Left Chariot Rides the River (2)

"Left Chariot Rides the River (2)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 21 moves long. The move list below marks every check and capture, and the variations from the source book are listed after it.

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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

1.	C2=5	C8=5
2.	R1+1	H8+7
3.	R1=6	R9=8
4.	H2+3	A6+5
5.	R6+7	H2+1
6.	P9+1	C2=4
7.	H8+9	R1=2
8.	C8+2	R8+5
9.	R9=8	P3+1
10.	C5=6	P7+1
11.	E7+5	R8=4
12.	C6+5 ×Cannon	R4-3 ×Cannon
13.	R6-1 ×Chariot	A5+4 ×Chariot
14.	A6+5	+A-5
15.	R8=6	C5=3
16.	R6+6	E7+5
17.	R6=9 ×Soldier	C3-1
18.	R9=6	C3=1
19.	P9+1	H1-3
20.	R6=9	H3+1
21.	R9=6	H1-3

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

21 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 7 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 10: C5=6 11. C8=5 R8=5 12. R8+9 H1-2 13. P5+1 C6-1 14. R6-1 A5+4 15. H9+8 H2+3 16. H3-5 C6=5 17. H5+6 E3+1 18. H6-4 P5+1 19. C6=5 P5+1 20. C5+6 +A-5 21. H4+5 E7+5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 13: 13. R6=8 R5=4 14. C6+5 A5+4 15. R8+1 R4=6 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 13: 13. R6-1 A5+4 14. P5+1 C6=5 15. C6=5 C5+3+ 16. H3+5 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 10: R8=6 11. E7+5 K5=6 12. A6+5 C5=6 13. P3+1 R6-1 14. C6=8 R2=1 15. R8=6 C6-1 16. -R+7 C6=4 17. R6=3 E7+5 18. R3=5 C4+6 19. R5=2 C4=1 20. R2+2+ K6+1 21. H3+2 A5+6 22. R2=5 R6=8 23. +C=4+ A6-5 24. E5+7 K6+1 25. R5=2 R8-4 26. C8=4+ K6=5 27. H2+3+ K5=4 28. -C=6 R8+7 29. E7-5 C1=5+ 30. K5=6 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 21: A5+4 22. H2+3+ K6=5 23. +C=5+ E3+5 24. H3+5 R6-2 25. R2-1+ K5-1 26. H5+6+ K5=4 27. R2+1+ K4+1 28. R2=9 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 13: R6=4 14. C6+5 R4-3 15. R6-1 A5+4 16. R8=6 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 13: 13. P7+1 R6-1 14. C6=8 R2=1 15. R6=8 P3+1 16. E5+7 H1+3 17. +R=7 H3+2 18. H9+8 P7+1 Try it on the board

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