Apr-15-05
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| refutor: i don't know how this stands up analytically and frankly i don't care...what a beautiful piece of artwork |
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Apr-15-05
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| MrMrsKnight: Goodness sakes, why is this not one of the most popular games on this site? |
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| Apr-15-05 |
| Poisonpawns: Tate!! It is hard to find a more dynamic chessplayer! This is some awsome stuff |
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| Apr-15-05 |
| Shams: 6...Ng4 should be called the Kasparov variation. My book on the Najdorf from 1984 spends one sentence dismissing it. Thanks to Garry's hard work it's opened up lots of new worlds. this IS an incredible game. 31...Rc8! and is 32.b3 really white's best? wow. |
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| Apr-15-05 |
| aw1988: A game I played in Brisbane in 1981 went 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7!? 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Qxg4?? Bxg4, 0-1. My opponent later admitted he was thinking in terms of the Dragon. |
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| Apr-21-05 |
| thesonicvision: tate is quickly becoming one of my favorite masters. he is one of the
few who never overvalue the
queen. |
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| Jun-15-05 |
| hongisto24: a gem!!! |
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Jun-15-05
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| suenteus po 147: I can't tell which is more ingenius on Tate's part, coming up with the plan he did to queen his pawn, or successfully executing said plan. |
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| Jun-15-05 |
| MrSifter: <suenteus po 147> Exactly! His play reminds me very much of Alex Morozevich, I have to say. He likes to keep a lot of pieces on the board to complicate everything so you never know what he's up to. :) |
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Jun-18-05
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| OhioChessFan: Wow. I tried to guess what move Black was going to make next and missed constantly. |
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| Jun-18-05 |
| PizzatheHut: <refutor><i don't know how this stands up analytically and frankly i don't care...what a beautiful piece of artwork> Agreed, an INCREDIBLE game. |
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| Jun-22-05 |
| Castle In The Sky: Agreed, this should be a game of the day maybe "Tate for Tate" |
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Jun-22-05
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| tpstar: PotenTate
Little Man Tate
Tater Tots
Tate Is Enough
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Jun-22-05
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| TheAlchemist: <tpstar> What about: Tate That! |
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| Jul-01-05 |
| thesonicvision: what's the point of 31..Rc8, why not
the immediate Rh8? |
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Oct-18-05
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| OhioChessFan: <thesonicvision>, I just replayed the game thru another link, and wondered the same thing. The best I can come up is that Black threatens 32...Nc4. Then would follow
33 Bxc4 Rxc4, and White is left with pawn moves and Ng1-e2.
As White doesn't like that, the weakening move b3 is forced. Another possibility is it might have just been an issue of meeting time controls, and Tate made a simple move with a simple refutation, but got one move closer to 40. |
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| Apr-21-07 |
| Dick Brain: <thesonicvision> I think the reason he played ...Rc8 was to reply to ...Ng1 with Nxd3+ followed by R8c1 However, he didn't play that later when he had the chance so I'm not positive. |
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| Jul-09-07 |
| PAWNTOEFOUR: now this was a game i truly enjoyed...i was wondering how Tate was going to do it(promote)..if this isn't play of the highest order,i don't know what is! |
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| Jul-10-07 |
| SniperOnG7: <refutor>
In your collection, your caption is <i could play for a million years and not play a game like this>
Don't be so negative man! Firstly we all can improve. Secondly, I have found that when playing an aggressive opening (ie Sicilian) it is actually not that hard to create a spectacular attack because that's the player's natural psyche when opening with 1...c5 (or 1.e4 2.f4 etc) But I'm not taking anything away from this game or Mr. Tate. It is indeed a gem. Bravo! |
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Jul-10-07
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| Billy Ray Valentine: Is black's attack/sacrifice sound?
If white plays 33. Nxf4, what is the continuation then for black? I'm obviously missing something here, though I've only spent a few minutes looking at this game. Mind-numbing! I have a friend (who attended Ohio State) who was friends with Emory Tate back in Ohio a few years back. Tate is a very interesting fellow! I guess he was sort of a local chess legend in Columbus, Ohio. |
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Jul-10-07
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| Karpova: <Billy Ray Valentine: If white plays 33. Nxf4, what is the continuation then for black?> 33.Nxf4 g1=Q+ 34.Kxg1 Nxf3+ |
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Jul-10-07
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| Billy Ray Valentine: Yes, thanks, Karpova. My brain was obviously not functioning well when I wrote the last post. |
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Sep-23-09
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| kellmano: Wonderful game of chess from Tate. I wonder who did the annotations. My money is on Tate himself. |
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Sep-23-09
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| timhortons: tate invented mate:)
icc joke |
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