No. 8: Pushing the Soldier Before the Horse to Break File and Ranked Chariots with Edge Horse

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: 15. R8-4 P7+1 16. H7-5 R9=6 17. C5=9 C8+4 18. P5+1 P7+1 19. R8-2 P7=8 20. R8=3 C7+2 21. C9=4 H6-7 22. R3=2 R6+7 23. H1-2 K5=6 24. H5+6 R6+2+ 25. K5+1 R6-1+ 26. K5-1 P8+1 Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 7: 7. R8=7 H7+6 8. R1=4 C2+2 9. R4+3 A6+5 10. P1+1 R9=6 11. A4+5 R2+2 12. R7=9 H3+4 13. R4=8 H6+7 14. C5+4 P3+1 15. R8=7 H4+6 16. C5-2 C8=7 17. R9=2 H7-5 18. P5+1 C7+7 19. C2=4 H6-8 20. P5+1 C2+3 21. C4=8 R2+5 22. R2-1 R2=3 23. R2-5 C7=4 24. A5-6 R3=9 25. P5+1 R9-1 26. R7=5 P7+1 27. R5=3 R9=5+ 28. A6+5 R6+8 Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 21: 21. H7+5 C2=9 22. R2-1 C9+2+ 23. R2-5 C7=4+ 24. R2+3 C4-3 25. H5+4 C4=1 26. R2+3 C1+3+ 27. A5-6 R6=7 28. P5+1 R2+5 29. R2-4 R2=5+ 30. K5=4 R5-4 Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 17: 17. E7+5 H7+8 18. R7+5 C2=5 19. R7-3 H6+5 20. C5+3+ A5+4 21. E3+5 R6+9+ 22. A5-4 H8-6+ Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 17: 17. C2=4 H7+9 18. E3+1 H6+8 19. C4=2 C2=5 20. R9=2 R6+6 21. R2=3 R2+5 22. R3+1 R2=3 23. E7+5 C5+2 24. R3+2+ R6-6 25. R3=4+ K5=6 26. C5=4 H8+6+ 27. K5=4 C5=6# Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 18: 18. C4+7 H9+7+ 19. K5=4 C2=6+ 20. A5+4 H6+5+ 21. A4-5 C6-3 Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 14: 14. C2=3 H7+9 15. E3+1 P3+1 16. R8=7 H4+6 17. C3=2 C8+3 18. R7+4 H6+8 19. C5+4 C8+2 20. R9=7 C8=5+ 21. A5+4 C5-4+ 22. -R=5 H8+6+ 23. K5+1 C2=5+ 24. R5-1 R2+6+ 25. K5+1 H6+8 26. A6+5 R6+7+ 27. A5+4 H8+6+ 28. K5=6 R2=4# Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 23: H6-4+ 24. K5+1 C2+3+ 25. H7-5 C2=1 Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 14: 14. C2=4 P3+1 15. R8=7 H7+8 16. R7=2 H8-6+ 17. A5+4 R6+7 18. R2+3 H4+6 19. H1+2 H6+8 20. R2+2+ A5-6 21. C5+4+ A4+5 22. R9=6 H8+7+ 23. K5+1 C2=5+ 24. E7+5 R2+6+ 25. R6-5 R2-5 26. R2-3 P7+1 27. H2-1 H7-9 28. E3+1 R6=5+ 29. K5=4 P7=6 30. R6+4 R2+5+ 31. H7-5 R2=4 32. R6=7 K5=4 33. R7=5 R5=7 34. R2-5 P6+1 Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 33: P6+1 34. R5=6+ R4-4 35. C5-4 P6+1+ 36. K4+1 R4=6# Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 19: 19. A6+5 R6+1 20. H1+3 R6=7 21. H3+4 R7+1+ 22. A5-4 H6+7 23. R2+2+ A5-6 24. C5+4+ A4+5 25. C5=4 C2+5+ 26. E7+5 C2=1 27. K5=6 H7+6 Try it on the board
• Variation 12, from move 27: 27. E5-3 R2+7+ 28. H7-6 C1=4 29. A4+5 C4=7+ 30. A5-6 R2=4+ 31. K5=6 H7+6# Try it on the board

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• No. 2: Attacking the Right Chariot Guarding the River Mouth: Raise the Horse to Hit the Chariot
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