Cutting Off the Beard, Casting Away the Robe 割须弃袍

📖 As recorded in the classical booksBook result: Red wins爛柯神機

📚 Lanke Shenji — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual

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Red to move, and Lạn Kha Thần Cơ awards Red the win — but do not celebrate early: Red's palace stands bare, no advisor, no elephant, while Black keeps both elephants, two knights and more pieces overall. Red fields two chariots against one, plus knight, cannon and three pawns; one careless moment in the hunt and Red's own king becomes the prey. The position has not been machine-verified; the result follows the classical book. The name is the most humiliating moment of Cao Cao's life — as told in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (chapter 58, Tong Pass, 211): hunted down at full gallop by Ma Chao, Cao Cao had to cut off his legendary beard and throw away his red robe to escape. How the age's most feared hunter became the hunted is told below. On this board the roles are reversed: Red does the hunting. Can you finish the pursuit?

📖 Anecdotes

‘긴 수염이 조조다!’ — 그리고 전설의 그 수염은 말 위에서 잘려 나갔다

평생 깊은 계략으로 남들을 달아나게 만들던 조조에게도, 도망치기 위해 제 수염을 잘라야 했던 날이 있었다. 『삼국연의』 제58회, 211년 동관 전투에서 그날 그를 쫓은 이는 마초였다. 마초가 전장에 대고 외쳤다. “붉은 옷을 입은 자가 조조다!” 조조는 즉시 붉은 옷을 찢어 버렸다. 마초가 다시 외쳤다. “긴 수염이 조조다!” 조조는 칼을 뽑아 말 위에서 긴 수염을 짧게 베어 냈다. 세 번째 외침이 올랐다. “짧은 수염이 조조다!” 그는 깃발 한쪽을 찢어 턱 전체를 감쌌다. 마초가 따라붙어 창을 찌르자 조조는 큰 나무 뒤로…

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Source
爛柯神機(无局号)
Book result
Red wins
Verification
📖 As recorded in the classical books
Side to move
Red to move
Difficulty
Hard
Red forces
King, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×3
Black forces
King, Elephant ×2, Horse ×2, Chariot, Pawn ×3
FEN
2b6/2P1nk3/4b2R1/1n7/N2P1P3/9/R8/3p1K3/4pp3/C7r w
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