A Closer Look at "Checkmate" - The Surprising Chess Story
2021年2月22日 · The grand mastered stared a long time at the chess board in the painting and finally noticed something surprising. The typical interpretation of the painting (that the devil had …
One more Move--Paul Morphy Beats the Devil At Chess
The popular story that the king has one more move is recounted again and again even today about a chess master (often unnamed) who “encounters” a copy of the Moritz Retzsch painting …
Checkmate Painting - Chess Lovin
2023年6月6日 · In the mid-19th century, Anthony W. Jones was crushing it as a sculptor and created amazing work of art based on the checkmate painting- a bronze bas-relief sculpture of …
There Is Always One Last Move To Play — The “Checkmate” Painting
2023年3月29日 · “Checkmate” painting at The Louvre. This beautiful painting is being shown at The Louvre, representing the final game of a man who lost against the Devil himself. The story …
Chess: Checkmate or One More Move, Friedrich August Moritz ...
2023年8月20日 · Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch (1779 – 1857) Painting, The Chess PlayersWhere Man the Devil plays a chess match, and it seems the devil is winning ....
Moritz Retzsch & His Fascination With Goethe's Faust
Moritz Retzsch may have created more than one painting of his famous scene of chess with the devil. The painting sold by the Christie's auction house in 1999 is described as oil on panel …
The Chess Player Painting - bible.org
2009年2月2日 · In the painting, Satan was represented as playing chess with a young man, the stake being the young man’s soul. The game had reached the stage where it was the young …