[Event "New Jersey Open"] [Site "New Jersey USA"] [Round "6"] [White "Nick DeFirmian"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "B54"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.Nb3 h5 13.f3 h4 14.Bf2 Ng6 15.O-O Be5 16.Qd2 Qc8 {!} 17.Be3 Bf4 18.Rfe1 Nce5 19.Nd4 Bxh3 {!} 20.gxh3 Qxh3 21.Bb5+ Kf8 22.Bxf4 Nxf4 23.Rf1 a6 24.Bd3 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 h3 {!} 26.Rg1 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+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "It (open)"] [Site "New York (USA)"] [Round "0"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Nick DeFirmian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.O-O-O b5 11.Qf2 b4 12.Na4 O-O 13.g4 Bxg4 14.h4 Be6 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.Bxb6 Qd7 18.Bf1 Qc6 19.Na5 Qa4 20.a3 bxa3 21.b3 Qd7 22.Nc4 Qc6 23.Be3 Rab8 24.Bd2 a2 25.Bc3 a5 26.Qa7 Rfe8 27.Kb2 Ra8 28.Qb6 Qc8 29.Qe3 Qd8 30.Kc1 a4 31.Ba1 axb3 32.cxb3 Qc7 33.Rg1 Reb8 34.Rd2 Nf4 35.Rxg7+ Kxg7 36.Qxf4 Bxc4 37.Bxc4 Rxb3 38.Qxf7+ Kh8 39.Rxa2 Rf8 40.Qd5 Rbxf3 41.Ra6 Re8 42.Ra8 Rxa8 43.Qxa8+ Rf8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "World Op A, Philadelphia"] [Site "World Op A, Philadelphia"] [Round "3"] [White "Nick DeFirmian"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Re1 g6 10.Bg5 Bg7 11.Nd5 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.c3 e6 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.f3 a5 16.Bf2 a4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.Bd3 Bc6 19.Qe2 Rab8 20.a3 e5 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Rad1 Rfd8 23.Rd2 h5 24.Red1 Bh6 25.Be3 Bxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Qb6 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Be2 Ke7 29.h4 Ke6 30.g3 Qxe3+ 31.Kxe3 Ne8 32.f4 Nc7 33.f5+ gxf5 34.exf5+ Kxf5 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Ne8 37.Rd5 Nf6 38.Rxb5 Rxb5 39.Bxb5 Kg4 40.Bxa4 Kxg3 41.Bc6 Ng4+ 42.Ke2 f5 43.a4 e4 44.a5 Nf6 45.a6 f4 46.a7 f3 47.Ke3 f2 48.Bb5 Nd5+ 49.Kxe4 Nc7 50.Bf1 Kxh4 51.Kf3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Chicago (USA)"] [Site "Chicago (USA)"] [Round "2"] [White "Nick DeFirmian"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "B57"] [Opening "Sicilian: Sozin"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.f4 Qb8 11.O-O Na5 12.g4 Rc8 13.g5 Rxc3 14.gxf6 Rxe3 15.Qxe3 Bxf6 16.f5 Qe8 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Rf2 Qh5 19.c3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Bg5 21.Qd3 Bd8 22.Raf1 Bb6 23.Kh1 Re8 24.Qg3 Bxd4 25.cxd4 e5 26.d5 Bh3 27.Rg1 Re7 28.Rf6 h6 29.Rg6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "It (open)"] [Site "Chicago (USA)"] [Round "2"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Nick DeFirmian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.O-O-O b4 11.Nd5 Nc5 12.e5 Nxb3+ 13.Nxb3 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Be7 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bh4 exd5 17.Bxf6 Kd7 18.Qg4+ Kc7 19.Bxh8 Qxh8 20.Qxb4 a5 21.Qb5 Bf6 22.Nxa5 Qb8 23.Qc6+ Kd8 24.Nb7+ Ke7 25.Qxd5 Be5 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Rxe5 dxe5 28.Nd6 Qa7 29.Nxf7 Qa6 30.Nxe5 Qf1+ 31.Qd1 Qxg2 32.Kb1 Qe4 33.Qf3+ Qxf3 34.Nxf3 Ke7 35.Nd4 Rf8 36.a4 Rxf2 37.h3 Rh2 38.b4 Rxh3 39.Kb2 h5 40.a5 Kd7 41.b5 Rg3 42.b6 Kc8 43.c4 Kb7 44.c5 Rg6 45.Nf5 Rc6 46.Nd6+ Ka6 47.Kc3 h4 48.Kd4 h3 49.Kd5 Rxd6+ 50.Kxd6 h2 51.c6 h1=Q 52.c7 Qh3 53.Kc6 Qc8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "New York PCA-qual"] [Site "?"] [Round "6"] [White "Tate, FM Emory "] [Black "Sagalchik, GM Gennadi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2370"] [BlackElo "2530"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Neo-Indian"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nxd4 Bxc3 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh6 Be5 14. Bxc4 Qb6 15. Rd2 Rb8 16. Bb3 Rb7 17. Rhd1 Qb5 18. f4 Bb8 19. Qd4 e5 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qe3 e4 22. Qd4 Rg8 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 {#r} 1-0

[Event "New York Open"] [Site "New York op 93\03"] [Round "0"] [White "FM Emory Tate"] [Black "FM Maurice Ashley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "2365"] [ECO "B54"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 Rb8 11. g4 Ne5 12. f4 $5 {A Tatesque move. Emory realizes that in these lines white has to play actively lest the initiative will swing in Black's favor. The soundness of this move may be questioned, but the idea is clear. White want's to gain crucial tempos in order to delay Black's castling, then launch an onslaught in the center. One tested line is} ( 12. h4 b5 13. Qg2 (13. Bd3 Nfd7 14. g5 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qd2 b4 17. Nce2 e5 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Kb1 a5 {Maidla-Shirov; Tallinn, 1996; 0-1, 42.}) 13... b4 14. Nb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. g5 Nd7 17. b3 Qc7 18. g6 $5 { with chances for both sides. Anand-Shirov, Paris Immoper 1992; 1-0, 44.}) 12... Nexg4 13. Bg1 e5 14. Bb5+ $5 {Diagram # A thunderbolt! Again... playing actively to take advantage of Black's centralized King.} 14... axb5 { Maurice accepts the challenge.} 15. Ndxb5 Qd8 16. Bc5 $1 {Emory doesn't let up. } 16... d5 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Nxd5 (18. fxe5 Rxa7 $1) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Nc7+ {Nice intermezzo move which assures that Black's King won't find a comfortable haven.} 20... Kd7 21. Nxa8 Qd6 (21... Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1+ Kc6 { and white doesn't appear to have adequate compensation. However, on} 23. Rd8 Be6 24. f5 Bxa2 25. Rc8+ Kb5 26. Nc7+ Ka5 {things are rather interesting.}) 22. Bb8 Kc6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Rd3 b5 25. Rhd1 Bc5 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Bb7 28. h3 Nf2 29. fxe5 Nxh3 30. c3 Nf2 31. b4 Be7 32. Rb8 Bg5+ 33. Kc2 h5 34. a4 { The race is on and a wonderful tactical battle ensues.} 34... Bxa8 35. axb5+ Kd7 36. Rxa8 Bf4 37. Rf8 Ke7 38. Rh8 h4 $1 {Diagram # This enterprising pawn sacrifice gains a crucial tempo in the race to the endzone. In addition, the bishop controls the queening square for the g-pawn.} 39. Rxh4 g5 40. Rh8 Bxe5 41. Rg8 f6 42. b6 Kf7 43. Ra8 g4 44. Ra1 g3 45. Rg1 Nxe4 46. c4 Ke6 47. Kd3 f5 48. Ke3 Ng5 49. c5 f4+ 50. Kd3 f3 { How does Emory stop the rolling avalanche of pawns?} 51. Re1 (51. Ke3 Bd4+ $1) 51... f2 {Perhaps winning is} (51... g2 $1 52. Rxe5+ Kxe5 53. b7 g1=Q 54. b8=Q+ Kf6 $1 $19 { However, the ensuing variations are extremely difficult to find over the board. }) 52. Rxe5+ $1 Kxe5 53. Ke2 Nf3 54. b7 Nd4+ 55. Kf1 Nc6 56. b5 Nb8 57. c6 {#} 57... Kd6 {and the brutal battle comes to a truce. A prime example of the fighting spirit shown by the two chess titans!!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Virginia Open"] [Site "Fredericksburg, USA"] [Date "1999.01.24"] [Round "5"] [White "IM Larry Kaufman"] [Black "FM Emory Tate"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2390"] [ECO "B54"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3 a4 9. N3d2 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a3 Nd7 12. O-O Bg5 13. Bf2 Nc5 14. Bc2 Nd4 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qxg4 Nxc2 17. fxg5 Nxa1 18. Nc3 Nab3 19. Nf3 Nd3 20. Nd5 Nbc5 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 23. g6+ fxg6 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Qh4 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Nxf2 28. Qxg6 Nfxe4 29. g4 Rf8 30. g5 Nd2 31. Qxd6 Rf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Nce4 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. g6+ Kh6 36. Qxe5 Nf3 37. Qb8 Nfg5+ 38. Kg4 Nf6+ 39. Kg3 Rf3+ 40. Kg2 Nfe4 41. h4 Rf2+ 42. Kh1 Nf3 43. Qh8+ Kxg6 44. Qe8+ Kf5 45. Qd7+ Kf4 46. Qc7+ Ke3 47. Qb6+ Ke2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Zwolle Windesheim op-A"] [Site "Zwolle"] [Date "2004.03.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Ernst, Sipke (NED)"] [Black "Tate, Emory (USA)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2351"] [ECO "A56"] [Opening "Benoni: Czech, 4.Nc3 d6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 {Tate also plays the Benko Gambit. Sipke has also played this line, so he would have been prepared for} (3... b5 $5) 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. g4 $5 {Diagram # This is characteristic of the young Dutch player who adopts an aggressive style. While not immediately dangerous, it threatens to gain space on the kingside and restricts the mobility of black's pieces. If white's king bishop were on e2 instead of d3, then the position would be more critical since black wouldn't be able to play ...Nh5. This game turned out to be remarkably similar to game #9 of the Spassky-Petrosian 1969 match. That game was drawn after 65 moves.} 7... Be7 ( 7... Bg7 {is also fine, but black has a change of plan after white's provocative move. If white ever plays g5, the bishop on e7 will work on an assaulting the pawn advance with a move like f6 or h6.}) 8. Bh6 { Trying to confine the king to the center while preparing to pry the flank open. } (8. g5 Nh5 9. h4 h6) 8... a6 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. h4 Bg7 { Now the game settles down and Tate strategically outplays his opponent.} 13. a3 O-O 14. Nge2 f6 {Natural break which exposes white's fixed structure.} 15. Qd2 fxg5 16. hxg5 {Black's position is fairly solid and the passed h-pawn demands attention, but Tate has a deep idea in mind.} 16... Rb8 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 Ra8 19. Ng3 Rf4 $3 {Diagram # In this type of structure, black usually tries to put a knight on this square, but this exchange sacrifice is also very powerful. Petrosian used a similar idea in the aforementioned game against Spassky. For the exchange, black gets the dark squares and a nice square for the knight. Once the knight lands on e5, black will have a strong compensation.} 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nge2 Ne5 $15 {threatening Nf3+} 22. Kd1 Qxg5 23. Kc2 { Protecting the bishop, but} (23. Na4 $142 b5 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. bxc5 Qg2 { but black still has good play.}) (23. Nxf4 $4 Nf3 $19) 23... b5 $1 { This break opens up more fronts to the exposed king.} 24. Kb3 $4 { Feeling immense pressure, white blunders.} 24... f3 $19 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 { Black will now gain a material advantage.} 26. Nf4 Nxd3 27. Nxd3 Bxc3 28. bxc5 (28. Kxc3 Nxe4+ 29. Kb3 (29. Kc2 bxc4 30. Nf4 (30. Nb2 Nxf2 $19) 30... Bf5) 29... Nd2+) 28... Bd4 29. cxd6 Nxe4 {Diagram #} 30. Rbe1 (30. c5 Nd2+ 31. Ka2 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Bf5 33. Rb4 Bf6 34. Nf4 Kf7 $19) 30... Bf5 31. Rh4 Bxf2 (31... Nd2+) 32. Nxf2 bxc4+ 33. Kxc4 Nxf2 {The rest is mopping up.} 34. Re7 Ng4 35. Rh1 f2 36. Kd4 Rd8 37. Rc1 Nh2 38. Rcc7 Bd7 {Diagram #} 0-1

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[Event "Software Toolworks op"] [Site "Long Beach"] [Round "0"] [White "Tate, Emory"] [Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2295"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "B57"] [Opening "Sicilian: Sozin"] {Emory Tate faces Dmitri Gurevich, perhaps the most personable Russian emigre in the U.S. However, this Grandmaster (as well as others) realize that Tate is a slasher and must be alert. Sometimes "knowing your opponent" doesn't help.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 { Will it be a Najdorf or Rauzer?} 5... Nc6 6. Bc4 {Neither.} 6... e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 {This move characterizes the Velimorovic Attack named after Yugoslavian Grandmaster Dragolub Velimorovic. He apparently employed the idea in the 60s and also played a part in popularizing the "Yugoslav Attack" in the Dragon.} 8... O-O 9. O-O-O a6 (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Rhg1 {was once the main line, but begin to run into some problems theoretically. The idea is that the exposed bishop on c4 becomes an ultimate target allowing black to gain momentum on the queenside.} (11. Bb3 $142 $1) 11... Bd7 12. g4 Rfc8 13. g5 Ne8 14. f4 Rxc4 $1 $146 {occurred in Brunner-Christiansen, Novi Sad Olympiad, 1990 (0-1, 35).}) 10. g4 (10. Rhg1 Qc7 11. Bd3 $5) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 $1 $146 {#}{Tate has found another way to carry out white's attack. He neglects to play an early Bb3 and/or Rhg1 and comes up with a novel plan. There is only one game in the ChessBase database and this is it.} 12... Ne8 13. Bb3 Bxg5+ { True to Tate's style... he sacrifices a pawn to open the g-file toward the black king and will gain a crucial tempo in the process. During the 70s, a similar idea was played in the Najdorf variation.} 14. Kb1 Qe7 15. Rhg1 Bf6 16. f4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 {Despite his passivity, Black appears to be OK here.} 17... Bb7 18. Qh5 g6 19. f5 $1 {Tate cannot afford to allow black to consolidate, so he attacks swiftly. Under a bit of pressure, Gurevich begins to lose his thread and panics.} 19... Ng7 20. Qh6 Qf6 $2 (20... Rfc8 $142) 21. Rd3 (21. Rxd6 b4 22. Bd5 bxc3 23. Bxb7 Rab8 $19) 21... Rfc8 22. Rh3 $40 { Now white's attack is too strong.} 22... b4 (22... Kf8 23. fxe6 b4 24. Nd5 Qf2 25. Rc1 fxe6 26. Ne3 $18) 23. Qxh7+ ({Also} 23. fxg6 Kf8 (23... fxg6 24. Qxh7+ Kf7 25. Bxe6+ $1) 24. gxh7 Ke7 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Rh6+ $18) 23... Kf8 24. fxg6 Rc5 25. Nd5 $1 {#}{Wham! The idea of this is not only shock value, but it cuts the black rook off from defending the kingside.} (25. gxf7 Rg5 $1) 25... exd5 26. gxf7 $18 dxe4 27. a4 $6 (27. Rhg3 $142 Rf5 28. Bc4 Ke7 29. Rg6 Qd4 30. f8=Q+) 27... bxa3 28. bxa3 Rb5 (28... Rf5 $8) 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Rc3 $5 {#}{Another move with shock value which threatens mate. Tate could have opted for the"cleaner"} (30. Rxg7 $1 {and it is doubtful that Gurevich would've played more than a couple of more moves.}) 30... Qxc3 31. f8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Ke8 34. Qg6+ Ke7 (34... Kd7 $142) 35. Qg7+ { Time pressure phase of the game.} (35. Qe6+ Kd8 36. Qxd6+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38. a4) 35... Ke8 36. Ka2 {Fritz 8 has white as only slightly better as black attempts to coordinate the rooks and build a fortress. However, the outside passed pawn will prevent black from this plan.} 36... Bc6 $2 (36... Bd5 $1) 37. Qg6+ Ke7 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qc7 Bd7 40. Qxd6 Rbf5 41. Qxa6 Rf4 42. Bd5 Ke7 43. Qb7 e3 {Gurevich attempts to complicate matters.} 44. Qb6 (44. c4 $2 e2 $1 { and black is back in the game.}) 44... e2 {Gurevich is relying on the passed e-pawn to hold white at bay. The pawn prevents Tate from pushing his own pawns. However, if this pawn is lost black will be doomed.} 45. Qc5+ (45. Qe3+ Kd6 46. Be4 Bg4 47. Bd3 Rf2 {and black appears to be holding a fortress.}) 45... Kd8 46. Qa5+ Ke7 47. Qd2 Bg4 48. h3 Rf1 {#}{Interesting position! Next... Tate reels off 11 consecutive checks!} 49. Qb4+ Kd8 50. Qd6+ Bd7 51. Qb8+ Bc8 52. Qd6+ (52. Qb6+ $1) 52... Bd7 53. Qb6+ Ke7 54. Qb4+ Kd8 55. Qb8+ Bc8 {Fritz 8 says the position is dead equal probably because the position was repeated at move 51, but this time...} 56. Qb6+ $1 Ke7 { Black has no choice but to run. All other moves lose the e2-pawn immediately.} 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. Qd6+ Kg5 59. Qe7+ Kf4 60. Qxe2 { The lowly pawn is captured and the kingdom falls!} 60... Bxh3 { and black resigned.} (60... Bxh3 61. Qh2+ Kg4 62. Be6+ R8f5 63. Bxf5+ Rxf5 64. c4 {and black won't be able to stop the pawns without getting one of his pieces picked off in the process. Another energetic game by Emory Tate.}) 1-0

[Event "USCL (Chicago vs. Arizona)"] [Site "?"] [Round "9"] [White "IM Emory Tate"] [Black "FM Daniel Rensch"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2392"] [BlackElo "2411"] [ECO "B54"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...Nf6"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe1 Nbd7 12. Qf2 Qc7 {Diagram #} 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. a4 Bd8 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nb3 Rb8 17. Nxa5 Bc8 18. Bf1 Nc5 19. Ra3 Nfd7 20. Na2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. b4 {Diagram #} 22... Ne4 23. Qe1 Nef6 24. Bd4 Ne5 25. Re3 Nf7 26. Bd3 Rf4 27. Ba1 Ne5 $2 {Diagram #} 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Bxe5 Qa7+ 30. c5 Bxa5 31. Bxf4 Bc7 32. Bg5 Bd8 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Bc4 Bxc5+ 35. bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Kh1 Qxg5 (36... Qxc4 37. Bxf6 Qxa2 (37... gxf6 38. Qg3+) 38. Qg3 Rb7 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Qxg7#) 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Rxc8 Rb2 39. Qxe6+ Kg6 40. Bd3+ Kh6 41. Qh3+ {Diagram #} 41... Nh5 42. g4 Rxa2 43. Qxh5+ Qxh5 44. gxh5 a5 45. Rh8 Kxh5 46. Rxh7+ Kg5 47. Rxg7+ Kf4 48. Rf7+ Ke3 49. Bb5 a4 {Diagram #} 50. Bxa4 $1 Rxa4 51. Kg2 Ra8 52. h4 Rh8 53. Kg3 Rg8+ 54. Kh3 Rh8 55. Rf5 Kf2 56. Kg4 Ke3 57. Re5+ Kd4 58. Re4+ Kd5 59. h5 Rg8+ 60. Kh4 Rf8 61. Re3 Kd4 62. Re4+ Kd5 63. h6 {Diagram #} 63... Rxf3 64. Rg4 Rf7 65. Kg5 Ke6 66. Re4+ Kd5 67. Kg6 Ra7 68. Re8 Ra6+ 69. Kg7 Ra7+ 70. Kg8 Ra1 71. h7 Rg1+ 72. Kf7 Rf1+ 73. Ke7 Re1+ 74. Kd7 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "Gem City Open"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Tate, Emory"] [Black "Goldin, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qf2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 a6 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. Kb1 f6 16. Qe1 d6 17. Rg1 Bc5 18. Rg3 Nb4 19. Ne2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Bxd5 22. g5 fxg5 23. Rxg5 b4 24. Qg3 Rf5 25. Be3 Rxg5 26. fxg5 Bd6 27. Qg4 Qe8 28. b3 e5 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Qxe6+ Bxe6 31. h6 Be7 32. Bc1 gxh6 33. gxh6 Rf8 34. Bb2 Rf3 35. Ne4 Bf5 36. Kc2 Kf7 37. Bxe5 Ke6 38. Bd6 Rh3 39. Bxe7 Kxe7 40. Re1 Rh2+ 41. Kb1 Kd7 42. Rf1 Bxe4 43. dxe4 Rxh6 44. Kc2 Rh2+ 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Rf5 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik International 2007"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Tate, Emory (USA)"] [Black "Baldursson, Hrannar (ISL)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2129"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Trompowsky: 2...Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 {Diagram # Blackmar-Diemar Gambit} 6... e3 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nb4 10. Qxe3 Nbd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Kb1 Bd6 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Be5 f6 16. Nf4 $1 {Diagram #} 16... Qc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd5 (19. Nxd5 Kh8 20. Rhe1 $16) 19... Qc6 20. Qe7 $1 Re8 21. Rd8 Bf5 22. Nh5 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik International"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Tate, Emory (USA)"] [Black "Steinergrimsson, Hedinn (ISL)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2482"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Trompowsky: 2...e6 3.e4"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 {Diagram #} 3... h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 g5 7. Nb5 Qe7 8. c3 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Re1 g4 14. Nfd2 Qg5 15. g3 h5 16. f4 gxf3 17. Nxf3 {Diagram #} 17... Qh6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Ng2 Ng6 20. Nfh4 Nxh4 21. Nxh4 Bf6 22. Ng2 h4 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Nf4 Rh8 25. g4 Bg5 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. Re2 Rf8 28. Rf1 f6 29. Kg2 Rh7 30. Kh3 e5 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Rd1 Bc8 34. Kg2 {Diagram #} 34... Bxg4 35. Qxg4 Qxh5 36. Qxh5 Rxh5 37. Rd7 Rh7 38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 39. Kf3 Rd8 40. Kg4 Kg6 41. Be6 a5 42. Bf5+ Kf7 43. b3 Ke7 44. Rc2 Rd1 45. Bc8 b6 46. c4 {Diagram #} 46... Kd6 47. c5+ bxc5 48. Ba6 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Bf4 50. Bc8 Rf1+ 51. Kg4 Bg5 52. Re2 c4 53. bxc4 Kc5 54. Be6 a4 55. Kh5 Kb4 56. Rc2 c5 57. Kg6 a3 {Diagram #} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik International 2007"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Kjartansson Gudmundur (ISL)"] [Black "Tate Emory (USA)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2279"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence: 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6"] 1. e4 Nc6 {Diagram #} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. Qd2 c6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd5 11. exd5 Bg7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 {Diagram #} 14... Rxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Bc4 Qxc3 17. Bb3 Qxf3 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Ne4 20. Rd4 Ndc5 21. Bc4 Ng3 22. Re1 f5 23. Bd3 Kf7 24. Kd2 Kf6 {Diagram #} 25. Rg1 Nh5 26. Rh4 Rc8 27. c4 Rc7 28. e4 f4 29. Kc3 e5 30. dxe6 Nxe6 31. Rhg4 Ke5 32. h4 Nf6 33. R4g2 a6 34. a4 Nc5 35. Rg5+ Ke6 36. Kd4 Nfd7 37. h5 Ne5 38. hxg6 {Diagram #} 38... Ncxd3 39. Rxe5+ Nxe5 40. g7 Rxc4# 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik International"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Kveinys , Aloysaz (LTU)"] [Black "Tate, Emory (USA)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...g6"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 d6 7. Nb5 a6 8. Be3 Qc6 9. Na7 {Diagram #} 9... Qc7 10. Nxc8 Qxc8 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Be2 (14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bc4 Qe8 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxb7 Qd5 18. Qxd5+ Nxd5 $13) 14... Ne8 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. O-O b5 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Qa3 Nd6 19. Rad1 Be5 20. h3 Nf5 21. Bc1 Bd6 {Diagram #} (21... Bd6 22. b4 Ne5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik International"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Tate, E (USA)."] [Black "Kristjansson, Stefan (ISL)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2468"] [ECO "B45"] [Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov, 5.Nc3"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nb3 a6 7. f4 d6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. g4 {Diagram #} 10... b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. g5 Nd7 13. Qf2 Na5 14. Rf1 b4 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 e5 {Diagram #} 18. Ng3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 g6 20. f5 a4 21. Nd2 a3 22. Bc4 O-O 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nf5 $1 {Diagram #} gxf5 25. g6 Kg7 26. gxf7 d5 27. Rxf5 $1 Nf6 28. exd5 Rxf7 {Diagram #} 29. Qg5+ {Tate had his choice of alternatives. Either or would have been crushing.} ( 29. Qh3) (29. d6) 29... Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Qg6 Qd6 32. Bb5+ Kd8 33. Qxf7 Bxd5 {Diagram #} 34. Nc4 Bxf7 35. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik International"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Shaw, John"] [Black "Tate, Emory"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2441"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. g3 Na6 {Diagram #} 4. Bg2 d5 5. e5 Bf5 6. Ne2 Qd7 7. h3 f6 8. g4 Be6 9. Nf4 Nc7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. Nb3 b6 13. a4 {Diagram #} 13... a5 14. Nd3 Kb8 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Ndc5 Ka7 18. Qd2 {Diagram #} 18... Nf7 19. Qxa5+ Na6 20. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik International 2007"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Tate Emory (USA)"] [Black "Sriram Jha (IND)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2425"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani: 3...d5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Diagram #} 3... d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Kc2 Bc5 10. Ng5 Bh5 11. f3 h6 12. Nh3 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Ne3 f6 16. Nf2 h5 17. Bd2 Bb6 18. b4 Bf7 19. h3 Ne7 20. a4 a6 21. a5 Ba7 22. Rab1 Ng6 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5 Nc5 25. Bc4 Be8 26. Rb4 Ba4+ 27. Kc1 Ne7 28. Nd5 Nc6 {Diagram #} 29. Nb6+ cxb6 30. axb6 Bb8 31. Rxa4 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Nxa4 33. gxh5 Nxb6 34. Bf7 Kd7 35. Rb1 Ba7 36. Ng4 Ke7 37. Bg6 Nc4+ 38. Ke2 Nd6 39. h4 gxh4 40. Rh1 Nd8 {Diagram #} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik International 2007"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Edvardsson Kristjan (ISL)"] [Black "Tate Emory (USA)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2252"] [BlackElo "2406"] [ECO "A06"] [Opening "Reti: 1...d5"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 {Diagram #} 5... Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Qc8 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. e3 Ne7 9. h3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Be7 11. Qa4+ c6 12. b4 b5 13. Qc2 Bd8 14. a4 a6 15. Ra1 Ne4 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O O-O 18. Ra2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Rfa1 {Diagram #} 20... Rae8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Qc8 23. R1a3 h6 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. f3 Ng5 28. h4 Nh7 29. g4 Qd8 30. Ra7+ Kg8 31. Qf2 Qb8 32. Ra3 Qxe5 {Diagram #} 33. f4 Qf6 34. g5 Qg6 35. Ra6 hxg5 36. fxg5 Rc8 37. Qf4 Qh5 38. Ra7 Kh8 39. Re7 Ra8 40. Rxe6 Nf8 41. Rxc6 {Diagram #} 41... Ng6 42. Qxf5 Nxh4 $4 (42... Ne7 $15) 43. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik International 2007"] [Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Date "2007.04.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Tate Emory (USA)"] [Black "Thorgeirsson Sverrir (ISL)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2406"] [BlackElo "2029"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, 4.Nf3"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. O-O Qc7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bf4 Nge7 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. a3 b5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qb8 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. a4 Bc7 17. b5 Na5 18. Rb1 Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Qf3 f6 22. c4 fxe5 23. c5 e4 24. Qc3 Kf7 25. Be5 d4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qd5 28. Qb4 Rhc8 29. Rfc1 e5 30. c6 Nxc6 31. bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rd1 Qe6 33. Qxe4 Rca6 34. Qxh7 Rxa4 35. Re1 Qf5 36. Qxf5+ Bxf5 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. d7 Rd4 39. Rb6+ Kf7 40. Rb5 Bxd7 41. Rbxe5 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 59th"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2003.06.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Tate, Emory"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2165"] [BlackElo "2353"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2...e6"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c4 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O a6 8. Ne5 Ne7 9. Bf3 Nbc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. h3 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg5 {Diagram #} Bf4 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 g4 0-1

[Event "Cura?ao Chess Festival"] [Site "Cura?ao, Dutch Antilles"] [Date "2007.07.22"] [Round "4"] [White "IM Tate, Emory (USA)"] [Black "Torres, Jose (VEN)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Trompowsky: 2...Ne4 3.Bf4"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 e6 4. f3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Nxd6 6. Nc3 f5 7. e4 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. exf5 exf5 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Nf4 a6 (12... a5 { With the idea a4, Na5, Nc4}) 13. h4 b5 14. Kb1 Ne7 15. Qf2 b4 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Nd3 Ne8 18. Nac5 Bc8 19. Ne5 Nef6 (19... d6 20. Nc6 Qf6 21. Bc4 { and black is bleeding on the white squares.}) 20. Bc4 a5 (20... d6 21. Nc6 Qe8 22. Nxb4) 21. Rde1 c6 {Diagram #} (21... d6 22. Nc6 { and black's queen is trapped.}) 22. g4 $1 Qc7 (22... fxg4 23. Nxg4 (23. fxg4) 23... Nxg4 24. Qg2 Ngf6 25. Rhg1 Rf7) 23. h5 d6 {Diagram #} 24. Ng6 dxc5 25. g5 hxg6 $4 (25... Nd7 {Robert Ris' suggestion... Emory here asks Benjamin Bok who so far had interfered the analysis several times, risking his young life moving Tate's pieces: 'Benjamin, what did we find here yesterday?'} 26. dxc5 Ba6 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. h6 Bxc4 29. hxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Qg6#) 26. hxg6 Qf4 27. gxf6 gxf6 28. Qg2 {Diagram #}{Planning Qh3 g7.} 1-0

[Event "22nd North American Open"] [Site "Las Vegas USA"] [Date "2012.12.29"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Tamaz Gelashvili"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2302"] [BlackElo "2566"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor: Morphy Variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bxd8 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 Kxd8 8. Bc4 Ke8 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O g6 11. Rhe1 Bd7 12. f4 Rd8 13. h3 Bh6 14. Nde2 Bc8 15. g4 Bg7 16. Ng3 h5 17. gxh5 gxh5 18. h4 Ne7 19. f5 Be5 20. Rg1 Rh7 21. Be2 Kd7 22. Bf3 Kc7 23. Rde1 b5 24. Nd1 Rg8 25. Ne2 Rgh8 26. Rg2 Bb7 27. Nf2 c5 28. Ng1 c4 29. c3 Bf6 30. Rh2 Rg7 31. Rh3 Nc6 32. Kd2 Ne5 33. Ke2 Rhg8 34. Rh1 d5 35. exd5 Nxf3 36. Nxf3 Bxd5 37. Rh3 Rg3 38. Ng5 Rg2 39. Rd1 Kc6 40. Nf3 R2g3 41. Ng5 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Bxg5+ 43. hxg5 Rxg5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "22nd North American Open"] [Site "Las Vegas USA"] [Date "2012.12.28"] [Round "5.11"] [White "Nikola Mitkov"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2302"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 d6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Kh1 Be7 13. Bd2 h5 14. b4 Ncd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 h4 17. Qe2 h3 18. g3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. c3 O-O 21. Rab1 Qc6 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Qc7 24. c4 N5f6 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Nc3 Ra3 27. Bd4 Rd8 28. Be5 Bd6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qb2 Qa5 31. Rbc1 Nd3 32. Qb1 Nxc1 33. Ne4 Be7 {#R} 0-1

[Event "22nd North American Open"] [Site "Las Vegas USA"] [Date "2012.12.28"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Alexander Shabalov"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2302"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 h5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxh5 f5 14. exf5 d5 15. Bg4 Bb7 16. O-O d4 17. Ne2 Qd5 18. Bf3 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Ng3 Qe5 21. Re1 O-O-O 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf6 24. Qe2 d3 25. cxd3 Bd6 26. Rc1+ Kb8 27. Rc6 Ka7 28. a5 Rc8 {#r} 1-0

[Event "National Open"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Round "1"] [White "Eric Schiller"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni: 2.e3"] 1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. c4 Qc7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. h3 Rac8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Qb1 Qa8 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Rfe1 Nfd7 18. Re2 Nc5 19. Ba1 Ned3 20. Rd1 Nf4 21. Ree1 Ncd3 22. Re3 Ne5 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Nc3 Bh6 25. Ree1 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Nf4 28. Qb2 e5 29. Rxd6 Rce8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 f6 32. Re4 Nxh3+ 33. Kg2 Ng5 34. Rg4 Qc8 35. Rxg5 fxg5 36. Rxb6 Qf5 37. Qc3 g4 38. f4 Qxf4 39. Qe3 Qf5 40. Rxa6 h5 41. Re6 h4 42. Rxe5 h3+ 43. Kh1 Rxe5 44. Bxe5 Re8 45. Qf4 Rxe5 46. Qxf5 gxf5 47. d6 f4 48. b4 g3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"] [Site "Philadelphia United States"] [Date "2010.04.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Joshua E Friedel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2326"] [BlackElo "2543"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Spanish: Exchange, 4...dxc6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Qe2 f6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nc3 c5 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. f4 b5 13. f5 Bc8 14. Nd5 Bb7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Bc6 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Bd2 Rg8 20. Kf2 g6 21. g4 gxf5 22. gxf5 Qg7 23. Rg1 Qb7 24. Qd3 Bxe4 25. Qxd6 Qf7 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27. fxe6 Rae8 28. Be3 Rxe6 29. Bxc5 f5 30. Rad1 Rge8 31. Bd6 Rg6 32. b4 Kg7 33. a4 Kf6 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. b5 Bc2 36. Ra1 Bd3 37. Rc1 Ke6 38. Bc7 Kd7 39. Bxe5 axb5 40. axb5 Bxc4 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Annual Dothan Open"] [Site "Alabama"] [Date "2010.12.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "A J Goldsby"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2217"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed, 2...Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 a6 5. Bb3 e6 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Qc7 8. d3 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 h5 11. g3 Be5 12. Be3 b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. a3 O-O-O 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe5 18. Qd3 g5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 d5 21. exd5 h4 22. g4 exd5 23. Qd4 Rhe8 24. Qa7 Re7 25. Rd1 d4 26. Rc4+ Rc7 27. Rcxd4 Re8 28. Bc4 Qa5 29. Bf1 Rce7 30. b4 Qc7 31. Rc4 { and White went on to win } {#r} 1-0

[Event "US Open 2009"] [Site "Indianapolis"] [Date "2009.08.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Mariano Sana"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2369"] [BlackElo "2219"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Spanish: Exchange, 4...dxc6"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.b3 Ne7 6.Bb2 f6 7.d4 exd4 8.Bxd4 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd1 11.Rxd1 O-O-O 12.Ne6 Rd6 13.Nf4 Ng6 14.Nh5 Ne5 15.f4 Ng4 16.Ke2 g6 17.Ng3 Bh6 18.Rdf1 b5 19.Nb1 Bg7 20.Kf3 h5 21.h3 Nh6 22.Re1 Rhd8 23.Re2 h4 24.Nf1 Rd1 25.Nc3 Rc1 26.Ng3 Rxh1 27.Nxh1 Bf8 28.Nf2 Bb4 29.Ncd1 Bc5 30.Nd3 Bd4 31.Ne3 g5 32.Nf5 Nf7 33.fxg5 fxg5 34.e5 Re8 35.Nxd4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"] [Site "Ledyard, CT"] [Date "2009.04.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Yury Shulman"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2697"] [ECO "C17"] [Opening "French: Winawer, 5.a3"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Rb1 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 c4 13. dxc4 Qxc4 14. Nd2 Qxc3 15. Qg4 Rg8 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. f4 Qa6 18. Qf3 Nbc6 19. Bf2 Rc8 20. g4 g6 21. Kh1 Kd7 22. a4 Qxa4 23. Ra1 Qc2 24. Qe3 Na5 25. Ra3 Qb2 26. Bg1 Rc7 27. Rf2 Qb4 28. Qd3 Rgc8 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. Qxf5+ Kc6 33. Rd3 Kb7 34. Qf3 Qb5 35. Nf1 Ka6 36. Ra3 Rc1 37. Ne3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "2008 NATIONAL OPEN"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Date "2008.06.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Okechukwu A Iwu"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2367"] [BlackElo "2174"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird: Lasker Variation"] 1.f4 d5 2.e3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 c5 5.c3 b6 6.Bd3 Nh6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qa3 Qc7 9.e4 e6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 d4 13.Nd1 Qb6 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Nf2 f6 16.Qd1 e5 17.O-O exf4 18.Bxf4 Nf7 19.Rb1 Nfe5 20.a3 a5 21.b3 Rfb8 22.Qc1 Rb7 23.Be2 Qa7 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.Bd2 Qb8 26.Nd3 Bf8 27.Bh6 Qd6 28.Bxf8 Rxf8 29.Rxf8 Qxf8 30.Qg5 Qd6 31.h4 a4 32.b4 cxb4 33.axb4 Be6 34.c5 Qb8 35.Qf6 Bd7 36.Nf4 Be8 37.Bc4 Bf7 38.Ne6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"] [Site "Ledyard, CT"] [Date "2009.04.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Ashish Vaja"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2237"] [BlackElo "2395"] [ECO "C16"] [Opening "French: Winawer, Advance Variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 f5 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ng6 8. h4 h6 9. h5 Ne7 10. Rh3 c5 11. Rg3 Rg8 12. Nf4 Qa5 13. Bd2 c4 14. Rh3 Nbc6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. Rg3 Rdf8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rxg5 Nd8 20. Qb1 Nf7 21. Rg3 Re8 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. O-O-O Nc6 24. Qb2 Nh8 25. Rdg1 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Bf3 Nf7 28. Rg6 Nh8 29. R6g3 Nf7 30. Qb4 Qc7 31. Rxg7 a5 32. Qb2 Rxg7 33. Rxg7 Ne5 34. Be2 Qd8 35. h6 Qh4 36. Qb6 Qxh6 37. Nh5 {#r} 1-0

[Event "United States Chess League"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.09.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Emory Tate"] [Black "Larry Kaufman"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2392"] [BlackElo "2424"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed, Grand Prix, 3...g6"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. a4 Nxd3 12. a5 Qa6 13. cxd3 O-O 14. Nxd4 d6 15. Nf3 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. d4 Rad8 18. Qa4 Rd5 19. b3 f6 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. bxc4 Rd7 23. Ra3 Bxf4 24. d3 Bc7 25. h3 Bg3 26. Be3 g5 27. d5 Bb8 28. Nd4 Bg6 29. Ne6 Rc8 30. Rb3 a6 31. Rfb1 Be5 32. Kf2 Bf5 33. Nc5 Rdc7 34. g4 Rxc5 35. Bxc5 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxc5 37. Rxb7 Kf8 38. Ra7 Rxa5 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Rc8 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 a5 42. c5 Rc2 43. Ra3 Bc3 44. d6 Bb4 45. d7 Rd2 46. d8=Q Rxd8 47. Rxd8 Bxa3 48. c6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "11th North American FIDE Invitational"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "2008.05.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Mark Ginsburg"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2378"] [ECO "A52"] [Opening "Budapest: Adler Variation"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 O-O 8.h3 Nh6 9.e3 Nf5 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Qxh4 13.O-O Re8 14.Bg3 Qh6 15.Rad1 a5 16.c5 a4 17.Bc4 Qe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.Rb1 Ne7 20.e4 g5 21.h4 c6 22.hxg5 Ra5 23.f4 Rxc5 24.Bd3 Rxc3 25.Rbd1 c5 26.Rf3 Nc6 27.Bb5 Rxf3 28.gxf3 Nd4 29.Bxa4 Ne2 30.Kg2 Nc3 31.Bxd7 Nxd1 32.Bxe8 Kf8 33.g6 hxg6 34.Bxg6 Kg7 35.Be8 Kf8 36.Ba4 Nc3 37.Bc2 Nxa2 38.Be1 b5 39.Bd2 b4 40.Bb3 Nc3 41.Bxc3 bxc3 42.Kf2 Ke7 43.Ke3 Bd7 44.Bc2 Bb5 45.f5 Bf1 46.f4 Kd7 47.Bb3 exf5 48.exf5 Bh3 49.Be6 Kc6 50.Kd3 c4 51.Kxc3 Kc5 52.Bc8 Bg2 53.f6 Bd5 54.f5 Bg8 {#r} 1-0

[Event "NATO-ch"] [Site "Germany"] [Round "0"] [White "Robert J Kermeen"] [Black "Emory Tate"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix, 2...Nc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6 9.Bd2 c4 10.Rb1 cxd3 11.cxd3 Ba6 12.Ne1 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.Rf3 e6 15.d4 f6 16.Na4 fxe5 17.fxe5 Qh4 18.Bb4 Be2 19.Qd2 Bh6 20.Qc3 Rxf3 21.Nxf3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Bf4 23.Qxc6 Be3+ 24.Kh1 Qh3 {#R} 0-1

[Site "Atlanta"] [Date "2014.12.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Tate, Emory"] [Black "Potula, Kapish"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2356"] [BlackElo "1929"] [EventCountry "USA"] [ECO "C05"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. a3 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Nf4 Rd8 11. Rh3 Nf8 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Rg3 Ng6 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 a5 16. b5 Na7 17. Rb1 Rac8 18. Bd2 a4 19. Nh5 Bxb5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Nxh7 a3 22. Qh5 a2 23. Rd1 Bxf1 24. Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Nxf6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ {#r} 1-0

[Site "?"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Zapata, Alonso"] [Black "Tate, Emory"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2356"] [ECO "B57"] [Opening "Sicilian: Sozin"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. g4 h5 12. h3 g6 13. Nb3 e5 14. g5 Nh7 15. h4 Be6 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 O-O 21. Qh2 Rfd8 22. Bc4 Nf8 23. Nb5 Qa5 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Nb4 26. Bb3 Nxc2 27. Kb1 Ne3 28. Rc1 Qa6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qe5 Nc4 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. a3 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rf1 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Ke8 36. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 37. Ka2 Qb5 38. Qc3 a5 39. Qh8+ Kd7 40. Qd4+ Kc6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2015.10.09"] [Round "0"] [White "ZenChess"] [Black "Tate"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1979"] [BlackElo "1999"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed"] { Disconnection will count as a forfeit. } 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 O-O 9.Qe1 Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Ne2 b5 12.Bb3 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Bxa4 Qb6 15.b3 Bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nxe4 17.dxe4 d3+ 18.Kh1 dxe2 19.Qxe2 Rfc8 20.Rc4 Rxc4 21.Qxc4 a4 22.bxa4 Qa6 23.Qb5 Qxa4 24.Qb7 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Rxa6 26.Be3 Ra2 27.Rc1 Bc3 28.Kg1 Ra4 29.e5 dxe5 30.fxe5 Re4 31.Kf2 Rxe5 32.Rd1 f5 33.Rd3 Bb4 34.c4 Bc5 35.Kf3 Rxe3+ 36.Rxe3 Bxe3 37.Kxe3 e5 38.c5 Kf7 39.Kd3 Ke6 40.Kc4 e4 41.Kb5 Kd7 { {Game 1190 (ZenChess vs. Tate) ZenChess resigns } {#R} 0-1

[Event "Pathena Open 2015"] [Site "Rotterdam"] [Date "2015.05.07"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Tate, Emory"] [Black "Pluijm, Dik van der"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2300"] [BlackElo "1801"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...e6"] 1.Nf3 { } e6 { } 2.e4 { } d5 { } 3.Nc3 { } Nf6 { } 4.e5 { } Nfd7 { } 5.d4 { } c5 { } 6.dxc5 { } Nc6 { } 7.Bf4 { } Nxc5 { } 8.Bd3 { } Be7 { } 9.h4 { } a6 { } 10.h5 { } b5 { } 11.Ne2 { } Bb7 { } 12.Ned4 { } Rc8 { } 13.Nxc6 { } Bxc6 { } 14.Nd4 { } Bg5 { } 15.Qg4 { } Qa5+ { } 16.Kf1 { } Bxf4 { } 17.Qxf4 { } Qb4 { } 18.Nxe6 { } Qxf4 { } 19.Nxf4 { } O-O { } 20.Bf5 { } Bd7 { } 21.Nxd5 { } Rfe8 { } 22.Bxd7 { } Nxd7 { } 23.Ne3 { } Rxe5 { } 24.h6 { } Re6 { } 25.hxg7 { } Kxg7 { } 26.Rh4 { } Ne5 { } 27.b3 { } Ng6 { } 28.Rd4 { } Ne7 { } 29.Rad1 { } Rxe3 { } 30.fxe3 { } Nf5 { } 31.R4d3 { } Rxc2 { } 32.R1d2 { } Ng3+ { } 33.Kg1 { } Rc1+ { } 34.Rd1 { } Rc2 { } 35.R3d2 { } Rc3 { } 36.Re1 { } Ne4 { } 37.Rd4 { } f5 { } 38.Rd7+ { } Kg6 { } 39.Re7 { } a5 { } 40.Ra7 { } {#r} 1-0