6. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats the Elephant Opening

Pieces on the board

Red has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 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 5 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

• Variation 1, from move 1: E7+5 2. C8=5 H2+1 3. R9=8 H8+9 4. R8+4 R1=2 5. R8=5 A6+5 6. R5+2 R9=6 7. R5+1 E3+5 8. C5+5+ A5+4 9. C2=5# Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 7: C8=6 8. C2=7 C2+2 9. R5-2 P1+1 10. C7=1 H9-7 11. R1=2 H7+5 12. R5+2 E3+5 13. C5+5+ A5+4 14. C1=5+ C2=5 15. R2+5 R2+4 16. +C=9+ -A+5 17. C9+2 Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 15: C5-1 16. +C=9+ -A+5 17. C9-1 C5-1 18. R2=9 R2=1 19. E7+5 K5=4 20. A6+5 C5+4 21. C9=3 Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 3: H8+6 4. R1+1 P7+1 5. R1=4 R1+1 6. R8+4 C2=3 7. R8=4 C8=6 8. C5+4+ A4+5 9. +R=6 R9=8 10. A6+5 R8+3 11. R6+2 R8+2 12. R4+6 C3=6 13. K5=6 Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 2: H8+6 3. R9=8 H2+1 4. R1+1 P7+1 5. R1=4 R1+1 6. R8+4 C8=7 7. C2+4 H6+8 8. C5+4+ E5-7 9. R8+3 R1=8 10. R8=3 K5+1 11. R4+6 Try it on the board

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