p.boxed | The player in first has a different set of pieces, | moving generally like a queen but capturing (almost) as usual. figure img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/Board.png") figcaption.text-center Initial deterministic setup. p. Empire Chess is a chess variant designed in 2020 by Couch Tomato, the third asymmetric game. This game pits the army of the "Empire" (gold) against the original chess army (the "Kingdom", black). The Empire's unique feature is that its pieces move like queens but attack differently. h3 General Rules ol li The Empire (gold) always moves first. li The Empire cannot castle. li. As the Empire's pawns start on the third rank, they do not have the option to move two spaces or be captured by en passant. li Pawns on either side can only promote to a queen. li. One can win by bringing the king into the final rank without being check. This situation is called "campmate". li Stalemate and repetition are both losses. li. The King and Kaiser (Imperial King) may not face each other on a file or rank. h3 Imperial Pieces p. There are five new units unique to the Empire: Siege Towers, Eagles, Cardinals, Duke, and Soldiers. The bottom rank pieces are all stronger than their Kingdom counterparts with the exception of the Duke. ul li. Kaiser (K) — The Imperial king is called the Kaiser and has a different symbol, but the change is purely aesthetic and thematic: it behave like an orthodox king. li. Soldier (S) — The Soldiers are the two pawn-like pieces replacing the two middle pawns. They can move one square orthogonally forward, or lateraly. p. The remaining pieces are "divergent" pieces: they move differently than they attack (such as pawns). Imperial pieces all move as queens, but attack like their Kingdom counterpart except for the Duke. ul li. Siege Tower (T) — The Siege Tower, or Tower for short, attacks like a Rook. li Eagle (E) — The Eagle attacks like a Knight. li Cardinal (C) — The Cardinal attacks like a Bishop. li Duke (D) — The Duke attacks like a King. figure img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/EagleMoves.png") figcaption.text-center Eagle's moves (green) & captures (red). h3 Pieces valuation p The following simplified values are used by the bot: table tr th Kingdom piece th Value th Imperial piece th Value tr td Pawn td 1 td Pawn td 1 tr td Queen td 9 td Duke td 4 tr td Bishop td 3 td Cardinal td 4 tr td Knight td 3 td Eagle td 7 tr td Rook td 5 td Siege Tower td 7 tr td Soldier td 2 td - td - //h3 More information //p | See a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/empirechess") Empire Chess |  on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.