Alfred William Gyles

Alfred William Gyles

Alfred William Gyles (March 7, 1888May 15, 1967) was New Zealand chess champion on two occasions—1930/31 and 1935/36.

Gyles was born in Wellington, New Zealand and died in Levin. [citation|last=Gaige|first=Jeremy|author-link=Jeremy Gaige|year=1987|title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-2353-6|page=156]

References

Further reading

*"30th Congress of the New Zealand Chess Association"
*"Who's Who in New Zealand"
**7th ed., 1961, p. 145
**8th ed., 1964, p. 146
**9th ed., 1968, p. 355


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