Weekly Challenge 109: Palace Pieces

Win a game of Xiangqi vs @Stockfish-Level2 with the lowest number of the pieces on the board outside of the palace areas

Adjudication Criteria:
1. Lowest number of pieces outside of 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 12th May 1200 UTC+0

1

i wanted to sacrifice this pawn :)
playstrategy.org/OIAycXQq

@LowestPosWinRate Isn't the challenge against stockfish 2, rather than greedy-two-move, though?

2

Perhaps too many moves, but look at this:

playstrategy.org/Y1jREHzK

13

Stalemate is a win in Xiangqi so @woll this is a qualifying entry

Entries for Weekly Challenge 109 has closed. Thanks to all users who participated.

The winner is @woll who won a game of Xiangqi (by stalemate) with 0 pieces outside of the Palaces in the following game: playstrategy.org/Y1jREHzK

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-110-amazon-fire-stuck