4. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats Left Single-Raised Horse
"4. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats Left Single-Raised Horse" is a opening record from Secret in the Tangerine, 7 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 Cannons, 5 Soldiers. Black has a General, 2 Advisors, 2 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 2 Horses, 2 Cannons, 5 Soldiers.
Move list
| 1. | C2+2 | H8+7 |
| 2. | C8=5 | H2+1 |
| 3. | C2=3 | E7+5 |
| 4. | R1=2 | C8-2 |
| 5. | C3=1 | H7-9 |
| 6. | C5+4+ | A4+5 |
| 7. | C5=1 |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 9 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 4: C8=9 5. R9=8 C2=3 6. R8+8 R9+1 7. C3+3 R9=2 8. C5+4+ Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 7: C3=7 8. R8=1 C9+4 9. C5+4+ A4+5 10. R1=5+ K5=4 11. R5+1+ K4+1 12. R2+8+ A6+5 13. R2=5+ K4+1 14. +R=6# Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 7: A4+5 8. C3=7 C9=3 9. C5+4 R9=6 10. R8=6 R1=2 11. A6+5 R6+2 12. C5+2 A6+5 13. R2+8 A5-6 14. K5=6 Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 7: R9-1 8. C3=7 C9=3 9. C5+4+ A6+5 10. R2+4 R1=2 11. R8=6 R2+4 12. R2=6 K5=6 13. +R+1+ K6+1 14. -R=4+ A5+6 15. R6=1 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 5: R1=2 6. R8+5 C2=4 7. R8=6 A6+5 8. C3+3 C4=7 9. R2+7 C7=6 10. C5+4 K5=6 11. R6+4+ Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 10: C6-2 11. A6+5 C9+4 12. R2=4 C9=5+ 13. K5=6 P1+1 14. R4-4 C5-1 15. R4=6 Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 4: R9=8 5. R2+6 C8=9 6. C5+4+ A4+5 7. C3+3 R8=7 8. C3=8 C9=2 9. R9+2 C2=4 10. R9=6 K5=4 11. R2+2 R1+1 12. R6+5+ Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 2: P7+1 3. R9=8 H2+1 4. R8+5 C2=4 5. R8=3 E7+5 6. R3=6 A6+5 7. P3+1 R9=6 8. P3+1 R6+5 9. C2+2 R6=7 10. C2=4 R1=2 11. R1=2 C8=9 12. R2+6 C9+4 13. C4=1 H7+9 14. R2=1 R7+1 15. R1+3+ A5-6 16. R6+2 C9=5+ 17. C5+4+ A4+5 18. R6+1 Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 13: R7-1 14. R6=3 E5+7 15. C1+3 K5=6 16. C5=4 C9=3 17. R2+3+ K6+1 18. C1-5 A5-6 19. R2-1+ K6+1 20. C1=4+ K6=5 21. +C=5+ K5=6 22. R2-2 Try it on the board
Nearby puzzles
- 1. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats Central Cannon, Taking the Soldier
- 2. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats Central Cannon Without Taking the Soldier
- 3. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats Right Single-Raised Horse
- 5. Double Horse Handicap: Beating the Opposing River-Patrol Cannon
- 6. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats the Elephant Opening
- 7. Double Horse Handicap: River-Patrol Cannon Beats Screen Horses
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