Emory Tate vs Joseph Fang (2001)

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Emory Tate vs Joseph Fang
Foxwoods Open (2001), Ledyard, CT USA, rd 5, Apr-14
Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. General (C68) · 0-1

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Aug-25-12		perfidious: Playing over this game gave me a start: 5.b3, which Tate has adopted on at least two other occasions, seems an oddly passive treatment for someone of an aggressive style, and has fared poorly, regardless of who has played it. http://www.365chess.com/opening.php...

Feb-05-22		Bartleby: I agree it's an odd choice for the chaotic, swashbuckling Tate. Actually playing the exchange variation with 4. Bxc6 in the first place seems a bit out-of-character for the man. Knowing E.T. (the Extra-Terrestrial) I thought he might resurrect an antique treatment of the Ruy Lopez via a Duras Ruy Lopez (5. d3 and 6. c4) or essay his particular twist on a Worall Attack, or some other arcane side-line. : E Tate vs T M Taghian, 1994 featured the "Doubly-Delayed Exchange Ruy Lopez" with 7. Qe1 which Andrew Martin wrote about decades ago in a book called "Secret Weapons". Seems more his style--Tate lost that game but had a raging attack for most of it. (I personally think 32. Qg3! was better--not checking an engine, just like Tate would prefer it) But as Tarrasch once said of "Herr Nimzowitsch going his own way in the opening" over a century ago (probably with a classical sneer), Tate always did the same in his openings, whether Sicilians or Benoni-esque systems.

Feb-05-22		perfidious: <Bartleby....But as Tarrasch once said of "Herr Nimzowitsch going his own way in the opening" over a century ago (probably with a classical sneer), Tate always did the same in his openings, whether Sicilians or Benoni-esque systems.> It is ironic, but the only time I ever faced Tate, at the 1991 World Open blitz, we went straight down an old main line of the Taimanov in the Modern Benoni, long known to be very good for White; only my incompetence at putting Tate away in a winning position allowed him to emerge with a whole skin.

Feb-08-22		Bartleby: He often relied on his innate tactical prowess to bamboozle in chaotic positions, and also bail himself out of hot water his offbeat openings sometimes landed himself in. "It's never too early for a counterpunch." --Tartakower. That's a human element to chess bouts that can never be replicated with engines. I'd like to see the score of that game, but being a blitz game 30 years ago, I assume it's lost to the ages.

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