Three Orders, Then Beheading the Concubines 三令斩姬
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 8淵深海闊
📚 Yuanshen Haikua — a Qing-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 淵深海闊 第306局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot, Pawn; Black forces: King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 8 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 8 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 淵深海闊 第306局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot, Pawn
- Black forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn
- FEN
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- 1.Red Chariot 7,9→7,0Black King 5,0→5,1
- 2.Red Horse 5,3→7,2Black King 5,1→5,2
- 3.Red Horse 7,2→8,4Black Pawn 3,8→4,8
- 4.Red Advisor 5,9→4,8Black Chariot 0,8→4,8
- 5.Red King 4,9→4,8Black Cannon 0,9→7,9
- 6.Red Horse 8,4→6,3Black Cannon 7,9→7,1
- 7.Red Chariot 7,0→7,1Black Advisor 4,1→5,0
- 8.Red Chariot 7,1→7,2