Checkmate in 5 moves

第五局 Puzzle No.5














Checkmate.

  1. 炮六进六  士５进４    2. 炮六平九  士６进５
  3. 兵四平五  前卒平３    4. 炮九进一  象１退３
  5. 兵八平七  (红胜)

Checkmates in 5

第三局. Puzzle No.3

Checkmate.

  1. 车三进四  将６退１    2. 车三平四  将６进１
  3. 车五进四  将６退１    4. 车五平四  将６进１
  5. 炮九平四  (红胜)

第四局. Puzzle No.4













Checkmate.

  1. 马六进四  将５平６    2. 车六进七  士５退４
  3. 炮九平四  马７退６    4. 炮五平四  车１平６
  5. 炮四进三  (红胜)

Starting with puzzle No. 1 and No.2

Starting with puzzle No.1 and No.2



今天我们发表第一局和第二局。五步杀棋！ 精妙，自己试试吧，首先不要看答案。





Puzzle No.1

Checkmate.

 1. 车九平六  马５进４    2. 兵五平六  将４进１
 3. 马九进七  将４退１    4. 马七进八  将４进１
 5. 兵四平五  (红胜)

++++



Puzzle No.2

I remember I shown this to John, he solved it without much difficulty.












Checkmate.

 1. 马二退四  车１平６    2. 车二进八  车６进１
 3. 车二平六  士４进５    4. 炮九平五  卒６平５
 5. 车六进一  (红胜)

++++

Do something now

For a long time I have not posted anything here, let do something now.

有一段时间，我没有在这里写点东西，似乎浪费宝贵资源了。

Foreword

"五指山枰" 的英文 "前言".

Chess of the Wuzhi Mountain

Foreword


Chinese Chess is a most treasured jewel in the crown of the traditional Chinese culture. It has the power to entertain, to increase people's knowledge, opening the mind, and it can also give disciplining training in the way of our thinking. For all these reasons, it is much welcome and taken by heart by men and women, young and old, since time immemorial.

Now at this moment, many various kind of chess are in good shape and in full developments, for example, Weiqi and ordinary chess, each having its own wide followers, only that Xiangqi, which has an infinite move variations, full of unfathomed mysteries, to people and to Nature, is still not yet popular enough in many parts of the world, much to the regret of the Xiangqi lovers and fans.

Seeing this state of affair, we have joined force together, across the great distance of oceans and space, through the exchange of letters, and in order trying our bit to help putting Xiangqi in the world stage, we made many effort in our studies, we discussed our ideas, we faced and overcame difficulties in order to produce this bilingual Chinese-English version of the "Chess of the Wuzhi Mountain", a collection of endgames studies and problems, all having a five moves checkmate or draw by Red pieces. We wish to create a cascade of brilliant and fantastic moves, unforgettable in mind, much desired in heart. It is aimed in the first place for the beginners, wherever they may be, in the East as well as in the West. We think it is a good guide for students of the game, as it started with simple, basic level and gradually moved to more difficult and advanced level.

As "Chess of the Wuzhi Mountain" was edited in a short and hasty time, we appreciate our readers to point out our mistakes which may come across in reading the book.


Shu Ming Li (San Francisco)
C. K. Lai (London)

Spring 1998, when flowers were blossoming

五 指 山 枰

前 言


中国象棋是炎黄传统国粹的瑰宝，既能娱乐益智，又可锻炼思维，深受各阶层人士的爱戴，历久不衰，良有以也。

随着当前世界棋类运动蓬勃发展，围棋、国际象棋流行已广，惟独中国象棋，千变万化，人神莫测，反而迄今尚未普及全人类，蹭蹬不前，殊以为憾。

我们两人有鉴於此，虽然远隔重洋，为了推进中国象棋国际化，只凭鱼雁相通，苦心研究交流，不遗余力克服困难，合编 "五指山枰" 中英文本面世，意为五步成杀或巧和，期能创造连珠妙著，扣人心弦，特别是提供一般初学者，无论华人或西人，从浅到深，良堪借镜。

由於编辑仓促，其中谬误之处，尚望高明，不吝指正。

        编者
一九九八年春日花开时节

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