Chess piece middle game, endings). A for example, is worth half a pawn. In specific circumstances, the values may be quite different: A knight can be more valuable than a queen in a particular decisive attack. Courier Chess, a predecessor of modern chess, used all six chess pieces plus a courier, man (or rath or sage), and jester. Although the symbols for pieces have international standards, the characters implied by pieces' names vary between languages. For example, in many languages, the piece known in English as the "knight" is named a term that translates to "horse". Chess piece A chess piece, or
Piece by Piece (Kelly Clarkson album) Zaleski wrote in her review that, for Clarkson, "the album's music doesn't play to her strengths," further adding that "the record could also stand to be a little less conventional, especially since Clarkson is the rare pop star who sounds most comfortable when she's not playing it safe." Praising the songs "Nostalgic" and "Take You High", Zaleski wrote that ""Piece By Piece" sounds energized during these looser moments", saying "it's hard to shake the feeling the album would've been far better had it taken a few more risks". Jim Farber of the "New York Daily News" gave the record a