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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