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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. Kingdom pawns
  23     retain the ability to move two spaces initially and to be captured via
  24     en passant.
  25   li Pawns on either side can only promote to a queen.
  26   li.
  27     An additional method of victory is available: called campmate.
  28     Campmate is achieved by moving one's king into the final rank
  29     without being check.
  30   li Stalemate and repetition are both losses.
  31   li.
  32     Facing kings &mdash; The King and Kaiser (Imperial King) may not face
  33     each other on a file or rank, similar to Xiangqi.
  34
  35 h3 Imperial Pieces
  36
  37 p.
  38   There are five new units unique to the Empire: 2 Siege Towers, 2 Eagles,
  39   2 Cardinals, 1 Duke, and 2 Soldiers. The bottom rank are all stronger than
  40   their Kingdom counterparts with the exception of the Duke.
  41
  42 ul
  43   li.
  44     Kaiser (K) &mdash; The Imperial king is called the Kaiser and has a
  45     different symbol, but is essentially the same as the Kingdom's King,
  46     also using the same abbreviation (K) &mdash; the change is purely
  47     aesthetic and thematic.
  48   li.
  49     Soldier (S) &mdash; The Soldiers are the two pawn-like pieces replacing
  50     the two middle pawns. These act like promoted soldiers in Xiangqi and
  51     can move one square orthogonally in any direction except backwards.
  52
  53 p.
  54   The remaining pieces are divergent pieces, pieces that move differently
  55   than they attack (such as pawns). Imperial pieces all move as queens,
  56   but attack like their Kingdom counterpart except for the Duke.
  57
  58 ul
  59   li.
  60     Siege Tower (T) &mdash; The Siege Tower, or Tower for short, moves like a
  61     Queen but attacks like a Rook.
  62   li Eagle (E) &mdash; The Eagle moves like a Queen but attacks like a Knight.
  63   li.
  64     Cardinal (C) &mdash; The Cardinal moves like a Queen
  65     but attacks like a Bishop.
  66   li Duke (D) &mdash; The Duke moves like a Queen but attacks like a King.
  67
  68 figure
  69   img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/EagleMoves.png")
  70   figcaption.text-center Eagle's moves (green) & captures (red).
  71
  72 h3 Piece valuation
  73
  74 p The following simplified values are used by the bot:
  75
  76 table
  77   tr
  78     th Kingdom piece
  79     th Value
  80     th Imperial piece
  81     th Value
  82   tr
  83     td Pawn
  84     td 1
  85     td Pawn
  86     td 1
  87   tr
  88     td Queen
  89     td 9
  90     td Duke
  91     td 4
  92   tr
  93     td Bishop
  94     td 3
  95     td Cardinal
  96     td 4
  97   tr
  98     td Knight
  99     td 3
 100     td Eagle
 101     td 7
 102   tr
 103     td Rook
 104     td 5
 105     td Siege Tower
 106     td 7
 107   tr
 108     td Soldier
 109     td 2
 110     td -
 111     td -
 112
 113 h3 More information
 114
 115 p
 116   | See
 117   a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/empirechess") Empire Chess
 118   | &nbsp;on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.