Fred Dewhurst Yates
Chess Player
1884 – 1932
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Who was Fred Dewhurst Yates?
Fred Dewhurst Yates was an English chess master (Grandmaster by today's standard) 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. Although most biographers give Fred's first name as "Frederick" his birth certificate shows that he was Christened Fred Dewhirst Yates.
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- Born
- Jan 16, 1884
Birstall, West Yorkshire, England - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Nov 10, 1932
London
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on July 23, 2013
Modified by RobertHaigh
on June 18, 2020
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