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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Emory Tate.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 6.
Emory Tate vs David Coleman, Philadelphia, 1993
rn3rk1/5ppp/p1bNpb2/4p3/4N3/1B3P2/PPP2P1P/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ gxf6 Rhg1+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Rxf7 Rd8+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Emory Tate vs Eugene Martinovsky, Illinois, 1993
3Q4/p1R1Npkp/1p6/1P5K/6p1/5qP1/Pb3P1P/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8 if Kf6 Qd6+ ]

c)
Emory Tate vs Vasik Rajlich, Chicago, 1996
r2qr1k1/ppp2ppp/5nb1/3Pn3/4pBP1/2N4P/PPPQ1P2/2K1RBR1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 Rxe5 f4 ]

d)
Emory Tate vs Howard Cohen, Oak Park, 1996
8/3N3r/8/p3pk2/1pB5/1P6/P7/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Bd3+ if e4 Bxe4+ Kxe4 Nf6+ ]

e)
Emory Tate vs Robert Sax, Illinois, 1996
r4r2/p2b1pk1/5qp1/4p3/8/5Q2/PPP2PP1/1K1R3R w - - 1 0
[ Rh7+ ]

1d)
Emory Tate vs Howard Cohen

Emory Tate Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Pappu Murthy vs Emory Tate, Chicago, 1997
r4q1r/3k2pp/4p3/1P1pP2Q/2nP1P2/8/2B1N1PP/1RK4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa3+ Kd1 Qa5 Nc3 Qxc3 Qe2 Ne3+ ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
Todd Andrews vs Emory Tate, Philadelphia, 1998
5rk1/1p1n2bp/p7/P2P2p1/4R3/4N1Pb/2QB1q1P/4R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg2+ Nxg2 Qf1+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Emory Tate vs Rodney Flores, Fredericksburg, 1999
Q7/1R5p/2kqr2n/7p/5Pb1/8/P1P2BP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa6+ Kd5 Qd3+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Emory Tate vs Arthur Abolianin, Deurne, 2000
k7/4rp1p/p1q3p1/Q1r2p2/1R6/8/P5PP/1R5K w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ if Qc8 Rb8+ ]

e)
Emory Tate vs Tom Braunlich, Framingham, 2001
r6r/1Q1qk3/p2ppp1p/1p6/8/1P6/1PP2PPP/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ Kxe6 Re1+ mates ]

2b)
mate in 3
Todd Andrews vs Emory Tate

Emory Tate puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Henry Terrie vs Emory Tate, Framingham, 2001
2k5/pp6/3p4/2pRr3/2P3p1/2P4p/P4PPP/5K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ Kxe1 hxg2 ]

b)
Emory Tate vs Macon Shibut, Washington, 2004
2kr2r1/pp1b1pp1/1qp2b1p/4RP2/4N3/6BQ/PPP4P/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6+ Kb8 Nc4 Qa6 Ra5+ ]

c)
Emory Tate vs Arlette Van Weersel, Hoogeveen, 2005
5rk1/1b2bppp/p3q1r1/1p2PN2/2p2P2/2P1Q1N1/1P4PP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa7 if Rxg3 Nxe7+ ]

d)
Emory Tate vs O Iwu, Las Vegas, 2008
1q2b1k1/1r5p/2n2Qp1/2P1p3/pP1pPN1P/8/4B1P1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc4+ if Rf7 Bxf7+ Bxf7 Ne6 or if Bf7 Ne6 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Emory Tate vs Elwin Van Der Auweraert, Rotterdam, 2015
r2r1nk1/4bp1p/pq4pB/1p1BpP1N/6Q1/P7/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ Kxh7 fxg6+ if Ke8 Ng7# or if Kg8 gxh7+ ]

3b)
Emory Tate vs Macon Shibut

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