68. Black Shifts Cannon to the Edge (2)

"68. Black Shifts Cannon to the Edge (2)" 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.	P3+1	H2+3
6.	P7+1	C2=1
7.	R9=8	R1=2
8.	C8+4	R4+3
9.	R2+8	P7+1
10.	R2=3	H3-5
11.	C8+1	R2=1
12.	C8=3 ×Horse	C1=7 ×Cannon
13.	C5+4 ×Soldier	R4-1
14.	H7+6	P7+1 ×Soldier
15.	A4+5	C7+5 ×Horse
16.	R3-4 ×Soldier	C7=8
17.	R3=4	R1+2
18.	R8+2	C8+2+
19.	E3+1	R4=5 ×Cannon
20.	H6+5 ×Chariot	H5+3
21.	H5+3

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 11: P7+1 12. C8=3 R2+9 13. C3+2+ H5-7 14. H7-8 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 11: E7+9 12. C8=3 R2+9 13. C3=9 R2-7 14. C9=5+ R2=5 15. P5+1 P7+1 16. R3-4 R4=7 17. R3+1 E9+7 18. P5+1 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 7: R4+5 8. H3+4 R4=3 9. H4+6 R3+1 10. H6+7 C1+4 11. C8+7 C5+4+ 12. A4+5 C1=3 13. E7+9 R3=1 14. R2+7 +R=2 15. R8=7 C3=9 16. R2=3 C9+3+ 17. E3+1 R2=5 18. R7+3 R1=2 19. R7=6 A4+5 20. H7+8 E7+5 21. H8-7 C5-2 22. R3=4 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 14: H7-5 15. K5=4 H5+3 16. R2=7 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 13: 13. R2+7 H7-5 14. E7+9 H5+3 15. R2=7 R3=1 16. K5=4 -R=2 17. R8+9 C3+3+ 18. K4+1 R1=5 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 13: C3+3+ 14. R8=7 R3+2 15. R2=3 R1+2 16. K5=4 Try it on the board

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