📚 Jianghu Baiju Mipu — one hundred selected street (jianghu) positions, Qing dynasty
Red to move. Red is a whole Rook up: two Rooks, a Knight, two Cannons, two Pawns and both Elephants, against Black's one Rook, two Cannons, three Pawns and one Elephant. And yet the jianghu collection Giang Hồ Bách Cục Bí Phổ (No. 16) concludes: draw — a verdict that makes many readers rub their eyes. This position has not been verified by engine; the result follows the old book. The name is the tale of Võ Tùng's 'drunken' fight: drinking his way through more than ten taverns, staggering up to challenge the giant wrestler Tưởng Môn Thần — precisely when he was most dangerous, with the Ngọc Hoàn steps and Uyên Ương kicks of 'Water Margin'. The story is told in this page's Anecdotes section. In your view, what 'drunken trick' does Black have to hold off an opponent a whole Rook ahead?
'The drunker, the better he fights': Wu Song drank through ten taverns on his way to… a fight
Before a duel with a giant wrestler, Wu Song did something perverse: he walked the road, and at every tavern flying a wine sign, he stopped and drank three bowls. Past more than ten taverns he staggered to the place — and that was exactly when he was most dangerous. His opponent was Jiang Menshen,…
Stories around this position — storytelling, not part of the engine-verified content.
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