No. 4: Retreating Cannon Breaks the River-Patrol Chariot: Pushing the Soldier to Trade

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 23: 23. E5+3 R2-3 24. C7=4 H3-2 25. R2+7 C3+1 26. H6+5 R2=6 27. H5-4 H7+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 19: 19. H6-7 H2+3 20. C4=7 R2-1 21. E9-7 R2=3 22. R3+2 R9+1 23. H1+3 R9=4 24. R2+1 A4+5 25. H3+4 K5=4 26. A4+5 R4+7 27. K5=4 C3+7+ 28. K4+1 C3-1 29. K4-1 R4-4 30. R2+4 R3=5 31. R3+1 R5=9 Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 18: 18. C7+6 C3+7+ 19. A6+5 C3=1 20. E9+7 R9+1 21. C7=2 H7+6 22. H6+4 H2+3 23. C4=6 R2=4 Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 12: 12. R6+1 C3+7+ 13. A6+5 C3=1 14. K5=6 E3+5 15. R6-1 R9=8 16. C2=4 R8+4 17. H7+8 H7+6 18. C5+4+ C7=5 19. C4=8 R2=3 20. R6=5 C5+2 21. R5+2 R8+1 22. H8+7 H6+4 23. H7-6 R8=4+ 24. C8=6 R3+9+ 25. K6+1 R4=2 Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 13: 13. K5+1 R9=8 14. R1=2 R8+4 15. R6-1 R2+8+ 16. R6-3 R2=4+ 17. K5=6 C3=6 18. R2+1 R8=2 19. A6+5 R2+4+ 20. K6+1 C6-2+ 21. C5+4 C6=9+ 22. C2+7 H7+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 8: 8. C2=3 C8=7 9. R3=4 H3+4 10. R4=6 H7+6 11. C3+7+ R9=7 12. R6+1 H6+7 13. H2+1 H7+8 14. A6+5 C2+7+ 15. H7-8 R2+9 16. C5+4 R2=3+ 17. R6-5 R3-3 18. P5+1 C7=2 19. P7+1 R7+5 20. P5+1 R3-2 21. P5=6 R7=5 22. R1+1 H8-6+ 23. R1=4 R3+3 24. P6+1 C2=6 25. C5=4 R3+1 26. H1+3 R5+3+ 27. A4+5 R3=5+ 28. K5=4 H6+8+ 29. H3-2 R5=6# Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 14: 14. R1+1 R7=8 15. C5+4 C2+6 16. A4+5 P3+1 17. C5-2 P3+1 18. E3+5 H8-6+ 19. A5+4 R8+9+ 20. E5-3 R8=7+ 21. K5+1 C2=9 22. R6=5+ C7=5 23. R5=8+ E3+5 24. R8+4 P3+1 25. K5=6 C5+4 26. P5+1 R7-2 Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 15: 15. R6=7 C2+6 16. A4+5 C2-2 17. E7+9 C7+6 18. C5+4 C7=1 19. C5-2 C1+2+ 20. H7-8 C2=3 21. R7=5+ A4+5 22. A5+4 C3+3+ 23. A6+5 C3-1+ 24. A5-6 C3=9 25. R5=8+ A5-4 26. R8+4 H8-6+ 27. K5=4 R8+9 28. K4+1 H6+8+ 29. H1-3 H8-7+ 30. K4+1 R8-2# Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 14: 14. A4+5 P3+1 15. R6=7 C2=5 16. R7-1 C7=6 17. R1=2 R2+8 18. R7=2 C5=3 19. +R=7 C3=8 20. R2=1 C6+8 21. R1+1 R7+9 22. R1=2 C6=4+ 23. A5-4 R2=8 24. K5=6 R7=6+ 25. C5-2 R8-1 Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 20: 20. R7=2 C6=3 21. H7+6 C8=3 Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 19: R7+2 20. C5+4 C6=3 Try it on the board
• Variation 12, from move 17: 17. R7=2 C5=3 18. E7+9 C6+8 19. R1+1 R7+9 20. R1=2 C6-2+ 21. A5-4 C6=3 22. C5+4 R2+7 23. +R+3 +C=5 24. C5-4+ R2=5+ 25. A6+5 C3=5 26. +R-5 R5-1 27. K5=6 R5=4+ 28. A5+6 R7=6+ 29. K6+1 C5=4 Try it on the board

Nearby puzzles

• No. 1: Breaking the River-Patrol Chariot Taking the Soldier: Cannon Strikes the Elephant
  19 moves
• No. 2: Breaking the Cannon: Remove the Elephant First, Then Raise the Third-File Horse
  20 moves
• No. 3: Breaking the Cannon Striking the Elephant: Trade Advisor, Then Raise the Right Horse
  22 moves
• No. 5: Retreating Cannon and Ranked Chariot Break the River-Patrol Chariot and Edge Horse
  26 moves
• No. 6: Retreating Right Cannon Punishes the River-Crossing Chariot Greedy for a Soldier
  19 moves
• No. 7: Flying Elephant and Advancing Horse Break the River-Crossing Chariot and Edge Horse
  14 moves

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