Jon Mahony wrote:I’m told Yates (an member of the original Leeds Chess Club!) beat Alekhine a couple of times, I’m not sure if this was during Alekhine’s title reign (either of them) though
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012103
[Event "Hastings Six Masters"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nd5
15. Bg3 N7f6 16. a3 Nh5 17. Qe4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Rc7 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Qe2 Qd5 21.
Nc4 Qh5 22. Nce5 Rfc8 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. Bb1 Ng4 25. Nh4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 g5 27. f3
gxh4 28. fxg4 Qg5 29. gxh4 Qxh4 30. Qd3 Qg5 31. Rf1 Bd5 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rxd5
exd5 34. Bg6 Ke8 35. Rxf7 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ke3 Qe1+ 38. Kf3 R8c3+ 39. bxc3
Rxc3+ 40. Bd3 Qf1+ 41. Ke3 Rxd3+ 42. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 43. Kxd3 Kxf7 44. Kc3 Ke6 45.
Kd4 a6 46. a4 b5 47. a5 b4 48. g3 b3 49. Kc3 Kxe5 50. Kxb3 Kd4 51. Kc2 Ke3 52.
Kd1 Kd3 0-1
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012179
[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1923.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1923.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. e4 a5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 b6
15. Bd4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 c5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qb3 Rab8 21.
Qb5 f5 22. Rae1 f4 23. Qd7 Rbd8 24. gxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. f3 Qg5+ 27. Kh1
Rd6 28. Qh3 Be5 29. Re2 Rdf6 30. Nd1 Rf4 31. Ne3 Rh4 32. Qe6 Qh5 33. Ng4 Rxg4
34. fxg4 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Bd4+ 38. Kg3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3
Qf1+ 40. Rg2 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 g5 43. Rc2 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qg1+ 45. Kh3
Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qd1 47. Rc3 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Bf2+ 50. Kf3 Bg1+ 0-1