River-Patrol Cannon Attacks the Elephant (9)

"River-Patrol Cannon Attacks the Elephant (9)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 43 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.	R6-3	C2=3
10.	C8+5	R7+1 ×Horse
11.	C8=3 ×Horse	R7=6
12.	R9=2	R6-5
13.	C3=5+ ×Cannon	E3+5 ×Cannon
14.	C5+4 ×Soldier	C3+5+ ×Elephant
15.	A6+5	R1=2
16.	R2+8	K5=6
17.	C5=1 ×Soldier	R6=9
18.	R6=4+	A5+6
19.	C1-2	C3=1
20.	K5=6	R2+9+
21.	K6+1	R2-1+
22.	K6-1	R2+1+
23.	K6+1	R2-2
24.	R2-1	K6=5
25.	R2=6	A4+5
26.	C1=5	R2-7
27.	E3+5	C1-4 ×Soldier
28.	R4=8	R2=3
29.	R8=6	K5=6
30.	C5+4 ×Advisor	A6-5 ×Cannon
31.	+R=5 ×Advisor	R9=6
32.	R5=3	C1-1
33.	H9+8	H1-2
34.	H8+9 ×Soldier	P3+1
35.	R6+3	E7+9
36.	R3=2	E5-7
37.	K6-1	P3+1
38.	H9-7	H2+3
39.	H7+6	R6=4+ ×Horse
40.	R6-1 ×Chariot	R3=4
41.	R6+2+ ×Chariot	H3-4 ×Chariot
42.	R2=6	H4+6
43.	P7+1 ×Soldier

Final position

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Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 2 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 22: H1-2 23. R2-1 K6=5 24. C1=5+ K5=6 25. R4=6 A6-5 26. C5+4 H2+3 27. C5=8 R9=6 28. R2=7 A4+5 29. R7=5 R6-1 30. R5=7 R6=3 31. R6+4# Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 22: A4+5 23. C1=4 K6=5 24. C4=5 K5=6 25. R2-1 R2+1+ 26. K6+1 R2-8 27. R4=6 R2-1 28. E3+5 R9+4 29. C5+4 A6-5 30. R2=5 R9=6 31. R6+3 C1-4 32. H9+8 C1-1 33. H8+6 P3+1 34. R5=3 C1=4 35. R6=4+ R6-5 36. R3+1# Try it on the board

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