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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Frederick Yates.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

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

a)
Black mates in 3.
Francis Lee vs Frederick Yates, Scarborough, 1909
7k/p5pp/1p4n1/8/2pPn1P1/2B5/PPN1Nr2/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nh4 if Kh1 Nf3 ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Frederick Yates vs Roland Scott, Hastings, 1920
2nr4/3kbp1p/R3bp2/B3p3/2P5/1N3B2/5PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bc6+ Kd6 c5# ]

c)
Frederick Yates vs Efim Bogoljubow, London, 1922
r2q2k1/2p1n1pp/p2r2b1/1p2N1B1/3Pp1P1/7P/P2Q1P2/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6 if hxg6 Rxe4 Rd7 Qe2 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Frederick Yates vs Arthur MacKenzie, Weston, 1922
3r1r1k/2q1Nppp/p4Pn1/1pppP1Q1/8/2P4P/PP3P2/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ fxg7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ Kg8 Qf6 ]

e)
Frederick Yates vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, London, 1922
3r2k1/p5p1/1prBp2p/3nPp2/q7/P5PP/1P2QP2/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ b3 ]

1c)
Frederick Yates vs Efim Bogoljubow

Frederick Yates puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Max Euwe vs Frederick Yates, London, 1922
b2r2k1/5pp1/p3p2p/2Q3q1/4P3/P4P1P/BP4P1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd1+ ]

b)
Frederick Yates vs H Price, Hastings, 1923
3r1rk1/ppp3pp/8/2n2p2/8/5P2/PPP3PP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 ]


c)
Endre Steiner vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1924
r2r1bk1/p1q2p1p/bpp2Q1p/4p1n1/4P3/2P1N1PP/PP1B1PB1/3RR1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg7 if Qf5 Bc8 ]

d)
Frederick Yates vs Reginald Michell, Marienbad, 1925
4r3/q3bp1k/p1R3pp/1p1r3N/3p1P2/3Q4/PP3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe7 Qxe7 Nf6+ Kg7 Nxd5 Qd7 Qxd4+ ]

e)
Frederick Yates vs Edgar Colle, Hastings, 1925
5r1k/pb3p1p/1p1pp1q1/n4N2/3P2Q1/2rB3R/P1P3PP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Ne7 if Qxg4 Rxh7# ]

2d)
Frederick Yates vs Reginald Michell

Frederick Yates puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Efim Bogoljubow vs Frederick Yates, Baden-Baden, 1925
r4rnk/7p/1p6/1P1b2P1/4Np1P/p4Q2/Pq2BP2/3RK2R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb4+ if Qc3+ Qxc3+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Frederick Yates vs Andreas Steiner, Budapest, 1926
2rr2k1/1b1q1p2/p3pPp1/1pbpP1Qp/3N2N1/P6R/1PP3PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 ]

c)
Frederick Yates vs Akiba Rubinstein, Budapest, 1926
r1b1qrk1/2p2ppp/pb1pnn2/1p2pNB1/3PP3/1BP5/PP2QPPP/RN1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 if gxf6 Bxe6 or if Nxd4 Qg4 Nxf5 exf5 ]

d)
Frederick Yates vs Savielly Tartakower, Budapest, 1926
4rq1k/1p5p/p5p1/4bb2/3BN3/7P/PP4P1/3RQ2K w - - 1 0
[ Bxe5+ Rxe5 Qc3 if Qe7 Rd5 Bxe4 Rxe5 ]

e)
Frederick Yates vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Budapest, 1926
3q4/R3rn1k/3p1p2/1p1Pp1rp/1Pp1P3/2P1Q1P1/2B3PK/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Ra8 Qd7 R1a7 ]

3d)
Frederick Yates vs Savielly Tartakower

Frederick Yates puzzles, pt. iv.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Frederick Yates vs Alfred Teller, Hastings, 1926
rr4k1/5p2/p3pPp1/Q6p/2b5/7P/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb8+ Rxb8 Qc7 if Rb4 Qc8+ mates ]

b)
Frederick Yates vs William Fairhurst, Scarborough, 1927
6n1/2R3bk/p2Q2pp/1p6/4qP2/2P4P/P5PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8 ]

c)
Frederick Yates vs Jacques Mieses, Bad Kissingen, 1928
3q1k2/pb3p2/1p3PBp/8/7P/P5Q1/1p3PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7 Qxf6 Qb8+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Frederick Yates vs C Heath, Tenby, 1928
5r1k/pppqbr2/5nRp/8/3P3B/5P1P/PPB3QP/6RK w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ ]

e)
Frederick Yates vs Aguilera, Barcelona, 1929
r4knr/p1qb2pp/4pb2/1p1pN3/1P1Q4/P2B4/2PB1PPP/4RRK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qc5+ if Qxc5 Nxd7+ ]

4a)
Frederick Yates vs Alfred Teller

Frederick Yates puzzles, pt. v.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Frederick Yates vs Valentin Marin Y Llovet, Hamburg, 1930
rnb2rk1/pp2qppp/4p3/3pP3/2pP2Q1/2PB1N2/P1P2PPP/R3K2R w KQ - 1 0
[ Bxh7+ if Kh8 Qh5 mates or if Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Ng5 ]

b)
Black mates in 3.
William Winter vs Frederick Yates, Scarborough, 1930
5r1k/p1p1q1p1/7p/2P5/7N/4r1P1/PPQRb1KR/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxg3+ ]

c)
Theodore Tylor vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1930
3rr1k1/p3bp1p/2Rq2pQ/3bN3/NP1p1n2/PB6/5PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc6 if Nxc6 Bg5 ]

d)
Vera Menchik vs Frederick Yates, Hastings, 1931
5r1k/p6p/2p1p3/2P2q2/2QP4/P3p3/7P/1R4RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe4+ Rg2 Qxb1+ Rg1 Qe4+ Rg2 Rf2 ]

5d)
Vera Menchik vs Frederick Yates

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