8. Move Handicap: Major Opposite-Direction Cannons Opening
"8. Move Handicap: Major Opposite-Direction Cannons Opening" is a opening record from Secret in the Tangerine, 13 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 | C2=5 |
| 2. | H2+3 | H8+9 |
| 3. | R1=2 | R9=8 |
| 4. | H8+9 | H2+3 |
| 5. | R9=8 | R1=2 |
| 6. | P9+1 | P9+1 |
| 7. | R2+4 | R2+4 |
| 8. | H9+8 | R2=6 |
| 9. | R2=6 | C8+7 |
| 10. | H3-2 | R8+8 |
| 11. | H8+6 | C5=8 |
| 12. | H6+7 | R6+5+ |
| 13. | K5=4 | C8+7# |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 7: C8=7 8. R2=6 R2+4 9. H9+8 R2=6 10. H8+6 R8+8 11. H6+7 C7=3 12. C5+4+ A6+5 13. C8+7 K5=6 14. R8+8 R8=7 15. A6+5 R7-1 16. E7+5 C5+4 17. K5=6 C3=4+ 18. R6=5 C5+2 19. A4+5 R6+4 20. R8=5 R7+2+ 21. K6+1 R7-3 22. K6-1 R7=4+ 23. K6=5 R4+2 Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 8: R8+8 9. A4+5 R8=7 10. E3+1 R2+4 11. H9+8 R2=6 12. H8+6 H9+8 13. H6+7 C7=3 14. C5+4+ A6+5 15. R6-2 H8+7 16. C8-1 H7+9 17. H3+2 R7+1+ 18. A5-4 R6+5+ 19. K5+1 R6=5+ 20. K5=6 R5=4+ 21. K6=5 R7=5+ 22. K5=4 H9+8+ 23. K4+1 R4-2+ Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 14: 14. P3+1 H8+7 15. C5+4+ A6+5 16. R6-2 H7+9 17. C8+7 K5=6 18. R8+8 R7+1+ 19. A5-4 H9+7+ 20. K5+1 R6+4+ Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 9: 9. H9+8 R2+5 10. R6=8 C7+4 11. A4+5 C7+3 12. +R=2 R8=7 13. R2-4 Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 7: R2+6 8. R2=6 C8=7 9. C5=6 R8+8 10. C6+1 R2=3 11. C8+7 R3=4 12. R6-1 C7+4 13. R6+4 H3-2 14. R8+9 C7+3+ 15. A4+5 C7=9 16. K5=4 H9+8 17. R8-5 H8+7 18. R8=3 H7+9 19. K4=5 R8=7 20. R3=2 H9+8+ 21. A5-4 H8-7+ 22. R2-4 C5+4 23. R2=1 R7=5# Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 9: P5+1 10. C6+1 R2=3 11. C8+7 P5+1 12. R6+2 R3=4 13. R6-3 P5+1+ 14. A6+5 P5=4+ 15. E7+5 H3-2 16. R8+9 R8+7 Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 9: C7+4 10. E3+5 C5=7 11. P5+1 A6+5 12. C6+1 R2=3 13. C8+2 R3=2 14. C8=7 +C=6 15. C6=7 C7+5 16. -C+3 C6=5+ Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 6: 6. R2+4 C8=7 7. R2=6 R8+8 8. P3+1 P7+1 9. P3+1 R2+4 10. P3+1 H9+7 11. C8=7 R2=6 12. R8+8 H7+9 13. H3+2 R6=7 14. C7+4 C5+4+ 15. C5=3 R7+3 16. C7+3+ A4+5 17. H2-3 C7+7# Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 13: 13. C7+4 C7+7+ 14. A4+5 H9+8 15. C7+3+ A4+5 16. C5=4 R6+3 17. A5+4 H8+6+ 18. K5=4 C5=6+ 19. R6=4 H6+4+ 20. K4=5 H4+6# Try it on the board
- Variation 10, from move 12: 12. C7+4 E3+1 13. C7=3 C7+5 Try it on the board
- Variation 11, from move 10: 10. C5=6 R2=7 11. E7+5 R8=4 12. H3+4 C5+4+ 13. E5+3 R7+1 14. H4+5 C7+7# Try it on the board
- Variation 12, from move 11: 11. E3+5 P3+1 12. H3+4 C5+4+ 13. A6+5 R8=5+ 14. K5=6 R5+1+ 15. K6+1 R7+4+ Try it on the board
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