Chesspiece

Sacrifice 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.

The Queen, for instance, is termed the " strongest," or the ** most powerful" of the chesspieces

This tower [Torre de Belem] resembling an oversized chesspiece is another architectural wonder of the same era