Eyes Watching the Rushing Torrent 目视横流

✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 3適情雅趣

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Puzzle 13 of Thích Tình Nhã Thú packs a two-layer sacrifice into just three moves. The first Red chariot storms in with check and is taken by an elephant; immediately the Red pawn steps up to the general, checks, and is captured by the general himself. The two consecutive offers drag Black's defence out of position, and the remaining chariot delivers the decisive mate. Black starts with two chariots but never gets to use them. A neat lesson in 'sacrifice first, mate second', and in using a pawn as bait right next to the enemy general.

✓ Engine-verified — Two independent source transcriptions agree character for character; the Pikafish engine confirms Red checkmates in 3 moves.

Source: 適情雅趣第13局
Book result: Red wins
Verification: ✓ Engine-verified
Side to move: Red to move
Difficulty: Easy
Red forces: King, Horse, Chariot ×2, Pawn ×2
Black forces: King, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot ×2, Pawn
FEN: 4k4/3P2P2/b2N2R2/7r1/2b6/9/9/3n5/4p3r/2R2K3 w
Transcribed from: GitHub · kuiba1949/xiangqi-toolsGitHub · yingwang/chinese_chess_mobile

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Solution

1.Red Chariot 6,2→4,2Black Elephant 2,4→4,2
2.Red Pawn 3,1→4,1Black King 4,0→4,1
3.Red Chariot 2,9→2,1

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