Question: can a queen act like a knight in chess

Answer: No, In Russia for a long time the queen could also move like a knight; some players disapproved of this ability to ``gallop like the horse'' (knight). The book A History of Chess by H.J.R. Murray, page 384, says that William Coxe who was in Russia in 1772 saw chess played with the queen also moving like a knight. Such an augmented queen piece is now known as the fairy chess piece amazon.