Four Bandits Capture the King 四寇擒王
📖 As recorded in the classical booksBook result: Red wins百局象棋谱
📚 Baiju Xiangqi Pu — one hundred selected positions, Qing dynasty
A xiangqi study from 百局象棋谱（亦见百局精编）. Red to move to move — Red forces: King, Elephant, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×5; Black forces: King, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot ×2, Pawn ×3. the classical books record: Red wins. Not yet engine-verified; the result is as recorded in the classical books.
- Source
- 百局象棋谱（亦见百局精编）
- Book result
- Red wins
- Verification
- 📖 As recorded in the classical books
- Side to move
- Red to move
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Red forces
- King, Elephant, Chariot ×2, Cannon, Pawn ×5
- Black forces
- King, Elephant ×2, Horse, Chariot ×2, Pawn ×3
- FEN
2P1rk1P1/3P2P2/4b4/2p3P2/6b2/8R/4p3R/4n3C/3p1r3/4K1B2 w- Transcribed from
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