66. Red Flies the Edge Elephant

"66. Red Flies the Edge Elephant" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 18 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	R1+1
7.	E7+9	R1=3
8.	R2+5	P5+1
9.	H3+4	P3+1
10.	R2=5 ×Soldier	P3+1 ×Soldier
11.	R5=7	P3+1
12.	R7-2 ×Soldier	H3+5
13.	R7+5 ×Chariot	R4=3 ×Chariot
14.	H4+5 ×Horse	R3+6 ×Horse
15.	C8-1	R3+1
16.	H5+3 ×Horse	R3=2 ×Cannon
17.	H3-5	C5+4+ ×Soldier
18.	A6+5	C2=5

Final position

10 moves

18 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 8: 8. R9=7 P5+1 9. C8+4 P3+1 10. P7+1 H3+5 11. C8=3 E7+9 12. P7+1 H5+3 13. H7+8 H3+2 14. A6+5 R4+7 15. P7+1 R3=4 16. C3=7 E3+1 17. P7=8 H2+3 18. R7+1 +R=3 19. R2+6 R4+4 20. C7-2 Try it on the board

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