1. Left Horse Handicap: Same-Direction Cannons, Ranked Chariot Beats File Chariot
"1. Left Horse Handicap: Same-Direction Cannons, Ranked Chariot Beats File Chariot" is a opening record from Secret in the Tangerine, 14 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, a Horse, 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+1 | R9=8 |
| 4. | R1=6 | A6+5 |
| 5. | R6+7 | H2+1 |
| 6. | R9+1 | R8+6 |
| 7. | C5=6 | R8=7 |
| 8. | E3+5 | C5+4+ |
| 9. | H3+5 | R7=5 |
| 10. | R9=4 | C2=5 |
| 11. | C8+5 | H7-8 |
| 12. | R4+7 | H8+9 |
| 13. | C6+5 | C5=2 |
| 14. | C6=5+ |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 11: H7-6 12. R4+7 R1=2 13. C8+1 P3+1 14. C6=8 H1+3 15. -C+7 H3-4 16. R4=5# Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 10: C2=4 11. C8+5 H7-6 12. R4+7 R1=2 13. C8+1 P3+1 14. C6=8 R2=1 15. +C=5 R5=4 16. C8+6 H1+3 17. R4+1+ K5=6 18. R6+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 10: E7+5 11. R4+7 C2+2 12. A6+5 C2=5 13. C6+7 H1-2 14. C8+6 A5-4 15. K5=6 Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 14: R5=3 15. C6=8+ R1=2 16. K5=6 R2+1 17. R4=5+ H7-5 18. R6+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 7: C2=4 8. R9=4 R8=7 9. R4+7 R1=2 10. C8+6 R7+1 11. E3+5 C5+4+ 12. A6+5 R7-1 13. C8=5 C4=5 14. C6+7 R2+4 15. C5-2+ -C=4 16. R6=5+ K5=4 17. R5=6+ K4=5 18. R4=5+ K5=6 19. R6+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 8: R1=2 9. C8+6 R8=7 10. R4+7 R7+1 11. E3+5 C5+4+ 12. A6+5 R7-1 13. C8=5 C4=5 14. C6+5 H7-5 15. R4+1+ K5=6 16. R6+1+ K6+1 17. C6+1+ K6+1 18. R6=4# Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 7: C2=3 8. C8+6 R8=7 9. C6+7 A5-4 10. R9=6 A4+5 11. C8=5 K5=6 12. +R+1+ K6+1 13. C5=8 R7+1 14. -R+7+ H7-5 15. +R=4+ K6-1 16. R6+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 14: K6+1 15. -R=3 C5+4 16. R6-2+ E3+5 17. R3-1+ K6-1 18. R6+1+ K6-1 19. R3+1 R7=6 20. R6=4+ R6-6 21. R3+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 19: C3-1 20. R6=4+ K6=5 21. R3+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 10, from move 9: R1+1 10. C6=3 R1-1 11. R9=2 R7+1 12. C3=1 K5=6 13. C8=5 Try it on the board
- Variation 11, from move 13: 13. R6-6 A5+4 14. R2+8+ K6+1 15. R2-1+ K6-1 16. C8=3 R7=4 17. C3+1+ H7-8 18. C3-2+ H8+6 19. R2+1# Try it on the board
- Variation 12, from move 8: C3-1 9. R9=4 R1+1 10. C8-1 H7-8 11. R4+7 H8+9 12. C6+7 A5-4 13. R6+1+ K5=4 14. C8+2# Try it on the board
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