I'm not joking, but everyone who knows that author is religious person, gonna guess that it's probably about devil's temptation :) The more ordinary explanation is about fight with old enemy...but isn't the Evil the old enemy of Good?
Anyway, pawn and chess makes me thinking about Bergman's movie ''Det Sjunde inseglet'', where the main character is playing chess with Death. Maybe it's the right way?
I'm not joking, but everyone who knows that author is religious person, gonna guess that it's probably about devil's temptation :) The more ordinary explanation is about fight with old enemy...but isn't the Evil the old enemy of Good? Anyway, pawn and chess makes me thinking about Bergman's movie ''Det Sjunde inseglet'', where the main character is playing chess with Death. Maybe it's the right way?