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  • Fist Asian Grand Master

    Eugenio Torre (born November 4, 1951) is a chess Grandmaster. More commonly known as Eugene Torre, he is considered the strongest chessplayer the Philippines produced through the 1980s and 1990s period, following the heels of Fischer era Filipino ... | Read More

  • Asia's Grandmaster.

    Eugene Torre is part of Philippine history because of his skills in playing the game of CHESS.He is known as Asia's First Chess International Grand master.He competed and won in many competitions abroad.He is best known for his victory over Anatol... | Read More

  • The Devil and Bobby Fischer

        “All I want to do, ever,” Fischer once said, “is play chess.” One might think that there was no room in Fischer’s life for anything else. Yet few know that religion sometimes took precedence over chess for Fischer. In a match wit... | Read More

  • Tug-of-war over Fischer's fortune

    This article was taken from http://pinoychess.informe.com/ with the permission from the author. Comments are accepted. Tug-of-war over Fischer's fortune by Frank “Boy” Pestaño AFTER disappearing mysteriously for about ... | Read More

  • Biography of Bobby Fischer

    Robert James (Bobby) Fischer was born at 2:39 pm on March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois (Michael Reese hospital) to Regina Wender Fischer Pustan (born in Switzerland of Jewish parents on March 31, 1913) and Hans-Gerhardt Fischer (born September 28,... | Read More

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    • Young Talent

      All eyes on So in Asian Individual Championships All eyes on So in Asian Individual Championships by Ed Andaya Monday, 12 April 2010 20:41 GM Wesley So of the Philippines will be one of the favorites when the 2010 Asian Individual Ches... | Read More

      • NOLAUPT
      • | Apr 12, 2010
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    • Lone Pine 1975: Eugenio Torre, Philippine’s first GM

      Eugenio Torre, born November 4, 1951, made him 23 at Lone Pine 1975. In 1972 he won over Anatoly Karpov in Skopje, Yugoslavia. In 1974, he became Asia’s first Grandmaster, by winning the silver medal in the World Chess Olympiad held in Nice, F... | Read More

    • The Journey of a Chess Novice part 8

      In our country chess is barely played on streets.  In my college days I would go to a chess park in Luneta to play some hustler's chess game.  But that place was a bit scary since I knew no one there, and most players were hustlers and haggard-l... | Read More

      • Gokukid
      • | Jan 3, 2010
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    • The Journey Begins: Lone Pine Masters-Plus Tournament of 1975

      The time machine has landed me in a small little remote town in the eastern part of California near the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The year is 1975 and 44 chess players are arriving in this town that is about 10 blocks long and three blocks wide. ... | Read More

    • 2008 Olympiad

      Armenia once again showed why they are the best in the world in team tournaments such as Olympiads because they play as a team not as individuals!! Gone are the days when the rest of the world are in awe with the Russians. Other countries are fast... | Read More

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Chessopedia

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  • Fool's Mate

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    Fool's mate, also known as the "two-move checkmate," is the quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess. One example consists of the moves leading to the position shown... There are eight slight variations on the pattern — White might p... Read More »

  • Mexican defence

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    This defence was introduced by the Mexican grandmaster Carlos Torre. The first game with this opening happened in a blitz session between the U.S. Champion Frank Marshall and Carlos Torre, and was played on a ship in their route from U.S. to Baden... Read More »

  • Torre-Repetto, Carlos

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    Carlos Torre Repetto (1905-1978) was Mexico's first grandmaster (1977).  He was born in Merida, Yucatan.  Torre won the Louisiana championship at New Orleans 1923. He was first at Detroit 1924, followed by Samuel Factor, Herman H. Hahlbohm, ... Read More »

  • Balinas, Rosendo

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    Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr. (1941-1998) was a Philippine lawyer and Grandmaster (1976) who was Asia’s best player in the 1960s.  He was born on September 10, 1941 in Manila, Philippines.  He learned how to play chess at the age of 7, but di... Read More »

  • Santasiere, Anthony

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    Anthony Edward Santasiere (born 9 December 1904 – died 13 January 1977) was an American chess master. Chess career: 1920s-In 1923, Santasiere tied for 13-14th in Lake Hopatcong (Frank Marshall and Abraham Kupchik won). In 1924, he took 3rd, ... Read More »

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