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The point of this, I was told, would be to improve Kaissa in the second Ahn. - (Beasts of Gor, Chapter 4, Sentence #122)

Each player must complete forty moves before his clock is empty of sand, under penalty of forfeit. The clocks improve tournament play which otherwise could become contests not of Kaissa but of patience, the victory perhaps going to him who was most willing to outsit his opponent. There was a movement among some of the younger players to divide the sand in such a way that each player would have one Ahn for the first twenty moves, and one Ahn for the second twenty moves, subject to the same forfeiture conditions as the two-Ahn clock. The point of this, I was told, would be to improve Kaissa in the second Ahn. It was true that many times even masters found themselves in time pressure in the second Ahn, having perhaps only a few Ehn sand left for eight or ten moves. On the other hand, there seemed little likelihood of this innovation being accepted. Tradition was against it, of course. - (Beasts of Gor)