UNLUCKY OVERSIGHT
AT AUSTRALIAN CHESS TOURNEY. NEW ZEALANDER FORGETS TO STOP CLOCK. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. 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 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 fact 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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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1938, Page 5
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175UNLUCKY OVERSIGHT Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1938, Page 5
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