At the 1st Burroughs Computers Grandmaster Tournament held on April 5–19, 1978, Torre copped second place finishing with a score of 8/12 on the strength of 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses just behind winner Miguel Quinteros. This tournament held in New Zealand was the second leg of the Asian Grandmasters Circuit which was the brainchild of then FIDE Deputy President Florencio Campomanes of the Philippines to help Asian area players gain experience and title norms. The first leg was held in Baguio City, Philippines, the third leg in Jakarta, Indonesia and the fourth leg in Penang, Malaysia. Torre finished clear second in the 56th Hastings Premier Tournament, a Category 10 tournament (average ELO 2476) organized by William Ritson-Morry held from 29 December 1980 to 15 January 1981, with a score of 10/ 15 just half-a-point behind winner Ulf Andersson. Torre won his last game to gain undivided second place in great style with a Queen sacrifice, whilst GM Anatoly Lein, although having the white pieces, chose to play for a quick and blood less draw in 13 moves against Andersson to be certain of the third prize. By virtue of this Queen sacrifice in his last game against IM John A. Peters Torre won the brilliancy prize in the last round. Torre has the distinction of being the first Asian player to earn the title of International URL He qualified for the Candidates Matches for the 1984 World Championship. In that preliminary stage, the contenders play matches against each other to determine who will challenge the world champion. Torre was eliminated when he lost his match against Zoltán Ribli by a score of 6–4. After losing his quarterfinal candidates match to Ribli in 1983, Torre became disillusioned with chess and more or less went into semi-retirement. He went on to become a minor celebrity due to his daily one-hour TV programme Chess Today. In May 1984, Torre participated in the 4th International Bugojno Chess Tournament, a Category 14 event held in Yugoslavia where he finished clear third with a score of 7.5/13 (4 wins, 7 draws, 2 losses) just behind winner Jan Timman who inflicted one of his losses in Round 2 and Zoltan Ribli, the one who defeated him in the quarterfinals of the 1983/84 Candidates Tournament but ahead of such chess greats like Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal, Vasily Smyslov, Alexander Beliavsky and Bent Larsen. In 1984, Torre was selected to play in the second USSR vs. the Rest of the World competition billed as the Match of the Century of 1984 held in London, England. The USSR team was led by the world's two highest ranked players at that time, Garry Kasparov (2710 Elo) and Karpov (2700 Elo) while the Rest of the World was led by Viktor Korchnoi and Ljubomir Ljubojević both with 2635 Elo rating. Torre had an Elo rating of 2565 for this tournament where he contributed 2 points in 3 games, all against Andrei Sokolov, winning 2 and losing once finishing with a performance rating of 2620. He was among the team's high scorers only eclipsed by Korchnoi, Ribli and GM Anthony John Miles who all ended up with 2.5/4 but in terms of winning percentage was the high scorer with 66.7\% Torre finished in a tie for 3rd at the 1986 Brussels SWIFT Tournament, a Category 13 event held in April 1986, alongside Timman and Miles posting 3 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss (6.5/11) but behind Karpov (9/11) and Korchnoi (7/11). Surprisingly, Torre's lone loss was inflicted by International Master Michel Jadoul who ended up dead last in the tournament with 2.5/11 URL In 1991, Torre was invited to play in the Pan Pacific Grandmaster Tournament , a first-rate, Category 12 invitational round-robin competition, which was underwritten by the Mechanics Institute, a non-profit club that supports chess events . Torre took first place with an 8/11 score (+5−0=6). GM Patrick Wolff of the USA was 2nd with 7/11 with GM Mikhail Tal of Latvia, GM Larry Christiansen and GM Joel Benjamin both of the US and Australian GM Ian Rogers, all tying for 3rd with 6/11. It would be noted that Torre was the second-lowest ranked participant in this tournament with an ELO rating of 2552 only ahead of the sole International Master invited to play, American John Grefe who had a 2400 ELO rating. This was a 12-man tournament with GM Benjamin the top seed (based on ELO) with an ELO rating of 2662, followed by Tal (2645), GM John Fedorowicz (2634) also of the US and GM Utut Adianto (2634) of Indonesia rounding up the 2600-rated players. Olympiads From 1970 to 2016, the former business administration undergraduate from Mapúa Institute of Technology donned the national colors a record 23 times in the World Chess Olympiad, 19 of which were consecutively, to break the old record of 18 consecutive held by Heikki Westerinen. His 23 non-consecutive appearances broke the previous record of 20 appearances set by Hungary's Lajos Portisch. During that 46-year period, he manned the top board for Team Philippines a record 17 times except in the 1970 (Siegen, Germany), 2006 (Turin, Italy), 2010 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia), 2012 (Istanbul, Turkey), 2014 (Tromso, Norway) and 2016 (Baku, Azerbaijan) editions. In that stretch, Torre had played in 270 games winning 103, drawing 124 and losing 43 games for a grand total of 165 points. The high points of his Olympiad career were winning the: Silver Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1) at the 21st Chess Olympiad (1974 Nice, France) where he went undefeated in 19 games (nine wins and ten draws) for 14 points for a 73.7\% winning percentage and a high 2622 performance rating (as compared to his Elo rating of 2450). Team Philippines achieved its initial highest finish of 11th place at the 1974 Chess Olympiad which was improved on by the 1988 Philippine Team. Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1): 24th Chess Olympiad (1980 Valletta, Malta) where he scored 11 points in 14 games (nine wins, four draws, and one loss) for a winning percentage of 78.6\% and performance rating of 2683 (2520 Elo); Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1) 27th Chess Olympiad (1986 Dubai, UAE) where he garnered 9½ points in 13 games (seven wins, five draws, and one loss) with a 73.1\% winning percentage and 2637 performance rating (2540 Elo), and Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 3) 42nd Chess Olympiad (2016 Baku, Azerbaijan) where he finished again undefeated in 11 games (9 wins and 2 draws) for a winning percentage of 90.9\% and a very impressive performance rating of 2836 (2447 Elo) at the age of 65.
At the 1st Burroughs Computers Grandmaster Tournament held on April 5–19, 1978, Torre copped second place finishing with a score of 8/12 on the strength of 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses just behind winner Miguel Quinteros. The first leg was held in Baguio City, Philippines, the third leg in Jakarta, Indonesia and the fourth leg in Penang, Malaysia. Torre finished clear second in the 56th Hastings Premier Tournament, a Category 10 tournament (average ELO 2476) organized by William Ritson-Morry held from 29 December 1980 to 15 January 1981, with a score of 10/ 15. Torre has the distinction of being the first Asian player to earn the title of International Grandmaster. He qualified for the Candidates Matches for the 1984 World Championship. In that preliminary stage, the contenders play matches against each other to determine who will challenge the world champion. Torre was eliminated when he lost his match against Zoltán Ribli by a score of 6–4. In 1984, Torre was selected to play in the second USSR vs. the Rest of the World competition billed as the Match of the Century of 1984 held in London, England. The USSR team was led by the world's two highest ranked players at that time, Garry Kasparov (2710 Elo) and Karpov (2700 Elo) while the Rest of the World was led by Viktor Korchnoi and Ljubomir Ljubojević both with 2635 Elo rating. Torre had an Elo rating of 2565 for this tournament where he contributed 2 points in 3 games, all against Andrei Sokolov, winning 2 and losing once finishing with a performance rating of 2620. He was among the team's high scorers only eclipsed by Korchnoi, Ribli and GM Anthony John Miles who all ended up with 2.5/4 but in terms of winning percentage was the high scorer with 66.7\% Torre finished in a tie for 3rd at the 1986 Brussels SWIFT Tournament, a Category 13 event held in April 1986, alongside Timman and Miles posting 3 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss (6.5/11) but behind Karpov (9/11) and Korchnoi (7/11). Torre's lone loss was inflicted by International Master Michel Jadoul who ended up dead last in the tournament with 2.5/11 (+2,−8,=1). In 1991, Torre was invited to play in the Pan Pacific Grandmaster Tournament . Torre took first place with an 8/11 score (+5−0=6). GM Patrick Wolff of the USA was 2nd with 7/11 with GM Mikhail Tal of Latvia, GM Larry Christiansen and GM Joel Benjamin both of the US and Australian GM Ian Rogers, all tying for 3rd with 6/11. It would be noted that Torre was the second-lowest ranked participant in this tournament with an ELO rating of 2552 only ahead of the sole International Master invited to play, American John Grefe who had a 2400 ELO rating. This was a 12-man tournament with GM Benjamin the top seed (based on ELO) with an ELO rating of 2662, followed by Tal (2645), GM John Fedorowicz (2634) also of the US and GM Utut Adianto (2634) of Indonesia rounding up the 2600-rated players. Olympiads The high points of his Olympiad career were winning the: Silver Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1) at the 21st Chess Olympiad (1974 Nice, France) where he went undefeated in 19 games (nine wins and ten draws) for 14 points for a 73.7\% winning percentage and a high 2622 performance rating (as compared to his Elo rating of 2450). Team Philippines achieved its initial highest finish of 11th place at the 1974 Chess Olympiad which was improved on by the 1988 Philippine Team. Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1): 24th Chess Olympiad (1980 Valletta, Malta) where he scored 11 points in 14 games (nine wins, four draws, and one loss) for a winning percentage of 78.6\% and performance rating of 2683 (2520 Elo); Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 1) 27th Chess Olympiad (1986 Dubai, UAE) where he garnered 9½ points in 13 games (seven wins, five draws, and one loss) with a 73.1\% winning percentage and 2637 performance rating (2540 Elo), and Bronze Medal (Individual Standings, Board 3) 42nd Chess Olympiad (2016 Baku, Azerbaijan) where he finished again undefeated in 11 games (9 wins and 2 draws) for a winning percentage of 90.9\% and a very impressive performance rating of 2836 (2447 Elo) at the age of 65.
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