Info on a old fantasy book

July 14, 2009 7:17 PM

Does anyone know the name of this book.I was 14 in 1977 and I read a book that had a black army and a white army that was based on chess pieces. I think the main character was a white pawn named Pawn, he was was trying to sneak into the black armys castle and was killed about 2/3rds into the story by a black chess piece, the book ended with a big battle between the two armies. The book may have been between 60-100 pages and may have been a young readers book written in the 1950s or 60s. I would appreciate any help in locating info on this.
posted by Ron Ducz to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

Is this you? If not, is it any of those answers?
posted by turgid dahlia at 12:36 AM on July 15, 2009

of the answers on the google link:

it's not squares of the city,

and Chess-dream in a Garden
seems to be between red and white
not red and black
posted by compound eye at 5:47 AM on July 15, 2009