Should there be a piece better than the queen?

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VenturaHeras

I was thinking about different chess variations and how there could possibly be a piece that combines the knight and the queen’s abilities into one piece. Should chess.com make an overpowered piece? Let me know! 

EnCrossiantIsBrilliant

there is a piece like that. It is called an amazon. you can get to it by going to 4 player and variants, then scroll to custom and click it. click custom position and it is there

EnCrossiantIsBrilliant

I mean edit position not custom position

ChessMasteryOfficial

Introducing an even stronger piece could overshadow other tactical elements of the game, like pawn structure, positional play and the value of different piece sacrifices, since this overpowered piece could break through defenses far more easily than a traditional queen.

VenturaHeras
AMagirlcom wrote:

there is a piece like that. It is called an amazon. you can get to it by going to 4 player and variants, then scroll to custom and click it. click custom position and it is there

Nice, didn't know they had it!

VenturaHeras
ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:

Introducing an even stronger piece could overshadow other tactical elements of the game, like pawn structure, positional play and the value of different piece sacrifices, since this overpowered piece could break through defenses far more easily than a traditional queen.

True, but in this scenario, the overpowered piece would introduce a whole other tactical way to play chess! Maybe even in a bullet/blitz scenario, where pawn structures can get annoying.

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