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✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 14江湖百局秘谱
📚 Jianghu Baiju Mipu — one hundred selected street (jianghu) positions, Qing dynasty
A xiangqi study from 江湖百局秘谱 第81局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×2; Black forces: King, Elephant, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 14 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 14 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-02.
- Source
- 江湖百局秘谱 第81局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Red forces
- King, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×2
- Black forces
- King, Elephant, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn
- FEN
3k2b2/4P4/4P4/9/9/8R/8R/7CC/3r1p2c/4K4 w
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- 1.Red Cannon 7,7→7,0Black Elephant 6,0→8,2
- 2.Red Pawn 4,1→4,0Black King 3,0→4,0
- 3.Red Chariot 8,6→4,6Black King 4,0→3,0
- 4.Red Cannon 8,7→3,7Black Chariot 3,8→3,7
- 5.Red Cannon 7,0→7,9Black Pawn 5,8→5,9
- 6.Red King 4,9→5,9Black Cannon 8,8→8,9
- 7.Red Chariot 8,5→8,9Black Chariot 3,7→6,7
- 8.Red Cannon 7,9→7,8Black Chariot 6,7→5,7
- 9.Red King 5,9→4,9Black Chariot 5,7→3,7
- 10.Red Pawn 4,2→4,1Black Elephant 8,2→6,0
- 11.Red Cannon 7,8→7,9Black Chariot 3,7→3,5
- 12.Red Chariot 8,9→8,0Black Chariot 3,5→5,5
- 13.Red Chariot 8,0→6,0Black Chariot 5,5→5,0
- 14.Red Chariot 6,0→5,0