Eugene Torre is first Filipino to be inducted into Chess Hall of Fame
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Published on: April 21, 2021
EUGENE Torre became the first Filipino and Asian male player to be inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
The 69-year-old Torre, who became Asia’s first grandmaster in 1974, was conferred the distinction after the World Chess Federation approved his nomination during an online meeting of the FIDE Council on Tuesday (Manila time).
The Filipino chess great, Eugene Torre, joined women’s Grandmaster Judit Polgar of Hungary and Polish-Argentine Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf on the short list of nominees conferred with the honor for this year.
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