In medieval chess, as an attempt to make the pieces more interesting, each pawn was given the name of a commoner’s occupation:[5]
Gambler and other “lowlifes”, also messengers (in the left-most file, that direction being literally sinister)
City guard or policeman (in front of the left-side knight, as knights trained city guards in real life)[6]
Innkeeper (in front of the left-side bishop)
Doctor (in front of the queen)
Merchant/money changer (in front of the king)
Weaver/clerk (in front of the right-side bishop, as they worked for bishops)
Blacksmith (in front of the right-side knight, as they cared for the horses)
Worker/farmer (in front of the right-side rook, as they worked for castles)[7]
The most famous example of this is found in the second book ever printed in the English language, The Game and Playe of the Chesse. Purportedly, this book, printed by William Caxton,[8] was viewed to be as much a political commentary on society as a chess book.[7]
(relevant section from Wikipedia: )
This man likes Es and he doesn’t care who knows it!
I wish that I had Chesse’s girl
Chesse paint your pictures
About how it’s gonna be
By now I should know better
Your queen is never free
So tell me about your little
Gambit on file c
Chesse you can always sell
En passant to me
Gameeee
Uhhhhhggggghhhh medieval marketing is the worst!