Swiftly Executing Wen Chou 疾诛文丑
⚖ DisputedBook result: Red wins淵深海闊
📚 Yuanshen Haikua — a Qing-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 淵深海闊 第217局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Horse, Chariot, Cannon ×2; Black forces: King, Advisor ×2, Elephant, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×2. the classical books record: Red wins. This study's result is disputed between the classical books and engine verification.
⚖ Disputed — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) overturns the classical book's result: Black checkmates Red in 7 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 淵深海闊 第217局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ⚖ Disputed
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Horse, Chariot, Cannon ×2
- Black forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Elephant, Horse, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×2
- FEN
2bk4C/2N1a1C2/5a3/9/7r1/1R7/2n6/9/3pr1p2/c4K3 w
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- 1.Red Chariot 1,5→3,5Black Horse 2,6→3,4
- 2.Red Chariot 3,5→3,4Black Chariot 7,4→3,4
- 3.Red Horse 2,1→4,0Black Advisor 4,1→5,0
- 4.Red Horse 4,0→3,2Black King 3,0→3,1
- 5.Red Cannon 8,0→8,1Black King 3,1→3,2
- 6.Red Cannon 6,1→6,2Black Elephant 2,0→4,2
- 7.Red Cannon 6,2→6,1Black Chariot 3,4→5,4