CHESMAYNE
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Allegory
Allegory - Clementoni 6,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. J. Brueghel’s masterpiece “Allegory of Sight and
Smell” is presented here in an outstanding 6,000 piece jigsaw puzzle by Clementoni of
01 Figurative treatment of one
subject under the guise of another - a presentation of an abstract or spiritual
meaning under concrete or material forms - a story
about chess whose aim is something else.
A symbolic
narrative - an emblem - to understand in an allegorical sense - interpret
allegorically. Transposition
of a context into a pictorial representation and common as a personification. In the past and in the present it was/is
used for theological, political and mythological
motives.
02 A political allegory by Thomas
Middleton was performed at the Globe theatre in 1624 (‘A Game At Chess’).
Originally the Roman deification of virtues such as equity, hope,
courage and many others, the term in the singular (allegory) came to refer to
the expression of truths about the human experience by means of symbolic or mythic
narrative. The device is also
traditionally used by authors who wish to make political points without getting
their throats cut. Metaphors,
similes. Allegory is an attempt
to manipulate symbolic modes of expression.
Symbols erupt spontaneously from the unconscious, while allegories are
man-made substitutes. Symbolism is the
language of nature speaking to man.
Chess/Chesmayne is partly a political essay dressed up in the language of chess, but also partly a fairy-tale of the human predicament. George Orwell’s Animal farm used the
indirect device of an allegorical fable to lampoon the former
“Large
Vase of Flowers”, Auguste Renoir
03 Commentaries on the Quran
which give deeper allegorical and mystical insights are known as
‘tawil’ and were influenced by Jewish ‘midrash’ precedents which used the method of parable as
well as exegesis to bring out the meaning and intention of the text. These have included ‘
A Bible & Chess Allegory
The
Crucial Position
We go back many years, to a game which had reached its most critical
moment with White poised to win, on a day we now call ‘Good’ Friday.
It was here that Black played his infamous move, PxK... and
actually removed the White King from the board!
The Tournament Arbiter was keeping a close watch on the play - He knew
there was likely to be trouble! - and saw the grim
deed. Now although it is clear enough
to us that the White King is safe and cannot be captured, the wheels in chess
sometimes move quite slowly! Whilst
the Arbiter was deciding on the best course of action, the leader of the Black
army did all he could to protect the foul victory, even getting guards posted
around the box in which the captured King had been placed. Finally, on the
third day, the Arbiter decreed that the move was not allowable. Firstly the Rules did not (and never have) allowed the capture or removal
of a King, and secondly the guilty Black Pawn was itself making an illegal move.
The
Adjudication
So, on a day we now call Easter Sunday, the Controller put the King back onto the
board! O grave, where now is
your victory?!
In the Book which speaks of these events it is said that, because of
that day, all who have been or are in White’s army will also one day be brought
back onto the board! After which they
will be able to play FOREVER! 
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