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Chess:
The pinned knight is caught defending his faith; he is immobile but not powerless while still in the game. Each pawn and piece serves to attack and defend in different ways. The knight does so in somewhat indirect ways. The knight is the only attacker who alone forces the enemy to take the knight or move his own king to evade check; the check presented by a knight cannot be blocked. It is one of the weakest pieces in the game, and it aids in victory only when coupled with other forces and while in the hands of a master. A knight (or a bishop) and king alone cannot win a game of chess. Any amateur can win a game when he has a queen or a rook coupled with his king, but to win a game with a bishop and knight takes a higher level of skill. Sometimes, I feel like a pinned knight, directly in the line of fire from an enemy piece, immobile while protecting the King Himself or another useful servant piece.

Culture:
The knight generally carries weaponry and armor just as a believer must take the sword of the spirit and put on the armor of God.  However, in an alternate light, among the weaponry a knight would carry is a sword. Swords are powerful when wielded by a disciplined, diligent study of swordplay; the old adage stands true especially in today’s time, “The pen is mightier than the sword.”