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Christchurch Star

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1868 - Present

Biography

The Christchurch Star newspaper was a local daily paper which ran from 1868-1990 and since then has run as a free paper, currently produced once a week.

Found in 5830 Collections and/or Records:

Chess Personalities: Needham, Sabrena, 1981

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/26
Scope and Contents

Photograph of English chess player Sabrena Needhan playing Vassily Smyslov. Also spelt Sabrina.

Dates: 1981

Chess Personalities: Ortvin, Sarapu, 1966-1986

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/27
Scope and Contents

Portrait and playing photographs of Estonian born chess player, Ortvin Sarapu. Sarapu emigrated to New Zealand in 1950.

Dates: 1966-1986

Chess Personalities: Petrosian, Tigran, 1963

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/34
Scope and Contents

Victory photograph of Armenian chess player, Tigran Petrosian. Copyright stamp Central Press Photos. NOTE: the original listing was TIGRAN, Petrosian.

Dates: 1963

Chess Personalities: Quinteros, Miguel, 1985

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/28
Scope and Contents

Portrait and playing photographs of Argentine chess player, Miguel Quinteros. Copyright stamps N.Z. Newspapers Ltd.

Dates: 1985

Chess Personalities: Short, Nigel, 1980

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/29
Scope and Contents

Portrait and playing photographs of British chess player, Nigel Short. Copyright Press Association Photos.

Dates: 1980

Chess Personalities: Small, Vernon, 1978-1985

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/30
Scope and Contents

Portrait and playing photographs of New Zealand chess player, Vernon Small.

Dates: 1978-1985

Chess Personalities: Smith, Robert, 1986

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/31
Scope and Contents

Playing photograph of New Zealand chess player, Robert Smith.

Dates: 1986

Chess Personalities: Spassky, Boris, 1971-1987

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/32
Scope and Contents

Portrait and playing photographs of Soviet chess player, Boris Spassky; Photograph of Boris Spassky’s wife, Larissa Spassky; Photograph of Boris Spassky playing tennis; Photograph of Boris Spassky with Robert Bryne. Copyright with Novosti Press Agency, Central Press Photos Ltd, Associated Press.

Dates: 1971-1987

Chess Personalities: Sutton, Richard, 1978

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/33
Scope and Contents

Playing photograph of New Zealand chess player, Richard Sutton.

Dates: 1978

Chess Personalities: Vaganyan, Rafael, 1977

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/3/4/35
Scope and Contents

Portrait photograph of Armenian chess player, Rafael Vaganyan.

Dates: 1977