SPARTAN CHESS
Rules of FIDE chess, except:
Start with 30 pawns and 2 kings each (at d1e1/d8e8)
Goal: capture both opponent kings.
1222... progressive mutator. The two moves in a turn must be made with different pieces.
If one king is captured, the victim goes down to 1 move per turn.
Pawns may move 2 steps off 1st or 2nd row at any time, e.p. applies.
Whenever a piece makes a capture, it goes UP a step in power,
using the sequence P>N>B>R>Q>A(=QN). 8th-rank pawns promote to A.
Game sample:
White Black
p . p k k p . p 1. --- d:e5 d:e5 g:f4
. p p p p p . . 2. e:f4 e:d5 e:d5 N:d3
. . . . . p . b 3. g:h5 a:b5 a:b5 g:h5
. . N . . p p . 4. b:c5 c:d3 b:c5 n:f4
. n n . . O . . 5. N:f4 c:d5 c:d4 h5
. O K O O O O O 6. a4 c4 N:f4 Nd4
. . . . . . . O 7. g:f4 e3 N:a4 N:b3
. . O . K O O O 8. a:b3 N:h5 B:b3 g6
---------------- 9. B:g6 a2 h:g6 Rb6
10. c3 f4 N:h4 a4
11. b:a4 Kc2 Rb4 Bg5
12. b3 g3 Bh6 b5
13. Nc5 d3 b7 g6
14. a3 f3 a5 g5
15. a:b4 Kc3 a:b4 b:c4
This is a very enjoyable game, with lots of capturing action starting at turn 1, and then shifting to subtle positional battles in order to promote to Amazons (Queen + Knight power). The fact that each player has two Kings also add an extra complexity of trying to protect both for as long as possible.
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