Kirin (chess) Kirin (chess) A kirin is a fairy chess piece that moves as a ferz or a dabbaba. In notation, it is given the symbol FD. In this article, the kirin is represented by an inverted knight. The kirin is also known as giraffe ( ). The kirin appears under this name (Japanese: 麒麟, "kirin") in the 14th-century Japanese game of chu shogi, and also in many other shogi variants. It appears in Ralph Betza's Chess on a Really Big Board. It is approximately equal to a knight in value. Two kirins can force checkmate on a bare king without the
We Don't Want the Bacon (What We Want is a Piece of the Rhine) We Don't Want the Bacon (What We Want is a Piece of the Rhine) "We Don't Want the Bacon (What We Want is a Piece of the Rhine)" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Lyrics and music were written by "Kid" Howard Carr, Harry Russell, and Jimmie Havens. The song was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. of New York City. On the cover is a soldier tearing through a large piece of bacon with his bayonet. A fearful-looking Kaiser Wilhelm is standing on the bacon. It was written for voice and piano. The song was