Beans Crackling in a Cold Pot 冷锅豆炸
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 7韬略元机
📚 Taolue Yuanji — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 韬略元机 第141局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Advisor ×2, Horse, Cannon ×2, Pawn; Black forces: King, Advisor ×2, Horse ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 7 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 7 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 韬略元机 第141局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Horse, Cannon ×2, Pawn
- Black forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Horse ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn
- FEN
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- 1.Red Horse 0,3→1,1Black King 3,0→3,1
- 2.Red Cannon 0,5→0,1Black Horse 2,2→0,1
- 3.Red Horse 1,1→3,2Black King 3,1→3,2
- 4.Red Cannon 3,3→3,8Black King 3,2→4,2
- 5.Red Pawn 5,3→4,3Black King 4,2→5,2
- 6.Red Cannon 3,8→5,8Black Cannon 5,7→8,7
- 7.Red Advisor 4,8→5,7