I love this poster.

The single, solitary pawn, moving away from safety in order to win something worthwhile.  You know what’s going to happen, if you’re at all familiar with chess.  The pawn is going to be captured. It is going to be taken out of competition, left out far away from the playing field, removed from home, security, friends. 

But the king is going to be saved.

When checkmate is called, this little pawn is going to be on the sidelines, watching from afar, knowing that it was her sacrifice that enabled the game to be won.  She left, sacrificed herself, was taken captive and imprisoned, only to silently turn and watch the king win.

I hope she whispers the words I would do it all over again.