The rise and fall of a Pearl

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Today a little puzzle for fun of a summer's time.

This game is entitled "Pearl Slowly Rising from Bottom of Bowl".

Red to play and win. There is no capture of pieces.

From Xiangqi & Xiangqi Talks, published by World Bookshop Publishing, 1941.







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