Amazon (chess)
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The amazon, also known as the queen+knight compound or the dragon, is a fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight. It may thus be considered the sum of all orthodox chess pieces other than the king (because it cannot castle and does not know when it is under threat via the check rule) and the pawn (because it cannot practice en passant). The amazon can force checkmate on an enemy king without the help of any other friendly piece.
Chess moves in this article use A as notation for the amazon.
Movement
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8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 8 | |||||||
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The amazon's movement combines those of the queen and the knight. Thus, it may move to any square on the same rank, file, or diagonal without jumping, or it may move to any of the nearest squares not on the same rank, file, or diagonal.
History
The amazon is one of the most simply described fairy chess pieces and as such has a long history and has gone by many names.
The amazon is best known for its appearance in the chess variant Maharajah and the Sepoys, where it is the maharajah. It is royal and White's only piece.
Value
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The amazon's value is estimated to be 12 or 13 points in the
In the
Symbol
Both white and black symbols for the amazon were added to version 12 of the
🩎 U+1FA4E WHITE CHESS KNIGHT-QUEEN
🩑 U+1FA51 BLACK CHESS KNIGHT-QUEEN
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "The Piececlopedia: Amazon". www.chessvariants.com. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- ISBN 0-9524142-0-1
- ^ [1] Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ [2] Archived 2013-09-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ "Superqueen – Green Chess".
Bibliography
- Piececlopedia: Amazon by Hans Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho, The Chess Variant Pages
- Endgame statistics with fantasy pieces by Dave McCooey, The Chess Variant Pages
- Amazon Chess by Hans Bodlaender, The Chess Variant Pages
- Factors that Contribute to Piece Values by Ralph Betza, The Chess Variant Pages