Hmm well I'm a major chess player.. have been since I was like eleven and my dad got my playing lol, and so heres my two cents:
-The king isn't really even a player. The opponent's king is the prize which you seek, and your own king is the treasure which you guard. So the black king I would argue is Lelouch's Geass, and the white king is the Brittanian Empire?
-The Queen is the most valuable and powerful piece. Black Queen = Lelouch, White Queen = ... I don't think we've yet to see the most powerful of the Brittanians, but I have a feeling Prince Shunaizeru or however you spell it will be important. Or the emperor himself, although I find that man so annoying that I really don't want to give him that much credit =_=;
-The Knight is a fairly valuable piece. About equal with the bishop and a bit less so than the rook. I think black knight = Kallen and white knight = Suzaku. And then there are two more for each side but eh I dunno. Its still early in the series.
-The Bishop. It's common in chess to save your bishops until the end, since they're sort of useless when the board is still very crowded. I think Lelouch is taking it for granted that C.C. is on his side, and in the end I just have this weird feeling that she's gonna pull the rug out from under him. In any case, she's a bishop, for which side I'm not sure.
-The rook is associated with trapping, when in pairs, and when on its own, charging. I can't really think of anyone to fit this description so far. Cornelia maybe?
So ehh I dunno, but I think with this metaphor its important to be familiar with the actual purposes of all the pieces. Just because Lelouch is a boy doesn't make him more like a king than a queen. Chess has nothing to do with gender ^_^
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-The king isn't really even a player. The opponent's king is the prize which you seek, and your own king is the treasure which you guard. So the black king I would argue is Lelouch's Geass, and the white king is the Brittanian Empire?
-The Queen is the most valuable and powerful piece. Black Queen = Lelouch, White Queen = ... I don't think we've yet to see the most powerful of the Brittanians, but I have a feeling Prince Shunaizeru or however you spell it will be important. Or the emperor himself, although I find that man so annoying that I really don't want to give him that much credit =_=;
-The Knight is a fairly valuable piece. About equal with the bishop and a bit less so than the rook. I think black knight = Kallen and white knight = Suzaku. And then there are two more for each side but eh I dunno. Its still early in the series.
-The Bishop. It's common in chess to save your bishops until the end, since they're sort of useless when the board is still very crowded. I think Lelouch is taking it for granted that C.C. is on his side, and in the end I just have this weird feeling that she's gonna pull the rug out from under him. In any case, she's a bishop, for which side I'm not sure.
-The rook is associated with trapping, when in pairs, and when on its own, charging. I can't really think of anyone to fit this description so far. Cornelia maybe?
So ehh I dunno, but I think with this metaphor its important to be familiar with the actual purposes of all the pieces. Just because Lelouch is a boy doesn't make him more like a king than a queen. Chess has nothing to do with gender ^_^