Stockfish approves of that wild 4. a4 stuff?
I've played it a couple of times and been lucky both times.
Somebody in my circle knew him but I never met him.
Biography of IM Emory Tate
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I'm really surprised to hear you say that about the Tate Attack in the Alekhine!
Stockfish approves of that wild 4. a4 stuff?
I've played it a couple of times and been lucky both times.
Somebody in my circle knew him but I never met him.
Stockfish approves of that wild 4. a4 stuff?
I've played it a couple of times and been lucky both times.
Somebody in my circle knew him but I never met him.
StupidGM wrote:
The Emory Tate variation of the Alekhine is very sound and theoretically important.
I met Tate way back when and several of my circle knew him well (that's how I met him).
Interesting. Were you aware he played an even more bizarre line with black? Against Roger Blaine he faced 1.b3 and responded with 1...f5 2.f4 a5!? 3.a4 Ra6 4.e4 Re6!? he then swung the rook over to g6 and sacrificed the exchange on g5 and won. Not sure how sound the sack was, but interesting idea with black.
urk wrote:
I'm really surprised to hear you say that about the Tate Attack in the Alekhine!
Stockfish approves of that wild 4. a4 stuff?
I've played it a couple of times and been lucky both times.
Somebody in my circle knew him but I never met him.
Stockfish approves of that wild 4. a4 stuff?
I've played it a couple of times and been lucky both times.
Somebody in my circle knew him but I never met him.
He was very interesting to say the least. If you met 100 chess players, there will be 101 stories on him.
seen his game vs finegold in his youtube video,not upto that hype.
Goram wrote:
seen his game vs finegold in his youtube video,not upto that hype.
That was the only game of his you saw?
chessdrummer wrote:
StupidGM wrote:
The Emory Tate variation of the Alekhine is very sound and theoretically important.
I met Tate way back when and several of my circle knew him well (that's how I met him).
Against Roger Blaine
I was just with Roger Blaine out in Dayton, OH week before last. I think I heard one of his Tate stories last year, at the Indiana State Championship. Roger likes to chat. 
By the way, thanks for putting together such a high-quality text. The puzzles are excellently selected, among other fine aspects of the book.
chessdrummer wrote:
Goram wrote:
seen his game vs finegold in his youtube video,not upto that hype.
That was the only game of his you saw?
You are right,I possibly missed his much better games,ie Finegold himself called him as a great player.
StupidGM wrote:
I once CRUSHED Tate with 5-2 time odds in blitz in 1989 at the World Open in the skittles room, but either he was drunk (my guess), or just trying to boost my ego. I was finding these incredible tactics, so maybe I was in a zone, but I don't know.
One line of his I remember was "That better be deep!" After the winning combo, he said "Man, that was deep." The friend through whom I met him called me "Tal, Jr."
:-) Tate was fully appreciative of a good combination. There are at least two games where he allowed mate on the board after a nice sequence. The most famous was when he was caught in an opening trap against Yermo and allowed mate in nine moves. Most people would resign a move before mate to avoid being "posterized," but it shows no class. In the recent Women's Championship, there were two B+N mates and in both cases the defending side made the player prove they knew it. When it was clear they were about to deliver mate in a couple of moves, they resigned (in both cases)!
I remember missing a two-knight mate with Tate watching the game. I will never live that down.
Emory Tate’s biography Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior has finally arrived and is available for purchase. The book details the life of one of the most colorful figures on the U.S. chess circuit. Tate’s death on October 17, 2015 brought an end to the adventurism and sense of wonderment he found in chess.
The Book
Triple Exclam is a hardback, full-color edition that includes 280 pages in 12 chapters and seven appendices surveying the life of Tate. It includes 35 of his games (all annotated) and vintage photos at various stages of his life. The book also includes chapter notes and is fully-indexed. If you are not a chess-player but enjoy biographies, you will appreciate his story.
The Foreword of the book was done by GM Maurice Ashley with annotations by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Pontus Carlsson, GM Amon Simutowe, GM Kenny Solomon, IM Malcolm Pein, FM William Morrison, FM Todd Andrews, FM Jimmy Canty and National Masters Ernest Colding, Glenn Bady and Dr. Okechukwu Iwu. Two games feature transcribed annotations from Tate’s famous post-mortems. A file of the Triple Exclam games will be sent to customers.
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