Palcorner Cannon Opening played by Xiangqi Grand Master #5

Palcorner Cannon Opening played by Xiangqi Grand Master #5

Palcorner Cannon Opening

Palcorner Cannon Opening transformed to Sandwiched Horses Defense vs Opposite Direction Cannon" played by Xiangqi Grand Master #5

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Game #13 Zeng Jun draws to GM Zheng WeiTong @ 24th Sept 2013
Game #14 GM Wang YueFei draws to GM Sun YongZheng @ 14th Sept 2013
Game #15 GM Tao HanMing draws to GM Jiang Chuan @ 25th Aug 2013

Palcorner Cannon Opening played by Xiangqi Grand Master #1

Palcorner Cannon Opening

Palcorner Cannon Opening transformed to Sandwiched Horses Defense vs Opposite Direction Cannon" played by Xiangqi Grand Master #1

Click here for all Palcorner Cannon Opening articles.

Red first move C2=4 or C8=6 is known as Palcorner Opening variation. Palcorner Cannon Opening focuses on midgame and setup endgame. Normally Black will respond with opposite direction cannon. The reason is simply because Red is not possible to transform to Screen Horses Defense, since it palcorner cannon is placed within his proper horses. Therefore, in most cases, Red will transform to Sandwiched Horses Defense to against Black's opposite direction cannon.

Palcorner Cannon Opening is not popular as other opening, however, we still can see some Grand Masters may use this opening during tournament.

I will publish a series of "Palcorner Cannon Opening transformed to Sandwiched Horses Defense vs Opposite Direction Cannon" played by Xiangqi Grand Master or how a GM responded to Palcorner Cannon Opening variation. There are total 40++ matches!!

Game #1 GM Lu Qin wins GM Zhao XinXin @ 26th Jan 2016

Game#2 GM Lu Qin wins GM Sun Yong Zheng @ 23th Jan 2016

Game #3 GM Tao HanMing Loses to GM Jiang Chuan @ 5th Sept 2016

GM Sun Yongzheng loses to GM Jiang Chuan

GM Sun Yongzheng loses to GM Jiang Chuan

Event: 2016 2nd National Champhions North South Team Competition
Date: 27th July 2016

Wong Ping Loong @ http://xiangqielephantgame.blogspot.my

2016-07-27

GM Sun Yongzheng loses to GM Jiang Chuan

GM Sun Yongzheng loses to GM Jiang Chuan

Event:2016 5th Wenling Zhang Yu Dong Tian Cup National Xiangqi Tournament
Date:23 Sept 2016

Wong Ping Loong @ http://xiangqielephantgame.blogspot.my

上海 孙勇征 负 北京 蒋川
2016年第05届温岭·长屿硐天杯全国象棋国手赛
2016-09-23

Xiangqi Grandmaster Jiang Chuan - annotated games: GM Sun Yongzheng (Shanghai) loses to GM Jiang Chuan (Beijing)

Xiangqi Grandmaster Jiang Chuan - annotated games

Copyright owner: Jiang Chuan Xiangqi Fans Club
Translated by permission: Wong Ping Loong

GM Sun Yongzheng (Shanghai) loses to GM Jiang Chuan (Beijing)

Event: 2010 China National Xiangqi Men Championship
Date: 24th Oct 2010.


  1. E3+5  …………

Great Xiangqi Grand Master Hu Runghua, has gained good results by using Elephant Opening. Since then, elephant opening variation has became a popular opening for Shanghai Team. Shanghai's players often use elephant opening in main tournaments and have obtained good results.
Before this game, GM Sun also often used elephant opening against me, he either won or draw.