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The Devil's Checkmate, painted by Moritz Retzsch in 1831, freezes the wager mid game: the devil in scarlet already reaching for his winnings, the young man's head sunk in his hand, and an angel standing witness who refuses to grieve. Since 1888, chess players have told the story of Paul Morphy reading this board and finding what everyone ...