Giraffe (chess)

An icon for the giraffe used in diagrams

The giraffe is a fairy chess piece that moves like an elongated knight.^[1] It can jump four squares horizontally and one square vertically or four squares vertically and one square horizontally, regardless of intervening pieces; thus, it is a (1,4)-leaper.^[1]

Movement[]

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i
9										9
8										8
7										7
6										6
5										5
4										4
3										3
2										2
1										1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i

Moves of the giraffe

History and nomenclature[]

The giraffe is a very old piece, appearing in some early chess variants such as Grande Acedrex.^[2]

See also[]

• Camel (chess)
• Zebra (chess)

References[]

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