No. 3: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse: Breaking the Left Advisor with a Cannon Shift
"No. 3: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse: Breaking the Left Advisor with a Cannon Shift" is a opening record from Plum Blossom Manual, 26 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. | E3+5 | C8=5 |
| 2. | H2+4 | H8+7 |
| 3. | H4+6 | R9=8 |
| 4. | C2=3 | C5+4+ |
| 5. | A6+5 | C5=4 |
| 6. | C8=7 | C2=5 |
| 7. | H8+9 | H2+3 |
| 8. | R9=8 | P5+1 |
| 9. | R8+4 | R8+6 |
| 10. | R1=3 | H7+5 |
| 11. | R8=6 | R8=7 |
| 12. | C3+4 | R7+3 |
| 13. | E5-3 | C4=5+ |
| 14. | E3+5 | P5+1 |
| 15. | R6=8 | P5=4 |
| 16. | C3=7 | P4+1 |
| 17. | +C=6 | P4+1 |
| 18. | C7+5 | P4+1 |
| 19. | C7=6 | R1=2 |
| 20. | R8=3 | R2+8 |
| 21. | P7+1 | H5+6 |
| 22. | H9+7 | -C+5+ |
| 23. | H7-5 | H6+5 |
| 24. | +C-6 | R2=4 |
| 25. | R3=5+ | A4+5 |
| 26. | R5-1 | H5+7# |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 9 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 20: 20. R8+5 -C=7 Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 16: 16. C7+4 E3+1 17. P9+1 A4+5 18. R8+2 R1=4 19. C7=6 P4+1 20. H6-8 H5+6 21. C3=2 -C+1 22. R8-2 H6+5 23. E7+5 -C+4+ 24. K5=6 R4+3 25. C2-4 P4=3+ 26. A5+6 -C=4+ 27. K6=5 C5-5 28. H8+7 H3+5+ 29. A4+5 H5+6+ 30. R8=5 H6+8 31. R5-1 H8+6+ 32. K5=4 R4=6 33. H7+6 H6+8+ 34. K4=5 R6+6# Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 15: 15. R6+4 P5=4 16. R6=3 -C=7 17. C3=7 C5=7 18. R3=2 P4+1 19. R2-5 H5+7 Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 15: 15. R6+2 P5=4 16. C7+4 +C=4 17. C7=5+ C5+5+ 18. E7+5 C4-3 19. C5-1 K5+1 20. E5-7 C4+4 21. A5+6 P1+1 22. H9-7 R1+3 23. C3-4 R1=3 24. H7+9 P4+1 25. A6-5 P4=3 26. C3=1 P3=2 27. E7+5 P2=1 28. H9-8 R3+1 29. C5-1 H3+4 30. H8+7 H4+3 31. H7+9 H3+5 32. C1=4 H5+3+ 33. K5=6 R3=4+ 34. C4=6 P1+1 35. H9-7 R4+2 36. C5=4 R4=3 37. C4-2 P1+1 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 11: 11. C3+4 P5+1 12. C3=7 P5=4 13. P9+1 C4=5 14. +C=6 P4+1 15. C7+5 P4+1 16. C7-1 H5+7 17. P3+1 P4+1 18. R8-2 R8+1 19. P3+1 -C+5+ 20. R8=5 R8=5 21. C6=5 R5+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 17: 17. R8=4 P4=5 18. E7+5 R8+1 19. H9-7 R1=2 20. P3+1 R8=5 21. H7+5 R2+9+ 22. C6-6 -C+5# Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 17: 17. K5=6 +C=4+ 18. K6=5 P4=5 19. E7+5 R1+2 20. P3+1 R1=4 21. P3+1 R4+1 22. C7-1 R8=5 23. H9-7 C4=9 24. P3=4 R4+5 25. C7=5+ R5-2 26. P4=5 C5+5+ Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 12: 12. P3+1 E7+9 13. R3+3 P5+1 14. R3=2 C4=8 15. E5-3 P3+1 16. P9+1 R1+1 17. R8+2 R1=7 18. C3=2 R7+4 19. E7+5 P5+1 20. C7=5 C5+5+ 21. E3+5 C8+3+ 22. E5-3 R7+4 23. K5=6 R7-6+ Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 11: 11. C3=4 P5+1 12. C7+4 P5+1 13. C4+5 R1=2 14. R8+5 H3-2 15. P9+1 P5+1 16. E7+5 C5+5+ 17. A5+4 C5=1 Try it on the board
Nearby puzzles
- No. 5: Attacking Before the Right Chariot Advances: Shift Cannon First to Trade Chariots
- No. 1: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse to Break the Raised Right Advisor
- No. 2: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse: Breaking the Left Advisor and Trading Cannons
- 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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