77. Red's Standard Horse and River-Patrol Chariot (1)

"77. Red's Standard Horse and River-Patrol Chariot (1)" 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	R4+5
6.	C5=4	P5+1
7.	E7+5	H2+3
8.	A6+5	H3+5
9.	P7+1	P3+1
10.	R9=6	R4+3+ ×Chariot
11.	A5-6 ×Chariot	R1+1
12.	H7+8	C2=3
13.	P7+1 ×Soldier	H5+3 ×Soldier
14.	H8+6	H7+5
15.	H6+7 ×Cannon	H5-3 ×Horse
16.	R2=7	-H+5
17.	C4+3	E3+1
18.	C4=7 ×Horse	H5+3 ×Cannon
19.	C8+4	R1=3
20.	P3+1	R3+2
21.	A4+5

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

21 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 17: P5+1 18. P5+1 H3+5 19. A4+5 +H+7 20. C4-2 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 13: 13. A4+5 P5+1 14. P5+1 P3+1 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 8: 8. C4+5 R1+1 9. A6+5 R1=3 10. P7+1 A4+5 11. C4-4 R4+2 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 6: 6. E7+9 R4=3 7. R9=7 C2=3 8. H7-5 R3+3 9. H5-7 H2+1 10. C8+4 R1=2 11. C8=5+ A4+5 12. R2=6 R2+4 13. +C-1 C5+1 14. R6+3 C3+7+ 15. E9-7 E7+5 16. R6+1 R2-2 17. P3+1 R2=4 18. R6-1 A5+4 19. H3+4 A4-5 20. +C=6 C5+4 21. E3+5 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 12: H7+5 13. C5+4 R2+4 14. P5+1 C3=2 15. A6+5 C2+1 16. C5-1 Try it on the board

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