F.D. Yates was a great admirer of Alekhine’s play as shown by his fulsome tribute in the Yorkshire Post of 29th November 1927 on the occasion of Alekhine’s victory over Capablanca: “After many encounters with Alekhine personally, I can say he has the pure love of the beauty of the combinations of the game, evolved …

We’ll warm up for this second article on Yates’ attacks with a beautiful combination, though you might argue against the rest of the game meriting an entry in a Best Games Collection!   Yates,F.D. – Colle,Edgar Hastings 1925/6   1.e4 Nf6   Yates had a poor score with White against Colle mainly because he struggled …

I would like to start this series of articles by examining attacks by Yates taken from his Best Games collection. Though none of them is perfect, they are a good illustration of Yates’ attacking flair.   The first game was played against Isidor Gunsberg at the 1914 British Championship at Chester and featured an attack …

11th November 2016 is the 84th anniversary of the death of 6-times British Chess Champion Fred Dewhirst Yates. F.D. Yates was England’s strongest player from about 1913 (the year of his first British Championship victory) until his early death in 1932. An inveterate 1.e4 player, he was a dangerous attacker and also renowned for his …

We restarted our “Chess for Life” promotion tour on November 3rd at Ealing Chess Club.   After a brief introduction by Matthew, Natasha started the ball rolling with a quick multimedia-enhanced tour of “Chess for Life”!   After that, it was into the chess. The theme for the evening was “Learning from practice” and each …