A Shoal of Fish Finds Water 群鱼得水
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 5夢入神機
📚 Mengru Shenji — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 夢入神機 第44局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Advisor ×2, Elephant, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×2; Black forces: King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×3. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 5 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 5 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 夢入神機 第44局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Elephant, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×2
- Black forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×3
- FEN
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- 1.Red Chariot 0,0→2,0Black Horse 2,2→3,0
- 2.Red Chariot 2,0→3,0Black King 4,0→3,0
- 3.Red Chariot 3,6→3,2Black Advisor 4,1→3,2
- 4.Red Cannon 1,5→3,5Black Advisor 3,2→4,1
- 5.Red Horse 1,3→3,2