Twin Thunders Shake Again 双雷重震
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 12韬略元机
📚 Taolue Yuanji — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 韬略元机 第158局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Elephant, Chariot, Cannon ×2, Pawn; Black forces: King, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×2. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 12 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 12 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 韬略元机 第158局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Elephant, Chariot, Cannon ×2, Pawn
- Black forces
- King, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×2
- FEN
2b2k3/4P2n1/c3b4/9/9/9/p1p4CC/8R/1rr6/2B1K4 w- Transcribed from
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- 1.Red Chariot 8,7→5,7Black Horse 7,1→5,2
- 2.Red Cannon 7,6→5,6Black Horse 5,2→6,4
- 3.Red Cannon 5,6→3,6Black Horse 6,4→5,2
- 4.Red Cannon 8,6→5,6Black Horse 5,2→4,4
- 5.Red Cannon 5,6→2,6Black Horse 4,4→5,2
- 6.Red Cannon 3,6→5,6Black Horse 5,2→6,4
- 7.Red Cannon 5,6→0,6Black Horse 6,4→5,2
- 8.Red Cannon 2,6→5,6Black Horse 5,2→6,4
- 9.Red Cannon 5,6→1,6Black Horse 6,4→5,2
- 10.Red Chariot 5,7→5,2Black Cannon 0,2→5,2
- 11.Red Cannon 0,6→0,0Black Elephant 2,0→0,2
- 12.Red Cannon 1,6→1,0