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Amazon. (Updated!) Can move as queen or as knight.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
David Paulowich wrote on Sat, May 28, 2005 10:53 PM UTC:
Two hundred years ago chess players in rural Russia would substitute amazons for the two queens. In my Zillions of Games file for King's Leap Chess, I included an game called Old Russian Chess (not exactly based on history) - with amazons (Q+N) replacing queens and a King's Leap replacing castling. The game I chose to name 'King's Leap Chess' substitutes chancellors (R+N) for the a-file rooks. So it is reasonable to consider games where one player has the Amazon force and the other player has the Chancellor force.