CHESS PLAYER'S MISTAKE'
GYLES LOSES MATCH
SYDNEY, December 28,
Competing in the first round of the Australian chess championship today, the New Zealander A. W. Gyles lost to G. Koshnitsky -through forgetting to stop his clock after a. critical move.
Koshnitsky defended a Ruy , Lopez against Gyles, who for some time appeared in a superior position. The New Zealander cleverly sacrificed a pawn and obtained a very dangerous attack, which culminated in a threat v of mate against which there appeared to be no defence.
However, Koshnitsky, who is New South Wales champion, found' an ingenious way out by sacrificing a knight. Gyles then forgot to stop his clock at a critical stage, which fapt was noticed when the flag fell and the game was awarded to Koshnitsky, who claimed that he was in a winning position at the time. Gyles held the Western Australian M. Goldstein to a draw in the second round. The latter was never able to break through the New Zealander's solid defence. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 9
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167CHESS PLAYER'S MISTAKE' Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 155, 29 December 1938, Page 9
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