No. 4: Ranked Chariot and Retreating Cannon Break the Eighth-File Cannon Crossing the River
"No. 4: Ranked Chariot and Retreating Cannon Break the Eighth-File Cannon Crossing the River" is a opening record from Plum Blossom Manual, 24 moves long. The move list below marks every check and capture, and the variations from the source book are listed after it.
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Pieces on the board
Red has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 2 Horses, 2 Cannons, 5 Soldiers. Black has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 2 Horses, 2 Cannons, 5 Soldiers.
Move list
| 1. | C2=6 | C8=5 |
| 2. | H2+3 | H8+7 |
| 3. | R1=2 | R9+1 |
| 4. | R2+4 | R9=4 |
| 5. | A6+5 | H2+3 |
| 6. | R2=7 | P5+1 |
| 7. | R7+2 | R1+2 |
| 8. | C8+4 | C2-1 |
| 9. | C6=5 | C2=3 |
| 10. | C5+3+ | H7+5 |
| 11. | C5+2 | C3+2 |
| 12. | C5=9 | H5+6 |
| 13. | R9+2 | H6+8 |
| 14. | R9=4 | R4=2 |
| 15. | C8-4 | H8+7+ |
| 16. | K5=6 | C3=4 |
| 17. | C8=5+ | E7+5 |
| 18. | R4-1 | R2+8 |
| 19. | K6=5 | R2=3+ |
| 20. | A5-6 | R3-1 |
| 21. | A4+5 | C4=2 |
| 22. | C5=8 | R3-1 |
| 23. | R4=3 | R3=2 |
| 24. | C9+2 | R2=7 |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 21: 21. A6+5 H3+4 22. C5=6 C4+4 23. R4=3 E3+1 Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 18: 18. R4+4 R2+2 19. R4-5 R2+6 Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 16: 16. R4-1 R2+6 17. R4=3 R2+2 18. C9+2 R2-9 Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 13: 13. H3-1 R4=2 14. H8+9 R2+2 15. C9+2 R2-3 16. R9=8 R2=1 17. R8+4 H6-4 18. R8=7 C3=2 19. P5+1 C2+5 20. H1+3 R1=2 21. P5+1 H4+2 22. H9-7 H2+1 23. H7+5 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 11: 11. C8=5+ C5+2 12. R7=8 H3+4 13. R8+2 R1=4 14. E7+5 C5=7 15. H3-2 H4+6 16. C5-2 +R+4 17. H8+9 +R=5 18. R8-4 H6+8 19. H2+1 R5=7 20. R9=6 R4+8+ 21. K5=6 R7=4+ 22. K6=5 C7=9 23. C5=1 C3=5 24. R8=5 E3+5 25. R5=8 C9=5 26. C1=5 -C=7 27. R8+1 C7+8+ 28. E5-3 H8+6# Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 26: 26. R8=5 +C+3+ 27. R5-2 C5+6+ 28. E3+5 R4=5 Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 20: 20. R8+1 C7+5+ 21. E5-3 R7=5 22. R8=5+ R4=5 23. R5=6+ +R-1 24. K5=6 C3=4+ 25. R6=4 -R+3 26. R4-2 +R=4+ 27. K6=5 C4=5 28. R4=2 R4+3 29. R2-1 R5+4# Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 20: 20. H1+3 H8+7+ 21. H3-4 C7+5# Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 18: 18. C5=7 H6+4 19. C7+5+ K5+1 20. R9=6 R5=7 21. E3+1 C7=5 22. H2+4 R7=6 23. H4+2 K5=6 24. H2+4 H4+6# Try it on the board
- Variation 10, from move 19: 19. R9=6 C3+5 20. R8=6 C7+5+ 21. E5-3 R5+2+ 22. A4+5 H4+6+ 23. K5=4 C3=6# Try it on the board
- Variation 11, from move 17: 17. R8-3 +R=5 18. R8=5+ R4=5 19. R5=3+ -R+4 20. R3=7 C3=8 21. H2+1 H6+5 22. E3+5 +R+1 23. H1-2 +R=8 24. H2+4 R8+1 25. R7=4 R8=6 Try it on the board
- Variation 12, from move 15: 15. H3-1 H4+6 16. C5-2 C7=9 17. R8-3 +R+2 18. R8+1 -R+2 19. R8+1 C9+4 20. P9+1 H6+8 21. C5=3 E7+5 Try it on the board
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- No. 1: Ranked Chariot Breaks the River-Patrol Chariot: Shift to the Seventh File to Take the Soldier
- No. 2: Ranked Chariot Breaks the Left Cannon: Shift to the Seventh File to Win the Horse
- No. 3: Ranked Chariot and Horse Break the Palace-Crossing Cannon Moving to Center
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