This endgame puzzle, shared by a xiangqi fan recently, has invited enthusiastic discussion on Facebook. The author of this puzzle is Mr Shen Zhiyi（沈志奕）from Zhejiang PRC (Thanks to Mr Lawrence Tan for sharing his collection of the original publication of … Continue reading
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In general, it is harder to compose a drawn endgame puzzle. My inspiration for this one came from watching a stake game played between two national players. … Continue reading
Converting a GM’s Endgame into a Puzzle The composition of this miniature puzzle is inspired by the endgame in the match between Grand Master Liu DaHua（柳大华）and Master Wang BingGuo（王秉国）. Red to move and win. It’s not difficult, but be aware … Continue reading
While editing the games on the “2HC Checkmate Routine” page, a sudden inspiration helped me to compose this endgame puzzle. … Continue reading
Recently I bought a pocket-size xiangqi book 《妙破残局》. It is a collection of some 130 brilliant endgames compiled by Fu Baosheng(傅宝胜)and Zhu Zhaoyi(朱兆毅). In the left diagram below is game #16 from the book. Red wins with a stunning Smothered … Continue reading