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Nicholas A Preo

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NICHOLAS A PREO (born Mar-26-1902, died Jan-09-1988, 85 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Preo "Memorial": US Correspondence Chess IM Nicolas Preo had a long CC career, playing from the late 1940's up to 2002. However, it was discovered that Nicolas A Preo had died in January 1988. His son, Nicholas N Preo "assumed" his father's identity and continued his games after his father's death. Here is some more information on the Preo father and son CC players, taking from the Chessmail magazine 3/2002: Nicolas A Preo born 26/3/1902 Russia died 9/1/1988 Santa Cruz, California Nicolas N Preo born 26/4/1929 died 9/2/2002 It seems that in the early 1980's Preo Sr developed eyesight problems, and his son would help him with the clerical duties needed for CC. He then moved on to actually deciding the moves when his father died. In regard to playing strength and style of Preo Jr, here is a quotes from the article: "Yet if he could get out of the opening and reach an unclear middle game, Preo Junior became a wily tactician and could score points against quite strong opponents - just like his father...A tentative conclusion seems to be that the son was strong in the same kind of positions where the father was strong (especially the long games) but lacked the opening knowledge and the technique." https://graham64.wordpress.com/2017... Last updated: 2019-07-25 04:23:02

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page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N A Preo vs J Nun   1-0 27 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. N A Preo vs Y Estrin   ½-½ 41 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 B40 Sicilian 3. W Sauermann vs N A Preo 0-1 50 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 4. N A Preo vs L Zinn   ½-½ 37 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. N A Preo vs R Strand   ½-½ 39 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 C67 Ruy Lopez 6. F Parr vs N A Preo   0-1 47 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 A60 Benoni Defense 7. W Poder vs N A Preo   0-1 60 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 A28 English 8. C Delenda vs N A Preo   0-1 32 1965 olm5 fin B6 corr6568 E15 Queen's Indian 9. N A Preo vs Z Leskowsky   0-1 60 1971 corr NAICCC I C34 King's Gambit Accepted 10. R Callaghan vs N A Preo   ½-½ 15 1971 cr NAICCC I C48 Four Knights 11. D Gligorich vs N A Preo   0-1 51 1971 cr NAICCC I D94 Grunfeld 12. R McLellan vs N A Preo   1-0 63 1971 cr NAICCC I C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 13. R Potter vs N A Preo   0-1 97 1971 cr NAICCC I C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 14. A Sandor Siklos vs N A Preo   0-1 36 1971 cr NAICCC I C44 King's Pawn Game 15. N A Preo vs R Cross 0-1 66 1971 corr NAICCC I C34 King's Gambit Accepted 16. N A Preo vs W Muir   0-1 52 1971 corr NAICCC I C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 17. B Perfors vs N A Preo   ½-½ 39 1973 olm8 qual GP2 B3 corr D85 Grunfeld 18. J Kondali vs N A Preo   0-1 42 1975 POL jub40 corr7578 B03 Alekhine's Defense 19. N A Preo vs R McLellan   ½-½ 40 1976 cr NAICCC II D00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. V Palciauskas vs N A Preo   1-0 64 1976 cr NAICCC II B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 21. S Greene vs N A Preo   0-1 33 1976 cr NAICCC II D85 Grunfeld 22. Z Leskowsky vs N A Preo   ½-½ 70 1976 cr NAICCC II B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 23. W Muir vs N A Preo   0-1 64 1976 cr NAICCC II B03 Alekhine's Defense 24. N A Preo vs J Kalish   ½-½ 57 1976 cr NAICCC II D00 Queen's Pawn Game 25. N A Preo vs Z Vranesic   ½-½ 40 1976 cr NAICCC II B07 Pirc  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56

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Jan-02-11    Raisin Death Ray: He is THE ONE! No, wait. That's NEO! Never mind! :) Dec-31-12    wordfunph: IM Nicholas Preobrajensky - the first U.S. player to receive an international correspondence title, rest in peace..

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