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12/08/2004 7:10:31
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From: Brent
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I have heard many
preachers telling about a picture of satan
playing Chess against a young man.
Satan wins the game with the young man jumping back in
amazement.
Countless
Chess players from around the world
have viewed this picture to comment on the scene, but one
grandmaster viewed the picture for 30 minutes and saw a move
that would save the young man.
The picture is in
a gallery in Ohio. Where can I go on the internet to see this
picture?
Thank you.
Brent
chess-poster.com
Dear Brent,
We could not find any picture you requested. We wish we can
have it to post it in our site.
There are several sites with the
history you mentioned but no pictures:
Defeating the Oldest Enemy
“During
the early part of the last century, a great Chess player who was
also an artist painted a picture of a Chess game in progress.
The players were a young man and Satan. Satan was playing the
black pieces, of course.
The game had high stakes. If Satan
should win, the young man would be his slave forever. If the
young man would win, he would be free from evil forever.
Apparently the artist believed in the power of evil over good,
because his picture shows that Satan was the winner.
In the picture the devil has just moved his Queen and has
announced that there would be checkmate in 4 moves. The young
man's hand hovers over his rook and then stops. There was no
hope. The devil wins and the young man would be his slave
forever.
Then one day, the great Chess Master Paul Morphy came to view
the picture. He studied the board for more than 30 minutes. He
lifted his hand as he studied different moves. Finally his eyes
blazed with the vision of an unthought of combination of moves.
Suddenly, he shouted: --Young man, make that move. That's the
move!
To the amazement of all, the old master had discovered a
combination the artist had not considered. The young man
defeated the devil.”
Source:
http://www.pastornet.net.au
Other sources:
http://www.celebrationchurch.net/ddad.html
http://www.backtothebible.org/gateway/today/19120
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