Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Carlos Repetto Torre (1904-1978) was a chess grandmaster from Mexico. The chess opening, the Torre Attack is named after him - it is characterised by the moves (in algebraic notation) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5. Torre also introduced the Mexican Defence to chess theory in a match against Fritz Sämisch in 1925 in Baden-Baden, Germany. It runs 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6. Torre later dropped this line, but it was never refuted. It is also known as the "Black Knight's Tango" (International Master Georgi Orlov wrote a book on the opening under this title). Since it may transpose into quite many known openings, it is not a compact opening and so perhaps not suitable for beginners, but its uncommonness means it has surprise value. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.