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  | Two different armies: Persians versus Spartians.

p.
  The Black side represents the Spartans and the White the Persians.
  The Persians pawns and pieces follow the rules of orthodox chess.
  The Spartans have two Kings and with the exception of their Kings,
  every Spartan playing piece moves in a non-orthodox fashion.

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  figcaption Initial deterministic position.

p Approximative correspondances
table
  tr
    th White
    th Black
  tr
    td Rook
    td Captain (on d8 and e8)
  tr
    td Bishop
    td Lieutenant (on a8 and h8)
  tr
    td King
    td Kings (on c8 and f8)
  tr
    td Pawn
    td Hoplite
p.
  Queen and Knights don't have counterparts on black side, but,
  the General on b8 and the Warlord on g8 are strong pieces.

h3 Movements of black pieces

ul
  li.
    Hoplite (Pawn) = Berolina pawn, with an extra option on its initial rank:
    it can jump over an obstacle for the 2-squares advance.
  li Captain = Rook limited to 2 squares maximum, but which can jump.
  li.
    Lieutenant = Bishop limted to two squares maximum (potential jump).
    It can also move horizontally by one square, without capturing.
  li General = Rook + King
  li Warlord = Bishop + Knight

h3 Some details

p The game essentially follow usual chess rules, with a few exceptions:
ul
  li.
    A black (Spartian) King can go or remain under check, and even be captured,
    as long as another king is still on the board.
  li.
    White (Persians) win either if only one checkmated black king remains,
    or, if they can checkmate both kings at the same time.
  li.
    Pawns promote in a piece of their army. Hoplite can additionally
    be promoted into King if only one remains.

p No en passant captures, and Black cannot castle.

h3 More information

p
  | See the 
  a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/rules/spartan-chess")
    | chessvariants page
  | .

p Inventor: Steven Streetman (2010)