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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) &mdash; 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) &mdash; 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) &mdash; The Siege Tower, or Tower for short,
    attacks like a Rook.
  li Eagle (E) &mdash; The Eagle attacks like a Knight.
  li Cardinal (C) &mdash; The Cardinal attacks like a Bishop.
  li Duke (D) &mdash; 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
  | &nbsp;on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.
Commit	Line	Data
1269441e BA	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
1d2055d9	22	option to move two spaces or be captured by en passant.
1269441e BA	23	li Pawns on either side can only promote to a queen.
1269441e BA	24	li.
1d2055d9 BA	25	One can win by bringing the king into the final rank without being check.
1d2055d9 BA	26	This situation is called "campmate".
1269441e BA	27	li Stalemate and repetition are both losses.
1269441e BA	28	li.
5fa88038	29	The King and Kaiser (Imperial King) may not face
1d2055d9	30	each other on a file or rank.
1269441e BA	31
	32	h3 Imperial Pieces
	33
	34	p.
1d2055d9 BA	35	There are five new units unique to the Empire: Siege Towers, Eagles,
1d2055d9 BA	36	Cardinals, Duke, and Soldiers. The bottom rank pieces are all stronger than
1269441e BA	37	their Kingdom counterparts with the exception of the Duke.
	38
	39	ul
	40	li.
	41	Kaiser (K) — The Imperial king is called the Kaiser and has a
1d2055d9 BA	42	different symbol, but the change is purely aesthetic and thematic:
1d2055d9 BA	43	it behave like an orthodox king.
1269441e BA	44	li.
1269441e BA	45	Soldier (S) — The Soldiers are the two pawn-like pieces replacing
1d2055d9 BA	46	the two middle pawns. They can move one square orthogonally forward,
1d2055d9 BA	47	or lateraly.
1269441e BA	48
1269441e BA	49	p.
1d2055d9	50	The remaining pieces are "divergent" pieces: they move differently
1269441e BA	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.
1d2055d9 BA	56	Siege Tower (T) — The Siege Tower, or Tower for short,
	57	attacks like a Rook.
	58	li Eagle (E) — The Eagle attacks like a Knight.
	59	li Cardinal (C) — The Cardinal attacks like a Bishop.
	60	li Duke (D) — The Duke attacks like a King.
1269441e BA	61
	62	figure
	63	img.img-center(src="/variants/Empire/EagleMoves.png")
	64	figcaption.text-center Eagle's moves (green) & captures (red).
	65
1d2055d9	66	h3 Pieces valuation
1269441e BA	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
ea3b71d9	107	//h3 More information
1269441e	108
ea3b71d9	109	//p
1269441e BA	110	\| See
	111	a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/empirechess") Empire Chess
	112	\|  on pychess-variants, where you can also play this variant.