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The Marshal is a Rook/Knight compound piece, and is known by many different names in different variants. Some common alternative names are ^[1] Empress and particularly Chancellor.

Movement

The Marshal slides any number of squares along ranks or files, or it makes a (2,1) leap.

History

The Marshal appears in many chess variants, dating back at least to the 17th century. It is perhaps best known as the Chancellor in Capablanca Chess and its derivatives.

1. ↑ http://www.chessvariants.org/piececlopedia.dir/rook-knight.html