Knight (chess) king); in descriptive chess notation, "Kt" is sometimes used instead, mainly in older literature. In chess problems and endgame studies, the letter "S", standing for the German name for the piece, "Springer", is often used (and in some variants of fairy chess "N" is used for the popular fairy chess piece, the nightrider). Even among sets of the standard Staunton pattern, the style of the pieces varies. The knights vary considerably. Here are some examples. The knight, along with the king and the rook, has the oldest defined movement of any chess piece, its movement being unchanged since the invention
Horse culture in Mongolia together and neither would be lonely. So the first horsehead fiddle was assembled, with horse bones as its neck, horsehair strings, horse skin covering its wooden soundbox, and its scroll carved into the shape of a horse head. Horses are common characters in Mongolian folklore. The frequently recurring motif of the young foal who becomes separated from his family and must make his way in the world alone is a type of story that has been described as endemic to Mongolian culture. The horse also figures prominently in song. In 1934, Haslund wrote, "Of forty-two Mongolian songs which I noted