Exeter Chess Club [MAP]
is a strong and thriving club in
Devon (South-West
England),
established in 1895, which plays in the Exeter and District Chess League and the leagues organised by the 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 This website tells you more about the club and its junior wing and keeps members and visitors up to date with developments; you might be particularly interested in our coaching materials and Dr.Dave's Chess Coaching Blog. |
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Members' chess sets
Quotes
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XLVIX."'Tis all a Chequer-board of Nights and DaysWhere Destiny with Men for Pieces plays:Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays,And one by one back in the Closet lays. "Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamRendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, First Editionhttp://www.teachersoft.com/Library/poetry/fitzgrld/chapt01.htm"Impotent Pieces of the Game He playsUpon this Chequer-board of Nights and Days; |
Fifth edition, http://www.nmaa.si.edu/vedder/slide37p.html There are other editions, and other translations, but none, I think, on the Web. |