Emory Tate FIDE Ranking
Emory Andrew Tate II was an American chess player. Maurice Ashley, the first black grandmaster, called Tate “absolutely a trailblazer for African-American chess.” He is the father of kickboxer and internet celebrity Andrew Tate. Tate was born in Chicago, where his father Emory Andrew Tate Sr. was a prominent attorney. He learned to play chess…
Emory Andrew Tate II was an American chess player. Maurice Ashley, the first black grandmaster, called Tate “absolutely a trailblazer for African-American chess.” He is the father of kickboxer and internet celebrity Andrew Tate.
Tate was born in Chicago, where his father Emory Andrew Tate Sr. was a prominent attorney. He learned to play chess as a child. He served in the United States Air Force as a sergeant, where his language skills were invaluable. His son said, “The military taught him, Russian. He picked up Spanish and German by accident. He had three children with his English wife; following the break up of their marriage she moved back to the UK with the children.
Emory Tate FIDE Ranking
“I never saw him study chess books, ever. He also hated chess computers and never used them. He just sat down and played,” his older son, Andrew, said. 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.[8] His peak USCF rating was 2499 on the April 1997 list. He received the international master’s title in 2007,
