{{Short description|Administration services organization based in Chessington, UK}} '''Chessington Computer Centre''' was an organisation based in [[Chessington]] that provided administration services to the [[UK Government]]. Originally part of central government, it became an [[executive agency]] and [[trading fund]] of the [[Cabinet Office (United Kingdom)|Cabinet Office]] on 1 April 1993. In July 1996 it was sold to a management and employee buy-out team for £12.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmpubacc/231/23103.htm |title=Thirteenth Report |publisher=UK Parliament |date=}}</ref> It was acquired by [[Automatic Data Processing]] in September 1998,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411267/article-1G1-53747934/ministers-under-fire-over-licence-errors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520082909/http://business.highbeam.com/411267/article-1G1-53747934/ministers-under-fire-over-licence-errors |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2013 |title=Ministers under fire over licence errors |publisher= |date= 4 February 1999}}</ref> but was later closed in June 2005.
The chess player [[Michael Basman]] worked at the Chessington Computer Centre as a computer programmer.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dylan Loeb|last=McClain|date=6 November 2022|title=Michael Basman, Chess Master Known for ‘Bad’ Openings, Dies at 76|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/world/europe/michael-basman-dead.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221107015912/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/world/europe/michael-basman-dead.html|archive-date=7 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=30 October 2022|title=Michael Basman, chess champion known as a quirky tactician and a keen promoter of the game – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/10/30/michael-basman-chess-champion-known-quirky-tactician-keen-promoter/|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221030150910/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/10/30/michael-basman-chess-champion-known-quirky-tactician-keen-promoter/|archive-date=30 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
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