Dazza Rinehart vs. David Wiles, 4 July 1993

The game began with a rules challenge when Wiles refused to return the tilehe'd drawn to determine which player would move first. The dispute was settledamicably after consulting the official documents, and play began on whatproved to be an uninspired game. A careless error by Wiles on move 12 allowedRinehart to earn 36 points by pluralizing date and scoring triple-wordvalue sex. Wiles never recovered, and Rinehart went on to win bya score of 293 to 250. The lackluster performance of both players was due,in part, to the constant din of fireworks and small arms fire associatedwith American Independence Day festivities.