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 1,596  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0 64 1968 Manila Meralco E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 2. C Benitez vs E Torre   ½-½ 22 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 3. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0 92 1968 Manila Meralco B20 Sicilian 4. E Torre vs P Rasmussen   1-0 43 1968 Manila Meralco C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 5. E Torre vs J Lobigas   ½-½ 42 1968 Manila Meralco B27 Sicilian 6. B Berger vs E Torre   1-0 49 1968 Manila Meralco A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 7. E Torre vs K A Lim   ½-½ 48 1968 Manila Meralco B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 8. E Torre vs E De Castro   0-1 40 1968 Manila Meralco C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 9. S Aguilar vs E Torre   0-1 23 1968 Manila Meralco B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. R Reyes vs E Torre   0-1 36 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1 51 1968 Manila Meralco C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 12. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre   ½-½ 35 1968 Manila Meralco B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. G Badilles vs E Torre   1-0 71 1968 Manila Meralco E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 14. E Torre vs N Estimo   1-0 30 1968 Manila Meralco B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez   0-1 37 1968 Manila Meralco B03 Alekhine's Defense 16. E Torre vs A Saidy 1-0 34 1969 9th Costa del Sol B57 Sicilian 17. W Hug vs E Torre   ½-½ 50 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 18. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½ 77 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. K Payrhuber vs E Torre   ½-½ 47 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B25 Sicilian, Closed 20. E Torre vs R M McKay   0-1 32 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 21. A Sznapik vs E Torre   0-1 46 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 E97 King's Indian 22. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson   1-0 47 1969 World Junior Championship qual-2 B07 Pirc 23. S Bouaziz vs E Torre   ½-½ 20 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B B02 Alekhine's Defense 24. E Torre vs E M Green   ½-½ 49 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 25. J Kristiansen vs E Torre   0-1 36 1969 World Junior Championship Final-B E73 King's Indian  page 1 of 64; games 1-25 of 1,596

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 82 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-05-19    Nf3em: Belated Happy Birthday AFGM. Dec-05-19    spawn2: GM Torre with GM Laylo and IM Bersamina got 1st place in the chess problem solving event in the ongoing SEA Games. Congrats Team Philippines! Dec-05-19    wordfunph: hurrahhhh to GM Torre, GM Laylo and IM Bersamina, cheers! Dec-06-19    torrefan: Mabuhay GM Oliveros-Torre, GM Layo and IM Bersamina! Dec-06-19    Nf3em: Congrats AFGM & the rest of PHL Chess Team. Dec-24-19    spawn2: Wishing everyone a Blessed and Meaningful Christmas!🎄 Jan-01-20    spawn2: Happy New Year to everyone!🎉 Looking forward to a successful Olympiad campaign for the Philippine team this 2020.. Jan-01-20    Kurakotsaba: Where is 2020 Chess Olympiad going to be held? Jan-01-20    wordfunph: <Kurakotsaba> Moscow Jan-02-20    torrefan: Greetings to the AFGM! Jan-02-20    Kurakotsaba: I see. Thanks <wordfunph>. Jan-02-20    Kurakotsaba: Will there be a qualifying process/tournament, or series of official games to determine who will make the team to Moscow, wordzski? Jan-02-20    wordfunph: kurakotsabagirov, di ko alam proseso. plano ka sasabak? Jan-03-20    spawn2: Kurakotsaba: Team Philippines composition: 1. GM Inno Sadorra - seeded (with highest elo) 2. GM Banjo Barcenilla - BOGM Champ 3. IM Pau Bersamina - BOGM 1st runner-up 4. Will be selected by NCFP 5. Will be selected by NCFP Coach : GM Eugene Torre Jan-03-20    Kurakotsaba: Mayroon na pala puesto sa 1, 2, 3. 4 and 5 na lang ang tbd. Salamat <spawn2>. Sa Tokyo Olympics na lang isasalansan ng masinsinan ng Pilipinas sa mga athletes na i-send. Mar-02-20    spawn2: Congratulations to GM Eugenio O. Torre for being included in the list of the 50 Greatest Filipino Athletes of All Time! The book 50 Greatest Filipino Athletes of All Time is now available. Written and co-edited by the tandem of Mr. Bill Velasco and Mr. Joaquin Henson. Mar-03-20    torrefan: Congrats! Mar-04-20    stalkerone: Sadorra will be replaced by GM Laylo. Mar-05-20    Kurakotsaba: BD1 begged off. Reasons given? None? Thats OK. JUST DO IT. Your best! Apr-25-20    wordfunph: "Finding myself in a country that was right in the midst of a chess boom was a godsend. Philippines was home to Asia’s first Grandmaster, Eugenio Torre, and my mother persisted in not letting my affinity for the sport slacken. In fact, she took it several steps ahead. She began by rifling through the phonebook, looking up every single ‘Torre’ in the country until her search was narrowed down to the most likely Torre. When she called on the number she’d diligently circled, it turned out that while she’d found the right Torre household, she’d got hold of the wrong brother. Luckily, the brother was a chess coach and was kind enough to suggest a good chess club for me to frequent." - GM Viswanathan Anand (Source: Mind Master - Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life by Viswanathan Anand) Nov-04-20    Nf3em: Happy Birthday AFGM ... continue to have good health and happy life. Jan-16-21    spawn2: Good luck to GM Torre and the rest of Team Rizal Towers! Today is the opening round of the 1st PCAP (Professional Chess Association of the Philippines) tournament where 24 teams will be fighting it out to snare the crown. Apr-21-21    Lemon69: Congratulations to our very own AFGM Torre. Truly a legend of the game and well-deserved Hall of Famer in chess: https://www.philstar.com/sports/202... Nov-05-21    bubuli55: Happy Birthday! AFGM. Best wishes. Nov-05-21    0ZeR0: Happy birthday to the venerable GM Eugenio Torre! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 83) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 82 OF 83 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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