No. 4: River-Patrol Cannon vs Ranked Chariot: Blocking the River and Pinning the Cannon
"No. 4: River-Patrol Cannon vs Ranked Chariot: Blocking the River and Pinning the Cannon" is a opening record from Plum Blossom Manual, 23 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. | C2=5 | C8=5 |
| 2. | H2+3 | H8+7 |
| 3. | R1=2 | R9+1 |
| 4. | R2+6 | R9=4 |
| 5. | R2=3 | R4+6 |
| 6. | C8+2 | R4-2 |
| 7. | P7+1 | R4=3 |
| 8. | C8=9 | H2+1 |
| 9. | E7+9 | R3=2 |
| 10. | H8+7 | R2=6 |
| 11. | R9=8 | C2=3 |
| 12. | H7+8 | R6+2 |
| 13. | H8+6 | C3=4 |
| 14. | C9=3 | H7-9 |
| 15. | C5+4+ | A4+5 |
| 16. | R8+8 | R1=2 |
| 17. | R8=6 | R2+2 |
| 18. | R3+3 | H9-7 |
| 19. | H6+5 | R6-5 |
| 20. | C3=6 | C4+7 |
| 21. | H5+7+ | R2=5 |
| 22. | R6+1+ | K5=4 |
| 23. | C5=6# |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 11 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 16: K5=4 17. H6+5 E3+5 18. R8=6+ K4=5 19. R6-1 P1+1 20. C3+5+ H9-7 21. R6=5 K5=4 22. C5+2 A6+5 23. R3+3+ R6-7 24. R3-4 Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 11: C2=4 12. H7+8 R6+2 13. H8+7 R6=7 14. H7+8 A6+5 15. C5+4 H7+5 16. R3+3+ A5-6 17. H8-6+ Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 15: R7=4 16. A4+5 R4-4 17. R8+6 R4+2 18. H8-6+ R4-3 19. R3+1 K5=6 20. R3+2+ K6+1 21. C5=4 R4+3 22. C4-6 Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 17: R4=2 18. H8-6+ K5=6 19. H6-8 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 13: C4=3 14. H7+9 E3+1 15. C9=3 C5+4+ 16. A4+5 E7+5 17. R8+3 C5-2 18. R8=5 R6-3 19. C3+3 C3=7 20. R3+1 E1-3 21. R3-1 C5+3+ 22. R5-1 P5+1 23. H3+5 P5+1 24. H5+3 P5=6 25. H3+4 A6+5 26. R5+3 R6=5 27. H4+3+ Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 11: R1=2 12. C9=7 C2=4 13. R8+9 H1-2 14. H7+8 A4+5 15. H8+7 H2+3 16. P5+1 R6=5 17. A4+5 H3-1 18. C5=8 H1+2 19. C8+2 H2+3 20. C8=5 C5+3+ 21. K5=4 Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 16: R6+2 17. C7-2 R6-1 18. P5+1 R6=3 19. H7+5 E7+5 20. C7+5 R3-4 21. P5+1 R3+4 22. P5=6 C4=2 23. P6+1 C2+7+ 24. E9-7 H7-9 25. P6=5 R3+3 26. P5+1+ K5+1 27. H3+5+ E3+5 28. H5+7+ E5+3 29. H7+5+ E3-5 30. R3+2+ K5-1 31. H5+6+ K5=4 32. C5=6# Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 14: P3+1 15. P3+1 R6=4 16. C7+5+ A4+5 17. H8+9 R4-2 18. H9+8 C4=2 19. C5=8 R4+4 20. H8-6+ A5+4 21. C8+7+ K5+1 22. R3+1 K5=4 23. H3+4 C5+4 24. R3-2 E7+5 25. R3=6 Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 23: 23. C7=3 R4=7 24. R3=5 R7-2 25. R5-1 Try it on the board
- Variation 10, from move 12: P3+1 13. C7+5+ A4+5 14. C7-2 H7-9 15. C7=9 C5=1 16. C5+4+ E7+5 17. C5-2 R6+2 18. H7+6 R6=7 19. H6+7 R7=4 20. H7+9 R2=4 21. A4+5 +R-5 22. R8+2 Try it on the board
- Variation 11, from move 17: 17. A6+5 P3+1 18. C5-2 P3+1 19. R3=7 P3+1 20. R8+7 Try it on the board
Nearby puzzles
- No. 1: River-Patrol Cannon vs Ranked Chariot: Trailing to Catch the Horse
- No. 2: River-Patrol Cannon vs Ranked Chariot: Blocking the River and Taking the Soldier
- No. 3: River-Patrol Cannon vs Ranked Chariot: Retreat, Then Advance Again
- No. 5: Attacking the River-Patrol Cannon, Then Pushing the Edge Soldier
- No. 1: Attacking the File Chariot: Crossing the River to Catch the Horse with Advisor-Corner Cannon
- No. 2: Attacking the File Chariot: Guarding the River Mouth and Trading Soldiers
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