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22 lut 2021 · Today, the painting is popularly known as “Checkmate.” It is now in private hands, having been sold in a Christie’s auction in 1999. The painting depicts two chess players. One is Satan, who appears arrogantly confident. The other player is a man who looks forlorn. If Satan wins, he wins the man’s soul.
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" (originally titled Die Schachspieler “The Chess Players”) in a museum. He closely examines the chess board and realizes the young man’s chess ...
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 man’s move; but he was checkmated.
6 cze 2023 · This painting features two chess players; one is the infamous Satan, who exudes confidence and arrogance, and the other player is a despondent-looking man. As per the painting, if Satan emerges victorious, he gains ownership of the man’s soul.
The painting is by Moritz Retzsch, and the "one more move" story is attributed to the great American chess player Paul Morphy; though whether it's really true is in doubt.
6 kwi 2019 · Gilbert R. Frith wrote an essay for the Columbia Chess Journal describing an incident in which Morphy offered to, and succeeded at, playing for "Man" in Retzsch's painting (below) and saving his seemingly lost game against Satan for which his soul was at stake.
8 lip 2017 · 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 man’s move; but his fears of checkmate was before him.
