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p.boxed
  | 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.

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram
    | fen:lgkcckwl/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR:
  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)
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	1	p.boxed
	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, 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)