    pinoymaster77: GM Euge vs GM Ngoc, about to start Jun-22-19    pinoymaster77: The featured game sa NCFP Online Chess Training Institute featuring AFGM Eugene Torre "The Power of the Pin", featured daw sa chessdotcom, or dito sa chessgames L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976 Jun-22-19    pinoymaster77: MUST WATCH for ALL chess fans! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGp... Jul-06-19    spawn2: GM Torre and his wife are in Gumaca Quezon to attend the 75th birthday of the father of a long time supporter. To celebrate the birthday of a chess enthusiast, there will be a 20 board simul exhibition today (should be finished by now) and a tourney tomorrow morning. Last Friday morning GM Eugene and hosts visited a school so that GM Torre can meet the students and encourage them to take up a game. This coming October, ETCF in partnership with CFBCI will hold the 7th CFBCI chess tourney. Jul-06-19    torrefan: A boat ride away from Gumaca--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjY... Aug-06-19    wordfunph: <Terrence, who has been photographed recently playing with Pinoy grandmaster Eugene Torre, has always sought out the chance to play with top-caliber chess players.> http://spin.com.ph/ Aug-06-19    wordfunph: Terrence Romeo playing chess.. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjnAwmS... Aug-06-19    wordfunph: here's another one.. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJQL9IS... “Naalala ko dati sa FEU noon may nakalaban ako na varsity ng chess, bata lang siya," says Terrence. "Ako noon 17 na tapos siya 12, pero tinatalo niya ako. Hindi talaga ako manalo, five games yata. As in every night naglalaro kami sa dorm hindi ako nananalo.” - Terrence Romeo Aug-31-19    Nf3em: Wow nag-simul si AFGM sa Gumaca? Ilang tumbling na lang yan sa bayan kong sinilangan Lopez, Quezon. Aug-31-19    Nf3em: Brod <Spawn2>, sana during the time na nanjan ako sa Pinas may ganap si AFGM. Pauwi na ako sa Sep 30, project finished na. Only warranty team will remain here in BKK. Sep-01-19    spawn2: <Nf3em> Ok bro I will see if I can arrange something. Will keep you and the rest posted. ; ) Sep-01-19    Nf3em: Danke brod <spawn2> … Sep-04-19    Pyrandus: "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." Interesting: Friend of R.Fischer?! Sep-04-19    Diademas: Not exactly news. Torre conducted the infamous radio interviews with Fischer between 1999 and 2001. Where he, amongst other things, gives his very special input on Jews and the 9/11 attack. Sep-04-19    Kapmigs: I do not think it was GM Torre who did the interviews-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyT... Sep-04-19    Diademas: <Torre was a friend of Bobby Fischer. He worked on Fischer's team in the 1992 rematch with Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. Much later, Torre conducted interviews with Fischer on Filipino radio dzRH MBC Sports Center. Those interviews gained notoriety for Fischer and despair for his fans as he believed he would be killed in the United States after being deported from Japan. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen... Sep-08-19    bubuli55: < spawn2 > bro, good day. I’ll be in Ascott Makati the 3rd week of October. Would you be kind enough to arrange a game between GM and I ? Preferably Oct21 or 23. Thanks.d Sep-08-19    bubuli55: Of course if GM permits. Sep-08-19    wordfunph: GM Torre (2541) vs IM Aluyen (2422) 1/2 Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 80 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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