Emory Tate is the father of prominent social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate.
10 Facts About Emory Tate
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Emory Tate was "chosen to participate in the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language, Spanish Division during the summer of 1975" and spent two months living with a Mexican family.
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In 1993, Emory Tate gave chess lessons to elementary school students in Goshen, Indiana, as part of a community school board program.
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Emory Tate received the international master title in 2007, after earning his third norm at the 2006 World Open.
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Emory Tate earned a reputation as a creative and dangerous tactician on the US chess circuit, where he won about 80 tournament games against grandmasters.
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Emory Tate won the United States Armed Forces Chess Championship five times.
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Emory Tate won the Indiana state championship six times and was inducted into the Indiana State Chess Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Emory Tate's was 'Extraterrestrial' because we thought his play was out of this world.
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In 1985, Emory Tate married an English woman with whom he had three children, the oldest of whom is Andrew Emory Tate.
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On October 17,2015, Emory Tate died after suffering a heart attack during a tournament in Milpitas, California.