Games
[Event "CHESS Festival Open Eastbourne"] [Site "?"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Enticknap, J.G"] [Black "Dilworth, V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [Annotator "Donnelly,MJ"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rn3rk1/pp2qp1p/2pb1np1/5p2/2BP4/4BQ1N/PPP2PPP/2KR3R w - - 0 12"] [PlyCount "11"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.10"] {[#]} 12. Rhe1 {By pressuring f5 via Qf3 and forcing g6 White has induced a weakeness on the black squares around the Black king. White now threatens to discover an attack on the Black queen and win the exchange with Bh6.} Ne4 $6 {Whilst presently blocking the e-file this knight move is not best as White can subsequently reinforce the pressure on e4. Possibly Black envisaged the complex line played at moves 14-16 but seems to have missed an important point.} (12... Qe4 {is more accurate as} 13. Bh6 {can now be met by} Qxf3 14. gxf3 Rd8 {and Black is fine.}) 13. Bh6 Rc8 {The rook has no better square since} (13... Re8 {, reinforcing e4, fails to} 14. Ng5 {and f7 is now fatally weak. If Black then plays as in the main game} Nxg5 {attacking the White queen there can follow} 15. Rxe7 Nxf3 16. Rxe8+ Bf8 17. Rxf8#) 14. Ng5 Nxg5 (14... Nd7 {offers no hope as White has} 15. Nxf7 Nb6 ({or if} 15... Bc7 16. Bg5 Ndf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxe4) 16. Nxd6+ Nxc4 17. Nxc4 {winning a piece in each case. White also has the option of simply taking on e4 netting a safe pawn.}) 15. Rxe7 Nxf3 16. Rxf7 {Winning outright. Of course not} (16. gxf3 Bxe7 {when it's Black who undeservedly wins.}) 16... Na6 17. Rf8# {The point about this type of discovered check, which is occasionally forgotten, is that it's double check. Thus Black must move his king but here there is none and its checkmate instead. This is a common feature in many chess problem themes and works even if both checking pieces are under attack. In the game position as well it would win even if b5 had already been played by Black. Note on game designations: This game was one of several press cuttings pasted on one page of the scrapbook detailed in the articles published on this web site for Dec. 2022-Feb. 2023. This was illicitly compiled during Art lessons at school during 1965-66. The chess cuttings were from slightly older newspapers and magazines supposedly available for artistic inspiration.. All games on the page in the scrapbook were in same font and layout and only detailed players surnames. However, one of them had the requirement for selection as needing to be played at the "Chess Festival" and be under 20 moves. Checking in B.H.Wood's magazine CHESS for the ealy 1960s it can be seen both J.G. Enticknap and V. Dilworth were present at the Chess Festival at Eastbourne in 1965.} (17. gxf3) 1-0