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What point value would you assign to the Amazon?

I've seen a lot of people assigning thirteen points to it, which makes enough sense - three points for the knight's movement up from a queen, and an extra point for the mobility and space control. But I honestly think it deserves fourteen. It controls absolutely everything in a two-square radius. It can force checkmate on a king without the assistance of another piece- a king usually has a knight's move to escape to, but that's not present here. It can hop over defenses and get out earlier in the opening as a knight would, and it can even royal fork while still acting as a queen. The only drawback of it is avoiding bad trades, since it's so much better than a queen, but with its ability to hop it can't even get trapped with this principle so easily like a queen can.
Lol. Actually according to the standard chess piece values Queen =9 and Knight = 3 . So the total material value would be 12.
Although I don't understand the concept of Amazon cause you can move only one piece at a time (per move) either the pony or the Queen.
since this piece can do many more things bc its a knight and a queen, i think its piece value should be 15+ because it can move to any square within a 5 by 5 radius. The knight can jump around and the queen is just good because its the queen
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