The classic Chinese chess games include: "The Gathering of Seven Stars", "The Earthworm Subduing the Dragon", "The Wild Horse Playing in the Field", and "A Thousand Miles Alone".
For the convenience of memory, it is usually summarized into two sentences: "Seven stars gather to subdue the dragon, and the wild horse travels alone for thousands of miles." Due to its exquisite and attractive design, it has been widely popular among the people for a long time. It has been carefully studied by generations of chess players, and has introduced new ones with rich changes.
Seven-star gathering, commonly known as "Seven-star chess". Arrangement of ancient chess records. One of the four famous games. It is the first chapter of "Hundred Games of Chess Score". Because each side has seven sons, hence the name.
The earthworm subdues the dragon, and the ancient chess records are arranged. Although the two rooks in this arrangement are as strong as a powerful dragon, they are always restrained by the two pawns, hence the name. Traveling alone thousands of miles, ancient chess records are arranged. The final chess situation is one rook fighting three pawns.
The wild horses are playing in the field, and the ancient chess records are arranged. The chess situation is as follows: after more than ten rounds of "prelude battles", it becomes a practical endgame of chariots and horses fighting chariots and soldiers. The illusion that the team that moves first is easy to win often makes people mistakenly believe that a killing situation can be achieved at the first move and fall into a trap.
Extended information:
1. "Gathering of Seven Stars".
It is the first of the four famous chess games that have been widely circulated among the people since the Qing Dynasty. This game is almost all published in the famous chess records published in the Qing Dynasty, but the name of the game is slightly different. In the chess game, the "Gathering of Seven Stars" has great influence and is widely spread. It is known as the "King of Chess Games".
2. In the end game of chess, the earthworm subdues the dragon.
This game is an endgame with three pawns and only one missing elephant against two rooks and one pawn. The author of the original score compared the two rooks to dragons in the sea, and described the three pawns as slow-moving, weak earthworms. Due to the specific situation, the two rooks were restrained by two pawns and were not allowed to move at will. Black was able to luckily use another pawn and flexibly change the position of the knights and elephants, and a hard-fought draw was achieved. This is a typical endgame of the weak player's game and the strong player's game. .
3. Wild horse caotian.
The arrangement of ancient chess records is one of the four famous chess games. The chess situation is as follows: after more than ten rounds of "prelude battles", it becomes a practical endgame of chariots and horses fighting chariots and soldiers. The illusion that the team that moves first is easy to win often makes people mistakenly believe that a killing situation can be achieved at the first move and fall into a trap.
4. Walking alone a thousand miles.
It is an ancient chess game arrangement, one of the four famous games. It ends with one rook fighting three pawns. This game is called "A Thousand Miles Alone" in books such as "Hundred Games of Xiangqi Pu" [Notes on the Fragrance of the Bamboo Sword].
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