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<img src="https://cdn.kahimyang.com/resources-16/torre-in-1982.webp" alt="Eugene Torre" />
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(Eugene Torre in 1982)
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In a tournament in Manila in 1976, Torre was then the only one to beat the 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 Zoltán Ribli. 
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Torre was a friend of Bobby Fischer. He worked on Fischer's team in the 1992 rematch with Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. Much later, Torre conducted interviews with Fischer on Filipino radio dzRH MBC Sports Center. Those interviews gained notoriety for Fischer and despair for his fans as he believed he would be killed in the United States after being deported from Japan. 
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Torre was involved in 1996 when Fischer Random Chess was launched.
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Born on November 4, 1951 in Iloilo City, Torre is considered the best chess player the Philippines ever produced.
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The former Business Administration undergraduate from Mapua Institute of Technology also has the distinction of being the first Asian player to earn the much-coveted title of International Grandmaster.
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Torre was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Source:
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Philippines News Agency archives
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June 27, 1974: Filipino Chess Master Eugene Torre became Asia's first Grandmaster