Withdrawing the Central Cannon (1)

"Withdrawing the Central Cannon (1)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 36 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.	R6=8	C2=4
7.	P9+1	R8+6
8.	P9+1	P1+1 ×Soldier
9.	R9+5 ×Soldier	R8=7 ×Soldier
10.	A6+5	C5=6
11.	H8+9	P3+1
12.	R9=7 ×Soldier	E7+5
13.	R7-1	C4+2
14.	C5=7	C4=7
15.	E7+5	C7+3 ×Horse
16.	C7=3 ×Cannon	H1+3
17.	R7+2 ×Horse	R1+7 ×Horse
18.	R8=6	R1+2+
19.	A5-6	C6-1
20.	R6-4	R1-5
21.	R6=4	C6=9
22.	P1+1	P7+1
23.	R4=2	R1=3
24.	R7-1 ×Chariot	E5+3 ×Chariot
25.	R2+3	H7+6
26.	C3=4	H6+5 ×Soldier
27.	C8+1	C9+4 ×Soldier
28.	R2+2+	A5-6
29.	R2-3	P5+1
30.	C4+4	P7+1
31.	R2=3	P9+1
32.	C4=9	P5+1
33.	C9+3	R7=6
34.	R3=5+	A6+5
35.	C8+6	+E-1
36.	C8=6 ×Advisor

Final position

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Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 1 variation. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 15: 15. E3+5 C6-1 16. R8-1 C7+3 17. C7=3 P7+1 18. R7=4 C6=9 19. R4+2 H7+8 20. R4=2 H8+9 21. C3=4 C9=6 22. R2+3+ C6-1 23. C8+1 R7+2 24. R2-6 R7=9 25. C4+6 P9+1 26. C8-2 R9+1 27. C4=1 P9+1 28. R2+6 C6=7 29. C1+1 A5-6 30. R2-1 A4+5 31. R8+1 Try it on the board

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