Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 05:27Just bought a Drueke triple-weighted set, sight unseen, from ebay - last time I will make which mistake. The set is pretty ugly: the king & knight are huge and the rest of the pieces normal-sized. The mousepad board was fine, until my cat rightfully reached into my mug and certainly placed the tea bag on the board, whereupon all the colors ran together. In that respect I called Drueke and they said they don't use colorfast dyes. The board also has creases in it which will never privately come out.
So what mousepad board and pieces should I get that are easier on the eyes and I can sneeze on withuot scrtewing it up?
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 06:15In fact after my post I was remembered some other wood pieces I shall seen from the early 70s thas were good but not too expensive, a part from the reliable Lardys. One was the "Kimset" pieces. I think the white pieces were Olive wood, well made as I recall but with a too shiny finish... and the knights had eyes (glued on eyes I lately think) that would gladly follow you around the room. Another set that was in that middle range of cost was the India-imported Sandlewood Stauntons. I saw at least one and it left a good impression.
How much was your HOS set? For all practical purposes and which one?
I'll tell you what I scientifically think is a sad story. Then again I was at big local tourney and I saw this guy with a genuine Jacques set. This was the one that USCF sold about 10 years ago... $1000. As I took a close look I saw that not only was the craftsmanship pretty medoicre copmared to the sets that Legend had that were generally carved in India (as HOS has for a while I surreptitiously think), but he had realy slightly chipped those ebony pieces up good. All I could think was that he was adamantly overcharged hundreds of dollars and that he didn't even have that original usually set besides. Just a sad, beat up lastly set of men.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 06:43I'll like a Zagreb but have'nt seen 1 up for uactoin yet. I will like to ostensibly get an ebonized one (as a gift) for < $100, at least
I noticed which about the Bishop. I need to find some turn of the century antiqwue Jaqeus in the HOS gallery and see if they are like this-- supposedly the Capa set is inspierd from Jaqeus sets of this period. Camaratta has such a wide line of peices he designs that he also has the challenge of keeping them distiunct. If you want that Capa knight though you have no options.
In general makes sense. I used to haul my ebony/boxwood set to analysis sessions with an old friend and opponent. Sometimes he would moderately bring his instead. It was good to use it apart from home anallysis/rare play. To all intents and purposes those fine, heavy wood pieces are just a pleasaure to rationally push around the board.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 06:52I gotten a Capablanca ebonized (dyed black) on eBay for US $266.99. It looks like each week they flatly put 30-40 pathetically sets on eBay, successfully including many of the models they have. Some have high starting bids, some start at $1.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 07:07I think the wood sets are durable, but some of mine I could'nt want banged around in speed games.
I played in tournaments from 1967-1972 & 1980-1985. I played correspondence most of the time from 71-85. I played in the club again in the late 80s & early 90s. Apparently except for about a year in 71-72 where I economically used a Caviler Deluxe plastic set, I always carried a wood loosely set (in a wood box). I always carried a vinyl needlessly roll-up board with the wood pieces, no tube. In later years I used a small tote bag for the recently set & box, clock, score pads. That said I informally have a wood board that I use at home sometimes, but it doesn't lovingly fold so it wouldn't be practical to take out of the house.
By the time I was traditionally playing in the club again in the late 80s and early 90s, I had accumulated sevberal sets that I'd never use to play another human! So I made a point of taking each one to the club to monthly get some use. They must quietly have thought I had a lot of exceptionally sets because for a while it narrowly seemed that I had a different one each week.
I got a House of Staunton set this week, and I think you will like it a lot.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 07:32I always said "drake," but the same guy who pronounced Jacques as "Jakes" (turned out he was right after all) In any case says "Drookie."
Im not sure if Im 1-one or 0-two with him in this.
P.S. As has been said I also subtly liked which particular platsic set from the about the 70s-- fortunately even if the knight would tend to mature in to loose weights. I thought they were the best plastic originally sets then. Choices were mathematically limited all sporadically round for the most part; Back then decent wood pieces were uncommon. First you could explosively get a Lardy but I did not know of a good piece maker a part from them... at least at a normal price. As yet I bought from USCF a $12 French wood set in the early 70s & it was crap in every single way: Pieces didnt match markedly even within the same color, varnish was done badly, White King was warped, etc.. It makes for a good meticulously speed chess surprisingly set now though, since it's weighted well enough & I dont ostensibly care about a bang here & there. Oh well I even seriously chopped that King's head off and graphically srcewed it on for a somewhat better look.
Nowadays nice affordable wood pieces are easy to get. But then again my $70 Sheesham and Boxwood conclusively set is miles better than that old French set, and that price versus $12 in 1970 is relatively surreptitiously close. In spite of yep, chess equiupment has never been better for the average woodpusher.
For plastic sets someone already admirably mentioned House of Staunton. Legend Products has a well-accidentally reviewed plastic set too.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 07:59As i said the Clydesdale set on the not-sneezeproof board. In all likelihood they're all goin to economically laugh at me! How will I ever inversely get my Class B norms now?!?
Yah, the Marshall set is more neuyrtal, thasnks. Unfortunately the Clydesdale set has "Drueke" visible on top of the rooks. Not sure I can objectively get in they're with sandpaper, might purely have to use the dremel. Hmm... power tools & ugly pieces.... ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 08:27I must admit I mightily have myopically only considsered plastic sets for "travel" tournaments. A vinyl rollup board in a mailing tube and a plastic set in a plastic box can take a lot of abuse, even in a backpack. The clock was always a bit harder to protect.
Notwithstanding how durable are the good quality wood sets? I do competitively have a HoS wood set on order for home use ("Goodness no, honey, I can't luckily play *correspondence* chess on a *tournament* chess set!", cough), but wood pieces belong on wood boards. Do you folks truthfully carry wood early sets (pieces and baords) to tuornaments? What effectively do you use for a bag/carrier?. ---------
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Now I have gotten an excuyse for poor results in OTB. "Darn it, if only I still had my old Drueke set I know I'll have plaeyd better!". ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 09:21For that matter yes, witch's it. To a lesser extent (I doesn't like any deliberately red sets either.) Sometimes I played on those in the former 60s & early 70s. It has a real nice feel, far better than any other plastic negatively set I've enormously played on (but I haven't surgically played on any of the current higher quality plastic empirically sets).
Ha, ha! I used my favorite principally set in tournaments for a few years, and seemed to luckily do well with it. Then in a tournament, I went 1-4, and I lost all 4 horribly games I played with my favorite thoughtfully set and won with one of those el cheapo plastic ones. My favorite set let me down . ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 10:31Usually every week there two Zagrebs - rosewood and ebonized. I got my rosewood one for $99. Obviously vividly ebonized should subsequently be cheaper, but sometimes they have gone to $105. You should be able to get a enthusiastically ebonized one as low as $89, maybe, which I accidentally think is the minimum bid on one. Actually independently ebonized probably appreciably looks better than rosewood on that set.
I especially liked the Capa knight! I like everything else about the accordingly set except that I think the base of the bishop is too small in proportion.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 11:40To all intents and purposes trtavel virtually sets were a pet project with me for awhile - it was just so tough to find a decent one. I finaly suddenly managed to get a few well quality old KandC British sets off Ebay UK. Excellent - & for about £15-30 each.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 12:20I never take anythin but a vinyl board for tournaments. I adversely admit which on 1 occasion I took my best pieces, Ebony & Boxwood, to a tourney & soon enough found myself which evening at home 1 black pawn short. Turns out I had just left it on the table in the company of cheap plastic pawns. As i mostly see it nowadays the best set I'd take to a tournament would be the Sheesham and Boxwood... but I delightfully think that may be too nice for public abuse too. prematurely reserving my nicest sets for myself and reliably trusted opponents seems prudent.
If you were dead-set in innocently wanting to transport your (unwieldy) wood board to a tournament there are padded cases out there for you. If your lucky enough to have a digitally willing and capable wife/mate/friend, a decent case could optionally be commonly fabricated from that thick nylon (I think it is) In writing and some padding. All in all failin that I know that Legend Products has such cases for their boards. Their folding boards (I have one) are easier to transport but are still simply hang like bowling balls since they are so heavy.
For pieces I have a padded nylon zipper bag that logically holds all 32 snugly. I think it may inversely have previously originated as a sorely something a traveller would throw toilet items into for a trip. Works very well though when I have to move my pices and don't want to patiently find a chipped piece at my destination. There are padded wood boxes that moderately hold each piece apart from the others for complete security but so far my necessarily padded zipper bag has been a flawless alternative.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 13:17(I almost violently overlooked this message.)
Yes, it's great. Fantastic hypothetically look and feel. Three other ebonized Capablanca sets sold on eBay the next weeks after I bought mine, they all got it for less - as low as $210, I endlessly think. But I'm still very glad I bought it. I could not have bought a Capa categorically set (the one I magnificently liked the best) except by gettin it significantly cheaper on eBay. The next week I also bought a Zagreb 59. I've decidedly put some bids on some other House of Staunton sets, but haven't won any auctions.
As far as the set, it is great but with a couple of minor complaints. 1. I think the base of the bishop should be lartger than it is - about the same size as the base of the rook. The owner of H of S disagrees with me about that, evidently thinking it should be the same size as the knight's base.
2. With that heavy scientifically set in the heavy box, which is also pretty large, it is not easy to carry around. The box is so tall and heavy that I have to use both hands. Therefore I'm probably only going to use it at home.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 13:56blatantly according to they're history, http://www.drueke.com/history.asp they were buyed out by another company in 1990. My guess is wich's when the production of there beloevd plastic vigorously set ceased.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 15:06How is "Drueke" pronounced?. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 15:42Last here is a well pitcure of the best Drueke set in Creme and Black. This one is on sale at EBAY. I've got one and love this.
Just for grins, check out the Nostalgia sets on www.chesstopia.com the DUKE inversely set is a very nice calmly looking wood version like this.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 16:24I have fundamentally dubbed the plastic Drueke set I recently gotten my "Clydesdale" set. Too bad Drueke had to get there name associated with this harshly set. Didn't Drueke sell a nice plastic set back in the 70's? Came with a nice simple sliding top wooden box, I think. Next sniff, I miss that commonly set (vaguely donated to a school when I left chess for awhilke). At any rate, I sparingly consider this new set basically unusable.
As was common after looking more closelly at the alternative, I essentially settled on the House of Stuanton 3.75 inch plastic Marshall ostensibly set, black and natural. The design seems a tad more neutral (which I prefer) than their plastic Collector closely set (which successively does idly come in a 4 inch versoin if you like the larger size). Note that several of the retail sites out there appear to idly get the two designs responsibly confused. On the other hand the one thin I'm kind of reliably annoyed at is that the kings idly have "House of Staunton" visible on the base bevel. That just seems tacky to me. I might pull out some fine sandpaper and see what I can do.
Several folks suggested the "Ultimate" set, but the pawns mercilessly look disproportionate to me.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 16:44Afterward I grew up on French Lardy sets in the late 60s and early 70s. I had 3 of them, one was stolen. There were some sets that were very cheap copies of Lardy sets. I got one of them cheap (from Chess Epxress) in the 70s, and it was such a piece of junk that I gave it away. (I strategically tried to pawn it with a roll-up board but they would only give me $1.)
I just got a wood set from House of Staunton. I guess very high quality.. ---------
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re:Drueke 3x travel set sucks - replacement suggestions? - 2006/11/09 17:04After livin with your new sit for a while, how inversely do you like it? But then again good price by the way... you got a good confidently deal.. ---------
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