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15 April 2008
All league and cup competitions have now been concluded. Full details will be given at the AGM on 15 May. In the meantime, congratulations to the following:
• Division 1 champions – Revenue & Customs
• Division 2 champions – GLCC
• Division 3 champions – GLCC 2
• Bonar Law Trophy winners – HOJCC
• Post Annual Cup winners – HOJCC 2
15 April 2008
Added Information Sheet 8: click here.
13 April 2006
Added a game from the European Senior Team Championships.
4 April 2006
It was a double for the Home Office and Justice Chess Club as their 2nd team beat DHSS 4th team 4.5–1.5 to lift the Post Annual Cup.
2 April 2008
The annual Civil Service League Team Blitz will take place at the Civil Service Recreation Centre on Thursday 8 May 2008. More details here.
31 March 2008
In the Bonar Law Trophy final, HOJCC beat Met Police 4.5–3.5 in what was an extremely close match. The result was in doubt until the final seconds.
28 March 2008
The Trade and Industry chess club have renamed themselves Business and Innovation. This follows machinery of government changes which split DTI into two new departments: Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). Their new name takes effect immediately.
Also there is a change of contact. All enquiries for Business and Innovation should go to Mike Edbury whose details are:
• Telephone: 0207 215 0231
• Mobile: 07904 545077
• Email: michael.edbury@berr.gsi.gov.uk.
28 March 2008
Added Information Sheet 7: click here.
22 March 2008
Added a correspondence game played by Roland Smith in the European Finals 2004. This is on the Games page. Notes by Roland.
11 March 2008
We are sorry to announce the death of the Treasury player David Burford. He played for the Treasury from the early 1980s to the 2006/07 season. The cause of death was cancer. As well as being a regular member of the 2nd Team, David made a significant contribution to the well-being of the Club, most notably by looking after its finances for a number of seasons, assisting in the purchase of its current sets and donating the Summer Cup. Treasury Chess Club have sent a letter of condolence to his widow, Philippa.
26 February 2008
Added Information Sheet 6: click here.
Added another game to the Games page: it's a Sicilian Dragon. Anyone who plays in the CSCL is welcome to submit games for the website.
26 January 2008
Added Information Sheet 5: click here.
26 January 2008
The London, South and South East Region qualifying competition for the CSSC National Individual Chess Championships 2008, organised by the Civil Service Chess Association, will be held at Coulsdon Chess Fellowship on Saturday 19 April starting at 11.00am. It will be a one-day rapidplay event. The top two players qualify for the National Finals in Leeds on 23–25 July. See attached entry form. Important: there must be at least six entries for the qualifying event to be valid.
22 December 2007
Added Information Sheet 4: click here.
20 November 2007
Added Information Sheet 3: click here.
13 November 2007
The mobile phone number for James Toon has changed and is now 07515 358162.
11 November 2007
The Home Office and Justice Chess Club offers for sale a number of chess books and DVDs at £5.00 each. All are in excellent condition. Items can be ordered from James Toon or bought at club home matches. Cheques should be made payable to "Home Office Chess Club". The sale list is here.
7 November 2007
Roland Smith reports that the Revenue & Customs postal chess team competed in the British Championships and finished runners-up to the British Correspondence Chess Association. This was their best result for many years. Roland himself has been nominated by England to play in the world individual championships starting this month. This event is open to players with a postal chess rating of 2400 or over. Good luck Roland!
27 October 2007
Added Information Sheet 2: click here. The CSCL has a new trophy: the Tony Ashby Award for the Most Improved Player. See the Information Sheet for details.
9 October 2007
The Civil Service Sports Council Eastern Region are holding a one-day six-round rapidplay tournament on Friday 9 November in Southend on Sea. Open to CSSC members or applicants for membership. More details from Charles Bowering, Southend Tax Office. See this notice sheet.
30 September 2007
Added some material to the CSCA page: a calendar of events for 2007–08 and details of the CSCA National Correspondence Championship for 2008–09.
13 September 2007
The largest, strongest and most exciting Individual Blitz tournament in recent years ended in victory for Tony Ashby (Home Office and Justice Chess Club), who beat Robin Haldane (UNATS) 2–0 in the play-off. Tony took home the Peter Bond Memorial Trophy, which stays with the HOJCC for the fifth year in succession. The qualifying sections were very closely contested. Many thanks to Nigel Blades, who not only organised the event but also took part in it. The results are below. Detailed cross-tables are here.
| Section A | Club | Grade | Pts | |
| 1 | A Ashby | HOJCC | 163 | 8.5 |
| 2= | A Eilers | Met Police | 155 | 8 |
| 2= | J Toon | HOJCC | 181 | 8 |
| 4 | G Cook | DFEE | 135 | 7.5 |
| 5 | R Cannon | UNATS | 184 | 7 |
| 6 | A Waters | Met Police | 155 | 6.5 |
| 7 | N Blades | UNATS | 182 | 5.5 |
| 8= | Martin Baker | Revenue & Customs | 141 | 5 |
| 8= | J McDonnell | GLCC | 156 | 5 |
| 10 | P Biggs | HOJCC | 108 | 3 |
| 11= | G Andrews | UNATS | 126 | 1 |
| 11= | G Bateman | Met Police | 80 | 1 |
| Section B | Club | Grade | Pts | |
| 1 | R Haldane | UNATS | 183 | 9.5 |
| 2 | J Robinson | GLCC | 145 | 9 |
| 3 | A Compton | HOJCC | 181 | 8.5 |
| 4 | Matthew Baker | HOJCC | 145 | 7 |
| 5 | N Fleming | Revenue & Customs | 158 | 7 |
| 6 | D Staples | PHSO | 159 | 7 |
| 7 | C Mukanga | SPARTA | 120 | 6 |
| 8 | K Nevols | PHSO | 156 | 6 |
| 9 | I Allgood | Met Police | 111 | 3 |
| 10 | P Robson | PHSO | 84 | 2 |
| 11 | R Adjaye | SPARTA | – | 1 |
| 12 | Bye | – | – | – |
| Play-off | |||
| A Ashby | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| R Haldane | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 August 2007
Added several links to correspondence chess sites. Also a link to a chess variants site and a chess problems site.
30 August 2007
Added Information Sheet 1: click here.
19 August 2007
Added a section on League statistics and records since 1983.
15 August 2007
The Annual Individual Blitz Tournament will take place on Thursday 13 September from 6.45pm in the Civil Service Recreation Centre in Chadwick Street. For more details see the Ms Word / PDF entry form: CSCLblitz2007 / CSCLblitz2007.
Graham Try's email address has changed: see the DHSS page.
13 August 2007
Added some Correspondence games and British Championship games to the Games page.
10 August 2007
The Civil Service National Finals took place in late July. Tony Ashby (Home Office and Justice) won the event with 4 / 5, ahead of a field including Ken Norman and John Wager.