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| 2 | | Two different armies: Persians versus Spartians. | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | p. | |
| 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. | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | figure.diagram-container | |
| 11 | .diagram | |
| 12 | | fen:lgkcckwl/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR: | |
| 13 | figcaption Initial deterministic position. | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | p Approximative correspondances | |
| 16 | table | |
| 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 | |
| 32 | p. | |
| 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 | ||
| 36 | h3 Movements of black pieces | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | ul | |
| 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. | |
| 42 | li Captain = Rook limited to 2 squares maximum. | |
| 43 | li. | |
| 44 | Lieutenant = Bishop limted to two squares maximum. | |
| 45 | It can also move horizontally by one square, without capturing. | |
| 46 | li General = Rook + King | |
| 47 | li Warlord = Bishop + Knight | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | h3 Some details | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | p The game essentially follow usual chess rules, with a few exceptions: | |
| 52 | ul | |
| 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. | |
| 62 | ||
| 63 | p No en passant captures, and Black cannot castle. | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | h3 More information | |
| 66 | ||
| 67 | p | |
| 68 | | See the | |
| 69 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/spartan-chess") | |
| 70 | | chessvariants page | |
| 71 | | . | |
| 72 | ||
| 73 | p Inventor: Steven Streetman (2010) |