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
Piece by Piece (Kelly Clarkson album) Zaleski wrote in her review that, for Clarkson, "the album's music doesn't play to her strengths," further adding that "the record could also stand to be a little less conventional, especially since Clarkson is the rare pop star who sounds most comfortable when she's not playing it safe." Praising the songs "Nostalgic" and "Take You High", Zaleski wrote that ""Piece By Piece" sounds energized during these looser moments", saying "it's hard to shake the feeling the album would've been far better had it taken a few more risks". Jim Farber of the "New York Daily News" gave the record a