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Filipino chess Grandmaster
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Filipino chess Grandmaster
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๐ด Eugenio Torre
Filipino chess Grandmaster
๐ฐ Eugenio Torre is a Filipino chess grandmaster. He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines produced during the 1980s and 1990s, and has been Board 1 player for the Philippines in eighteen World Chess Olympiads.
In 1974, then 22 years old, he became Asia's first Grandmaster by winning the silver medal in the Chess Olympiad held in Nice, France. In a tournament in Manila in the 1976, Torre beat World Champion Anatoly Karpov in a game that has become part of Filipino chess history. In 1982 he gained a spot in the World Chess Championship candidates matches, where he lost to Zoltan Ribli. He served as Bobby Fischer's second in the 1992 match against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. Torre is still an active player and put in a strong performance at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in 2016.
In 1984, Torre was selected to play in the second USSR vs. the Rest of the World competition held in London, England. The USSR team was led by the world's two highest ranked players at that time, Garry Kasparov (2710 Elo) and Karpov (2700 Elo) while the Rest of the World was led by Viktor Korchnoi and Ljubomir Ljubojeviฤ both with 2635 Elo rating. Torre had an Elo rating of 2565 for this tournament where he contributed 2 points in 3 games, all against Andrei Sokolov, winning 2 and losing once.
โฆ๏ธ A memorable game by torre against Anatoly Karpov in Manila 1976 which named "E.T. Phone Home" in chessgames.com site!!๐
๐ธ Anatoly Karpov vs Eugenio Torre
๐ธ Manila (1976), Manila PHI, rd 2, Jul-14
๐ธ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation (B67)
โฆ๏ธ Review and download PGN file๐
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๐ด Eugenio Torre
Filipino chess Grandmaster
๐ฐ Eugenio Torre is a Filipino chess grandmaster. He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines produced during the 1980s and 1990s, and has been Board 1 player for the Philippines in eighteen World Chess Olympiads.
In 1974, then 22 years old, he became Asia's first Grandmaster by winning the silver medal in the Chess Olympiad held in Nice, France. In a tournament in Manila in the 1976, Torre beat World Champion Anatoly Karpov in a game that has become part of Filipino chess history. In 1982 he gained a spot in the World Chess Championship candidates matches, where he lost to Zoltan Ribli. He served as Bobby Fischer's second in the 1992 match against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. Torre is still an active player and put in a strong performance at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in 2016.
In 1984, Torre was selected to play in the second USSR vs. the Rest of the World competition held in London, England. The USSR team was led by the world's two highest ranked players at that time, Garry Kasparov (2710 Elo) and Karpov (2700 Elo) while the Rest of the World was led by Viktor Korchnoi and Ljubomir Ljubojeviฤ both with 2635 Elo rating. Torre had an Elo rating of 2565 for this tournament where he contributed 2 points in 3 games, all against Andrei Sokolov, winning 2 and losing once.
โฆ๏ธ A memorable game by torre against Anatoly Karpov in Manila 1976 which named "E.T. Phone Home" in chessgames.com site!!๐
๐ธ Anatoly Karpov vs Eugenio Torre
๐ธ Manila (1976), Manila PHI, rd 2, Jul-14
๐ธ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation (B67)
โฆ๏ธ Review and download PGN file๐
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@Karpov-Torre 1976.pgn
786 B
๐ธ Anatoly Karpov - Eugenio Torre, Manila (1976)
๐ธ PGN format
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๐ธ PGN format
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20.Nf3! [In order to transfer the knight to a better position and clear the second rank for his queen.]
20...Rc8 21.Rxc8+ [โณQc2]
21...Bxc8 22.Qc2 Qb8! [22...Bb7?! 23.Ne5 a5 24.Nd3 Ba6 25.Nxb4 axb4 26.Bc1 h6 27.Bd2 Ne4 28.Be1+/= โณf3]
23.Bc3 Qc7 24.Ne1 Ne4?? [A strange blunder at such a high level.]
[24...Bxc3 25.Nxc3 a5 26.f3 Ba6 27.Bf1 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 h6 29.Kf2 Kf8 30.Ke2 g5 31.Na4 Qxc2+ 32.Nxc2=]
25.Bxb4 1โ0
20...Rc8 21.Rxc8+ [โณQc2]
21...Bxc8 22.Qc2 Qb8! [22...Bb7?! 23.Ne5 a5 24.Nd3 Ba6 25.Nxb4 axb4 26.Bc1 h6 27.Bd2 Ne4 28.Be1+/= โณf3]
23.Bc3 Qc7 24.Ne1 Ne4?? [A strange blunder at such a high level.]
[24...Bxc3 25.Nxc3 a5 26.f3 Ba6 27.Bf1 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 h6 29.Kf2 Kf8 30.Ke2 g5 31.Na4 Qxc2+ 32.Nxc2=]
25.Bxb4 1โ0
Anna Muzychuk is the first player into Round 2 of WWCC2018 after beating 74-year-old Rani Hamid 2:0
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After two draws, Irina Krush and Inna Gaponenko head to playoffs tomorrow at the Womenโs World Chess Championships.
Sabina Foisor makes another draw against Stefanova to join Irina for Playoff Monday at the Womenโs World Championship! Good luck to Irina and Sabina on making the round of 32 ๐บ๐ธ๐