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Princess (chess)
Fairy chess piece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The princess is a fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight. It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a bishop but may do so when moving as a knight. The piece has acquired many names and is frequently called an archbishop or a cardinal;[lower-alpha 1] it may also simply be called the bishop+knight compound.
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Chess moves in this article use A as notation for the princess.