Also, the bishop was considered next in line from the reigning king and queen in medieval Europe. Although they aren't really there to "protect," they stand in the front row. When discussing Muslim culture and chess, I claimed a connection between the time's warrior ethos and chess. These are in a process of continuous transformation with the modification of one of the 3 lines of the Trigrams. We often hear that chess is useful in other phases of life. I really didn't write this article for the purpose of explaining the rules. Thus, it emphasized the king's actions and made it "chic" for a king to master these skills (or delegate them out). However, what we can do is play. Everyone who knows a little something about the game of chess will notice that the chessmen are uniquely named. The king is the most important piece of the set and must be protected. For this reason, chess is used to solve problems that confront all logicians. The game is based on this premise that a monarchy will be destroyed when a king is destroyed. We also know that, in its beginnings, the game of chess was part of the strategy of war and was therefore applied to the Kshatriya (warrior caste). When closely examined, the chess board actually resembles a battlefield. If you play chess, then you would know the pieces: King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, and Pawn. Life is governed by rules, not ones that the government or private entities set, but those that govern our lives on an elemental level. At the same time, if your queen is destroyed, then you lose this advantage in the game. The knights can move in an L-shape. To make life have any value, I need to have agency over me, and nothing else. The bishop stands close to the king and queen because it represents the church which many royal courts held near and dear to their hearts. Then comes the "Middlegame." The warrior's chess is a game of simultaneously alluding and baiting the enemy. With so few answers, philosophers have looked to chess as a model for life. The Endgame rushes to conclusion as a series of events breaks down one of the player's games. There must be an end to what comes in existence for entropy has only one known direction to move in, there are forces we can’t alter and numerous laws that we can’t break. 2500. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc or its affiliates. This applies to more than just relationships, whenever life hits me down, I try not to hold the random forces of nature accountable; it wasn’t my move to make, and at the bottom of heart I know that I wouldn’t have it any other way.