No. 7: Flying Elephant and Advancing Horse Break the River-Crossing Chariot and Edge Horse
"No. 7: Flying Elephant and Advancing Horse Break the River-Crossing Chariot and Edge Horse" is a opening record from Plum Blossom Manual, 14 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. | C8=5 | H2+3 |
| 2. | H8+7 | P7+1 |
| 3. | R9=8 | R1=2 |
| 4. | R8+6 | H8+7 |
| 5. | H2+1 | E7+5 |
| 6. | R8=7 | H7+6 |
| 7. | P7+1 | C2+4 |
| 8. | C5+4+ | A6+5 |
| 9. | C5-1 | C2=3 |
| 10. | R7=4 | C3+3+ |
| 11. | A6+5 | C3=1 |
| 12. | R4-1 | C8+2 |
| 13. | R4=3 | C8=5 |
| 14. | R3-1 | R2+9+ |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 7 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 7: 7. R7-2 A6+5 8. R7=4 R9=6 9. C2=4 H3+4 10. R4-1 H4+5 11. H7+5 C8+4 12. P3+1 C8=5+ 13. A4+5 C2+7 14. C4+3 C5=1 15. P7+1 C1+3 16. K5=4 R2+8 17. K4+1 C2=4 18. H1-2 C4=6 19. C5=4 R6=8 20. R1+1 C6=4 21. R1+1 R8+8+ 22. K4-1 C4-2+ 23. A5-6 R8=6+ Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 16: 16. R4=7 R6+4 17. R1=2 R2+6 18. R7-1 R6+4 19. R2+9+ A5-6 20. R2-3 R2+2 21. A5-4 R2=4 Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 7: 7. R7=8 C8+4 8. C2=4 H6+5 9. R1=2 H5-4 10. R8=7 C8=3 11. E7+9 A6+5 12. R2+4 R9=6 13. A4+5 C2+7+ 14. H7-8 R2+9 15. R2=6 C3=5 16. R6+1 R6+7 17. R6-2 C5+2 18. K5+1 K5=6 19. C5=7 E5+3 20. R7-1 H3+2 21. P1+1 E3+5 22. R7-1 H2+1 23. R6=9 R6+1+ 24. K5-1 R6+1+ 25. K5+1 R2=4 26. C7-2 R6-1+ 27. K5+1 R4-1 28. C7+1 R6-1# Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 24: 24. K5+1 R2=4 25. R9+1 R4=5+ 26. K5=6 R6=5 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 21: 21. C7+7+ K6+1 22. R6+2 R2-1+ 23. R6-4 R6+1+ 24. K5-1 R2=4 Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 9: 9. H7+5 C8=5+ 10. A4+5 H3+4 11. R8=5 A6+5 12. R5-1 R9=6 13. K5=4 C2+7 14. C5=6 R2+8 15. K4+1 C5=9 16. R1=2 H4+5+ 17. C6=5 H5+3 18. R5=6 H3+4+ 19. K4-1 R2=5 Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 8: 8. R8=7 C8-4 9. R7=8 H6+7 10. C2=3 H7-8 Try it on the board
Nearby puzzles
- No. 4: Retreating Cannon Breaks the River-Patrol Chariot: Pushing the Soldier to Trade
- No. 5: Retreating Cannon and Ranked Chariot Break the River-Patrol Chariot and Edge Horse
- No. 6: Retreating Right Cannon Punishes the River-Crossing Chariot Greedy for a Soldier
- No. 8: Pushing the Soldier Before the Horse to Break File and Ranked Chariots with Edge Horse
- No. 1: River-Patrol Chariot Attacks the Chariot Guarding the River Mouth and Trades Soldiers
- No. 2: Attacking the Right Chariot Guarding the River Mouth: Raise the Horse to Hit the Chariot
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