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Kōrero: Culture and recreation in the city

Schoolboys' chess championship

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Schoolboys' chess championship

These six boys are concentrating hard on their moves during a chess championship in Wellington in 1950. Because of the larger population, specialised interests such as chess flourish more easily in cities than in rural communities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 114/191/29

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Culture and recreation in the city – Cities and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25644/schoolboys-chess-championship (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.