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Season 1, episode 3 of "The Wire" has a pretty inciteful scene featuring Chess as a metaphor for the criminal life ("Pawns get capped early."): https://www.you

Season 1, episode 3 of "The Wire" has a pretty inciteful scene featuring Chess as a metaphor for the criminal life ("Pawns get capped early."): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztc7o0NzFrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztc7o0NzFrE

SubiculumCode 8y ago
As much as I love the Wire, it should have mentioned that collectively pawns are the most powerful. A good pawn structure controls the center and the game.
- gowld 8y ago
  ... if they don't get capped early. In a less-positional game, the players are going to capture pawns to build an edge, not attack the queen immediately.
  - V-2 8y ago
    The objective is to attack the king, not the queen.