CHESS PLAYER

Eugenio Torre

1951 - Today

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Eugenio Oliveros Torre (born November 4, 1951) is a Filipino chess grandmaster. In 1974, at 22 years old, he became the first Filipino and non-Soviet Asian to qualify for the title Grandmaster. Torre did this by winning the silver medal in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice, France. He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines produced during the 1980s and 1990s, and played for the Philippines on board 1 in seventeen Chess Olympiads. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugenio Torre is the 118th most popular chess player (up from 288th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Eugenio Torre ranks 118 out of 461. Before him are Vasja Pirc, Peter Leko, Erich Eliskases, Oscar Panno, Ernst Grünfeld, and Igor Bondarevsky. After him are Wolfgang Uhlmann, István Csom, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Arturo Pomar, Fred Yates, and Leonid Stein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Eugenio Torre ranks 301. Before him are Walter Meeuws, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Phyllis Smith, Gilbert Baker, Cassandra Peterson, and Robert Joy. After him are Steve Perryman, Michel Pollentier, Kim Manners, Stephen Root, Ivano Bordon, and Tom Noonan.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Eugenio Torre ranks 46 out of 155. Before him are José Villanueva (1913), Pedro Paterno (1857), Oscar Cruz (1934), Jaime Sin (1928), Maria Ressa (1963), and Leila de Lima (1959). After him are Melchora Aquino (1812), Fernando Lopez (1904), Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945), Antonio Luna (1866), Fernando Poe Jr. (1939), and Juan Luna (1857).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Philippines

Among chess players born in Philippines, Eugenio Torre ranks 1. After him are Wesley So (1993), and Arianne Caoili (1986).

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