(King) Grandmaster Elhazard

Lore
However, chess was ultimately different from true warfare. Both sides rarely started evenly matched and, most importantly, each piece was unique. Through the objective in both was the capture the "king", Elhazard was far stronger than any other pawn on the battlefield. No matter how great his losses were, he saw to it that he himself would never be defeated.

Acquisition
See Grandmaster Elhazard.

Name origin
Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain.

In chess, the king is the most important piece. The object of the game is to trap the opponent's king so that its escape is not possible - checkmate. Although the king is the most important piece, it is usually the weakest piece in the game until a later phase, the endgame.