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A History of Chess in the English Civil Service.

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 represent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thurlow, Kevin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Conrad Press, The, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |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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