The criminal next to Jesus on the cross thought it was the end, yet he still repented. (John 8:1-11) God is the only King who can never be defeated. It looks like checkmate, but it is a lie, our King has another move left! He tells her to go and not sin anymore. The woman about to be killed by angry men with stones. It looks like checkmate, but it is a lie, our King has another move left! (Daniel 6) God is the only King who can never be defeated. It looks like checkmate, but it is a lie, our King has another move left! They collected twelve baskets of leftovers afterwards! (John 6:1-14) God is the only King who can never be defeated.ĭaniel gets thrown into a lion’s den full of hungry lions. God is the only King who can never be defeated.Ī little boy with two fishes and a few loafs of bread, sees that thousands of people needs food. We saw no way out, but we prayed and God opened a way. Many of us have experienced situations that appeared hopeless. Just as God had provided water for the Israelites in the desert, He would also provide for them on their long trek homeward. Although they would be deported to Babylon because of their sinfulness, Isaiah prophesied that a future day of release would come when they would have to leave hurriedly. Isaiah assured the people of Judah that God always provides a way of escape. He called the curator and they determined that the title didn’t fit the scene because the forlorn-looking player actually has the ability to defeat his opponent, though he obviously doesn’t realize it. The man, who thought he was losing, was winning, because according to the pieces left on the chessboard, his king had one more move left, which would make him the winner of the game! According to him, the devil who thought he was winning, was in fact not winning. If Satan wins, he gets the man’s soul.Īccording to legend, a chess champion visited the museum once and after studying the painting, noticed that the arrangement of the chess pieces were incorrect. This painting depicts 2 chess players, one is Satan whom appears arrogantly confident, and the other player is a man who looks forlorn. It is now said to be in private hands after being sold at Christie’s in 1999. Although the king is the most important piece, it is usually the weakest piece in the game until a later phase, the endgame.Īn intriguing painting was once displayed at the Louvre art museum in France called “Checkmate”, painted by Friedrich Moritz August Retzsch. If this cannot be done, the king is said to be in checkmate, and the side that is checkmated loses. If a player’s king is threatened with capture, it is said to be in check, and the player must remove the threat of capture on the next move. The main object of the game is to trap the opponent’s king so that its escape is not possible, because when he is trapped his whole army loses. Each of the six piece types moves differently, but the King is the most important piece of all. Each player begins the game with 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. It isa two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Chess is by far my favourite board game of all.
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