13. Move Handicap: Central Cannon Beats Advisor-Elephant with Corner Horse

"13. Move Handicap: Central Cannon Beats Advisor-Elephant with Corner Horse" is a opening record from Secret in the Tangerine, 17 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.	E3+5	C8=5
2.	H2+4	H8+7
3.	H8+9	P5+1
4.	H4+6	C5+4+ ×Soldier
5.	A4+5	C5=4
6.	R1=4	R9=8
7.	C2=3	C2=5
8.	R9=8	H2+3
9.	R4+4	P5+1
10.	R4=5 ×Soldier	R8+9+
11.	C3-2	H3+5
12.	R5=8	C4=9 ×Soldier
13.	C3=4	C9+3
14.	+R+4	H5+6
15.	H6+5	C5+5+ ×Elephant
16.	E7+5 ×Cannon	H6+5 ×Elephant
17.	A5+4	H5+6 ×Cannon

Final position

10 moves

17 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 4 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 12: R1+1 13. C8=7 R1=6 14. C7-1 H5+7 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 12: H5+4 13. C3=4 H4+6 14. +R=4 H6+4# Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 3: 3. H4+6 R9=8 4. C2=3 R8+7 5. R1=3 P5+1 6. C8=7 R1+1 7. H8+9 R1=4 8. A4+5 C5+4 9. R9=8 C2=5 10. H6+7 +C-1 11. C3+4 R4+6 12. H7-5 +C+2+ 13. A5+6 -C+4+ 14. K5=4 R8=6# Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 13: 13. C7=5 C5+4 14. C3+3+ A6+5 15. P3+1 R4+1 16. R8+2 E3+5 17. C3=1 H7+6 18. K5=4 R4+1+ 19. K4+1 R4=7 Try it on the board

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13. Move Handicap: Central Cannon Beats Advisor-Elephant with Corner Horse

Pieces on the board

Move list

Final position

Variations and alternative defences

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