http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Sat, 08 Jan 2022 18:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/#comment-34141 Sat, 08 Jan 2022 18:03:48 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1815#comment-34141 […] Championship, at Cheltenham, and equal fifth to sixth at Chester in the following year, defeating Yates and drawing with […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/#comment-30744 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:44:36 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1815#comment-30744 […] but I was not long in discovering that in the neighbouring city of Bradford the British Champion F.D. Yates, and the Mexican master A.G. Conde, were in the habit of spending Saturday afternoons in a café […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/#comment-17388 Sat, 08 May 2021 14:16:34 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1815#comment-17388 […] in tournament play such gifted players as Euwe, Sultan Khan, Sir George Thomas, Alexander and Yates. In such company, and she played in several of the Hastings International tournaments and other of […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/#comment-16455 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:45:15 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1815#comment-16455 […] do not feature Alekhine but they are all top players of the period such such Rubinstein, Tarrasch, Yates, Thomas, Mieses […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/#comment-15985 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:49:49 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1815#comment-15985 […] of Scotland and Glasgow Championships.  At Cheltenham 1928 not only did he draw in 50 moves with FD Yates but he beat Sir George Thomas in 20 […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/#comment-14626 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:26:31 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1815#comment-14626 […] Over the next 50 years, he played in numerous tournaments with varying degrees of success. His addiction to speculative rather than sound openings and his attempts to combine playing in tournaments with reporting them were possibly responsible for his inconsistent results. Within a few months of one of the greatest performances of his career, when he came lst at Vienna 1907, ahead of Duras, Maróczy, Tartakover, Vidmar, Schlechter and Spielmann, he came no higher than =16th at Carlsbad. In 1923 he achieved another great success when he came lst at Liverpool, ahead of Maróczy, Thomas and Yates. […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/11/remembering-fred-dewhirst-yates/#comment-11728 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:08:43 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=1815#comment-11728 […] Honourable Artillery Company. While he was stationed at Leeds he learned that the British champion, F. D. Yates, and the Mexican master, A. G. Conde, were in the habit of playing chess on a Saturday afternoon in […]

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