A bare chariot vs A horse and cannon, no defensive pieces (單車難勝馬炮)

Xiangqi basic endgames: what wins and what draws

40 moves

A bare chariot versus A horse and cannon, no defensive pieces (單車難勝馬炮). Draw. The whole draw is one geometric relation: the cannon sits directly behind its own general, where it covers the back rank and cannot be skewered against it. Move that cannon one point sideways and the t…