The knight (♘, ♞) is a piece in the game of chess, represented by a horse's head and neck. It may move two squares vertically and one square horizontally or two squares horizontally and one square vertically, jumping over other pieces. Each player starts the game with two knights on the b- and g-files, each located between a rook and a bishop
Two steps. 2...1...
As an anon in another post noted in the Q post the "knights" are guarding the king. While in the Biden one it's the king in check.
The knight is colloquially sometimes referred to as a "horse",
Great post, again, Supra! After reading the comments, you must be onto something!
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knights also move 2 spaces and 1 (L shaped).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_(chess)
Two steps. 2...1...
As an anon in another post noted in the Q post the "knights" are guarding the king. While in the Biden one it's the king in check.
And knights in unicode.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_symbols_in_Unicode
The first thing that popped into my mind on the chess Knight:
The knight moves over three squares, two and then 1, or vice versa. Three literal steps, if a person is playing the knight in a game of "live" chess.
"Oh won't you give me three steps, gimme three steps, mister
Gimme three steps towards the door?
Gimme three steps, gimme three steps, mister
And you'll never see-a me no more
For sure"
https://genius.com/Lynyrd-skynyrd-gimme-three-steps-lyrics
It would make a good comm.