练习8红第3着应走车二进一速胜，黑下象配合红方，红胜得轻松。黑当走吃红仕相。

如红下士，黑方可以升车，将来可以平中叫将

there are many ways to winthis is a sure-win endgame, there are many ways to win as long as red does not make any critical mistakes the solution offered is the most direct and efficient chariot (R) 2+1 king (k) 6+1 if on 3rd move red R2+1 black has elephant (e) 5+7 (if e5-7 then R2=3, k6=5, H3+4 red wins by capturing black's chariot) it may take a longer time for red to win although should still win the the end =) example of another way to win is: R2+1 k6+1 H3+4 e5-7 R2=5 r7+6 A5-4 r7=6 K5+1 r6-6 H6-4 r6=4 R5=3 Red wins by trading horse with chariot But the original solution offered is more elegant I'm writing this at my work place. I may have missed some moves so do let me know if there are any mistakes.

Let me try alsoQuestion 15 CHE 6 jin 4, jiang 5 jin 1, CHE 6 tui 1, jiang 5 tui 1, hou PAO ping 2, ma 5 tui 7, PAO 2 ping 5, qian pao ping 5, qian PAO ping 3, shi 6 jin 5, CHE 6 jin 1 Question 17 CHE 8 ping 7! xiang 5 tui 3 (if ma 3 tui 1, CHE 7 tui 1, ma 1 tui 3, CHE 4 jin 6! alternatively, if che 7 tui 4, CHE 7 tui 2, xiang 5 tui 3, CHE 7 ping 3), PAO 3 ping 5, shi 5 tui 6, PAO 5 tui 3, pao 9 ping 5, CHE 4 jin 7, jiang 5 jin 1, CHE 4 tui 1, jiang 5 tui 1, pao 5 JIN 3, red has winning advantage