Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Emory Tate.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a)
Tate vs Eugene Martinovsky, Illinois, 1993
3r3k/p1R1Np1p/1p3b2/1P5K/6p1/3r1qP1/PBQ2P1P/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd3 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Tate vs David Coleman, Philadelphia, 1993
rn3rk1/5ppp/p1bNpb2/4p3/4N3/1B3P2/PPP2P1P/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ gxf6 Rhg1+ Kh8 Nxf7+ ]
c)
Tate vs Gennadij Sagalchik, New York, 1995
1b2k1r1/pr1b1p1p/2p4B/1q3p2/3QpP2/1B6/PP1R2PP/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd7+ Rxd7 Rxd7 Qc5+ Kb1 Qe7 Rxe7+ Kxe7 Bg5+ ]
d)
Tate vs Leonard Chipkin, New York, 1995
2rnkb1r/p2b1ppp/8/5pN1/3P3P/BQP5/4qPP1/RN3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ra2 Qc4 Qxc4 Rxc4 Re1+ Ne6 d5 ]
e)
Tate vs Vasik Rajlich, Chicago, 1996
r2qr1k1/ppp2ppp/5nb1/3Pn3/4pBP1/2N4P/PPPQ1P2/2K1RBR1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 Rxe5 f4 ]
Tate Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Tate vs Howard Cohen, Oak Park, 1996
8/3N3r/8/p3pk2/1pB5/1P6/P7/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Bd3+ if e4 Bxe4+ ]
b)
Tate vs Arinbjorn Gunnarsson, Philadelphia, 1996
2kr1q1r/1bpp1p1p/2n5/1p1BP3/3b4/2N5/1PP3PP/R1BQ1R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Re8 Bxc6 ]
c)
Tate vs Stanislav Kriventsov, Washington, 1998
r1bk2nr/1p1n1ppp/p2Npq2/2B5/5P2/6Q1/PP2B1PP/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Bd4 if e5 Bxe5 Nxe5 Ne4+ ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Tate vs Rodney Flores, Fredericksburg, 1999
Q7/1R5p/2kqr2n/7p/5Pb1/8/P1P2BP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa6+ w/Qd3+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Tate vs Arthur Abolianin, Deurne, 2000
k7/4rp1p/p1q3p1/Q1r2p2/1R6/8/P5PP/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ if Qc8 Rb8+ ]
Tate Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
White to move and win. Tate vs Tom Braunlich, Framingham, 2001
r6r/1Q1qk3/p2ppp1p/1p6/8/1P6/1PP2PPP/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ ]
b)
White to move and win. Tate vs Macon Shibut, Washington, 2004
2kr2r1/pp1b1pp1/1qp2b1p/4RP2/4N3/6BQ/PPP4P/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ w/Nc4 ]
c)
Pappu Murthy vs Tate, Chicago, 1997
r4q1r/3k2pp/4p3/1P1pP2Q/2nP1P2/8/2B1N1PP/1RK4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa3+ Kd1 Qa5 Nc3 Qxc3 Qe2 Ne3+ ]
d)
Black Mates in 3. Todd Andrews vs Tate, Philadelphia, 1998
5rk1/1p1n2bp/p7/P2P2p1/4R3/4N1Pb/2QB1q1P/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg2+ Nxg2 Qf1+ ]
e)
Henry Terrie vs Tate, Framingham, 2001
2k5/pp6/3p4/2pRr3/2P5/2P4p/P4PPP/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Kxe1 hxg2 ]
f)
Fabiano Caruana vs Tate, New York, 2003
2r2rk1/1pq2pp1/p2bb1p1/3p2Q1/3P4/1PP2B1P/5PP1/RN2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bf4 Qh4 g5 Qh5 g6 Qh6 g4 ]
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