Amazon (chess) Amazon (chess) An amazon (also known as a queen+knight compound) is a fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight (or, equivalently, like a rook, bishop, or knight). It may thus be considered the sum of all orthodox chess pieces (not including pawns, nor the royal powers of a king). It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a queen, but may do so when moving as a knight. In diagrams in this article, the amazon is represented by an inverted rook. Chess moves in this article use A as notation for the amazon. The
Shogi notation A piece that promotes is indicated with 成 following the piece's character, such as ７三桂成 (N-73+). If a piece does not promote, this is indicated with 不成 following the piece's character, such as ７三桂不成 (N-73=). There is an alternate symbol for unpromotion: 生 is sometimes used instead of 不成. Unlike western notation, numbering Japanese game records is not obligatory. Although players' moves often aren't numbered, shogi moves are always counted per player's move. This is commonly seen in checkmate problems where a "3-move" ３手 checkmate problem would mean a move sequence of black-white-black. This is unlike western chess which counts