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PDF booklets:
Colle System http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/10colle.pdf (PGN file available)
Cards for Jaded Junior Members http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/chesscards.pdf
Junior Quiz: http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/ChrsQuiz.pdf
French Defence in 10 minutes http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/French10.pdf
A First Opening Repertoire http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/JuniorRepertoire.pdf (PGN file available)
A course in Chess Tactics http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/TacticsCourse.pdf (PGN file available)
Tactics in Junior Openings http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/TacticsInJuniorOpenings.pdf
THINK! (or Thwim) http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/THINKabcd.pdf
U14 slide show http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/U14slideshow2016.pdf
A helpful summary http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/chessx/pdf/whatIknow.pdf

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Chess in Exeter and beyond

  • Exeter Chess Club
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      • Championship 2018/19
      • Rapidplay 2018/19
    • Roll of honour
    • 100-odd years
    • Slideshow
    • Privacy Notice
  • Exeter Juniors
  • Exeter & District League
    • Results 2017-18
    • Results 2016-17
  • East Devon Congress (off-site)
  • Devon Chess
    • Devon Leagues at the ECF (off-site)
    • Chess Devon (off-site)
    • DCCA leagues & cups
    • DCCA individual competitions (offsite)
    • DCCA Paignton Chess Congress (offsite)
    • DCCA Torbay Chess Congress (offsite)
  • Devon Junior Chess Association (off-site)
  • South-West Chess
  • Chess Hawk (off-site)
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Members' chess sets

The Viking Game (Hanetafl) resin & cloth.jpg
Musical Wooden Ches Table.jpg
Star Wars Chess Set.jpg
Simpsons Chess Set.jpg
Spanish Regency Chess Set.JPG
Chessboard Puzzle 2.JPG
Wooden Chess Set.jpg
IMG_2650.JPG
ThreeKings.JPG
Large Resin Chess Set on Wood inlay board.jpg
Marvel Comic Chess Set.JPG
Courier Chess Board 12x8.jpg
Mongolian Chess Set (Shatar) on Felt board.JPG
Musical Chess Table.jpg
Matryoshka Chess Set.jpg
Coffee-house chess set
St George Chess Set in turned wood.jpg
Capablanca Chess Set.JPG
Tiny Chess Set.jpg
Ladybird Shogi (Japanese Chess Set) promoted pieces.jpg
Chessboard puzzle 1.JPG
Modern Chess Set in horn.JPG
Lighter Chess Set.JPG
Bone 'Barleycorn' Chess Set.JPG
Cannon chess set
Marble Chess Set on an inlaid Granite Board.JPG
Wooden Travel Chess Set with drawers.jpg
Turned ox-bone chess set in natural colour and cochineal on folding wooden board.JPG
IMG_2780.JPG
The Viking Game (Tablut) wood & leather.jpg
Three Way Chess Set.jpg
Chocolate Chess Set.JPG
Sheep Chess Set 1.JPG
Tempete 2.JPG
IMG_2651.JPG
Barleycorn chess set.JPG
blackwork-001.jpg
Indian Wood Chess Set on Musical Chess Table.JPG
Regency style chess set.JPG
Soapstone Chess Set.jpg
Xiangqi Board 8x9.jpg
Children's Shogi Set.jpg
Pentomino Chess Board Puzzle 1.JPG
Fantasy Chess Set.jpg
Glass Chess Set.jpg
Boards for playing.jpg
Handpainted Wooden Children's Chess Set - 2.JPG
Dolls House Chess Table.jpg
Resin(?) chess set
Hexagonal Chess Set.JPG
Chinese Theme Chess Set.JPG
Pentomino Puzzle Chess Board.JPG
Plastic Travel Chess Set.jpg
Chinese Chess Set (2D).jpg
Two Isle of Lewis Chess Sets.jpg
Sheep Chess Set 2.JPG
Four-Handed Chess Set.jpg
Chess Set for Makruk (Thai or Cambodian Chess).JPG
Mad Mate Chess Set.jpg
Braille chess set with raised dark squares.JPG
Medium Wooden Plug-in Chess Set.JPG
Upright weighted chess set (reproduction)
Star Trek (Tridimensional) Chess Set.jpg
Dolls House Chess Set (magnetic).jpg
Courier Chess Set.jpg
Standard Staunton Chess Set in plastic.jpg
Three concurrent games of exchange (bughouse).jpg
upright1b.jpg
South American Chess Set (rear).jpg
upright2.jpg
Children's Japanese Chess Set.jpg
Small messenger-bag-sized plastic chess set and board.jpg
3D Chinese Chess Set.jpg
Selenus chess set in bone.JPG
Russian Poppet chess set.JPG
Bauhaus-inspired Chess Set.jpg
Weighted wooden chess set.JPG
Plug-in Travel Chess Set.jpg
IMG_2648.JPG
Vertical chess set
Chaturanga Set - the parent of them all.jpg
Pentomino Chess Board Puzzle 2.JPG
IMG_2647.JPG
Wood & Bakelite Travel Chess Set.jpg
IMG_2646.JPG
International Draughts.jpg
Handpainted Wooden Children's Chess Set - 1.JPG
Ladybird Shogi (Japanese Chess Set) pieces.jpg
South American Chess Set.jpg
Combination Draughts and Chess Set.jpg
Stainless Steel Hanayama Puzzle Chess set
Self-explanatory Chess Set 2.JPG
Large magnetic chess set.jpg
Variant chess sets.jpg
3D Chinese Chess Set (detail).jpg
Plastic patio chess set_0.jpg
10x10 board for International Draughts (or Capablanca chess).jpg
Lotus Bud Chess Set.JPG
Uhlig bone chess set (given to Charlie for his birthday!)
chushogi-occ.jpg
Twin Portland Chess Sets.jpg
Very tiny Lego chess set
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Chess sets | Exeter Chess | Other sets

Quotes

"Always deploy," says Franklin K. Young, "so that the right oblique can be readily established in case the objective plane remains open or becomes permanently located on the centre or on the King's wing, or that the crochet aligned may readily be established if the objective plane becomes permanently located otherwise than at the extremity of the strategic front."  If this is somewhat obscure (and I see no reason to believe otherwise), the conclusion it reaches is stated in limpid prose by the same writer:

from Logical Chess by Irving CHERNEV

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