I've actually thought of the same thing, though necessarily less precise because I suck at chess. XD;
Black King is Lelouch. Besides the coincidental imagery for it, the comparison fits too well with Lelouch's chess philosophy : If the king doesn't move, his subjects won't follow. While he's also the non-pilot weak person of the group, he goes wherever his troops go. (Makes me think Lelouch would have little use for castling as a principle.) And besides, the King is a fairy decent piece late-game, and when the game is late enough in CG's world...we know what happened to Clovis. Lelouch's ideas about what the king does in a game seems different enough from tradition. He's not the 'most powerful piece', but he represents the player. And once he's caught, it's all over. Black Queen is probably Kallen. She seems to be the only one who's quite happy with their Seigi no Mikata role, as it were, and probably the one who agrees with him most as a person and not as a leader/grand strategist. Besides, there's the Guren Nishiki. I have a feeling that reporter guy could be a Black Knight---not that I have seen 10, but using the media (as Lelouch seems fond of) seems rather unconventional to me. The rest...er, when they appear, I guess. The Kyoto cast could be the bishops, maybe...
White is easier and more problematic. King...I'm having trouble deciding if it's supposed to be the Emperor or if they're going to double one on us and throw forth Schneizel as Lelouch's One True Enemy. 2nd prince does seem to have his fingers in a lot of buckets. In either case, for the moment... Queen, I'd put Cornelia. She's the most powerful player we have right now, with the biggest range of options. Besides, doesn't her personality just scream QUEEN? Suzaku could be...hmm, I haven't the slightest. His 'piece' is powerful, but Suzaku's movement options are really, really limited. His connection to Euphemia is probably important, but since I have no idea what part she's going to play... Jeremiah and Viletta are great comparisons, though.
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Black King is Lelouch. Besides the coincidental imagery for it, the comparison fits too well with Lelouch's chess philosophy : If the king doesn't move, his subjects won't follow. While he's also the non-pilot weak person of the group, he goes wherever his troops go. (Makes me think Lelouch would have little use for castling as a principle.) And besides, the King is a fairy decent piece late-game, and when the game is late enough in CG's world...we know what happened to Clovis. Lelouch's ideas about what the king does in a game seems different enough from tradition. He's not the 'most powerful piece', but he represents the player. And once he's caught, it's all over.
Black Queen is probably Kallen. She seems to be the only one who's quite happy with their Seigi no Mikata role, as it were, and probably the one who agrees with him most as a person and not as a leader/grand strategist. Besides, there's the Guren Nishiki.
I have a feeling that reporter guy could be a Black Knight---not that I have seen 10, but using the media (as Lelouch seems fond of) seems rather unconventional to me.
The rest...er, when they appear, I guess. The Kyoto cast could be the bishops, maybe...
White is easier and more problematic. King...I'm having trouble deciding if it's supposed to be the Emperor or if they're going to double one on us and throw forth Schneizel as Lelouch's One True Enemy. 2nd prince does seem to have his fingers in a lot of buckets. In either case, for the moment... Queen, I'd put Cornelia. She's the most powerful player we have right now, with the biggest range of options. Besides, doesn't her personality just scream QUEEN? Suzaku could be...hmm, I haven't the slightest. His 'piece' is powerful, but Suzaku's movement options are really, really limited. His connection to Euphemia is probably important, but since I have no idea what part she's going to play...
Jeremiah and Viletta are great comparisons, though.