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Bernard Cafferty
Number of games in database: 170
Years covered: 1959 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2141
Highest rating achieved in database: 2300
Overall record: +36 -44 =90 (47.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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BERNARD CAFFERTY
(born Jun-27-1934) United Kingdom

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Bernard Cafferty was born on the 27th of June 1934 in Blackburn, England. He was British Correspondence Champion in 1960 and has authored biographical works on Boris Spassky and Mikhail Tal.

 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 170  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Cafferty vs C H Alexander  ½-½28 1959 BCF-chB06 Robatsch
2. A Y Green vs Cafferty  0-157 1959 BCF-chE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
3. Cafferty vs J H Beaty  1-033 1959 BCF-chE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
4. Cafferty vs J W Naylor  0-142 1959 BCF-chC50 Giuoco Piano
5. Cafferty vs Aitken  ½-½28 1959 BCF-chA07 King's Indian Attack
6. D B Pritchard vs Cafferty  ½-½43 1959 BCF-chA04 Reti Opening
7. T J Beach vs Cafferty  ½-½23 1959 BCF-chE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
8. Cafferty vs M Haygarth  ½-½20 1959 BCF-chA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
9. K Lloyd vs Cafferty  ½-½20 1959 BCF-chA07 King's Indian Attack
10. B H Wood vs Cafferty  0-132 1959 BCF-chA02 Bird's Opening
11. Cafferty vs A Thomas  ½-½34 1959 BCF-chA04 Reti Opening
12. Sliwa vs Cafferty  1-041 1960 Hastings 6061E46 Nimzo-Indian
13. Cafferty vs Szabo  ½-½50 1960 HastingsB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. Cafferty vs Gligoric  0-133 1961 Hastings (England)C56 Two Knights
15. O M Hindle vs Cafferty  ½-½40 1962 Whitby British chB03 Alekhine's Defense
16. Cafferty vs W Nicolai  ½-½22 1962 Hastings-BA35 English, Symmetrical
17. R A Fuller vs Cafferty  ½-½26 1962 Whitby British chB03 Alekhine's Defense
18. D Baretic vs Cafferty 1-058 1962 Hastings-BB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
19. Cafferty vs J Littlewood  0-157 1962 Whitby British chA48 King's Indian
20. A W Bowen vs Cafferty  1-029 1962 Whitby British chE00 Queen's Pawn Game
21. A Thomas vs Cafferty  ½-½18 1962 Hastings-BA10 English
22. Cafferty vs D R Thomson  ½-½22 1962 Whitby British chA07 King's Indian Attack
23. B H Wood vs Cafferty  ½-½30 1962 Hastings-BE70 King's Indian
24. D G Wells vs Cafferty  ½-½19 1962 Whitby British chD02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Cafferty vs J B Hawson  1-036 1962 Whitby British chB01 Scandinavian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-26-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Bernard Cafferty
Born 27th June 1934 in Blackburn.
He was British Correspondence Champion in 1960 and is a well known author.
Jan-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  refutor: did bernard cafferty take part in hastings?
Aug-08-06
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  Joshka: Thanks <Benzol> Does anyone have his book on the 1971 Candidates Complete Matches? I'd pay a good price for it. thanks in advance
Aug-08-06
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  plang: No, but I have his book on the 68 candidates which is great. He also wrote a book (with Golembek) on the 65 candidate matches which I have been looking for for years.
Aug-09-06
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  Joshka: <plang> Wow, thanks for posting!! Okay wasn't aware he wrote in 68 or 65. Is his 68 book very similar to Byrne's 74 match book? If it is, I've got to get it! I'll keep my eye out for the 65 book as well, and let you know what I come up with. If I can get 2 copies, I'll get one for ya!..thanks in advance
Aug-09-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  plang: Well, good luck; I have done an intensive search for years including at one point contacting Cafferty himself. There must be copies out there somewhere. Since I have never actually seem the 65 book I am not sure of its format. The only way I know about it is that it is mentioned in the 68 book. What I like about 68 book is that it has analysis and comments by several GMs/analysts (although not by the players themselves). I am always interested in seeing how different experts view the same position.
Aug-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <Plang> I'll see what I can do, yes I agree, it's interesting to see how other masters view the same positions!
Oct-06-08   GrahamClayton: Cafferty co-wrote with Mark Taimanov "The Soviet Championships" (Cadogan Books, 1998), which is an excellent overview of the history of the USSR Chess Championship tournaments.
Oct-06-08   ILikeFruits: any relations to cafferty of cnn
Oct-06-08   ILikeFruits: i have spoken, you shall answer
please...
Oct-19-08   Xeroxx: They are sisters.
Oct-28-08   I Like Fish:

Come...
again...
?

Dec-02-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Calli: Hastings club president since 1999. British Boys' Champion in 1952 and British Junior Champion 1954. Taught Russian at St Phillip's school in the 60s. He did the English translations of Botvinnik's best games 1947-70 and "Achieving the Aim". Also translated the best games of Tal and Spassky and Kotov's Think Like a GM.
Jan-16-09   ChesterTheJester: Played him at Hastings this year and drew - lovely man, very engaging analysis.
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