Military Chess / 2015 Armed Forces Championship
1. TOPPING A 3-TIME U.S. CHAMPION GM Nick de Firmian (2663) FM Emory Tate (2424) New Jersey Open (3), 2001
5. TATE’S TRUMP IM Emory Tate (2407) GM Artur Chibukhchian (2512) North American Open, 2013
AFTER 18. … Na4 AFTER 26. Rg1
Tate has already sacked a piece against the three-time U.S. champ. What is his follow-up?
26. ... Qg2+ 27. Rxg2 hxg2+ 28. Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Rxa1 30. Nd1 Kg7 31. Ne2 Rc8 32. b3 f6 33. Ng1 Rh8 34. Bc4 Rh1 35. Be2 Rxa2 36. Ne3 Ra1 37. Nd1 Neg6 38. Bc4 Nh4 39. Be2 Rxg1 40. Kxg1 Nh3+, White resigned.
2. TOPPING A 4-TIME U.S. CHAMPION FM Emory Tate (FIDE 2380) GM Alexander Shabalov (FIDE 2604) Curacao Festival 2006
Black’s position may seem more sensible than White’s hyper-aggres - sive deployment. But Tate gets a better game by force and musters a brutal attack in a few more moves.
19. Nf5! exf5 20. Nd5! Qd8 21. exf5 Re8 22. Qh5 Nab6 23. Rh3! Nf8 24. f6 Nxd5 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Bb2+ Kg8 27. g6! Bf6 28. gxf7+ Kh8 29. Rg1 Re1 30. Rxe1 Bxb2 31. Re8 Nf6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qh6 Ne4 34. Qh4 Nf6 35. Rg3 N8d7 36. Qh6, Black resigned.
4. RED ROVER, BRING TATE OVER FM Emory Tate (2431) GM Varuzhan Akobian (2658) 2006 U.S. Championship (1)
AFTER 19. ... Rfc8
The Armenian grandmaster seems to be organizing a queenside attack, so it’s time for White to play a trump card.
20. Nxg7!! Kxg7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. e6!! Bd4 23. Qxd4 fxe6 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Rf3 e5 26. Qg4+ Qg7 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rg3, Black resigned.
6. TATE BEING TATE FM Emory Tate (2449) GM Gennady Sagalchik (2548) 2nd Annual PCA/Intel NY Qualifier (6), New York, 1995
AFTER 28. … Bf8 AFTER 33. … Qe6
GM Shabalov, a four-time U.S. Champ, had already collected two of those titles when Tate reached this position against him. Granted, Black is tied up in knots. But what’s the finisher?
34. Rxf7!!, Black resigned.
3. TRAMPLING YUDASIN FM Emory Tate (2499) GM Leonid Yudasin (2671) 1997 U.S. Masters (5)
42 January 2016 | Chess Life
Tate has employed a favorite attack ing tactic, a rook lift—creating what Jennifer Shahade calls a “rover”—bringing his queen rook all the way over to g3.
29. Bxh6!
Playing in his only U.S. Championship, Tate plays as he always does, even against a medal-winning Olympian.
29. ... gxh6 30. Nxf6+ Ke7 31. Ng4+ Ke8 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Nxe5+ Kc7 34. Nxf7 Re8 35. Qe1 Qxe1 36. Rfxe1 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bd6 40. Nxd6 Kxd6 41. g5, Black resigned.
AFTER 22. ... Rg8
By now, you’ll think, “Of course, Emory sacrifices his queen in this position.”
23. Qxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Qc5+ 25. Kb1 Qe7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bg5+ f6 28. Bxg8 fxg5 29. fxg5 Bxh2 30. Bxh7 e3 31. Bxf5 Bg3 32. Bg4, Black resigned.
~ Al Lawrence
We will have another article later this year by Dr. Daaim Shabazz that goes more deeply into Tate’s games.
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