煮豆燃箕

煮豆燃箕。红先和。




Internal Struggle. Red to play and draw.










In the end, the first to attack will perish!

拔梯求计

拔梯求计。红先和。



Blow For Blow, an old time endgame study. Moves are few, but everyone's telling! Red to play and draw.

调虎离山

调虎离山。 红先和。




Luring away the Tiger. Red to play and draw.

长坂救主

长坂救主。红先和。




The Rescue In Changban. Red to play and draw.















假如红首着车三平四吃马又如何?


What can happen if Red plays 1.R3=4?










黑胜。Checkmate!

司马归农

司马归农。红先和。



Return to Farm. Red to play and draw.

明修栈道

明修栈道。红先胜。


Clear Construction. Red to play and win.










Checkmate.

孙庞斗智

孙庞斗智。红先和。



The Contest of Sun and Pang. Red to play and draw.

背水立寨

背水立寨。红先和。



Fortress over the current. Red to play and draw.

达摩渡江

达摩渡江。取材自“渊深海阔” 的一个残局。红先和。



Damo Crossed The River. Interesting demonstration of Red's combined attack and defence with Rooks and Cannon.

Red to play and draw!

文广征蛮

文广征蛮。红先和。


The Conquest of Wenguang. Red to play and draw.










A Rook plus Bishops and Guards can defend against the opponents's Two Rooks.

车马临门

车马临门。红先和。


"Here Come the Coaches". Red to play and draw.














A case of Pawn protected by Knight, which in turn protected by Bishop, and Bishop protected by King!

托梁换柱

托梁换柱。取自 “渊深海阔” 的一个残局。


Red to play and draw.











With Red Knight protecting the Pawn, Bishop protecting the Knight, Black's Rook can make no further progress.

残局摆一个月

棋艺爱好者 “test2002” 在一个象棋网站发帖，摆了一个残局，说要摆一个月，看谁能破?



A Xiangqi enthusiast named “test2002” has put up an endgame in a popular website in Guangdong, China, challenging anyone to solve it completely within a month!













There is danger for Red, as 盼盼 pointed out in the following variation:












Checkmate!



Using computer software, 望雪飞舞 got the following moves:












Not good enough, test2002 pointed out, since the Red soldier on the 3rd file can get across the river and attack.

陈桥兵变

陈桥兵变，红先胜。



The Chenqiao Revolt. Red to play and win.










炮马双将杀。Double checkmate.

两仙传道

“两仙传道”，红先和。

Two Saints Preaching. Red to play and draw, fascinating endgame study. From the Zhu Xiang Zhai collection.

埋尘断剑

竹香斋残局“埋尘断剑”，红先和!

Red to play and draw! That's almost impossible. Let's have a try..

三老五更

“三老五更”，竹香斋象戏谱的一个残局。红先和。

A practical and interesting Pawns and Rook ending, from 竹香斋 Zhu Xiang Zhai collection of endgame studies. Red to play and draw.

三战吕布

二路炮或是三路炮? 这是问题.


This one or that one? That is the question.



三战吕布 (Three Against Lu Bu)

Red wins.

 1. 炮二进六  车６平８    2. 帅五平六  炮９进７
 3. 炮三退二  炮９进２    4. 车一退三  卒６平５
 5. 相三进五  卒４进１    6. 相五进三  车８平６
 7. 炮三平二  车６平８    8. 车一平四  车８平９
 9. 相三退一  车９平７   10. 炮二平一  车７平８
11. 炮一平三  车８平５   12. 车四进八  车５平８
13. 兵五平六  将４平５   14. 车四平五  将５平６
15. 车五退七  车８进７   16. 车五平四  将６平５
17. 车四平八  将５平６   18. 兵六平五  (红胜)

红如走三路炮则输棋 ！

Had Red first played the 3rd file Cannon, the outcome will be a disaster. How? Let's see the moves indicated by the masters....










Black wins.

 1. 炮三进六  车６平７    2. 炮二进六  车７进９
 3. 相一退三  卒５进１    4. 帅五平六  卒５平４
 5. 帅六平五  后卒平５    6. 车一平五  卒４进１
    (黑胜)

三打祝家庄

三打祝家庄 (Trice Attacks)

Draw.

  1. 炮四退八  象５退７    2. 车二平三  将５进１
  3. 后车平五  卒４平５    4. 车三平七  后卒平４
  5. 炮三平五  卒５平６    6. 帅六平五  卒４进１
  7. 车七退三  卒２平３    8. 车七平五  将５平４
  9. 炮五平六  卒４平５   10. 车五退五  卒６平５
 11. 帅五进一  前卒平８   12. 炮六退四  卒８平７
 13. 炮六平一  卒３平４   14. 帅五平四  将４平５
 15. 炮一进一  卒４进１   16. 兵一平二  卒７平６
 17. 兵二平三  卒９进１   18. 兵三平四  卒９进１
 19. 炮一平三  卒９平８   20. 兵四平五  卒８平７
 21. 炮三平一  卒７平６   22. 帅四平五  后卒平５
 23. 炮一进一  卒６平５   24. 帅五平六  卒４平３
 25. 炮一平二  后卒平４   26. 炮二平一  卒５平４
 27. 帅六平五  后卒平５   28. 炮一平二  卒５进１
 29. 帅五平四  卒４进１   30. 炮二退一  卒４平５
 31. 炮二平五  卒５进１   32. 帅四平五  (和)

如下图, 黑有另一变化 :


Another line of play on move 14. .... for Black is quite interesting.













Draw.

  14. ....     卒７平６    15. 炮一进一    卒４进１  
  16. 帅四平五  卒９进１    17. 兵一平二    卒９进１  
  18. 炮一退一  卒９平８    19. 兵二平三    卒８平７  
  20. 兵三平四  卒７平６    21. 兵四平五    后卒平５  
  22. 兵五平六  卒５进１    23. 帅五平六    卒４平３  
  24. 炮一进三  卒６进１    25. 炮一平五    卒６平５  
  26. 炮五退二  卒５进１    27. 帅六平五    (和)

在棋海遨游

"残 局 endgame" 是我的系列博客之一, 很喜欢和大家见面, 在浩荡的棋海中遨游, 亦快意也 !


In this new blog it will be a pleasure to navigate in the immense oceans of the Endgame.




橘中秘 （残棋） 第三局 双车难破马炮士相全


Two Rooks cannot win against Knight Cannon and the 2 Bishops and Guards

Draw.

Comment: Change Red's Knight into Cannon, the outcome will also be a draw.



1. 炮六平七 （和）



又局，士角马换一炮，亦同法和。


+ + + +



橘中秘 （残棋） 第四局 双车难破车炮双士


Two Rooks cannot win against Rook Cannon and 2 Guards











Draw.


1. 车四平一 (和)