I was intrigued not so much by the TFA but about the painting used to illustrate it. That figure behind the two chess players is not a devil as typically depic

I was intrigued not so much by the TFA but about the painting used to illustrate it. That figure behind the two chess players is not a devil as typically depicted, it is instead an angel, a symbol of heaven and almost the exact opposite of an evil devil. Instead, the devil, Mephistopheles, is the player on the left. It seems the artist, Moritz Retzsch, painted several versions of this image [1]. The painting(s) have gone by several names, such as "The Chess Players", "The Game of Life", or "Checkmate". More interesting is the story that a grandmaster examined the painting and discovered that the player on the right, looking defeated and forlorn, can still win the game! I have not verified this, but the story goes that the grandmaster demanded the gallery change the name of the painting from "Checkmate" to something else [2]. [1]. https://www.one-more-move-chess-art.com/MoritzRetzsch.html https://www.one-more-move-chess-art.com/MoritzRetzsch.html [2]. https://haventoday.org/blog/closer-look-checkmate/ https://haventoday.org/blog/closer-look-checkmate/