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   1 p.boxed
   2   | The player in first has a different set of pieces,
   3   | moving generally like a queen but capturing (almost) as usual.
   4
   5 figure
   6   img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/Board.png")
   7   figcaption.text-center Initial deterministic setup.
   8
   9 p.
  10   Empire Chess is a chess variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato, the third
  11   asymmetric game. This game pits the army of the "Empire" (gold) against the
  12   original chess army (the "Kingdom", black). The Empire's unique feature is
  13   that its pieces move like queens but attack differently.
  14
  15 h3 General Rules
  16
  17 ol
  18   li The Empire (gold) always moves first.
  19   li The Empire cannot castle.
  20   li.
  21     As the Empire's pawns start on the third rank, they do not have the
  22     option to move two spaces or be captured by en passant.
  23   li Pawns on either side can only promote to a queen.
  24   li.
  25     One can win by bringing the king into the final rank without being check.
  26     This situation is called "campmate".
  27   li Stalemate and repetition are both losses.
  28   li.
  29     Facing kings &mdash; The King and Kaiser (Imperial King) may not face
  30     each other on a file or rank.
  31
  32 h3 Imperial Pieces
  33
  34 p.
  35   There are five new units unique to the Empire: Siege Towers, Eagles,
  36   Cardinals, Duke, and Soldiers. The bottom rank pieces are all stronger than
  37   their Kingdom counterparts with the exception of the Duke.
  38
  39 ul
  40   li.
  41     Kaiser (K) &mdash; The Imperial king is called the Kaiser and has a
  42     different symbol, but the change is purely aesthetic and thematic:
  43     it behave like an orthodox king.
  44   li.
  45     Soldier (S) &mdash; The Soldiers are the two pawn-like pieces replacing
  46     the two middle pawns. They can move one square orthogonally forward,
  47     or lateraly.
  48
  49 p.
  50   The remaining pieces are "divergent" pieces: they move differently
  51   than they attack (such as pawns). Imperial pieces all move as queens,
  52   but attack like their Kingdom counterpart except for the Duke.
  53
  54 ul
  55   li.
  56     Siege Tower (T) &mdash; The Siege Tower, or Tower for short,
  57     attacks like a Rook.
  58   li Eagle (E) &mdash; The Eagle attacks like a Knight.
  59   li Cardinal (C) &mdash; The Cardinal attacks like a Bishop.
  60   li Duke (D) &mdash; The Duke attacks like a King.
  61
  62 figure
  63   img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/EagleMoves.png")
  64   figcaption.text-center Eagle's moves (green) & captures (red).
  65
  66 h3 Pieces valuation
  67
  68 p The following simplified values are used by the bot:
  69
  70 table
  71   tr
  72     th Kingdom piece
  73     th Value
  74     th Imperial piece
  75     th Value
  76   tr
  77     td Pawn
  78     td 1
  79     td Pawn
  80     td 1
  81   tr
  82     td Queen
  83     td 9
  84     td Duke
  85     td 4
  86   tr
  87     td Bishop
  88     td 3
  89     td Cardinal
  90     td 4
  91   tr
  92     td Knight
  93     td 3
  94     td Eagle
  95     td 7
  96   tr
  97     td Rook
  98     td 5
  99     td Siege Tower
 100     td 7
 101   tr
 102     td Soldier
 103     td 2
 104     td -
 105     td -
 106
 107 h3 More information
 108
 109 p
 110   | See
 111   a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/empirechess") Empire Chess
 112   | &nbsp;on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.