📖 As recorded in the classical booksBook result: Draw心武残编
📚 Xinwu Canbian — a Ming-dynasty endgame manual
Red to move, under visible pressure: five Black pawns have flooded deep into Red's half, backed by two chariots and a pair of elephants, while Red has only two chariots, two cannons and three pawns to resist. Yet Tâm Võ Tàn Biên concludes this position is a draw — an ending that calls for composure rather than strength. The name comes from a military tale recorded in Thế Thuyết Tân Ngữ: his army parched on the march, Cao Cao pointed ahead and lied that a plum grove lay just beyond — and his soldiers' mouths watered at the thought, carrying them onward to real water. That “kind lie” is retold just below. And you — pressed this hard, how long could you hold the draw?