# Chessington Computer Centre

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Administration services organization based in Chessington, UK

**Chessington Computer Centre** was an organisation based in [Chessington](/source/Chessington) that provided administration services to the [UK Government](/source/UK_Government). Originally part of central government, it became an [executive agency](/source/Executive_agency) and [trading fund](/source/Trading_fund) of the [Cabinet Office](/source/Cabinet_Office_(United_Kingdom)) on 1 April 1993. In July 1996 it was sold to a management and employee buy-out team for £12.5 million.[1] It was acquired by [Automatic Data Processing](/source/Automatic_Data_Processing) in September 1998,[2] but was later closed in June 2005.

The chess player [Michael Basman](/source/Michael_Basman) worked at the Chessington Computer Centre as a computer programmer.[3][4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Thirteenth Report"](https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmpubacc/231/23103.htm). UK Parliament.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ministers under fire over licence errors"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130520082909/http://business.highbeam.com/411267/article-1G1-53747934/ministers-under-fire-over-licence-errors). 4 February 1999. Archived from [the original](http://business.highbeam.com/411267/article-1G1-53747934/ministers-under-fire-over-licence-errors) on 20 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McClain, Dylan Loeb (6 November 2022). ["Michael Basman, Chess Master Known for 'Bad' Openings, Dies at 76"](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/world/europe/michael-basman-dead.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Michael Basman, chess champion known as a quirky tactician and a keen promoter of the game – obituary"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/10/30/michael-basman-chess-champion-known-quirky-tactician-keen-promoter/). *[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. 30 October 2022.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

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