In chess like in real life you must always be on the lookout, never loosing sight of what really matters. D. Hernandez.

El desarrollo de nuestra habilidad no consiste en que lleguemos a ser conocedores de las aperturas y diestros en los finales. Porque no hay desarrollo sin armonía... debemos empeñarnos principalmente en jugar todas las partes del juego igualmente bien, esto es, jugar ajedrez. Carlos Torre Repetto.

He did win the 1924 Western Chess Association Championship, which was effectively a U.S. Championship at the time. He also achieved notable success in other major tournaments during the 1920s, including a victory in the New York State Championship and a strong showing at the 1925 Moscow tournament

He won the 1926 Mexico Chess Championship.

Legacy

The chess opening Torre Attack is named after him. It is characterized by the moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5.

Torre also introduced the Mexican Defence to chess theory.

A memorial tournament in his honour has been held annually since 1987 in his native city Merida.

"The Windmill"

In the Moscow 1925 chess tournament, Torre defeated former world champion Emanuel Lasker with a queen sacrifice. The famous sequence is known as "The Windmill" Torre wins with a queen sacrifice, as his rook and bishop form a grindstone that crushes Black with a series of checks and discovered checks.

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