Yates, Fred




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1906  284  2238 (65) 4
1907  222  2280 (54) 11
1908  145  2326 (43) 20
1909  79  2382 (39) 11
1910  57  2421 (31) 49
1911  43  2443 (33) 34
1912  77  2406 (31) 42
1913  42  2448 (35) 40
1914  45  2444 (41) 22
1915  48  2424 (52) 0
1916  58  2405 (55) 5
1917  51  2411 (58) 0
1918  49  2417 (56) 0
1919  50  2423 (49) 11
1920  57  2413 (46) 0
1921  62  2404 (33) 44
1922  45  2441 (32) 34
1923  33  2465 (28) 67
1924  34  2462 (30) 41
1925  39  2452 (25) 78
1926  49  2431 (24) 97
1927  61  2421 (24) 96
1928  52  2431 (28) 54
1929  57  2428 (28) 57
1930  56  2433 (28) 58
1931  69  2419 (31) 42
1932  98  2386 (39) 27

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Yates, Fred Dewhirst  
Born: 16 Jan. 1884
Died: 11 Nov. 1932
 
Notes:
Sergeant gives date of death as 10-11-1932; Gaige gives date of death as 11-11-1932; Steve Mann gives date of death as 16-11-1832, though his photograph of the grave seems to show 11-11-1832. Steve Mann also finds that although his name is commonly given as 'Frederick Dewhurst Yates', his first name was officially 'Fred' and his middle name was actually 'Dewhirst'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 321
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 342
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 409
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 683, 972
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 472
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 527
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 472, 486, 558, 582
   King, Sultan Khan, page 68, 318
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 248, 252
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 302
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Fred Dewhirst Yates]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Yates, F.D. - Shories, G.F.W. 1910         (f)     4   -   0
Yates, F.D. - McGuire, L.F. 1911         (f)     4   -   1
Duras, O. - Yates, F.D. 1911         (f)     3   -   1
Yates, F.D. - Palmer, Wilf.C. 1911         (f)     3   -   0
Atkins, H.E. - Yates, F.D. 1912         (f)     3   -   0
Yates, F.D. - Thomas, G.A. 1914         (f)     3   -   1
Yates, F.D. - Conde, A.G. 1916         (f)     2.5   -   2.5

Tournament data

Leeds 1905     Leeds - Bradford Club Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Walker, S. (1)     1 - 0    
Leeds or Hull (?) 1905     Leeds - Hull Club Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Jackson, S. (2)     0 - 1    
Manchester 1906     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Sparkes, W.H.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leeds or Bradford (?) 1906     Leeds - Bradford Club Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Guy, J.A.     0 - 1    
Leeds or Hull (?) 1906     Leeds - Hull Club Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Barron, G.     0 - 1    
Leeds or Sheffield (?) 1906     Leeds - Sheffield Club Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Sparkes, W.H.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leeds 1907     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Crawford, J.S.     1 - 0    
London, England 1907 (4)     4th British Chess Federation Congress - Second Class, Section B     9.5  /  11
Stockport, Cheshire 1908     Yorkshire - Cheshire County Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Boyer, R.C.     1 - 0    
Blackpool 1908     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     3.5  /  6
Manchester 1908 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Mills-Palmer, G.     1 - 0    
Tunbridge Wells 1908 (2)     5th British Chess Federation Congress - First Class, Section A     7  /  11
Sheffield 1908     Yorkshire - Middlesex County Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Woon, C.J.     1 - 0    
Scarborough 1909 (5)     6th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     7  /  11
Blackpool 1910     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     5  /  6
London, England and New York 1910     12th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Wolbrecht, G.H.     1 - 0    
Bromley 1910 (1)     Kent Congress Team - Holland Match    
  Yates, F.D. - te Kolste, J.W.     1 - 0    
Bromley 1910 (2)     12th Kent County Chess Association Tournament     7.5  /  9
Hamburg 1910 (1)     17th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     3.5  /  17
Oxford 1910 (2)     7th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     7.5  /  11
London, England 1911 (1)     City of London - North Manchester Club Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Burn, A.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1911     13th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Voigt, H.G.     1 - 0    
Tunbridge Wells 1911 (1)     Kent and Sussex Counties Chess Association Congress - 1st Class Open, Section A     8  /  9
Glasgow 1911 (2)     8th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8.5  /  11
Bradford 1912     8th British Chess Federation Championship play-off    
  Yates, F.D. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 3    
Blackpool 1912     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     3.5  /  5
London, England 1912 (1)     England - Netherlands Team Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Esser, J.F.S.     1.5 - 0.5    
Pistyan 1912     Pistyan Tournament     6  /  17
Richmond 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Gunston, W.H.     0 - 1    
Richmond 1912 (2)     9th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     7.5  /  11
Blackpool 1913     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     5.5  /  6
Hastings 1913 (1)     Kent and Sussex Counties Chess Association Tournament - Section I     10.5  /  11
Scheveningen 1913 (1)     Scheveningen Tournament     7.5  /  12
Cheltenham 1913 (1)     10th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     9  /  11
The Hague 1914     England - Netherlands Team Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Esser, J.F.S.     1 - 1    
Dartford 1914 (2)     16th Kent County Chess Association Tournament - Preliminary Section B     4.5  /  5
Dartford 1914 (4)     16th Kent County Chess Association Tournament - Final A     0  /  1
Chester 1914 (1)     11th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8.5  /  10
Hastings 1919 (1)     British Chess Federation Special Victory Congress - Chief Tournament     7  /  11
Hastings 1921 (1)     1st Hastings Christmas Congress - British Champions' Tournament     4  /  6
Malvern 1921 (3)     14th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     9  /  11
The Hague 1921 (1)     The Hague Tournament     1  /  9
Hastings 1921 (3)     2nd Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     3.5  /  7
Manchester 1921     Northern Counties Chess Union Tournament     6  /  7
  Yates, F.D. - Wahltuch, V.L.     1 - 3    
Weston-Super-Mare 1922     West of England Chess Festival     6  /  9
London, England 1922 (1)     British Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     8  /  15
Hastings 1922     Hastings Tournament     2.5  /  10
Hastings 1923 (1)     3rd Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     4.5  /  9
Liverpool 1923 (1)     Northern Counties Chess Union Congress - Master Tournament     6.5  /  9
Carlsbad 1923     Carlsbad Tournament     9.5  /  17
Scheveningen 1923     Netherland Chess Federation Congress - Match Tournament     7  /  10
Portsmouth 1923 (2)     16th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8.5  /  11
Trieste 1923 (1)     Trieste Master Tournament     7.5  /  11
Hastings 1924 (1)     4th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     6  /  9
New York 1924 (1)     New York Tournament     7  /  20
Southport 1924 (1)     17th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8  /  11
London, England 1924 (1)     English Counties Championship Semi-Final Match: Yorkshire - Surrey    
  Yates, F.D. - Uber, H.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hastings 1925 (1)     5th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Section 1     5.5  /  7
Hastings 1925 (6)     5th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Play-off    
  Yates, F.D. - Steiner, E.     1 - 0    
London, England 1925 (2)     London Tournament     1.5  /  4
Baden-Baden 1925     Baden-Baden Tournament     8  /  20
Marienbad 1925     Marienbad Tournament     7  /  15
Stratford-upon-Avon 1925 (3)     18th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8.5  /  11
Moscow 1925 (3)     Moscow Tournament     7  /  20
Hastings 1926 (1)     6th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     4  /  9
Semmering 1926     Semmering Tournament     7  /  17
Dresden 1926 (2)     Dresden Chess Club 50 Year Jubilee Congress     3  /  9
Budapest 1926 (1)     FIDE Congress - Master Tournament     6  /  15
Edinburgh 1926 (1)     19th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     9.5  /  11
London, England 1926 (3)     1st City of London Club Invitational Tournament     4.5  /  6
London, England 1926 (4)     2nd City of London Club Invitational Tournament     5  /  7
Ghent 1926     Ghent Tournament     5.5  /  10
Merano 1926     Merano Tournament     8  /  13
Hastings 1927 (1)     7th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     5.5  /  9
Tunbridge Wells 1927 (1)     21st Kent County Chess Association Congress - Premier Tournament     5  /  7
Scarborough 1927     Scarborough Tournament     5.5  /  9
Homburg 1927     Homburg Tournament     2  /  10
Kecskemet 1927 (1)     Kecskemet Tournament - Preliminary Section A     3  /  9
Kecskemet 1927 (4)     Kecskemet Tournament - Final Section B     5  /  7
London, England 1927 (3)     1st Olympiad     8  /  14
London, England 1927 (7)     London Tournament     5.5  /  9
London, England 1927 (8)     British Empire Club Master Tournament     3.5  /  11
London, England and New York 1927     London - New York Insull Trophy Cable Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Marshall, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1927 (9)     Imperial Club Masters Tournament     6.5  /  10
Hastings 1928 (1)     8th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     5  /  9
Cheltenham 1928 (1)     West of England Chess Festival - Premier Tournament     3.5  /  7
Scarborough 1928     Scarborough Tournament     5  /  9
Tenby 1928 (1)     21st British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8  /  11
Kissingen 1928 (1)     11th Bavarian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     5  /  11
London, England 1928 (3)     London Tournament     7  /  7
Hastings 1929 (1)     9th Hastings Christmans Congress - Premier Tournament     5  /  9
Ramsgate 1929 (1)     22nd Kent County Chess Association Congress - British vs Foreigners     3  /  7
London, England 1929 (2)     Gambit Chess Rooms Tournament     5  /  6
Carlsbad 1929     Carlsbad Tournament     9.5  /  21
Barcelona 1929     Barcelona Tournament     7.5  /  14
Hastings 1930 (1)     10th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     5  /  9
San Remo 1930     San Remo Tournament     9  /  15
Canterbury 1930 (1)     23rd Kent County Chess Association Congress - Premier Tournament     4.5  /  7
Scarborough 1930 (1)     23rd British Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     4.5  /  11
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     9.5  /  16
London, England 1930 (2)     Empire Social Club - Sir Umar Hayat Khan's Team Match    
  Yates, F.D. - Chambers, F.W.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1931 (1)     11th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     4.5  /  9
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     9.5  /  18
Worcester, England 1931 (1)     24th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8  /  11
Antwerp 1931 (1)     Foreigners - Belgium Team Tournament     5  /  6
Hastings 1932 (1)     12th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     4  /  9
Cambridge 1932 (1)     Cambridge Easter Congress - Premier Tournament     3  /  7
London, England 1932 (7)     25th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     6  /  11


Player information updated: 19 Aug. 2022