2000, Rick Wallach - Myth, legend, dust: critical responses to Cormac McCarthySacrifice is one of the essential metaphors of the Trilogy, and here, the sacrifice of the chesspiece foreshadows that John Grady will later give his life in avenging the death of the woman he loves.
2008, Franklin Knowles Young - Chess Strategetics Illustrated The Queen, for instance, is termed the " strongest," or the ** most powerful" of the chesspieces
