Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-1916997-20180317013846/@comment-25926288-20180319083249

No. I think coincidence is simply coincidence. They picked the “white knight” in shining armor thingy, mostly due the phrase, I’m sure. Plus, they were pretty limited as Bishop, King, Queen makes no sense and Pawn is demeaning, so they really only had Knight and Rook to work with.