81. Red's Standard Horse and River-Patrol Chariot (5)

"81. Red's Standard Horse and River-Patrol Chariot (5)" 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.	H2+3	H8+7
3.	R1=2	R9+1
4.	H8+7	R9=4
5.	R2+4	H2+3
6.	P7+1	R4+5
7.	E7+9	C2=1
8.	R2=6	R4=1 ×Soldier
9.	C8-1	+R=2
10.	C8=3	R1=2
11.	P3+1	+R=3
12.	H3-5	P3+1
13.	R9=7	P3+1 ×Soldier
14.	E9+7 ×Soldier	H3+2
15.	R6=4	H2-4
16.	C3+5 ×Soldier	H4+3 ×Elephant
17.	C3+3+ ×Elephant	A6+5
18.	P3+1	C1=3
19.	P3+1	R3+1 ×Horse
20.	R7+2 ×Chariot	C3+5 ×Chariot
21.	R4=7 ×Horse	C3=1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

21 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 6 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 16: 16. R4=6 H4+2 17. R6=4 H2+1 18. H7+9 R3+3 19. H5-7 R2+6 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 17: R3=2 18. C3+2 +R+2 19. C5=3 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 8: R4=3 9. R9=7 R1=2 10. H7-5 R3+3 11. H5-7 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 8: 8. H7+6 R1=2 9. C8=7 C1+4 10. E9-7 P7+1 11. P7+1 R2+5 12. P7+1 C1=5+ 13. H3+5 C5+4+ 14. A4+5 H3-1 15. H6+5 R2=8 16. H5-4+ A6+5 17. H4-6 K5=6 18. C7+1 C5=3 19. R9+6 C3=7 20. C5=4 R8=4 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 16: A4+5 17. H4-6 R8=4 18. H6-8 K5=4 19. K5=4 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 14: H3-5 15. H6+5 R2=8 16. H5-3 Try it on the board

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