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|a Thurlow, Kevin.
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|a A History of Chess in the English Civil Service.
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|a Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Chapter 1 -- 1845 -- 1927 Beginnings -- Chapter 2 -- 1927 -- 1939 CSCA Merger to World War II -- Chapter 3 -- 1939 -- 1946 Espionage, World War II and the Advent of Computers -- Chapter 4 -- 1946 -- 1967 Hitting the Heights -- Chapter 5 -- 1967 -- 1983 Modernization -- Chapter 6 -- 1983 -- 1998 Drama follows Drama -- Chapter 7 -- 1999 -- 2016 Decline and Fall -- Annex -- Articles by E C Baker, M.B.E. -- Club Histories -- Correspondence Chess -- Biographies -- Trophy Winners & Officials -- Literature Sources etc.
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|a This book covers more than a hundred years of chess in the Civil Service, with information about the clubs, the individuals, the events they contested, the successes, and the arguments that sometimes resulted. _x000D_Clubs regularly featured leading players of the day and the Civil Service representative team frequently beat strong counties in 50-board matches, as well as participating in a mammoth 500-board match against the rest of England. Names of chess clubs bring a whiff of nostalgia, with India Office, War Office and Civil Service Rifles no longer in existence. Leading players served th.
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