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| Mar-16-05 | | Runemaster: Great game by Tate.
I think this was the first of his games I ever saw, and I was immediately struck by his ability to constantly pose tactical problems.
Given that his opponent was very strong, it made me think of the old question of how a great tactical player of the past (Morphy - Greco?) would fair today, particularly if they had the hypothetical opportunity to "book up" on modern knowledge. Tate's best wins like this one, achieved with a purely tactical style, tell me that any of today's GMs with their preparation and positional training might still struggle against a genuine tactical genius. Beyond a certain point, the visualisation of tactical themes cannot really be "learned" as such and with the clock ticking and the pressure on, a player is thrown back on their own resources to find the solutions. The great defensive players of today like Leko and Kramnik probably also have (in reverse, you might say) that extra "something" that goes beyond mere training and knowledge. |
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| Mar-01-06 | | MaxxLange: A beautiful win in pure Sicilian style..when the first piece sac runs out of steam, just offer another piece! I would like to know how long Yudasin thought before turning down the bishop on d5. I for one wish Emory the best in the US Championship tomorrow, btw! |
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| Mar-01-06 | | Fan of Leko: I can't believe Bd5 is sound and I would take it. Once they're off the board they can't hurt you. |
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| Mar-01-06 | | DWINS: <Fan of Leko>, I think Yudasin did the right thing in not taking the bishop. After 11...exd5 12.Nc6 Qb6 13.exd5+ Ne5 14.f4 Tate will regain the piece. Once he moves his queen bishop and castles queenside, he will have a nice attack. |
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| Mar-01-06 | | MaxxLange: <DWINS> I threw this into Junior (btw, 11..exd5 is not in its book) and your line 11...exd5 12.Nc6 Qb6 13.exd5+ Ne5 14.f4? is refuted by 14...Bg4! White has to play 14.Nxe5 |
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| Mar-02-06 | | DWINS: <MaxxLange>, Can you please show Junior's refutation? I don't see anything definitive after White plays 15.Qe3 Black still has to give back the piece. The best I can find is that he can force the Queens off the board and win a pawn by 15...Ncd3+ 16.cxd3 Qxe3+ 17.Bxe3 Nxd3+ 18.Kd2 Nxb2 However, it's going to take a long time for Black to untangle himself due to his poorly placed king's bishop. The position may eventually favor Black but I wouldn't call this a refutation. I'm very intereted to see Junior's line. Perhaps I overlooked something obvious. |
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| Mar-04-06 | | MaxxLange: <DWINS> Sorry I dropped out of this, I will let Junior have a good look over the weekend and post my findings. Junior is kind of a wierd engine, and I was running infinite analysis for only 20 or so seconds a move, which is not enough to give a lot of certainty in the eval. Nevertheless, it is telling that declining Bd5 is Junior's main line. Its book was developed a few years after this game, after all. The game was thoroughly annotated by IM Jack Peters in CL about 1997, and I believe that Emory's move was a novelty. Peters spent a lot of analysis and even quoted Fritz in deciding that White's play was correct. |
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| Mar-04-06 | | MaxxLange: According to Peters, there were 2 or 3 points where Black could have gotten an equal game...maybe I can find that analysis too. |
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| Jan-14-07 | | Morphie: In the Dec. 2006 Chess Life it is noted that Tate says instead of 35. Qh6, he actually moved 35. Qg5 (threatening mate on g7 and g8). |
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| Jun-09-08 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: I got the chance to meet Emory at the National Open,He analyzed this game with me which he has memorized . He states the last move is incorrect it should be 36. Qg5. He left his salad in the RV after he left,We're thinking about putting it on ebay ;), BTW Emory states this as his best game of all time. I really like him. |
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| Jun-09-08 | | Riverbeast: Tate is very engaging, he has a great personality and it's fun to watch him go over his games. He is a creative player and has a real talent for tactics. |
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| Jun-09-08 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: Yes,I wish I would have video taped his analysis . He is very engaging indeed, I made a collection of some of his games,to study. |
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Oct-18-15
 | | jordanh: I'm reading where IM Tate died recently. This article mentions this amazing game and I came here to play it over on the chessgames.com board. http://besteversportstalk.blogspot.... |
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| Oct-18-15 | | ToTheDeath: What an outstanding attack. Tate never seemed to run out of sacs. RIP to this great player. |
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Feb-07-16
| | OBIT: The February, 2016, issue of "Chess Life" brought me here - GM Naroditsky gives this game a passing reference in his article about Emory Tate, "A Tale of Two Passed Pawns". Checking over the game with a chess engine, Tate's 11. Bd5!? sacrifice isn't that dubious. At worst it is slightly better for Black, and that's assuming he can find his way through the massive complications. Black's blunder appears to be 22...Nab6? (apparently 22...Qc8 is playable), and from here Tate plays with computer-like precision until the position is dead won. If he had played this game today, people would be suspecting he used a chess engine. |
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| Oct-21-16 | | mikealando: <..any of today's GMs with their preparation and positional training might still struggle against a genuine tactical genius. Beyond a certain point, the visualisation of tactical themes cannot really be "learned" as such and with the clock ticking and the pressure on...>
One of the wonderful things about chess. It's mysterious pleasures and opportunity for invention of magical surprise are inexhaustible. To infinity... |
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| Feb-12-17 | | mel gibson: The computer- DR4 64 bit - agrees with the text -
- but it's close to a draw.
That means that black did not play accurately.
19. Nf5 $1
(19. Nf5 (♘d4-f5 e6xf5 ♘c3-d5 ♕b6-d8 e4xf5 ♖f8-e8 ♕e2-h5 ♕d8-c8 ♖a3-h3
♘d7-f8 f5-f6 ♕c8-b7 ♕h5-f3 ♗e7-d8 f6xg7 ♔g8xg7 ♗c1-e3 ♕b7-c8 ♗e3-d4+ ♔g7-g8
♘d5-f6+ ♗d8xf6 ♕f3xf6) +0.35/19 154)
score +0.35 depth 19 |
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| Feb-12-17 | | yadasampati: Yes! Intuition did it again. It took me longer than last week, but the forcing nature of 19. Nf5! and the following Nd5 became apparent to me after several minutes. Today will be a perfect Sunday again :-) |
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| Feb-12-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: <mel gibson>
Better throw that engine away 😊 |
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| Feb-12-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: PS Wait a minute.. dept 19.. are you serious? |
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Feb-12-17
 | | offramp: <melgibson> surely 19. Nf5 is worth more than one dollar. |
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| Feb-12-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: 22...g6 is a tougher defense. |
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| Feb-12-17 | | morfishine: I actually settled on <19.Nf5> but there's no way I was going to bang-out 16 more moves with any kind of accuracy Very nice game that should be listed as one of Tate's notable games, but it isn't as of today ***** |
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| Feb-12-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: Yeah, it's an incredible game. |
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| Feb-12-17 | | kb2ct: Is this book or preparation??
:0) |
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