Cherishing the Worthy, Gifting a Horse 爱贤赠马
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 13淵深海闊
📚 Yuanshen Haikua — a Qing-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 淵深海闊 第221局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Advisor, Elephant, Horse ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×2; Black forces: King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 13 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 13 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 淵深海闊 第221局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Advisor, Elephant, Horse ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×2
- Black forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn
- FEN
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- 1.Red Chariot 2,9→2,1Black King 3,1→3,0
- 2.Red Cannon 0,9→3,9Black King 3,0→4,0
- 3.Red Chariot 2,1→4,1Black Advisor 3,2→4,1
- 4.Red Pawn 5,1→4,1Black King 4,0→3,0
- 5.Red Horse 2,0→3,2Black Cannon 1,1→3,1
- 6.Red Horse 3,2→1,3Black Cannon 3,1→1,1
- 7.Red Horse 1,3→3,4Black Cannon 1,1→3,1
- 8.Red Horse 3,4→4,2Black Cannon 3,1→2,1
- 9.Red Horse 4,2→3,4Black Cannon 2,1→3,1
- 10.Red Horse 3,4→2,6Black Cannon 3,1→1,1
- 11.Red Horse 2,6→3,8Black Cannon 1,1→3,1
- 12.Red Horse 3,8→5,9Black Cannon 3,1→7,1
- 13.Red Chariot 6,9→6,0