Ban Jieyu Stands Before the Bear 婕妤当熊
✓ Engine-verifiedBook result: Red winsMate in 13江湖百局秘谱
📚 Jianghu Baiju Mipu — one hundred selected street (jianghu) positions, Qing dynasty
A xiangqi study from 江湖百局秘谱 第45局. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Advisor ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×3; Black forces: King, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn ×5. the classical books record: Red wins. Engine-verified — the winning side mates in 13 along the main line below.
✓ Engine-verified — The Fairy-Stockfish engine (NNUE) confirms Red checkmates in 13 moves — the main line was checked move by move, every move legal. Date checked: 2026-11-03.
- Source
- 江湖百局秘谱 第45局
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- ✓ Engine-verified
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Advisor ×2, Chariot ×2, Cannon ×2, Pawn ×3
- Black forces
- King, Chariot, Cannon, Pawn ×5
- FEN
3k5/4P4/1P1r5/4pP3/6C2/6C2/6R2/2pA1A1p1/3K1pRc1/5p3 w
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- 1.Red Cannon 6,4→3,4Black Chariot 3,2→3,4
- 2.Red Cannon 6,5→3,5Black Chariot 3,4→6,4
- 3.Red Chariot 6,6→2,6Black Pawn 2,7→2,8
- 4.Red Chariot 2,6→2,8Black Pawn 5,8→6,8
- 5.Red King 3,8→3,9Black Cannon 7,8→7,9
- 6.Red King 3,9→3,8Black Cannon 7,9→7,8
- 7.Red King 3,8→3,9Black Pawn 5,9→4,9
- 8.Red King 3,9→4,9Black Cannon 7,8→2,8
- 9.Red Pawn 1,2→2,2Black Chariot 6,4→4,4
- 10.Red Advisor 5,7→4,8Black Chariot 4,4→4,8
- 11.Red Advisor 3,7→4,8Black Cannon 2,8→2,4
- 12.Red Pawn 2,2→3,2Black Cannon 2,4→3,4
- 13.Red Pawn 3,2→3,1