We are a large, successful and friendly club. We have a junior wing: Exeter Junior Chess Club. We are affiliated to Devon County Chess Association.
Exeter Chess Club meets on Tuesdays from 7:00pm at
Heavitree Social Club, Wingfield Park, 2 East Wonford Hill, Exeter, EX1 3BS [MAP]
Juniors meet 5:30-6:30pm, Tuesdays Sept-May
Contact
To contact us, use the form provided or
Tel.Sean Pope (Secretary) (01392) 436 420
Tel.Dave Regis (Juniors) (01626) 83 67 87
Exeter Chess Club was established in 1895 and so we celebrated our centenary in 1995. As part of our centenary activities we held a Simultaneous Display by IM Gary Lane, which was repeated in 1996. We have a Roll of Honour stretching back over 100 years.
International Internet Challenge
We have held Internet matches:
* a single-board consultation match with Hafnarfjardar (Hafnarfjörður), an Icelandic chess club
* a four-board junior match with the University of West Alabama
* a seven-board match with Warwick University
* a double-round eight-board match with the West Wales Internet Chess Association
* We would be interested in hearing from clubs elsewhere to play live team chess via one of the chess servers
Coaching
We have run a weekly coaching/discussion group, which include what we think are professional-looking handouts. There is an index of some of the ideas and materials to be found here, namechecked by "the Doc" (John Nunn) in the BCF Yearbook (1997).
We have just published 100-odd years of Exeter Chess Club, which we are proud of.
Games of the Year: brilliancies and others
The 1994/95 Alexandra Buchanan Brilliancy Prize was won by Rex Willis ahead of two cheapos by Dave Regis. [Alexandra is MacGregor B's very new daughter!]
Internal Club Competitions
We run an individual club competition in three sections of Swiss; also held annually are a 10-second tournament and other speed events.
Membership
We have about 40 members at present
Regional and National Competitions
Exeter currently plays in the Exeter and District League, the Devon County Leagues and the Devon County teams. We have recently entered the National Club Championships; in 1995 we won the National Major Plate, and in 1996 won the Intermediate cup and were again finalists in the Major Plate.