No. 2: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse: Breaking the Left Advisor and Trading Cannons
"No. 2: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse: Breaking the Left Advisor and Trading Cannons" is a opening record from Plum Blossom Manual, 23 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+1 | C4=2 |
| 7. | H6+8 | P5+1 |
| 8. | P7+1 | P5+1 |
| 9. | P7+1 | R8+4 |
| 10. | +H-6 | P5=4 |
| 11. | P7+1 | P4+1 |
| 12. | H6+8 | R8=2 |
| 13. | +H+6 | C2+7+ |
| 14. | E7+9 | R2+4 |
| 15. | C3-1 | R2=5+ |
| 16. | A4+5 | C2=9 |
| 17. | E9-7 | R1+1 |
| 18. | R9=8 | R1=8 |
| 19. | R8+9 | R8+8+ |
| 20. | A5-4 | R8-1+ |
| 21. | C3-1 | P4+1 |
| 22. | H6-4 | P4+1 |
| 23. | R8-6 | R8=6 |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 9 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 15: 15. R1=2 R1+1 16. R2+7 C2=6 17. A5-4 R1=5 Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 14: 14. A5-6 C2=4 15. H6+8 C4=1+ 16. E7+9 R1+1 17. H8+6 H2+1 18. P7+1 R1=4 19. H6+4+ R4=6 20. H4-5 R6+6 21. H5+6+ K5+1 22. R1=2 R6=5+ 23. K5=6 R5=4# Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 15: 15. K5=6 R2=4 16. R9=8 R4+1 17. R8+8 P4+1 18. R1+1 R1+2 19. R1=4 P4=5+ 20. K6=5 R1=4 21. A4+5 P5=6 Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 9: 9. -H+7 C2=5 10. P7+1 R8+4 11. P7+1 H2+1 12. P7+1 R8=4 13. H8-6 H7+5 14. P7=8 P5+1 15. H7-6 P5=4 16. +H+8 R1=2 17. P8=9 R2+6 18. R1=2 H5+6 19. C3=4 P4+1 20. R2+4 P4+1 21. E7+9 H6+5 22. R2=5 H5+3 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 14: 14. H7+8 R4-3 15. P7=8 P5+1 16. E5-3 H5+6 17. R1+2 R4+6 18. E7+5 R4-4 19. P8=9 P5+1 20. E3+5 H6+5 Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 12: 12. H8-6 H1+3 13. H6+5 H7+5 14. H5+6 R1+1 15. H6-7 H5+6 16. R1=3 H6+4 17. C3-1 R8=3 18. E7+9 H3+5 19. -H+5 H5+3 20. E9+7 R3=5 21. H5+3 R5+3 22. K5=6 R1=4 Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 10: 10. H8-6 H7+5 11. R9=8 H2+3 12. R8+6 R1=2 13. R8=7 P5+1 14. H7-6 R8+7 15. C3+4 P5+1 16. E7+5 R8=5 17. -H+5 H5+4 18. K5=6 H4+3+ 19. K6+1 R2+8# Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 18: 18. H6-7 R2+9 19. K5=6 H4+5 20. R1+2 R2=3+ 21. K6+1 H5-3+ 22. K6+1 R3-2+ 23. K6-1 R3=2+ Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 8: 8. -H+9 C2=5 9. P7+1 P5+1 10. P7+1 H2+3 11. P7+1 H3+5 12. P7=6 H5+6 13. H8+7 A6+5 14. C3=4 P5+1 15. R9=8 E3+1 16. R8+6 R1=3 17. P6=7 R8+4 18. H7-8 R8=4 Try it on the board
Nearby puzzles
- No. 3: Attacking the Right Chariot Guarding the River Mouth: Shift Cannon to Trade Chariots
- 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. 3: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse: Breaking the Left Advisor with a Cannon Shift
- 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
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