7. Same-Direction Cannons: Ranked Chariot Beats the Early Advisor-Corner 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 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

• Variation 1, from move 10: R6=3 11. P7+1 R3-1 12. C8=7 Try it on the board
• Variation 2, from move 10: R6=2 11. C5=7 R2-2 12. C8+2 R9=8 13. C7=8 Try it on the board
• Variation 3, from move 11: C5=6 12. H7-8 R2=6 13. H8+9 Try it on the board
• Variation 4, from move 7: R2+6 8. R6+3 P7+1 9. R6=8 R2=3 10. C8+1 R3-2 11. A4+5 R9=8 12. C8=7 R8+8 13. C5=7 Try it on the board
• Variation 5, from move 9: R2-1 10. H9+8 P3+1 11. P7+1 P3+1 12. C5=7 E3+1 13. H8+7 C4+1 14. H7+9 C5=1 15. C7+5 K5=6 16. C8+6 A5+6 17. C8+1+ A4+5 18. C8=9 R9=8 19. R8+9+ K6+1 20. C7+1+ C4-2 21. C9-1 Try it on the board
• Variation 6, from move 7: 7. C8+2 R2+4 8. R6+5 R9=8 9. C5=8 R2=6 10. R6=7 R8+4 11. +C=7 R6=3 12. R7-1 R8=3 13. C8=7 Try it on the board
• Variation 7, from move 5: H2+1 6. H8+9 R1=2 7. C8+2 R9=8 8. R9=8 P7+1 9. C8=7 R2=1 10. R8+8 P3+1 11. R8=9 R1=2 12. R6=8 Try it on the board
• Variation 8, from move 7: R2+4 8. C5=8 R2=6 9. +C=7 R6=3 10. H9+8 K5=6 11. R6=4+ C5=6 12. H8+9 R3=2 13. C7+5+ K6+1 14. R9=8 R9=8 15. C8=4+ R2=6 16. R8+5 R6+2 17. C4+5 R6+2 18. C4=9 R8+7 19. A6+5 R8=7 20. R8=2 Try it on the board
• Variation 9, from move 4: A4+5 5. C8+4 H2+3 6. C8=5 H7+5 7. C5+4 C4+7 8. R6+6 C4=2+ 9. R9=8 R1+2 10. K5=6 R9=8 11. R8+9 H3-2 12. R6+2# Try it on the board
• Variation 10, from move 7: C4-2 8. R6+6 R1+2 9. H8+7 R9=8 10. R9=8 R8+4 11. P5+1 R8+1 12. R8+4 P7+1 13. A6+5 R8-2 14. P5+1 R8=5 15. P5+1 A5+4 16. P5+1 E7+5 Try it on the board
• Variation 11, from move 5: 5. P9+1 H2+1 6. H8+9 R1=2 7. C8+2 R9=8 8. R9=8 R2+4 9. R6+3 R8+6 10. C5=8 R2=6 11. +C+4 R8=7 12. +C=9 R7+1 13. R6+3 A5+4 14. C8+7+ K5+1 15. R8+8+ Try it on the board
• Variation 12, from move 12: C4-2 13. E3+5 P7+1 14. C8=6 C4+7 15. C9+1+ H1-2 16. R8+9 A5-4 17. R6+5+ K5=4 18. R8-1# Try it on the board

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