Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Frederick Yates.
White to move and win.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)
Yates vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, London, 1922
[ b3 ]

b)
Yates vs Henry Atkins, London, 1922
[ Rd6 w/Rg3 ]

c)
Yates vs Richard Réti, New York, 1924
[ Ng5 if Qxg5 Rh8+ & Nxf7+ ]


d)
Yates vs Victor Wahltuch, London, 1922
[ Ne6+ ]


e)
Yates vs H Price, Hastings, 1923
[ Bg5 ]


Yates Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 6. Yates vs Andreas Steiner, Budapest, 1926
[ Rxh5 ]

b)
Yates vs Akiba Rubinstein, Budapest, 1926
[ Bxf6 w/Bxe6 & Qg4+ ]

c)
Yates vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Budapest, 1926
[ Nxe7 w/Ra8 & R1a7 ]

d)
Frederick Yates vs Lajos Asztalos, London, 1927
[ Bxg5 ]



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