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| Oct-19-15 | | SugarDom: I know some friends who would like to go Emory's way, playing chess till the end. Lol. For them it's more than a game, it's life itself. RIP Emory Tate 1958-2015 |
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| Oct-19-15 | | Riverbeast: I have a funny story about a guy I know who tried to hustle Tate in blitz, in the skittles room of a big tournament Tate was sipping whiskey, enjoying himself, getting a little drunk...The guy I knew (a strong expert) enticed Tate to give him some lopsided time odds for money....I think it was five minutes to one minute The expert told everyone to gather around and watch, because he was about to "hustle E.T." while he was drinking Tate ended up giving him the time odds and beating him every single game...While still sipping whiskey out of the bottle....The last game he lost, the expert didn't have any money left and couldn't pay Tate Tate dismissed him...He said "Get off my table" and "Come back when you have more money"...The expert walked away completely humiliated, with his tail between his legs Anybody who underestimated Tate did so at their own peril |
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| Oct-19-15 | | swordfish: I knew Emory Tate only slightly, but he was definitely a feared attacking player, and a character to boot. RIP - you left us too soon. |
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| Oct-20-15 | | Granny O Doul: I remember that Tate-Sloan tourney blitz game mentioned above. Tate was a little late to the board for some reason, and Sloan made some gripe about it. Tate asked "do you want time odds?", and Sloan said no, but something about delaying the tournament. Tate said "this won't take long, my son", and it didn't. I feel sort of bad about relating the story, as Sloan's own recollection was humble enough. I won't do it again. |
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| Oct-20-15 | | esteger: Despite his difficulties, Emory was a good man who deserved better than he got. I'm glad I was able to help him get to Europe one last time. He went out fighting, no nursing home for him. Rest in peace buddy. |
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| Oct-20-15 | | zanzibar: WTHarvey's site of tacticals has a page devoted to Tate: http://www.wtharvey.com/tate.html
Bandoodle has a couple of his too, but he's on the losing side in both (vs Shabalov & Vaganian): http://family.bandoodle.co.uk/famil... This M4 got a lot of attention:
(White to move)
click for larger view(The 3rd move is the moneymaker)
Here's Emory himself taking us through his Saljivus Bercys 2007 game: http://www.thechessdrum.net/gamecas... (There's a lot of background noise, but it's well worth wading through) Here's Akobian giving an elementary lesson on punishing a misplayed opening, with Tate on the receiving end. Just for some balance I guess, and a nice minature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4G... |
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| Oct-21-15 | | Robin01: I never played him a serious game, but I picked him up at bus stations numerous times and had breakfast with him a few times. He called me from Vegas about 1:00 am one night (speech slurred a bit -- good old Emory!:)), and told me he was flying through my town and wanted to know if any tournaments were happening. It was good knowing you -- RIP Emory! |
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Oct-21-15
 | | MoonlitKnight: I'm sad to hear that Emory passed away at such a young age. I recently played a lot of blitz games against him on ICC. His play seemed to have deteriorated a lot in the last few years, maybe due to health issues, I don't know. The games were always interesting, though. He seemed like a gentleman and a very nice guy to me even if I never met him. RIP. |
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| Oct-21-15 | | Jambow: Saw him about 4 or 5 years ago in Indianapolis at a small tourney which he of course won. I have stated before Tate had a bravado about him not typically associated with chess players, Fischer aside. He spoke of his son being deeply involved in mixed martial arts, Gracie ju Jitsu if memory serves correct. My little brother is a bit of a MMA phenom so I was versed enough to carry on a conversation with him, having a little back ground myself. I'm also from the region, being born on the south side of Chicago, growing up mostly in NW Indiana and having worked in Gary at the USPS plant for 17 years. Also on the side repossessing cars, great fun... So my other encounter with Emory was way back at the HB Global open in Minneapolis MN. Looking at a complex tactical game on the monitor with a fellow patzer and trying to see the reason for the players resignation, a fuming Emory after just losing his game was passing by and over heard our conversation. He looked at the screen and instantly and almost belligerently belted out the obvious to him winning combination and continued on his way as quickly as he stepped into our micro cosmos. Me and the other player were like yea right there it is or something to that effect. Loss for the chess world... |
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| Oct-21-15 | | Justin Flint: <He was one of the most amazing fighting players [Mikhail Tal] who ever lived. He made moves that were simply unbelievable.
The story goes that he was walking around the tables at a chess tournament once. He passed by a table where both players had agreed upon a draw, because the position was impossibly complicated. Tal, without breaking stride, pointed out the winning move for one side, smiled, and moved on.> http://www.sarahkayhoffman.com/wp-c... |
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Oct-22-15
 | | HeMateMe: <Also on the side repossessing cars, great fun...> How is that? Ever been shot at, or had to run for your life? |
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| Oct-22-15 | | Jambow: <HeMateMe> Yes I had to run for my life while being shot at actually. I was hit in my left forearm while sprinting to the back of the car we were trying to get. I returned fire after getting to cover and he correctly decided incoming fire had the right of way and became one with the linoleum in the kitchen who's window he was shooting at me from. Why he picked me at 5'9 165lbs when the guy next to me was 6'5" and well over 300lbs I don't know? Shawn was a much easier target. All this for a poop brown Chevy Celebrity that now had a few extra holes in it to boot. This happened was next to the worst projects in Gary and I knew it was bad when we dropped off the papers at the police station and they all started laughing very loudly. Much more to this story, involving dogs and Dramamine but that's the short of it. Ironically about a week before that a guy where I played on pool leagues introduced me to a fellow repoman. My compatriot asked how many times I had been shot, and proceeded to show me his multiple battle scars. Mostly small caliber stuff, shoulder buttocks etc... I with dimwitted arrogance said you must be doing something wrong I have never been shot. Honestly I seldom used a tow truck usually had keys so I was a repo ninja working in stealth mode. Had tools to get cars like a thief too, slim jims ignition cracker. With a vin# and the correct phone# you could at that time easily get keys cut. I was at a dealership in the shop and on the wall posted were the numbers for all three big American makes. Naturally I found them useful. Hope you don't mind the story on Emory Tate's page but he seemed just like the kinda of guy who would appreciate it and it took place in Gary his place of birth. |
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| Oct-22-15 | | Jambow: http://www.chess.com/news/emory-tat... Nice article sorry if someone else posted it already. |
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Oct-22-15
| | HeMateMe: Interesting stuff, Jam. I certainly wouldn't be standing around with a tow truck either, if I was in that business. I'd go at night when people are sleeping, work fast and quietly. |
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| Nov-09-15 | | SimplicityRichard: One of the strongest Masters not to have earned a Grandmaster title even after demolishing several GMs. It should be made easier to pass into GM status if one is strong enough. Perhaps there are too many barriers limiting chess experts with little time or money to climb the greasy pole to Grandmaster-hood. Rest in peace Emory Tate. # |
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Nov-21-15
 | | Domdaniel: <Jambow> Great story, and I reckon Emory Tate would not object to having it here. It feels right. I've never been shot at -- though I worked as a security guard, and later interviewed the director of the film Repo Men, Alex Cox. Which is a really vague connection... I'm also much the same age as Tate was. I never met him, but I admire his games. |
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Oct-20-16
 | | FSR: A biography, "Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior," by Daaim Shabazz of "The Chess Drum," is expected to be published in late 2016. I had a minor role in it, being the proofreader. |
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Oct-20-16
 | | OhioChessFan: User: triple User: exclam User: THE User: lei User: fff User: And User: games User: Ove User: emm User: murray User: tay User: ttt User: chess User: Warrior User: day User: emm User: shabazz User: Writer User: FSR User: Pru User: fff User: reader |
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| Jan-16-17 | | mastrocira: Great! |
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Mar-12-17
| | FSR: "Triple Exclam!!!: The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior" has been published! http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/20... |
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Mar-14-17
| | FSR: I just got my copy of Triple Exclam!!! in the mail! It is really a gorgeous book! A great tribute to Tate. |
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| Mar-15-17 | | Moszkowski012273: Was gonna say the same thing <FSR>! GREAT BOOK! |
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Mar-19-17
 | | saffuna: Uncomplimentary comment by Joel Benjamin about Tate is in his book: If you go for broke in every game you're bound to come up with some brilliancies. |
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Sep-12-17
 | | Ron: Here is a video of Emory Tate's son. I was surprised at the son's right-of-center politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvv... |
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| Feb-13-20 | | Poisonpawns: Watch the sacrifice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opT... A young Emory Tate vs Maurice Ashley 1993 |
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