Fred Yates (chess player)

Fred Yates
Fred Yates
Full name	Fred Dewhirst Yates
Country	England
Born	16 January 1884; Birstall, England
Died	11 November 1932 (aged 48); London, England

Fred Dewhirst Yates (16 January 1884, Birstall – 11 November 1932, London)^[1]^[2] was an English chess master who won the British Chess Championship on six occasions. He started a career in accountancy, but in 1909, abandoned it in favour of becoming a professional chess player and journalist.

^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 472. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
^ Some sources give his name as "Frederick Dewhurst Yates", but contemporary records, including his gravestone, give the spelling used here. Stephen John Mann. "Yorkshire Chess History". Retrieved 14 November 2019.

[1] Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 472. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.

[2] Some sources give his name as "Frederick Dewhurst Yates", but contemporary records, including his gravestone, give the spelling used here. Stephen John Mann. "Yorkshire Chess History". Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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