Chess Game
John Wright vs Nicholas Preo
Corr ch-N America, 1978 · Result ½–½ · Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation (B39).
Nicholas Preo½
John Wright½
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. f3 d6 14. O-O Bc6 15. Nd5 Rb8 16. Bh6 Nd4 17. Bxg7 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Kxg7 19. f4 e6 20. Nb4 Bb7 21. Nd3 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Qe3 Rbd8 24. b4 Ba8 25. Re1 Qb7 26. Re2 e5 27. f5 f6 28. Rf1 Qf7 29. Nb2 g5 30. a4 Qc7 31. Qb3 Rc8 32. Rd1 Red8 33. Rdd2 Bc6 34. Rc2 Be8 35. Qe3 Bf7 36. h3 Qe7 37. Qd3 Rc6 38. Nd1 Rdc8 39. Ne3 Qc7 40. Red2 Bxc4 41. Nxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Qxc4 43. Qxd6 Rf8 44. Rd1 Rf7 45. Re1 Qb3 46. Qc6 Qxb4 47. Rd1 Qc5+ 48. Qxc5 bxc5 49. Rd5 Rc7 50. Kf2 c4 51. Ke2 c3 52. Kd1 h5 53. Kc2 h4 54. Rd3 Rc4 55. Rd7+ Kh6 56. Rxa7 Rxe4 57. Ra6 Re2+ 58. Kxc3 Rxg2 59. Rxf6+ Kh5 60. Rf8 g4 61. hxg4+ Rxg4 62. Kb3 Rg7 63. f6 Rh7 64. Re8 h3 65. Rxe5+ Kg6 66. Re1 Kxf6 67. a5 h2 68. Rh1 Ke5 69. a6 Kd4 70. Kb4 ½–½
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This chess game between John Wright and Nicholas Preo was played at Corr ch-N America in 1978 and finished ½–½. The opening was the Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation (B39). Step through every move on the interactive board above, or open it on the CipherChess board to analyse the game with the engine. You can also explore more games by John Wright and Nicholas Preo from the CipherChess mega database.