📚 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?
「酔えば酔うほど強く戦う」――武松は決闘の道すがら十軒の酒場で飲んだ
巨漢のレスラーとの決闘の前、武松は常識に逆らうことをした。道を歩き、酒の看板を掲げた酒場の前では必ず止まって三碗飲んだ。十軒を超える酒場を過ぎ、ふらつきながら場所にたどり着いた――そしてそれこそが、彼が最も危険な瞬間だった。 相手は史恩の酒場「快活林」を奪ったレスラー、蒋門神である。武松は彼を挑発しながら到着し、ふらついて去るふりをし、くるりと振り返って打った。玉環歩と鴛鴦脚――『水滸伝』に明確に書かれた技の名であり、後に「酔拳」の代名詞となった。蒋門神は跪いて命乞いをした。武松の条件はこうだ。史恩に土下座して謝り、酒場を返し、その夜のうちに孟州を去ること。この話「酔って蒋門神を打つ」は『水滸…
Stories around this position — storytelling, not part of the engine-verified content.
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