Holds · Seven Stars Shine Bright

What the solver found: an exact audit of the classical manuals

54 moves

Seven Stars Shine Bright (七星曜彩) — Deep as the Sea (渊深海阔, 1808), no. 1 Neither side forces mate. The most famous position in the literature, and the claim holds. The mainline is the book’s solution; a branch, where there is one, is what the solver found. Record from dpxq.com.