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Frederick Dewhurst Yates - Remarkable games
Compiled by Nimzophile
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Frederick Yates is well known for several losses against strong opposition like Capablanca and Rubinstein, but he was able to produce masterpieces himself. This man fought until the end and he was familiar with wild sacrifices. These are his remarkable games!

Sacrificing like a madman
G Schories vs Yates, 1910 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch didn't want him to participate - here's the reason
Tarrasch vs Yates, 1910 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

emmentaler
J H Blake vs Yates, 1911
(C28) Vienna Game, 39 moves, 0-1

M Lowcki vs Yates, 1912
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 81 moves, 0-1

Kingside attack
H G Cole vs Yates, 1919
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1

Yates vs R H Scott, 1919
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0

J Davidson vs Yates, 1921 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1

Borovsky blunders in an inferior position
Yates vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922
(C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0

Atkins gets crushed
Yates vs H E Atkins, 1922  
(B40) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0

intruder alert
Yates vs J S Morrison, 1922 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0

Alekhine's painful loss Nr.1
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 0-1

mating net
Yates vs V L Wahltuch, 1922
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0

how to reach a winning endgame
Yates vs E Straat, 1923
(B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

a complicated struggle
Yates vs Rubinstein, 1923
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

active king
Olland vs Yates, 1923 
(B06) Robatsch, 59 moves, 0-1

G-Unit
Tarrasch vs Yates, 1923 
(C49) Four Knights, 40 moves, 0-1

Alekhine's painful loss Nr.2 - an amazing game!
Alekhine vs Yates, 1923 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 50 moves, 0-1

Winning an endgame due to greater activity of the pieces
Yates vs Ed. Lasker, 1924 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 54 moves, 1-0

bishop versus knight
Ed. Lasker vs Yates, 1924
(A48) King's Indian, 50 moves, 0-1

Reti falls into a beautiful trap
Yates vs Reti, 1924 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0

Tartakover's bitter end
Yates vs Tartakower, 1924 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 50 moves, 1-0

How to attack the kingside
Yates vs Gruenfeld, 1925 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

26.Nh5+!!
Yates vs R P Michell, 1925
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

"Haida Go Seek"
Yates vs A Haida, 1925 
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Winning against one of the Greatest
Yates vs Rubinstein, 1925 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 81 moves, 1-0

another winning sacrifice
Yates vs B Verlinsky, 1925 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0

Bogoljubov vs Yates, 1925 
(E91) King's Indian, 55 moves, 0-1

J Davidson vs Yates, 1926 
(E90) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1

Yates on rampage
Yates vs Janowski, 1926 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 30 moves, 1-0

breakthrough on the kingside
A Vajda vs Yates, 1926
(E90) King's Indian, 58 moves, 0-1

exploiting weaknesses of the kingside pawn formation
Yates vs M Censer, 1927 
(C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0

Bogo couldn't stand the sicilian counterattack
Bogoljubov vs Yates, 1927 
(B58) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1

historical importance
Yates vs O Naegeli, 1927 
(B83) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0

another very nice attack
Yates vs S Takacs, 1927 
(B83) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Shared first beauty prize in 1927
Yates vs L Asztalos, 1927 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 53 moves, 1-0

a very complicated fight
Rubinstein vs Yates, 1928 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2

sudenly black's attack vanishes and his king his helpless
Yates vs Koltanowski, 1928
(C41) Philidor Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

a brilliant draw
Nimzowitsch vs Yates, 1928 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

impressive victory
Euwe vs Yates, 1928 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 32 moves, 0-1

tripled pawns - a source of power?
Yates vs Nimzowitsch, 1929 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 43 moves, 1-0

Yates' only loss in this (and his own) collection
Capablanca vs Yates, 1929 
(A15) English, 32 moves, 1-0

beating the british champion
Yates vs Sultan Khan, 1929 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 46 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein vs Yates, 1929
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Yates vs Capablanca, 1929
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

an abrupt finish
W Winter vs Yates, 1930 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 0-1

an exciting draw
Yates vs Bogoljubov, 1930 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Yates' best game ever?! Alekhine praised it
Vidmar vs Yates, 1930 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 59 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein vs Yates, 1930
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spielmann vs Yates, 1930 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 0-1

Menchik vs Yates, 1932 
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 34 moves, 0-1

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