Eugenio Torre
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Eugenio Torre

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  • 1973.06.04 Tal, Mikhail vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense 67 moves Interzonal-09a Leningrad Interzonal 1973, round 2, against the former World Champion Mikhail Tal. Queens come off on move 23; Torre wins pawns with 32...Rxf2+ and 40...Rxh2, and the rook ending finishes with his king on h4 and two connected pawns against none.
  • 1974.06.16 Torre, Eugenio vsPortisch, Lajos 1-0 Pirc Defense: Classical Variation 41 moves Olympiad-21 Final A Nice Olympiad 1974, against Lajos Portisch, at the Olympiad where Torre won the board-one silver medal, unbeaten in 19 games, and earned the grandmaster title. 26.Nxf7 wins the exchange, 34.Re8 and 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 trade a pair of rooks, and 41.Rf3 ends it.
  • 1976.07.14 Karpov, Anatoly vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation 48 moves Manila Marlboro Manila 1976, round 2, against the reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov. Wikipedia calls it a game that has become part of Filipino chess history; Torre went on to finish first, ahead of Karpov. In the Richter-Rauzer, 29...b3+ opens the white king, the black king takes the d-pawn with 43...Kxd5, and 48...Qf1+ ends the game.
  • 1976.07.18 Torre, Eugenio vsLjubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Open 43 moves Manila Marlboro Manila 1976, round 4, against Ljubomir Ljubojević, in the same tournament. 26.Rxd6 wins a pawn, 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rxb8 gives a rook for bishop and knight, and 43.Rf7# mates with rook, knight and king.
  • 1976.10.28 Ogaard, Leif vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni 33 moves Olympiad-22 Haifa Olympiad 1976, against Leif Øgaard, listed first among Torre's notable games on chessgames.com. Torre allows 10.Bxb7 and 11.Bxa8 Qxa8 and pushes his d-pawn with 19...d4, 23...d3 and 24...dxe2; 25...Ne4 26.fxe4 Bxe5 recaptures on e5, and 33...Qf3 ends it.
  • 1981.01.15 Torre, Eugenio vsPeters, Jack 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation 44 moves Christmas Congress 1980/81-56 Premier Hastings 1980/81, last round, against Jack Peters. Torre finished second and won the tournament's brilliancy prize. 29.Rxg7+ and 30.f6 open the black king, 35.Rxh7+ Kxh7 gives a rook for the knight, and 43.Qxg8+ Qxg8 44.Bh5 leaves White's pawns on e7 and f6.
  • 1982.08.17 Polugaevsky, Lev vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation 59 moves Interzonal-12b Toluca Interzonal 1982, round 6, against Lev Polugaevsky, the first of five straight wins that took Torre to a shared first place and the Candidates. 39.Qxf2 takes a rook, but 39...Qxe4+ 40.Qg2 Qxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Ne3+ 42.Kf3 Nxd1 wins it back with a knight fork; in the knight ending the black king takes the knight with 58...Kxa6.
  • 1983.04.18 Torre, Eugenio vsRibli, Zoltan 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation 68 moves Candidates qf Ribli-Torre +3=6-1 Candidates quarter-final, Alicante 1983, against Zoltán Ribli, Torre's one win in a match he lost 6–4. In the ending of rook and knight against rook and bishop the a-pawn decides: 66.a6, and 68.Rc7 with the black king on a8.
  • 1984.05.08 Torre, Eugenio vsKarpov, Anatoly 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation 45 moves London Phillips&Drew London 1984, round 11, against the reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov. 24.Bxf6 gxf6 and 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 lead to 28.Nxf6 Kxf6 29.Qc3+, a knight given up to expose the black king, and Torre's g-pawn advances with 41.g6 and 45.g7.
  • 1984.06.07 Smyslov, Vasily V vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld Variation 41 moves Bugojno Bugojno 1984, round 11, against the former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, in the Semi-Slav Meran. Torre's d-pawn advances with 30...d3 and 32...d2, and Smyslov gives up the exchange with 35.Rxd2 Nxd2 36.Bxd2.
  • 1985.07.22 Torre, Eugenio vsPetursson, Margeir 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 26 moves Interzonal-13c Biel Interzonal 1985, round 14, against Margeir Pétursson, a 26-move win. 20.Nxg5 removes the bishop, 22.Qc3+ Kh6 drives the king to h6, 23.Bxc6 and 25.Qxc6 win material, and 26.Nxf7+ forks the king and the rook on d8.
  • 1986.11.17 Torre, Eugenio vsAnand, Viswanathan 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation 29 moves Olympiad-27 Dubai Olympiad 1986, round 3, against Viswanathan Anand, the future World Champion. 18.Bxf5 Qxe3 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.fxe3 trades queens and wins a pawn, and the bishop and rooks keep the black king on h8: 25.Bh7+, 26.Rh4, 28.Bxh7 and 29.Rh5.
  • 1987 Torre, Eugenio vsKorchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 1-0 Italian Game 76 moves Interzonal-14c Zagreb Interzonal 1987, round 13, against Viktor Korchnoi, the winner of the tournament. In the rook ending Torre's king takes the a-pawn with 66.Kxa5, and his own a-pawn reaches a7 on move 76.
  • 1988 Chiburdanidze, Maia vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation, Duras Variation 19 moves Biel Biel 1988, against the reigning Women's World Champion Maia Chiburdanidze, a 19-move win. 16...f5 17.Bb2 fxe4 18.Bxd4 exd3 opens lines against the white king, still in the center, and 19...Be6 brings in the last piece.
  • 1988 Torre, Eugenio vsRomanishin, Oleg M 1-0 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 46 moves Biel Biel 1988, against Oleg Romanishin. After the exchanges 27.Rxb6 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rxe4 29.Qxe4 Qxb6+, Torre's passed d-pawn decides: 41.d6, 44.d7 and 46.Re8.
  • 1991 Polgar, Zsuzsa vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation 42 moves San Francisco San Francisco 1991, against Zsuzsa Polgar, later Women's World Champion. 29...Bxe3 wins a pawn, 31...Qxc2 32.Rxb8+ Kh7 33.Bxe3 leaves White a rook and bishop for the queen, and 41...Qxb2 42.Bxb2 Bxf1 wins the exchange.
  • 1996.09.20 Topalov, Veselin vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 Ruy Lopez: Open 55 moves Olympiad-32 Yerevan Olympiad 1996, against Veselin Topalov, the future World Champion. Topalov gives up the exchange with 48.Rxc3 dxc3 49.Qxc3, and Torre's rook and queen reach d3 and e3 with 52...Rd3 and 55...Qe3.
  • 2012.09.05 Short, Nigel D vsTorre, Eugenio 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation 41 moves Olympiad-40 Istanbul Olympiad 2012, Torre's record 21st Olympiad, against Nigel Short, with whom he had drawn a six-game match in Manila in 1988. 36...Rd1+ 37.Bf1 pins the bishop, and the knights join with 39...Nb6 and 40...Nc4 before 41...Rc1.
  • 2016.09.10 Torre, Eugenio vsSalgado Lopez, Ivan 1-0 Trompowsky Attack 40 moves Olympiad-42 Baku Olympiad 2016, against Iván Salgado López, at the Olympiad where Torre, then 64, won the board-three bronze medal with 10 points from 11 games. 31.Nxg6+ and 32.Qe8+ drive the king to h7, 33.Rxd2 Rxd2+ wins the queen for a rook, and the white queen takes the queenside pawns with 35.Qxb5, 36.Qxa6 and 38.Qxa7.
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