12. Right Cannon and File Chariot Beat the Left Single-Raised Horse with Advisor-Elephant Setup
"12. Right Cannon and File Chariot Beat the Left Single-Raised Horse with Advisor-Elephant Setup" is a opening record from Secret in the Tangerine, 11 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 | H8+7 |
| 2. | H2+3 | H2+1 |
| 3. | R1=2 | R9=8 |
| 4. | R2+6 | P7+1 |
| 5. | P5+1 | A6+5 |
| 6. | H8+7 | C8=9 |
| 7. | R2=3 | E7+5 |
| 8. | P5+1 | P5+1 |
| 9. | H7+5 | C9-1 |
| 10. | H5+4 | C9=7 |
| 11. | H4+3 |
Final position
Variations and alternative defences
The source manual records 11 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.
- Variation 1, from move 10: R8=7 11. H4+5 E3+5 12. C5+5+ A5-6 13. C8=5 H1-2 14. R3=5 H2+3 15. +C-2+ A4+5 16. R5+2+ K5=4 17. R5+1+ K4+1 18. R9+1 H3-2 19. R9=6+ C2=4 20. +C=6+ C4+6 21. C5=6# Try it on the board
- Variation 2, from move 12: K5=6 13. C8=4 K6+1 14. C5=4+ K6+1 15. R3=4+ K6=5 16. C4=5+ K5=4 17. R4=6# Try it on the board
- Variation 3, from move 3: C8=9 4. P5+1 E7+5 5. P5+1 P5+1 6. H3+5 C2=4 7. C5+3+ A6+5 8. C8=5 R1=2 9. H8+7 R2+4 10. R9+1 R9=6 11. R9=6 R2-2 12. R2+7 H7+5 13. R2=5 E3+5 14. +C+2+ A5+6 15. -C+4# Try it on the board
- Variation 4, from move 12: C9+4 13. H5+3 C9-1 14. H3+2 C9=5+ 15. H7+5 C5+2 16. C5-3 R6+6 17. R2=1 R6=5 18. R1+2+ H7-6 19. H2+3# Try it on the board
- Variation 5, from move 18: A5-6 19. H2+3+ K5+1 20. R6+2 R5-2 21. R1=4 K5=4 22. A4+5 P7+1 23. C5=6 R5=6 24. R6+4+ K4=5 25. R6=8 Try it on the board
- Variation 6, from move 24: K4+1 25. R4=6# Try it on the board
- Variation 7, from move 18: 18. H2+3+ K5=6 19. R6=4+ A5+6 20. R1+2+ K6+1 21. A4+5 A4+5 22. C5=2 Try it on the board
- Variation 8, from move 3: 3. H8+7 E7+5 4. P5+1 A6+5 5. P5+1 P5+1 6. H7+5 R9=6 7. R1=2 C8=9 8. H5+7 P5+1 9. H7+6 C2=4 10. C8+5 R1=2 11. R9=8 R6+7 12. H6-5 R6=7 13. H5+4 R7=6 14. H4+3+ K5=6 15. A4+5 R6-3 16. R2+9+ K6+1 17. C8+1+ H1-3 18. C5=4+ R6=4 19. R2-5 Try it on the board
- Variation 9, from move 17: 17. C5=4+ R6=4 18. R8+4 C9+4 19. R8=4+ A5+6 20. R4+3+ K6=5 21. R2=5+ K5=4 22. R4+1+ A4+5 23. R4=5+ H7-5 24. C4+6# Try it on the board
- Variation 10, from move 2: E7+5 3. R1=2 R9=8 4. R2+6 P7+1 5. H8+7 H2+1 6. R2=3 A6+5 7. P5+1 C2=4 8. R9=8 R1=2 9. P5+1 P5+1 10. H7+5 R2+4 11. H5+7 P5+1 12. C8+2 P3+1 13. H7+5 C4=3 14. P7+1 P3+1 15. C8=5 R2+5 16. H5+6+ K5=6 17. R3=4+ A5+6 18. -C=4 C3+7+ 19. K5+1 R2-1+ 20. K5+1 K6+1 21. R4+1+ K6+1 22. C5=4# Try it on the board
- Variation 11, from move 9: 9. C8+5 Try it on the board
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