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The Piececlopedia is intended as a scholarly reference concerning the history and naming conventions of pieces used in Chess variants. But it is not a set of standards concerning what you must call pieces in newly invented games.

Piececlopedia: Crowned Knight

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Historical Notes

The Crowned Knight combines the moves of the King and Knight. This piece probably dates from the Middle Ages. It is known under many names -- Fairy Chess composers often refer to it as the Centaur, a name that is unfortunately also used for the Cardinal.

The Crowned Knight is a popular piece, used in many games, under many names, including:

Movement

The Crowned Knight combines the movement of the Ferz, Wazir and Knight; that is it may either step one square in any direction (like a King), or leap like a Knight. The Crowned Knight is not a royal piece. The Crowned Knight captures the same way as it moves.

Movement diagram

Crowned Knight move

In the diagram the Crowned Knight can leap like a Knight to the squares with marked with white circles, or step to the squares marked with black circles.

This is an item in the Piececlopedia: an overview of different (fairy) chess pieces.
Written by Sergey Sirotkin (edited by Peter Aronson).
WWW page created: October 1st, 2001.