No. 3: Breaking the Cannon Striking the Elephant: Trade Advisor, Then Raise the Right 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 17: 17. R4+1+ K5=6 18. R1+2 R4+3 19. C5=1 H6+7 20. C1+3 C2+3 21. H7-8 R4=6 22. A6+5 C8=7 23. R1-2 H7+8 24. R1=2 R6=7 25. E3+5 C7=8 Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 20: 20. E7+5 H7-5 21. P5+1 H5-6 22. C1-2 R4+3 Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 16: 16. R3-1 C8+2 17. R1=2 C8=5+ 18. E3+5 R9=6 19. P5+1 R4+3 20. C5+2 H6+5 21. C5-3+ C2=5 Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 15: 15. R3=7 H8+6 16. C5-2 H6+8 17. K5+1 R9=7 18. R1+2 R7+8+ 19. K5-1 R7+1 20. K5+1 R7-1+ 21. K5-1 C2+3 22. H7-5 C2+2 23. H5+7 R7=3 24. A4+5 R3+1 25. H7-8 H8+7+ 26. K5=4 R4+9+ 27. A5-6 R3=4+ 28. K4+1 C8+6+ Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 14: 14. R3+4 H8-7 15. C5-2 R9=8 16. R1+1 C8+6 17. R1+1 C8=3 18. R1=4 R4+8 19. R4+4 K5=4 20. A4+5 R8+9 21. R4=3 C3-2 22. E7+9 C3=9 23. C5=4 R8-2 24. H7-8 R4-3 25. C4-2 C9+3+ 26. C4-2 R8=5 27. H8+7 C2+7+ 28. E9-7 R4+3 29. -R-5 R5=3 Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 29: 29. C4=1 R5+1+ 30. K5=4 R5=6+ 31. K4=5 R4-1 Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 11: 11. R3=6+ K4=5 12. H3+4 H8+6 13. R6=4 C8+5 14. R4-2 C8-1 15. R4+1 R9=8 16. R1+1 C8+3 17. R1=3 R2=4 18. A6+5 R4+8 19. C5=4 R4=3 20. E7+5 C2+7 21. K5=6 R8+4 22. R4+5 R8=4+ 23. K6=5 R3+1+ Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 11: 11. R1+1 R9=6 12. R1=6+ K4=5 13. R6+7 R2=4 14. R6=7 R4+7 15. H7-9 C2+6 16. R3+4 R6+8 17. C5+4 K5=4 18. A4+5 R4+1 19. C5+2 H3-5 20. R3=5 R6=5+ 21. A6+5 C2+1+ 22. A5-6 R4+1+ 23. K5+1 R4-1+ 24. K5+1 H8+7+ 25. K5=4 C8+5+ 26. H3-2 R4=6# Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 15: 15. H7-8 C2+6 16. R3+4 R4+1 17. C5+4 K5=4 18. A6+5 H8-6 19. R3=2 H3+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 15: 15. R3+4 R4=3 16. C5+4 K5=4 17. C5+2 H8-6 18. R3=2 H3-5 Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 13: 13. R3+4 C8=7 14. H3+2 R2=4 15. R6=8 C2+2 16. R8+3 P3+1 17. R8=7 C2=7 18. R3=2 -C+7+ 19. A4+5 +C=8 20. C5=3 R6+8 21. R2+1+ C7-4 22. R7+3 H8-9 23. R2=1 H9-8 24. R1-1 K5=6 25. A5+4 R6-1 26. H2+3 H8+7 27. C3+5 R4+8 28. C3=4 R6-5 29. H3+2+ C7+1 Try it on the board
• Variation 12, from move 12: 12. R3+2 C8=7 13. R1=6+ K4=5 14. R6+7 R2=4 15. R6=8 C2+2 16. A4+5 C7+5 17. R3-4 H8+6 18. R3+6 P3+1 19. P7+1 C2=8 20. C5=2 R4+4 21. P5+1 C8+1 22. R3-4 R4=7 23. R3=2 R7+5+ 24. A5-4 H6+7 Try it on the board

Nearby puzzles

• No. 5: Left Cannon Crosses the River to Attack the Edge Horse and Chariot Development
  24 moves
• 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. 4: Retreating Cannon Breaks the River-Patrol Chariot: Pushing the Soldier to Trade
  30 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

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