#agadmator Eugenio Torre (born November 4, 1951) is a chess grandmaster (GM). 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 then-reigning 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.
Torre shot to prominence in 1976 as a possible future title challenger after winning a strong four-man tournament in Manila ahead of World Champion Anatoly Karpov – thus becoming the first player to finish ahead of Karpov in a tournament since the latter became world champion. “In the summer of 1976, three grandmasters traveled to Manila, Philippines to participate in the Marlboro-Loyola Kings Challenge chess tournament. They were (in order by Elo): World Champion Anatoly Karpov (2695) from the Soviet Union, Ljubomir Ljubojević (2620) from Yugoslavia, and Walter Browne (2585) from the United States. They were joined by grandmaster Eugenio Torre (2505) from the Philippines for a double-round robin event.
Eugenio Torre vs Anatoly Karpov
“E.T. the Extra-Torrestrial” (game of the day Oct-10-2012)
Phillips & Drew GLC Kings (1984), London ENG, rd 11, May-08
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Huebner. Rubinstein Variation (E42)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cd4 6. ed4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 ed5 9. cd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 d6 12. Nb6 ab6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Be2 Re5 15. Bb2 Rd5 16. Qc1 Nc6 17. O-O Ne5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. h3 b5 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Rc8 22. Rc8 Qc8 23. f4 Ng6 24. Bf6 gf6 25. Bf3 Qc4 26. Bd5 Qd5 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Nf6 Kf6 29. Qc3 Ne5 30. fe5 de5 31. Rf1 Ke6 32. Qc2 e4 33. Qc3 f5 34. Qg7 Qd2 35. Qh7 Qe3 36. Kh2 Qg5 37. h4 Qg4 38. Qh6 Ke5 39. Qg5 Qg5 40. hg5 e3 41. g6 Kf6 42. Kg3 Be6 43. Kf4 e2 44. Re1 Bc4 45. g7 Kg7
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