1960 · Hu Ronghua, aged fifteen

Every Xiangqi Champion

156 moves

Shanghai against Guangdong, and the handover between them. Round three: Hu is fifteen, in his first national tournament, with Black against the reigning champion, the man the sport called 第一国手, the first hand of the nation. He is a horse and an elephant ahead by move 43, Yang win…

inaccuracy: 7.2 win% given up, eval -0.74 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

inaccuracy: 7.7 win% given up, eval +0.39 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

inaccuracy: 5.3 win% given up, eval -0.19 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

inaccuracy: 5.8 win% given up, eval -0.73 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

mistake: 10.9 win% given up, eval -1.59 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

Great: the only move that punishes the error before it, and every alternative is at least a mistake worse.

Brilliant: a piece (cannon) offered and not recovered, worth 4.5, confirmed along the engine's own line.

mistake: 14.1 win% given up, eval -0.81 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

mistake: 13.6 win% given up, eval -2.43 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

inaccuracy: 6.2 win% given up, eval -2.09 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.

mistake: 12.4 win% given up, eval -0.95 after. The engine wanted the line in the sibling branch.