16. Major Opposite-Direction Cannons Opening
"16. Major Opposite-Direction Cannons Opening" is a opening record from Secret in the Tangerine, 18 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 | H9+8 |
| 10. | H8+6 | P3+1 |
| 11. | H6+7 | C8=3 |
| 12. | C8+7 | A6+5 |
| 13. | C5+4 | K5=6 |
| 14. | R8+8 | R8+1 |
| 15. | R8=5 | R8=5 |
| 16. | R6+5+ | R5-1 |
| 17. | R6=5+ | K6+1 |
| 18. | R5=4# |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 14: C5+4 15. H3+5 R6+5+ 16. K5+1 H8+7 17. R8=5 R8+8+ Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 13: 13. C5=6 C3=4 14. C6+5 A5+4 15. R6+3 C5=9 16. R6+2+ K5+1 17. R8+8+ K5+1 18. R6=5+ K5=4 19. R5-1 H8-6 20. R8=6# Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 10: H8+7 11. H6+7 C8=3 12. C8+7 A6+5 13. C5=6 R8+8 14. C6+7 H7+9 15. C6-1+ E3+1 16. C6=9 K5=6 17. R6+5# Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 16: H9+7+ 17. K5+1 A5+4 18. C9+1+ K5+1 19. R8+8+ Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 9: R8+1 10. R8+1 H9+8 11. H8+6 R8=4 12. R8=6 R4+2 13. H6+8 R4+2 14. H8+7+ R4-4 15. R6+7 A6+5 16. R6-3+ K5=6 17. R6=4+ C5=6 18. C5=4 K6+1 19. R4+2+ K6+1 20. C4-1 Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 9: P3+1 10. H8+7 H9+8 11. C8+7 H3-2 12. C5+4+ A6+5 13. R6+5+ K5=4 14. R8+9 C5=3 15. R8=7+ K4+1 16. R7-2 E7+5 17. R7=8+ Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 11: H8+6 12. C5+4+ A6+5 13. R8+8 H3+5 14. R8=5+ K5+1 15. R6+4+ K5-1 16. R6+1+ K5+1 17. R6-1# Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 13: H6+7 14. R8=5+ K5=6 15. R5+1+ K6+1 16. R6+4+ H3-5 17. R5=4+ K6-1 18. R6+1+ K6+1 19. R6=4# Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 16: C5-1 17. A6+5 H3+5 18. H7+5 C8=6 19. C8-1 C6+1 20. H5-3+ K6+1 21. R6-1+ E3+5 22. C8-1 R8+4 23. R5=4+ C6-3 24. R6=5# Try it on the board
- Variation 10, from move 23: C5=6 24. R4-1+ C6-2 25. R6=5# Try it on the board
- Variation 11, from move 17: H3-2 18. H7+5 R6-2 19. R6=5+ A4+5 20. R5-1+ K6-1 21. R5+1+ Try it on the board
- Variation 12, from move 18: H2+3 19. C5+2 R6-2 20. H5-6 H3+4 21. C5-2+ A4+5 22. R6=5# Try it on the board
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- 13. Right Cannon and File Chariot Beat the Right Single-Raised Horse with Advisor-Elephant Setup
- 14. Right Cannon and Ranked Chariot Beat the Elephant Opening
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- 18. Opposite-Direction Cannons Beat the Tucked Cannon
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