Carlos Torre Repetto

Carlos Torre Repetto ( born November 23, 1905 in Mérida, † March 19, 1978 ) was a Mexican chess players.

His international chess career lasted only a little over a year. After he convincingly won a tournament in Detroit in 1924 and left inter alia Samuel Reshevsky behind him, he played in tournaments in 1925 in Baden -Baden, Marienbad and Moscow. For a splash there made ​​his spectacular win over former World Champion Emanuel Lasker, whom he defeated by a quandary.

Because of a mental disorder whose cause is not known exactly, he retired shortly after the tournament chess back. When backed by eyewitness accounts can be said that Torre had a disturbed eating behavior and are mainly fed on sweets. After he had disposed of at a bus ride through New York in public his clothes, he was hospitalized for several weeks in a hospital. After his release, he returned to Mexico, where he spent the rest of his life without ever having to play a serious game of chess again.

Shortly before his death he was awarded the World Chess Federation FIDE in 1977 the title of Grand Master Honorary. His best historical Elo rating was 2668th This he achieved in May 1926.

According to him, today a popular opening system is designated, the Torre Attack. He also led in 1925 in Baden -Baden, the move order 1 d2 -d4 Ng8 - f6 2 c2 - c4 - c6 Sb8, which ( mostly in English as Black's knight tango ) is called the Mexican defense.

Games

Adams - Torre, New Orleans 1920