Same-Direction Cannons: File Chariot and Left River-Patrol Cannon Beat the Ranked Chariot

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

Final position

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

• Variation 1, from move 18: 18. R3+3 H9-7 19. H6+5 R6-5 20. C3=6 C4+7 21. R6+1+ K5=4 22. C5=6+ K4=5 23. H5+7# Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 16: 16. R8+7 K5=4 17. H6+5 E3+5 18. R3+2 H9+8 19. R8=6+ A5+4 20. R3=6+ K4+1 21. C3=6+ A4-5 22. C5=6# Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 14: R6-5 15. C5+4+ A4+5 16. A6+5 R1=2 17. R8+9 H1-2 18. H6+4 C4+1 19. C5-2 C4=7 20. H4+6+ K5=4 21. C5=6+ C7=4 22. H6+8+ K4=5 23. C3+5# Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 9: R3=6 10. H8+7 P1+1 11. R9=8 C2=3 12. H7+8 P1+1 13. H8+6 R6+2 14. H6+7 R6=7 15. R3+1 C5+4+ 16. C5+4 R7=5+ 17. A4+5 R5=2+ 18. E3+5 R2+2 19. R3+1 Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 9: R3+3 10. C9=3 R3=2 11. A4+5 C2+7+ 12. R9=8 R2+1 13. R3+1 A6+5 14. C5+4 K5=6 15. R3+2+ K6+1 16. C5=4 A5+4 17. R3=5 R2-4 18. C4-3 R2=7 19. P3+1 R1=2 20. H3+4+ C5=6 21. H4+3+ C6=7 22. P3+1 -A+5 23. P3=4+ A5+6 24. P4+1 R2+4 25. P4+1+ K6+1 26. R5=4# Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 13: E7+9 14. C5+4+ A4+5 15. R3=1 K5=4 16. C3+5+ K4+1 17. R1=5 R1=2 18. C5=2 -R+2 19. C2+2+ A5+4 20. R5+2 Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 19: A5+6 20. R5+2 -R+2 21. C3-1+ K4+1 22. R5=7 H1-2 23. C3-1+ +A-5 24. C2-1+ K4-1 25. R7-1+ K4-1 26. C3+2# Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 6: R4=2 7. C8=3 C2+7 8. R3+1 H2+3 9. C3+5+ A6+5 10. C3=1 K5=6 11. R3+2+ K6+1 12. P3+1 R1=2 13. R9=8 +R+2 14. C5=4 -R+7 15. H3+4+ -R=6 16. H4+3+ C5=7 17. A4+5 R6-5 18. R3-1+ K6-1 19. E7+5 P3+1 20. H3+1 K6=5 21. H1+2+ A5-6 22. H2-3+ A6+5 23. R3+1+ Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 21: R6-2 22. R3-1 H3+4 Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 10: A5+6 11. R3+2+ K5+1 12. R3-1+ K5-1 13. P3+1 R2-2 14. R9=8 R2+4 15. H3+4 C5+4+ 16. C5=2 C5=8 17. H4+6 R2-7 18. H6+4 R2+2 19. H4+2 R1+1 20. H2+3+ C8-6 21. R3=5+ K5=6 22. C2=4+ A6-5 23. H3-4# Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 8: 8. R9=8 R2+2 9. R3+1 E7+9 10. C3=2 H2+3 11. C2+5+ A6+5 12. P3+1 R2-4 13. H3+2 C5+4+ 14. A4+5 R2=6 15. H2+3 R6=7 16. R3+2+ A5-6 17. H3+1 R7-5 18. H1+3+ K5+1 19. C2-1# Try it on the board
• Variation 12, from move 9: H2+3 10. C3+5+ A6+5 11. C3=1 K5=6 12. P3+1 R2-4 13. R3+2+ K6+1 14. C5=4 C5+4 15. H3+4+ A5+6 16. H4+3+ K6=5 17. R3-1+ K5-1 18. C4=2 C5=8 19. H3+1 A6-5 20. H1+2+ A5-6 21. H2-3+ C8-6 22. R3=2 C8=7 23. R2=4 A4+5 24. C2+7 K5=4 25. C1=3+ K4+1 26. H3+4+ K4+1 27. R4=5 R1+1 28. R5-1+ E3+5 29. C3-2+ E5-7 30. C2-2# Try it on the board

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