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
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