Trading the Edge Soldier (3)

"Trading the Edge Soldier (3)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 37 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+4
8.	H8+9	P1+1
9.	H9+8	P1+1 ×Soldier
10.	R9+4 ×Soldier	R8=6
11.	C5=7	P3+1
12.	R9+1	C5=6
13.	R9=7 ×Soldier	R6=3 ×Chariot
14.	C7+3 ×Chariot	E3+5
15.	C7+2	P7+1
16.	H8+6	H1+3
17.	R8-2	H3+4
18.	R8=5 ×Soldier	R1+4
19.	H6+5 ×Elephant	E7+5 ×Horse
20.	C7=5+ ×Elephant	K5=6
21.	C8+7+	K6+1
22.	R5=2	C6+2
23.	R2+2+	K6+1
24.	C5=3 ×Horse	C4=7 ×Cannon
25.	R2-1	H4+6
26.	R2=3+ ×Cannon	K6-1
27.	R3+1+	K6+1
28.	C8-8	R1+4
29.	H3-5	C6=5
30.	R3-2	K6=5
31.	R3=4	R1=2 ×Cannon
32.	R4-3 ×Horse	R2=4
33.	E3+5	K5=4
34.	H5+3	R4+1+ ×Advisor
35.	K5+1	R4-1+
36.	K5-1	R4=7
37.	P5+1

Final position

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Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 3 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 25: H4-5 26. C8-8 C6=3 27. E3+5 R1+4 28. C8+6 K6-1 29. R2+1+ K6-1 30. C8+2+ C3-4 31. R2=5 H5+6 32. R5-1 H6+8 33. R5=4+ K6=5 34. A4+5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 25: C6=5+ 26. E3+5 H4-6 27. C8-2 K6-1 28. P5+1 C5=3 29. R2+1+ K6+1 30. C8=3 H6-7 31. R2-2 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 25: H4+2 26. R2=3+ K6-1 27. C8-1+ A5-6 28. R3+1+ K6+1 29. R3=6 C6=3 30. E7+5 H2+3+ 31. R6-7 R1-3 32. C8-6 R1=4 33. K5+1 Try it on the board

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