Some ways in which life is like being a chess pawn

Your moves are severely limited by the system you are born into. You can only do so much.

You don’t win, the king does. You can’t win, the king can.

Sometimes you can become powerful, but it takes a lot of work and is frankly out of your control.

You have a role, and you are sacrificed for those more powerful, in the name of fighting for your “side”.