Traveling a Thousand Li Alone 千里独行

📖 As recorded in the classical booksBook result: Draw百局象棋谱

📚 Baiju Xiangqi Pu — one hundred selected positions, Qing dynasty

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Red to move. One Rook and two Pawns travel alone: Red's single Rook, the strongest piece on the board, with one Pawn already deep inside Black's territory — against a Knight, four Pawns and an Advisor–Elephant guard. Three classical manuals record the position, and all three conclude: draw. The mighty rook cannot round up a herd of pawns sheltered behind a solid defence and a knight's watch. Thiên Lý Độc Hành — 'travelling alone for a thousand miles', in Trúc Hương Trai named Trượng Sách Độc Hành, 'leaning on a staff, walking alone' — is the most knight-errant of the Four Great Jianghu Compositions, found in Bách Cục Tượng Kỳ Phổ and Tâm Võ Tàn Biên. It has not been verified by engine; the result follows the old books. The story is in this page's Anecdotes section. If the rook is the strongest piece, why does its thousand-mile journey end with nothing?

📖 Anecdotes

千里を独り行く――孤独な英雄の残局

車が一枚。兵が三枚。そして古典の棋譜によれば、古人が勝利のように大切にした引き分けに終わる千里の旅。「千里独行(千里を独り行く)」は、江湖四大名局の中で最も侠客の気風を漂わせる一局です。 手の込んだ他の三局と違い、本作は古人が実際の対局の残局から仕立てたもので、その息づかいは驚くほど「本物」です。古い棋譜はこれを別々の名で記録し、その名が物語を語ります。『心武残編』では「単槍趙雲(槍一筋の趙雲)」――長坂で幼い主君を救うため包囲に単騎で突入した趙雲を思わせます。『竹香斎』では「策杖独行(杖にすがり独り行く)」。後世の人々は関羽の「千里単騎行」――関所を越え将を斬って進んだ一人一馬の旅――とも…

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趙雲、槍を手に――一人の男が長坂の包囲に突入する

一人の男、一本の槍、腕の中に幼い主君――そして周りは大軍。『心武残編』はこの残局に「単槍趙雲(槍一筋の趙雲)」という第二の名を与えました。三国志で最も有名な単独救出劇にちなむ名です。しかしその趙雲は、伝説の趙雲でしょうか、それとも史実の趙雲でしょうか? 『三国志演義』(第41回)では、救出は純然たる劇場です。趙雲は曹操軍を七度も出入りし、糜夫人は足手まといにならぬよう井戸に身を投げ、丘の上から眺める曹操は、生け捕りにしたいがために弓兵に射ることを禁じます。 陳寿の『三国志』は一息に穏やかに語ります。趙雲は幼い主君を懐に抱き、甘夫人を守り、全員がたどり着いた、と。七度の突入も井戸もありません…

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Stories around this position — storytelling, not part of the engine-verified content.

Source
百局象棋谱(亦见心武残编、竹香斋)
Book result
Draw
Verification
📖 As recorded in the classical books
Side to move
Red to move
Difficulty
Hard
Red forces
King, Chariot, Pawn ×2
Black forces
King, Advisor, Elephant, Horse, Pawn ×4
FEN
4k4/9/3aP3b/p8/9/6n2/2P3p2/4R4/3p1p3/4K4 w
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