Can you checkmate in 8 moves? - Bottom‑Piercing Rook with Cannon Borrowed Threat to Crush a Lone Black General

Red has a powerful arsenal of cannons, horses and a rook, while Black is left with only a General and a pawn, lacking advisors and elephants. A bottom‑piercing rook together with a borrowed‑threat cannon forms a six‑move killing sequence that traps the Black General.

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