No. 3: Attacking the Right Chariot Guarding the River Mouth: Shift Cannon to Trade Chariots

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

Final position

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

• Variation 1, from move 15: C6+5 16. H2+4 C6=9 17. C5=1 C9-4 18. H7+5 A4+5 19. R6=4 K6=5 20. R8+9 C7=9 21. R8=7+ A5-4 22. R4=5+ K5=6 23. H4+3+ H9-7 24. R7=6+ K6+1 25. R5=4# Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 17: 17. H4+3+ H9-7 18. R6=4+ A5+6 19. R4+3+ K6=5 20. C5=1 Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 15: R8+1 16. H2+4 C7=4+ 17. A5-4 C4=2+ 18. E7+5 C6+5 19. H4+3+ H9-7 20. R6=4+ A5+6 21. R4+3+ K6=5 22. R4-5 R8-7 23. C5-2 Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 10: A6+5 11. H6+7 C7=3 12. C8+7 R8=7 13. R8+2 K5=6 14. C5=4+ K6=5 15. C4+2 R7+1 16. A6+5 C5=8 17. C4=5 C3=5 18. C5=2 R7-1 19. C8=9 C5=4 20. R6+2 C8+1 21. R6=7 E7+5 22. R8+7 K5=6 23. R8-1 R7-1 24. R8=5 R7=3 25. R7=6 R3+2+ 26. R6-6 R3=4+ 27. K5=6 E5-7 28. R5=6 R6=4+ 29. K6=5 C8+1 Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 17: R6=5 18. R8=4 R7-1 19. E7+5 C8+7+ 20. E5-3 C8=9 21. H3-1 R7=9 22. R4+6 C3=4 23. R6+2 R9=7 24. C5=7 R5=3 25. R6=5 Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 14: C5=6 15. R8+6 R6+3 16. R8=5 C6=4 17. A6+5 R6-5 18. R5=6 K6=5 19. -R=8 R7-1 20. R6+1+ K5+1 21. R8+4+ K5+1 22. R6=5# Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 13: R7+1 14. A6+5 P9+1 15. C5+4 K5=6 16. E7+5 R7-2 17. C5+2 K6+1 18. R6+5 E3+1 19. C5=9 R7=5 20. C8-1+ K6+1 21. R6=4# Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 14: C5=8 15. R6=2 E7+5 16. C5+4 P9+1 17. R8=6 K5=6 18. C5+2 C3=4 19. R2+3 C4=8 20. R6+7+ K6+1 21. C5=9 E5+3 22. C8-1+ K6+1 23. R6=4+ K6=5 24. R4-4 R7-2 25. A5+6 C8+7+ 26. K5+1 R7+1+ 27. K5+1 R7-2 28. K5=4 K5=4 29. C8-7 R7=5 30. R4+2+ K4-1 31. C8+7+ K4-1 32. R4+2+ R5-6 33. C9+1+ Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 12: R6+3 13. A6+5 C5+4 14. K5=6 R6=7 15. C5+4+ K5=6 16. R8+7 R8-6 17. R6=4+ C3=6 18. C5=9 R8+2 19. E7+5 R8=4+ 20. K6=5 E7+5 21. C9+3 H9-7 22. R8+1 R4+4 23. C9=7+ E5-3 24. R8=5 R4-6 25. R5-5 R7=8 26. R5+5 H7+9 27. R5=1 R8-5 28. R4=8 C6=7 29. R8+4 R4=6 30. R8=6 C7-2 31. R1=3 R8=7 32. R3+1+ R7-2 33. R6+1+ K6+1 34. R6-1# Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 31: R6=7 32. R3=4+ K6=5 33. R6=5# Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 22: R7-1 23. R8=5 C5-5 24. R4+3+ C5=6 25. R4=5 C6=3 26. R5=4+ K6=5 27. R4+1 C3+5 28. E5+7 Try it on the board
• Variation 12, from move 24: K6=5 25. R4=5 K5=6 26. R5+1 Try it on the board

Nearby puzzles

• No. 1: River-Patrol Chariot Attacks the Chariot Guarding the River Mouth and Trades Soldiers
  20 moves
• No. 2: Attacking the Right Chariot Guarding the River Mouth: Raise the Horse to Hit the Chariot
  28 moves
• No. 4: Attacking the Right Chariot After It Crosses the River: Shift Cannon to Trade Chariots
  32 moves
• No. 5: Attacking Before the Right Chariot Advances: Shift Cannon First to Trade Chariots
  19 moves
• No. 1: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse to Break the Raised Right Advisor
  23 moves
• No. 2: Taking the Central Soldier and Pressing the Horse: Breaking the Left Advisor and Trading Cannons
  23 moves

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