Same-Direction Cannons: Ranked Chariot Beats the Horse-Flanked Cannon

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 11 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

• Variation 1, from move 5: R8+6 6. R6=7 H3-5 7. H8+9 R8=7 8. R9+1 C2=3 9. R9=4 R1=2 10. C8=6 R2+4 11. A6+5 P7+1 12. R7=6 C3+7 13. C5+4 H7+5 14. R4+8+ K5=6 15. R6+3+ K6+1 16. C6+6+ K6+1 17. R6=4# Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 9: 9. R9=6 R1=2 10. C8=7 P7+1 11. R6+7 C3=2 12. R7+3 R2=3 13. C7+7# Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 5: E3+1 6. R6=7 R1=3 7. C8=7 H3-5 8. R7=6 C5+4+ 9. H3+5 H5+4 10. C7+7+ E1-3 11. H5+4+ H4-5 12. H4+3 R8+2 13. H3+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 8: C2=3 9. R6+2 C3+5 10. H8+7 R3+6 11. R9+2 R8+6 12. H7-9 R8=7 13. R9=6 R3-6 14. A6+5 C5=2 15. K5=6 C2-2 16. -R+5 R7+1 17. -R=4 R7-3 18. C5+4+ E7+5 19. R4=3 R7=5 20. R3=5 R5-1 21. R5-1 Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 4: R8+4 5. H8+7 H2+3 6. R6+5 C5=6 7. P5+1 E3+5 8. H7+5 A4+5 9. P5+1 C6+1 10. R6+2 P5+1 11. R6=8 R1+2 12. H5+6 C6-2 13. H6+5 C6=2 14. H5+7+ K5=4 15. C8=6 K4+1 16. C6-1 A5+6 17. R9+2 E7+5 18. R9=6+ K4=5 19. H3+5 P5+1 20. C5+2+ R8=5 21. R6=2 Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 12: H3-4 13. R8+1 C6=5 14. C5+4 H7+5 15. C8=5 H5-7 16. H6+5 E7+5 17. C5+5+ A5+4 18. C5=8 Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 7: C6+5 8. P5+1 C6=3 9. H3+5 C3+1 10. R9+1 C3=8 11. R6=7 H3-5 12. P5+1 C2+4 13. H5+7 R1+2 14. H7+6 R1=4 15. P5+1 Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 12: C8+1 13. R9=4 C8=9 14. R4+7 R8+5 15. H5+4 H7+5 16. R7=5 C9=7+ 17. A4+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 5: R8=3 6. P7+1 R3+1 7. H7+6 P7+1 8. E7+9 R3+1 9. C8+7 R1=2 10. H6+8 R3-2 11. H8+7 Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 8: R3=2 9. C8=7 H2+1 10. H6+7 R2-2 11. H7+8 A4+5 12. C7+5 R1+1 13. R6+7 H7+6 14. R9=7 H6+5 15. C7=9 R1-1 16. R6+1+ A5-4 17. H8-6+ K5+1 18. R7+8# Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 8: 8. H6+5 H7+6 9. C8+7 R1=2 10. H5+7 Try it on the board

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