1. The horse leaps Tan Creek

Secrets of the Golden Roc: 18 classical compositions

37 moves

Composition 1 of 金鵬秘訣象棋局, "Secrets of the Golden Roc": a Qing dynasty woodblock manual of xiangqi endgame compositions, keyed from the Bavarian State Library copy (public domain, shelfmark L.sin. L 59). 馬跳澶溪, "The horse leaps Tan Creek". Red to move; the printed verdict is 勝. Eve…

A rank-ten check forced the elephant block, and the chariot takes the blocker at once.

The book closes here with 勝. The verdict is exact: red now has a forced mate in 2 (engine-verified).