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2 | Two different armies: Persians versus Spartians.
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4p.
5 The Black side represents the Spartans and the White the Persians.
6 The Persians pawns and pieces follow the rules of orthodox chess.
7 The Spartans have two Kings and with the exception of their Kings,
8 every Spartan playing piece moves in a non-orthodox fashion.
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11 .diagram
12 | fen:lgkcckwl/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR:
13 figcaption Initial deterministic position.
14
15p Approximative correspondances
16table
17 tr
18 th White
19 th Black
20 tr
21 td Rook
22 td Captain (on d8 and e8)
23 tr
24 td Bishop
25 td Lieutenant (on a8 and h8)
26 tr
27 td King
28 td Kings (on c8 and f8)
29 tr
30 td Pawn
31 td Hoplite
32p.
33 Queen and Knights don't have counterparts on black side, but,
34 the General on b8 and the Warlord on g8 are strong pieces.
35
36h3 Movements of black pieces
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38ul
39 li.
40 Hoplite (Pawn) = Berolina pawn, with an extra option on its initial rank:
41 it can jump over an obstacle for the 2-squares advance.
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45 It can also move horizontally by one square, without capturing.
46 li General = Rook + King
47 li Warlord = Bishop + Knight
48
49h3 Some details
50
51p The game essentially follow usual chess rules, with a few exceptions:
52ul
53 li.
54 A black (Spartian) King can go or remain under check, and even be captured,
55 as long as another king is still on the board.
56 li.
57 White (Persians) win either if only one checkmated black king remains,
58 or, if they can checkmate both kings at the same time.
59 li.
60 Pawns promote in a piece of their army. Hoplite can additionally
61 be promoted into King if only one remains.
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63p No en passant captures, and Black cannot castle.
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65h3 More information
66
67p
68 | See the
69 a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/spartan-chess")
70 | chessvariants page
71 | .
72
73p Inventor: Steven Streetman (2010)