Weekly Challenge 135: Palace Party
Win a game of Xiangqi vs @Stockfish-Level3 with the highest number of your pieces in the Palace areas.
Adjudication Criteria:
1. Largest number of your pieces inside the palaces
2. Fewest moves (plies)
3. Earliest Entry
Additional Clarification:
- The Palace is the 3x3 area where the King and Advisors begin the game. Each side has a Palace and so there are a maximum of 18 pieces that can be in the Palaces at any time. See also: playstrategy.org/variant/xiangqi
- Takebacks are not permitted
Closing Date: Monday 17th November 1200 UTC+0
Weekly Challenge 135: Palace Party
seven pieces 111 plies
playstrategy.org/WFbOrgdc
Actually I believe that is 109 plies
playstrategy.org/8IFgJg1r
8 pieces, 127 ply
@FangCheng the challenge is only counting your pieces in the palace areas and so you have 8 pieces, but this still put you in the lead for now.
oh, my OWN pieces! i'm blind, edited
playstrategy.org/RQFzbsbmbsDr
10 pieces 146 ply
Entries for Weekly Challenge 135 has closed. Thanks to all users who participated.
The winner is @woll who won a game of Xiangqi with 10 of their pieces ending in the palace areas in the following game: playstrategy.org/RQFzbsbm
Users are still welcome to attempt this challenge and post answers here, but the winner has been fixed. The next challenge can be found here: playstrategy.org/forum/weekly-challenges/weekly-challenge-136-optimal-octagon