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  Eugenio Torre (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
'''Eugenio Torre''' (born November 4, 1951) is a chess Grandmaster.
Torre was eliminated when he lost his match against Zoltan Ribli by a score of 6-4.
Eugenio Torre should not be confused with Mexican Grandmaster Carlos Torre.
eugenio-torre.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (205 words)

  
 The Chess Connoisseur-Philippine News, October 2001
Torre, Asia's first grandmaster and the current national champion, is personally coaching the youngsters with the assistance of International Master Ronald Bancod and National Master Rolando Nolte.
Torre said they were to play two rounds a day for two weekends before their scheduled departure for Spain on October 17.
Torre, who is going to Spain as their coach, is being assisted by NM Rolando Nolte, a chess computer expert.
www.health.gov.pg /~komrad/bulletin/philnews/philnews10.htm   (1698 words)

  
 Eugenio Torre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
However Torre soon found his form of old with a string of impressive wins to once again take the crown with a final tally of 10.5/14 at the age of 51, thus, becoming the oldest winner of the championships.
The 53-year old Torre joined the record books when he made his 19th consecutive appearance in the Chess Olympics and moves just one short of tying the all-time record for most appearances held by the legendary Lajos Portisch of Hungary.
Torre first saw action in the Olympics at the age of 17 in 1970 in Siegen, Germany, playing board two behind the now-retired International Master Rodolfo Tan Cardoso.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Eugenio_Torre   (2948 words)

  
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NCFP president Eugenio Torre, however, said the boycott order is the only way to punish the PCF, its predecessor, for ignoring their plea of securing official recognition from them as mandated by the FIDE (International Chess Federation) as the country’s chess governing body.
Torre and fellow Grandmasters Rogelio Antonio Jr., the champion in last year’s edition of the country’s richest chess event, and Buenaventura Villamayor and some of the country’s top players have announced as early as three months ago their non-participation.
GMs Eugenio Torre and Rogelio Antonio Jr swapped places with ratings of 2541 and 2535, respectively.
www.health.gov.pg /~komrad/bulletin/philnews/philnews7.htm   (1018 words)

  
 Eugenio Torre vs Vassily Ivanchuk (1996)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Torre, playing for flag and country on top board, does not intend to just draw the game with Ivanchuk.
Torre lost to his Pet right here to Ivanchuk.
I have observed that torre and rogelio antonio have a different approach to the alapin.
www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1060733   (305 words)

  
 Torre sets Batangas simul, clinic - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Later in the day, Torre will conduct a chess workshop for principals, PE coordinators, coaches and team captains of participating schools of the event at the FAITH auditorium.
The twin events are being organized by the Active Chess Center of Asia Inc in cooperation with the Grandmaster Eugenio Torre Chess Institute (GETCI), FAITH and Diwa Learning Systems.
Torre, a former president of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), has tirelessly promoted chess in schools around the country through the GETCI.
news.inq7.net /sports/index.php?index=1&story_id=18808   (379 words)

  
 Eugenio Torre information information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He is considered the strongest chessplayer the Philippines has ever produced during the 1980's and 1990's period, following the heels of Fischer era Filipino chess champions NM Ramon Lontoc, IM Renato Naranja, IM Rodolfo Tan Cardoso and the deceased GM Rosendo Balinas, Jr.
Torre has the distinction of being the first Asian player to earn the much coveted title of International Grandmaster.
In a tournament in Manila in the 1976, Torre beat then reigning world chess champion Anatoly Karpov in a game that has become part of Filipino chess history (moves given in Algebraic chess notation)(Sicilian Defense):
search.com.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/Eugene_Torre   (292 words)

  
 ChessBase.com - Chess News - A chess holiday in Thailand
This is the fifth Bangkok Chess Club Tournament and has attracted some notable Grandmasters, Ian Rogers, Shaobin Wu, Eugenio Torre and Tejas Bakre with many other International Masters, FIDE Masters plus what we are seeing more and more is Women Masters and Women Grandmasters.
In this event we have Ms Anya Corke a Woman Grandmaster from Hong Kong, at 14 years of age she sure packs a punch around the chessboard.
Beachside blitz with Eugenio Torre and Ian Rogers
www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2443   (797 words)

  
 Games - Eugenio Torre (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He is considered the strongest chessplayer the Philippines has ever produced during the 1980's and 1990's period, following the heels of Fischer era Filipino chess champions NM Ramon Lontoc, IM Renato Naranja
In a tournament in Manila in the 1976, Torre beat then reigning world chess champion Anatoly Karpov
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listing-index.ebay.com.cob-web.org:8888 /games/Eugenio_Torre.html   (289 words)

  
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Grandmaster Eugenio Torre, a friend of Fischer who had acted as an intermediary between him and the Philippine broadcasters, tried to limit the damage with a declaration, published on the Internet.
Whatever Fischer's ideas, he is in trouble, and the chess community has a duty to help him so that his many exciting plans for the future will not remain unexecuted, wrote Torre.
The second Philippine broadcast became especially nasty when Torre read the full address of Fischer's American representative who was supposed to be responsible for the loss of his property.
www.chesscafe.com /text/hans32.txt   (1150 words)

  
 Eugenio Torre vs Jonathan Kinlay (1977)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
That was Kinlay beating Torre with the Black pieces.
Of course Torre, if he had realized the trouble he was getting himself into via 50.
: Torre had just beaten Karpov in this line (his first loss in several years) and this was my first game vs a grandmaster, so I was a little nervous before the start.
www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1041346   (747 words)

  
 Philippines Sports and Recreation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Chess, checkers, dama (a type of draughts) and dominos are also very popular and often played on street corners.
In 1992, the Philippines hosted the World Chess Olympics; the country has many top players, including grandmasters Eugenio Torre and Rosendo Balinas Jr.
The most popular form of entertainment among men, however, is cockfighting.
www.cp-pc.ca /english/philippines/sports.html   (408 words)

  
 thepinoy.com - Philippine News & Information Portal
The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz, a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.
The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.
This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii.
www.thepinoy.com /html/fil_trivia.html   (856 words)

  
 Florin Gheorghiu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the Riga Interzonal, he only narrowly failed to qualify for the Candidates Matches.
When playing at his peak on the regular tournament circuit, he won on many occasions, including Hastings 1967-68 (with Hort and Stein), Reykjavik 1972 (with Hort and Olafsson), Orense 1973, Torremolinos 1974 (with Torre), Novi Sad 1979 and Biel 1982 (with Nunn).
He was always a formidable opponent at the US Open tournament and finished first in three successive years - 1979, 1980 (with Fedorowicz) and 1981 (with Christiansen and others).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florin_Gheorghiu   (404 words)

  
 The Week in Chess 392
Seeded were: The Philippines' three grandmasters: GM Eugenio Torre GM Bong Villamayor GM Rogelio Antonio Jr The Philippines' three highest rated juniors: IM Mark Paragua NM John Paul Gomez NM Oliver Barbosa
After 15 rounds of chess GM Eugene Torre came out on top to earn the title of Philippine Champion for the umpteenth time.
They are: GM Eugenio Torre IM Nelson Mariano IM Mark Paragua IM Petronio Roca GM Bong Villamayor GM Rogelio Antonio Jr.
www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic392.html   (8646 words)

  
 OlimpBase :: 10th Asian Chess Team Championship, Kuala Lumpur 1993, information
GM Eugenio Torre of the Philippines was elected the chairman.
The opening was a simple one and the five VIPs were invited to play the customary first move for five of the matches.
With seven Grandmasters (Nenashev and Zagrebely — Uzbekistan; Torre and Antonio — Philippines; Adianto — Indonesia; Ye — China; Vladimirov — Kazakhstan) and nineteen International Masters the organisers could not have asked for a more interesting field.
www.olimpbase.org /1993a/1993in.html   (2017 words)

  
 Paragua still RP's No. 1 chess player - Apr. 04, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
INTERNATIONAL Master Mark Paragua is still the Philippines' top chess player.
Paragua, the most bemedalled Filipino athlete in the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games, was given an Elo rating of 2529 by the International Chess Federation, keeping his lead over GMs Joey Antonio (2523) and Eugene Torre (2521).
Arizona-based IM Rogelio "Banjo" Barcenilla and Europe-based Fide Master Joseph Sanchez improved on their ratings released April 1.
www.inq7.net /spo/2004/apr/04/spo_2-1.htm   (112 words)

  
 Penang International Tournament (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Almost all the front-runners were satisfied with draws among themselves while they concentrated on wiping out the tailenders.
Consequently, the tournament finished with a four-way tie between the Iranians Kamran Shirazi and IM Mehrshad Sharif, and the Filipinos GM Eugenio Torre and IM Rico Mascarinas.
Torre GM Rico Mascarinas IM Mershad Sharif IM Murray Chandler IM
www.geocities.com.cob-web.org:8888 /pg-chess/archive16.html   (332 words)

  
 Bobby Fischer Biography 2
He was eventually charged with damaging prison property (specifically, one mattress).
In recent years he has given interviews with Pablo Mercado and Grandmaster Eugenio Torre on the Philippine radio station Radio Bombo, in which he has confirmed his fanatical anti-Semitism - among other things, he has spoken of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy, and has denied the holocaust happened.
He also used the interviews to complain about products such as the computer program Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess using his name without permission (the program was based on Fischer's book of the same name).
www.chessmaniac.com /Bobby_Fischer/bobby_fischer_biography_2.htm   (2166 words)

  
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www.hoteleugenio.com   (246 words)

  
 Kavanagh Building Buenos Aires by Sanchez Lagos and de la Torre
Kavanagh Building Buenos Aires by Sanchez Lagos and de la Torre
Rising 33 stories at the heart of the city on Plaza San Martin is the magnificent Kavanagh Apartment Building.
The answer will most likely be No, but you will have a chance for a quick glance at the lobby's luxurious finishes.
www.galinsky.com /buildings/kavanagh   (374 words)

  
 Ignatius Leong with Grandmaster Eugenio Torre of the Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ignatius Leong with Grandmaster Eugenio Torre of the Philippines
Chess Grandmaster Eugenio Torre of the Philippines is standing.
Contact address - please send e-mail to the following address: Sloan@ishipress.com
www.ishipress.com /torre.htm   (59 words)

  
 The American Spectator
Probably he meant to make his way back to Manila, where he makes occasional radio appearances full of bilious, Tourettic anti-Semitism.
He is rumored to have a child there, and his Filipino friends include Eugenio Torre, the dean of chess in that country.
The dangling question is why his passport was suddenly revoked last year after he was allowed to swan about the world with it for so long.
www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=6842   (1302 words)

  
 Sun.Star Davao - Davao bet loses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He downed Rhobel Legaspi in 38 moves of a Benoni Defense in the first game then pulled off another win via a 50 moves of a Ruy Lopez in the second game to earn him a ticket to the quarters.
In other matches, IM Richard Bitoon, who hails from Medellin, Cebu upset Asia's First Grandmaster and tournament top seed Eugenio Torre in a Torre's favorite line of Pirc Defense encounter lasting 53 moves.
Arroyo warns she could impose emergency rule anew
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2006/03/08/sports/davao.bet.loses.html   (192 words)

  
 New In Chess - SOS Game of the month (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The pawns on h4 and h5 add extra tension.
Torre is moving his bishop back and forth.
Torre has counterplay for his inferior pawn structure due to his active pieces.
www.newinchess.com.cob-web.org:8888 /games/SOS/Default.aspx?PageID=510   (400 words)

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