Tripper (chess) piece by itself is severely compromised by its being only being able to reach an eighteenth of the squares on any size of chessboard; combining it with other pieces usually masks this weakness to some extent. Tripper (chess) A tripper is a fairy chess piece that jumps three squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediate piece. Below, it is given the symbol G from Betza notation. The tripper by itself is not much more powerful than a pawn, but as an additional power to other pieces it is worth slightly less than half a knight. This slightly reduced value is due
That Only a Mother one of the best science fiction short stories before the creation of the Nebula Awards. As such, it was published in "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964". Jonathan Strahan has emphasized how uncommon it was at the time for science fiction to provide a woman's perspective, but nonetheless calls the story dated, saying that the passage of decades has changed it from "a chilling and timely piece of science fiction" to "an important but not particularly moving historical footnote." That Only a Mother "That Only a Mother" is a science fiction short story by American writer Judith