Emory Tate Explained

Emory Tate
Full Name:Emory Andrew Tate Jr.
Country:United States
Birth Date:December 27, 1958
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Milpitas, California, U.S.
Child:yes
Spouse:[1]
Children:3, including Andrew and Tristan
International Master (2007)
Peakrating:2413 (FIDE, October 2006)

Emory Andrew Tate Jr. (December 27, 1958 – October 17, 2015) was an American chess player who held the title of International Master. He was the father of the Internet personality Andrew Tate.

Early life and education

Emory Andrew Tate Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 27, 1958.[2] He grew up in a family of nine children. His father, Emory Andrew Tate I, was an attorney, and his mother, Emma Cox Tate, ran a truck-leasing business. Tate II learned to play chess as a child. He served in the United States Air Force as a sergeant, where he "excelled as a linguist."[3] Tate learned Spanish through being an exchange student in Mexico. He was "chosen to participate in the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language, Spanish Division during the summer of 1975" and spent two months living with a Mexican family.

Chess

In 1993, Tate gave chess lessons to elementary school students in Goshen, Indiana, as part of a community school board program.[4]

Tate's highest FIDE rating was 2413 on the October 2006 rating list, which made him the 72nd highest-rated player in the United States and among the top 2000 active players in the world.[5] His peak USCF rating was 2508 on December 30, 1996. He received the International Master title in 2007,[6] after earning his third norm at the 2006 World Open.[7]

His older son, Andrew, said: "I never saw him study chess books, ever. He also hated chess computers and never used them. He just sat down and played."

Tate earned a reputation as a creative and dangerous tactician on the U.S. chess circuit, where he won about 80 tournament games against grandmasters. Tate won the United States Armed Forces Chess Championship five times.[8] [9] He won the Indiana state championship six times (1995, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007) and was inducted into the Indiana State Chess Hall of Fame in 2005. He also won the Alabama state championship in 2010.[10] Fellow Air Force veteran and 2003 U.S. Armed Forces Chess Champion Leroy Hill said: "All the players had street names. Emory's was 'Extraterrestrial' because we thought his play was out of this world."

Personal life

Tate married Eileen Ashleigh, an English woman, in 1985. Together, they had three children, the oldest of whom is controversial social media personality Andrew Tate. The couple divorced in 1997, and his ex-wife returned to Luton, England with their children.

Tate died after suffering a heart attack during a tournament in Milpitas, California on October 17, 2015. After his death, a number of grandmasters and international masters wrote tributes to him.[11] In 2016, the Alabama Senate passed a resolution "celebrating [his] life and legacy". Grandmaster Maurice Ashley described Tate as "a trailblazer for African-American chess".[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Untold Story Of Andrew Tate, The Internet's Most Notorious Influencer. Warren. Tom. Dahir. Ikran. BuzzFeed News. 9 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230310001621/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/andrew-tate-early-life-friends-family. 10 March 2023. 22 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Emory Tate Top Chess Players . 2022-09-26 . Chess.com . en-US . 2023-01-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111010617/https://www.chess.com/players/emory-tate . live .
  3. Lawrence . Al . Al Lawrence (chess writer) . January 2016 . "Unmatched Perspicacity" / IM Emory Tate, 1958-2015 . . 41–42 . July 6, 2022 . July 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707011650/http://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL-AND-CR-ALL/CL-ALL/2016/2016_01.pdf . live .
  4. News: Stickel . Amy I. . August 30, 1993 . Goshen schools checkmate kids . 11 . South Bend Tribune.
  5. Web site: Chess Games Database: IM Emory Tate . Chess.com . January 7, 2023 . January 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230107233539/https://www.chess.com/games/search?fromSearchShort=1&p1=Emory%20Tate&playerId=31531&page=3/ . live .
  6. Web site: Shabazz . Daaim . Emory Tate: chess savant, warrior (1958-2015) . The Chess Drum . October 21, 2015 . July 6, 2022 . July 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705002913/https://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2015/10/21/emory-tate-chess-savant-warrior-1958-2015/ . live .
  7. Web site: Shabazz . Daaim . 2006 World Open: Emory Tate gets 3rd IM Norm! . The Chess Drum . July 5, 2006 . July 6, 2022 . July 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707011655/https://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2006/NB_EmoryTate.html . live .
  8. Web site: Armed Forces Champ & Brilliant Tactician Emory Tate, 1958-2015 . 19 October 2015 . 25 March 2021 . 18 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210618091344/https://new.uschess.org/news/armed-forces-champ-brilliant-tactician-emory-tate-1958-2015 . live .
  9. Web site: Klein . Mike . IM Emory Tate, 1958-2015 . 2022-11-24 . Chess.com . 18 October 2015 . en-US . 2022-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028095354/https://www.chess.com/news/view/emory-tate-1958-2015-7615 . live .
  10. Shabazz . Daaim . Triple Exclam!!! The winning ways of Emory Tate, 1958-2015 . . 36–40 . May 2016 . July 6, 2022 . August 11, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811215357/http://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL-AND-CR-ALL/CL-ALL/2016/2016_05.pdf . live .
  11. Web site: October 30, 2015 . Mechanics' Institute Chess Club Newsletter #724 . July 6, 2022 . . July 7, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707011650/https://www.milibrary.org/chess-newsletters/724 . live .
  12. Web site: Klein . Mike . IM Emory Tate, 1958-2015 . 2022-11-24 . Chess.com . 18 October 2015 . en-US . 2022-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028095354/https://www.chess.com/news/view/emory-tate-1958-2015-7615 . live .

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