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
The Piece of String But one day, news came out that someone lost his wallet. Quickly, Maitre Malandain accused Maitre Hauchecome of stealing the wallet, and the town believed that Maitre Hauchecome was rich, but Maitre Hauchecome was not. The town of Goderville still did not believe Maitre Hauchecome was innocent, even though someone already returned the wallet. Maitre Hauchecome died disgusted, accused and lonely.in 1886 The Piece of String "The Piece of String" () is an 1883 short story by Guy de Maupassant. It is included in the short story collection "Miss Harriet". In Goderville, there lived two former friends, Maitre Hauchecome and