9. Carrying fire onto the woodpile

Secrets of the Golden Roc: 18 classical compositions

13 moves

Composition 9: 抱火積薪, "Carrying fire onto the woodpile". Red to move; the printed verdict is 勝. The line is the book's printed solution, kernel-verified.

The book closes here with 勝. The verdict is exact: red now has a forced mate in 4 (engine-verified).