amazon (noun) — sense 2

A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.

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Example
In Triple-guard promotion chess (GPJ) a pawn newly triple-guarded by pieces other than pawns promotes to the combined value of the guarding pieces. Thus after b3 in the opening position a3 promotes to amazon, R+B+N, from triple guard by Ra1, Nb1, Bc1.
Order number
2
Part of speech
noun

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