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Remembering FM Bernard Cafferty (27-vi-1934 – 04-xi-2026)



https://britishchessnews.com/2026/11/05 ... y-bernard/



Bernard Cafferty, location, date and photographer unknown

FM Bernard Cafferty, Hastings Congress 2013-14, courtesy of John Upham Photography

Totally agree John. In my five years at BCM I tried very hard to get advice on how to deal with one of the owners who Bernard simply referred to as "Low" even though his surname was Lowe. I met BC on a couple of occasions but regrettably never got to know him to any degree.

and this greeted me following the update:

Changes 04.11.2026 Build 15.0.0.16 Gacrux Engine updated to version 1.10.64. The DWZ list download process has been adapted to accommodate OAuth 2.0 encryption. When loading a tournament (File menu File/Load tournament...), a message is displayed if the Tie-Break being used is outdated. For the Tie...

Birthday Greetings IM Gary Lane (04-xi-1964)




https://britishchessnews.com/2020/11/04 ... gary-lane/

GMRDKOBE continues his much respected world of charity work with this:

Mats Winther wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 25, 2026 2:59 pm

I was challenged to design the best pairing system ever and thought it was impossible.

Who challenged you?

sent to /dev/null

Fell asleep in the armchair at 20:30ish wife tip-toed to bed. Just woke up and am wide awake at 03:45 in the morning. Interesting debate. The complete list of all 34 Honorary Grandmasters and the year their title was awarded. 1977 • Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) • Esteban Canal (Peru / Italy) • Boris...

Oliver has been a regular attendee at the Winton British Chess Problem Solving Championships (BCPS) and I met him in 2025 when he was 96 years old. I was keen to let him know about my Jonathan Penrose biography for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) The Harrow building is only access...

22 entries as of this morning.


Here is my assistant arbiter, Chesster observing a game in progress (and keeping the piece!)

John Townsend wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 31, 2026 8:46 am

Edward Winter has updated his feature article on "Raymond Keene's titles":

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/ext ... itles.html

I have informed Atta Ul Haq that GMRDK has not been knighted in the UK.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 30, 2026 10:35 am

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Eh

Apologies for this. I've been chasing performance issues for the last couple of days.

Now fixed.

Happy Birthday IM Eddie Dearing (30-x-1980)




https://britishchessnews.com/2020/10/30 ... 30-x-1980/


GM David Howell vs IM Eddie Dearing, Drunken Knights vs Wood Green, June 2014, Courtesy of John Upham Photography