 In the final scene when Winston is playing chess in the Chestnut  Tree Cafe, he picks up a white piece from the board and contemplates  a move. The arrangement of the pieces on the chess board suggests  that he is considering a tactic of going around and hitting the  opposing black army from behind. Only minutes later, the telescreen  announcer reports that the Oceanian forces had just defeated the  Eurasian enemy in Africa by using the same tactic.