Right Cannon Patrols the River (3)

"Right Cannon Patrols the River (3)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 24 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	R8+6
7.	H8+9	R8=7 ×Soldier
8.	R9+1	C2+2
9.	R9=4	C2=7
10.	H9+8	C7+3 ×Horse
11.	C8=3 ×Cannon	C5+4+ ×Soldier
12.	A6+5	R1=2
13.	H8+6	C5-2
14.	H6+7	H1-3
15.	K5=6	R7=3 ×Soldier
16.	R4+6	R2+8
17.	C5+4+ ×Soldier	A5+4
18.	E3+5	R3=4+
19.	A5+6	C5=4
20.	R6=4	R4=5+
21.	A6-5	R5-3 ×Cannon
22.	-R=3 ×Horse	C4=7
23.	R3=6 ×Advisor	H3+5
24.	H7+6 ×Advisor

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

24 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 5 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 16: E3+1 17. R4=3 C5=7 18. H7+5 R3=5 19. R3+2+ C7-4 20. H5+3 H3+2 21. H3-4+ K5=6 22. C3=4+ R5=6 23. H4+2# Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 16: 16. C3+5 E7+5 17. R4=2 K5=6 18. R2+8+ E5-7 19. R2=3+ K6+1 20. H7-5+ K6+1 21. R3=4+ K6=5 22. C3=1 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 14: R2+2 15. R4+6 E7+5 16. K5=6 R7=5 17. C5+3 P5+1 18. R4=5 K5=6 19. R5=3 R5=3 20. R3+2+ K6+1 21. H7+6+ K6+1 22. R3-2# Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 14: R2+9 15. K5=6 R7=3 16. R4+6 R3+2 17. C5+4+ A5+4 18. R4=5+ K5=6 19. R6=4+ K6+1 20. H7+6+ K6-1 21. R5=4+ K6=5 22. H6-5+ A4-5 23. H5+7# Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 15: R2=3+ 16. K6+1 R3-3 17. R4+7 R3=4+ 18. R6-5 R7=4+ 19. A5+6 R4=7 20. C3=2 R7=8 21. C2=3 R8=7 22. C3=2 C5=4+ 23. K6=5 C4-2 24. R4=3 E7+5 25. C2+7 R7=8 26. C2=1 Try it on the board

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