Finding the Road to the Azure Clouds 青云得路
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 7夢入神機
📚 Mengru Shenji — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual
A xiangqi study from 夢入神機 第33局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn ×2; Black forces: King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Horse ×2, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn ×4. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 7 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 7 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 夢入神機 第33局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn ×2
- Black forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Elephant ×2, Horse ×2, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn ×4
- FEN
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- 1.Red Chariot 6,2→6,0Black Chariot 7,0→6,0
- 2.Red Cannon 8,3→2,3Black Pawn 4,8→3,8
- 3.Red King 3,9→3,8Black Pawn 5,8→4,8
- 4.Red King 3,8→3,7Black Advisor 4,1→3,2
- 5.Red Cannon 2,3→2,0Black Advisor 3,0→4,1
- 6.Red Pawn 5,1→4,1Black Advisor 3,2→4,1
- 7.Red Pawn 3,1→3,0