Today is the late Emory Tate’s 66th birthday. I miss sitting across the chessboard with Emory. His uncompromising style always kept me against the ropes and his insights on chess improved my understanding greatly. But I miss talking to Emory most of all.
On Friday, March 14, 2014, Emory and I had lunch together at the Ohlone Deli in Fremont, Ca. We sat outside with our sandwiches and chessboard. Emory recounted stories from his past including details about the report he wrote that landed on President Reagan’s desk! Below is the never before published chess game from this long lunch meeting in which Emory Tate exquisitely punishes my overly ambitious 7… Qa5. I resigned after 33. Re8+ as Black’s position was lost and we needed to get to our chess classes. Enjoy…
[Event “Casual Game”]
[Site “Fremont, California”]
[Date “03/14/2014”]
[White “Emory Tate”]
[Black “Chris Torres”]
[Result “1-0”]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 e6 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 d5 6.Nc3 c5 7.Nb5 Qa5+ 8.b4 Qxb4+
9.Bd2 Qa4 10.Nc7+ Kd8 11.Bb5 Qa3 12.Nxa8 a6 13.Bd3 b5 14.Nh3 c4 15.Ng5 Qe7
16.Ba5+ Ke8 17.Nc7+ Kd7 18.O-O Nc6 19.Bb6 cxd3 20.Bc5 Qd8 21.Nxf7 Qxc7 22.Nxh8
Bxc5 23.dxc5 Bb7 24.exd5 exd5 25.Qxd3 Nb4 26.Qc3 a5 27.Nf7 Ke8 28.Nd6+ Kf8
29.Rae1 Qd7 30.Rf2 Na6 31.Rfe2 b4 32.Qxf6+ gxf6 33.Re8+
1-0