The Queen's playing chess with the devil

The head photo is a detail from the ceiling of the Sala de los Reyes of the Granada Palacios Nazaries (Alhambra) [in wikicommons]. No direct connection with my topic, but I think a beautiful visualisation of my head title. The material of this blog is some connected highlights of the chess history during

Forced Queen to capture by check - Chess Forums

Damned Queen - Devil May Cry Wiki - Neoseeker

How the Devil was caught : r/chess

Opponent king just pulled a harem promotion and seduced all the queens of other white kings, what do i do in this position? : r/AnarchyChess

Lexica - a knight and a queen from the game of chess in checkmating position. metaphor for death and life

Game of Life - Board position and Paul Morphy - Chess Forums

Checkmate painting by Moritz Retzsch. Is the story about this painting actually true? : r/chess

playing a game of chess with the devil, fantasy, Stable Diffusion

The Queen's playing chess with the devil

KREA - A very detailed surreal fantasy painting of God playing chess against Satan by Manjit Bawa and Salvador Dali, trending on artstation, 4k, widescreen.