[Event "Correspondence"] [Site "?"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "R.N. Coles"] [Black "E.W. Driver"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [Annotator "Stockfiah 17.1"] [PlyCount "87"] [SourceVersionDate "2026.02.03"] {C54: Giuoco Piano} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O {This move is frequently played and white's next move is well known to theory to result in an equal position, Hoever, black gets far better results by avoiding it withe 13...h6} (13... h6 {White has tried several moves here, but none of them are entirely satisfactory so simply retreating the N seems to be the best option.} 14. Nf3 O-O {with equal xhances.}) 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rh4 {This attack is not nearly as dangerous as it looks; black can easily fend it off.} f5 {This position has been reached many times and white probably has nothing better than a draw. However, over the board the position is filled with head whirling complications.} 17. Re1 {This is a serious error.} (17. Qh7+ {This is the only correct move.} Kf7 18. Rh6 Rg8 ( 18... a6 {A pass to demonstrate white's threat.} 19. Be2 {and wins.}) 19. Re1 Qf8 20. Bb5 Rh8 21. Qxh8 gxh6 22. Qh7+ Kf6 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxh6+ {with a likely draw.}) 17... Ng6 {[%mdl 512] Well played! Any other move loses.} 18. Rh3 {If 18.Qh7+ black gets away.} Rf6 19. Rg3 (19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Re6 Nf8 21. Qh5+ g6 22. Qh8 Bxe6 23. dxe6+ Rxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 {and black soon win. Iuldachev,S (2526)-Nguyen,A (2525) Visakhpatnam IND 2008}) 19... Kf7 {How odd is it that defending the N loses the game?! As white's next move shows, black had to play 19...Bd7} 20. Bb5 {This equalizes and black must now prevent Re8.} Bd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg6 {Coles now finds the only move that does not lose the game.} 23. Re6 Qxe6 {Questionable! He should have simply retreat the K to g8.} 24. dxe6+ {[%mdl 4096] The complications are at an end and while the endgame with a Q vs, 2Rs slightly favors white, practically bblack is fae fron lost.} Kf6 {There follows a lot of maneuvering.} 25. Qf3 Rd8 {This allows white to grab too many Ps.} ({Better is} 25... c6) 26. Qxb7 Kxe6 27. Qxc7 Rd7 28. Qc4+ d5 29. Qc6+ Rd6 30. Qe8+ Kf6 31. f4 d4 { An interesting position. Pretend you don't have an engine and try to figure out how dangerous black's d-Pawn is!]} 32. Kf2 {The K joins the fight.} d3 { Coles' next move is a nice tactical shot!} 33. g4 fxg4 34. Qf8+ Ke6 35. f5+ { The point of his 32nd move.} Kd7 {White still has a small problem. He has to deal with the threatened advance of black's d-Pawn.} 36. fxg6 d2 37. Qxd6+ Kxd6 38. Ke2 {Demonstrating the importance of his 32nd move.} Kd5 39. Kxd2 Kd4 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Kf2 Kf4 42. b4 {[%mdl 32] A reminder to black that the Q-side majority assures that white has the win.} g3+ 43. hxg3+ Ke4 44. b5 {Black resigned.} 1-0