12. Valor to eclipse the age

Secrets of the Golden Roc: 18 classical compositions

13 moves

Composition 12: 英畧盖世, "Valor to eclipse the age". Red to move; the printed verdict is 勝. The line is the book's printed solution, kernel-verified.

The block prints 車五平四 here, but red's only chariot stands on the second file: a worn numeral. 車二平四 is the unique legal reading, and the rest of the printed line follows from it.

Checkmate on the board, exactly as the book's 勝 claims.