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Residing in Las Vegas, Tate has recently been a fixture at west coast tournaments. In early November of last year, he shared joint 1st with IM Mladen Vuvic in the Nevada Chess Vineyard tournament tallying an impressive 4½-½. Enroute to his victory, he drew with Vuvic and beat IM Enrico Sevillano in a thrilling last round encounter (32.Rxd5! and 35.Rc5!). Later on in the same month he played in the American Open in Los Angeles scoring 5-2 and tying for 1st under 2450. In December 2002, Tate scored a respectable 4-2 in the North American Open in Las Vegas drawing with GMs Alexander Stripunsky and Vitali Golod (Israel).
So will this be the year that Tate wreaks havoc on the tournament scene culminating in an appearance in the next U.S. Championship? Of course, time will tell, but hopefully we will see him at several of the major events this summer going "blow-for-blow" with America's finest.
Posted by The Chess Drum: 7 April 2003
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