A bare cannon vs Bare general

Xiangqi basic endgames: what wins and what draws

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A bare cannon versus Bare general. Draw. A cannon needs a platform to capture, so with nothing to jump it cannot mate. Adding elephants does not help; it needs an advisor, which can screen on any of the three central files. Pikafish at depth 26: 0.0. The mainline below is its l…