How Good was Andrew Tate's Dad?
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Early life:
Emory tale was born in Chicago, Illinois in December 27 1958 and was raised by His father, Emory Andrew Tate Sr.,he was an attorney, and his mother, Emma Cox Tate, who ran a truck-leasing business emory had 9 brothers/sisters.
Adulthood:
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. His peak USCF rating was 2508 on December 30, 1996. He received the international master title in 2007, after earning his third norm at the 2006 World Open then he got the IM (interantional master) title.
he marred Eileen Ashleigh in 1985 and divorced in 1997. and had 3 children one of them being Andrew Tate. Andrew tate also had a side hobby of chess and was decent at it.
Emory had died on Octover 17 2015 Tate had died after suffering a heart attack during a tournament in Milpitas, California. After his death, a number of grandmasters and international masters wrote tributes to him.
His legacy:
Andrew Tate has become possibly one of the biggest memes of the twenty-first century. He is known for making random, odd controversial statements, being very bald, and even getting thrown in jail.
However, one of the lesser known facts about Andrew is that his father, Emory Tate, was once an International Master in chess and was one of the top chess players in the world at one point.
Emory even had a matchup with Hikaru Nakamura, currently the most popular chess streamer. Let's take a look at this game.
HIKARU NAKAMURA (WHITE) VS EMORY TATE (BLACK)
This game was played at the 1999 World Open. Hikaru was just 12 years old at the time, while Emory was 41. Hikaru played the game nearly perfectly and showed Emory who the better chess player was, even though he was nearly 3 decades younger than Emory. Here is the game:
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Emory Tate
1999 World Open Philadelphia, PA
1. e4 e62. d4 d53. c3 b44. e5 b65. a3 xc3+6. bxc3 e77. f3 a68. xa6 xa69. O-O c5?!10. a4 d711. e2 c412. a3?! c7?!13. g5?! b5?14. h5 g615. d6?! h616. xf7!! f417. f3 xf718. xc7! g5?19. d6?! g6?20. axb5 xc221. b6 h722. c7 xc723. bxc7 d724. h1 xc725. g3 d326. xd3 xd327. f4 gxf428. gxf4 a529. f5 exf530. xf5 d731. h3 a432. f7+ c633. f6+ b534. b1+ a535. e6 e836. f5?! a3?!37. xd5+ a438. d7 b239. d5 b340. e7 a241. f1 a442. d6 xc343. d8Emory Tate resigned here.
I'm sure Emory knew after that game that Hikaru was a genius in the making. I mean, Hikaru just destroyed him in 43 moves!
CONCLUSION
Emory Tate had two other documented matches against Hikaru, in 1998 and in 2007. Hikaru even reacted to his game against Tate in 2007 while live on stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvtq-HAO98Y
Click the video to watch Hikaru's reaction to the beginning of the game
This match in 1999 was their most exciting game against each other, though, and is definitely worth more than one look.
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