I'm trying to remember a player name...

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  • I'm trying to remember a player name...

    He was a US player, southern California, I think, who died a couple of years ago, suddenly, in his early 50's. He had been in the military most of his life, but was retired, I think. He was known for his amazing tactical play, especially tossing his h-pawn into the action. I think he was rated about 2000, maybe a little more.

    Any suggestions?

  • #2
    I’m trying to remember a player’s name..

    January 10, 2019


    American Chess Obituaries of the Past Three Years

    Stephen Brandwein, 1942-2015
    Harold Dondis, 1922-2015
    Gerald Sitter, Jr., 1955-2015
    Thomas Hartmayer, 1951-2016
    Sevan Muradian, 1976-2016
    Danny Kopec, 1954-2016
    Kornelijs (Neil) Dale, 1933-2016
    Cristina Foisor, 1967-2017
    Alphonso Zenoh, 1958-2017
    Hans Berliner, 1929-2017
    John Braley, 1944-2017
    Walter Shipman, 1929-2017
    Nikolay Minev, 1931-2017
    Bruce Gronenthal, 1948-2017
    Arthur Bisguier, 1929-2017
    Thomas Jobe, 1945-2017
    James Schroeder, 1927-2017
    Zoltan Sarosy, 1906-2017
    James Harkins, 1929-2017
    Carl Dunn, 1930-2017
    William Lombardy, 1937-2017
    Michael Polonski, 1926-2017
    Bryan Black, 1982-2017
    Gary Hugh Sperling, 1945-2018
    Anatoly Lein, 1931-2018
    Ilye Figler, 1947-2018
    Max Zavanelli, 1946-2018
    John Brandt, 1949-2018
    Robert Burlingame, 1923-2018
    Riley Lane, 1930-2017
    Eric Schiller, 1955-2018
    Ruth Haring, 1955-2018


    For full obituaries see:

    https://new.uschess.org/category/obituary/

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    • #3
      You might be thinking of Emory Tate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tate

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      • #4
        Thanks Stephen, Emory Tate is the guy. I had forgotten he was rated that high.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Stephen Humphreys View Post
          You might be thinking of Emory Tate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tate
          A couple of h4 wins against Shabolov and Ivanov at https://en.chessbase.com/post/rest-i...tate-1958-2015

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