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amazon

Fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight

EntityQ647433

Also known as queen-knight compound · elephant · superqueen · amazon (chess) · chess amazon

Subclass of: fairy chess piece
, major piece

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The amazon, also known as the queen+knight compound or sometimes the dragon or the superqueen, 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 and the pawn. The amazon can force checkmate on an enemy king without the help of any other friendly piece.

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Based on: queen
knight
Named after: Amazons
Different from: Amazon

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Freebase ID/m/0k98z_d

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