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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

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

Story by Jock Phillips, published 26 February 2010.