No. 6: Retreating Right Cannon Punishes the River-Crossing Chariot Greedy for a Soldier
"No. 6: Retreating Right Cannon Punishes the River-Crossing Chariot Greedy for a Soldier" is a opening record from Plum Blossom Manual, 19 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. | R8=7 | C2-1 |
| 6. | R7=8 | H7+6 |
| 7. | P7+1 | P7+1 |
| 8. | H2+1 | P7+1 |
| 9. | C2=4 | E7+5 |
| 10. | R1=2 | C8+1 |
| 11. | R8+1 | C2=8 |
| 12. | R8+2 | -C+8 |
| 13. | R8-2 | +C=9 |
| 14. | R8=7 | P7+1 |
| 15. | C5=3 | R9=7 |
| 16. | C3-1 | C8+4 |
| 17. | H7+8 | R7+8 |
| 18. | E7+5 | R7=6 |
| 19. | A6+5 | C8=5+ |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 11 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 15: 15. C5+4+ A6+5 16. C4+2 P7=6 17. H1+3 R9=7 18. H3+4 R7+9 19. H4+2 R7-6+ 20. A4+5 P6+1 Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 6: 6. H2+1 C2=3 7. R7=6 R2+8 8. P7+1 C3+4 9. H7+6 H3+2 10. R6=8 C8+4 11. C5+4 C8=5 12. C5-1 H2+4 13. C2+4 H4+6 14. C2=5+ H6-5 15. C5-3+ C3=5+ 16. C5=8 H5+3 Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 15: 15. R8-5 H7+5 16. R8+3 -H+3 17. R1=2 C3=5+ 18. R8=5 H3+5 Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 16: 16. K5+1 +H+4+ 17. K5=4 C5=6 18. R8+3 H4-2 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 13: 13. R8=5+ A6+5 14. R5=7+ E7+5 15. R7-2 R9=6 16. R7=6 R6+8 Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 11: 11. H6+5 C8=5+ 12. A6+5 E7+5 13. H5+3 R2+1 14. K5=6 R2=3+ 15. K6+1 H2+3+ 16. K6+1 A6+5 17. H3-4 R9=6 18. H4-5 R6+5 19. C5+5+ E3+5 20. R8=6 R6+2+ 21. A5+4 R3=4+ 22. H5-6 R4-1# Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 11: 11. P3+1 C8=1 12. C5+4 H7+5 13. R8=5+ E3+5 14. H6+4 H2+3 15. E3+5 H3+5 16. E7+5 C1+3+ 17. E5-7 R2=3 18. C2=7 R3-1 19. K5+1 R9+1 20. R5=9 R3+1+ 21. K5+1 R9=2 22. K5=4 R2+6+ 23. E7+5 C3+2+ 24. E5+7 C3=9+ 25. E7-5 C9=5 Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 10: 10. R6=7 R2=3 11. E7+9 H2+4 12. R7-2 R3-3 13. E9+7 C8+4 14. P5+1 C8=1 15. E7-9 C1=5+ 16. A4+5 R9+1 17. R1=2 R9=6 18. E9+7 C5=3 19. A5+6 C3+3+ 20. -A+5 C3=1 21. C2=3 R6=2 22. K5=4 R2+8+ 23. K4+1 R2-4 24. R2+7 R2=3 25. R2=3 H4+5 26. R3=4 C1-1+ 27. K4+1 H5-4 28. C3+3 R3-1 29. C3-1 R3=8 30. A5-6 H4+2 31. R4+2+ K5+1 32. R4=6 R8=6+ 33. K4=5 H2+3# Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 22: 22. K5=6 R2+8+ 23. K6+1 H7+6 24. R2+4 P7+1 25. R2=3 H4+5 26. E7-5 H6+5 27. R3=4 H5+3 Try it on the board
- Variation 10, from move 19: 19. E7-9 R6+7 20. E9-7 H4+2 21. C5=8 C3=5+ 22. E7+5 K5+1 23. C2=4 H2+4+ 24. C4=6 K5=6 Try it on the board
- Variation 11, from move 20: C3=5 21. C2+1 H4+2 22. C2=5 H2+3# Try it on the board
Nearby puzzles
- No. 3: Breaking the Cannon Striking the Elephant: Trade Advisor, Then Raise the Right Horse
- 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. 7: Flying Elephant and Advancing Horse Break the River-Crossing Chariot and Edge Horse
- 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
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