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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.
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  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, but which can jump.
  43   li.
  44     Lieutenant = Bishop limted to two squares maximum (potential jump).
  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)