60. Red's River-Patrol Chariot (1)

"60. Red's River-Patrol Chariot (1)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 20 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.	C8+2	R1=3
8.	R9+2	P5+1
9.	H7+6	P3+1
10.	H6+7	P3+1 ×Soldier
11.	C8+2	C5+1
12.	C8=5 ×Cannon	H7+5 ×Cannon
13.	R9=8	R4+2
14.	R8+5 ×Cannon	R4=3 ×Horse
15.	H3+4	P3=4
16.	R2+6	E3+5
17.	R2=3 ×Soldier	-R=6
18.	H4+5 ×Horse	R3=5 ×Horse
19.	P3+1	R5=7 ×Chariot
20.	P3+1 ×Chariot	H3+5

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 9: 9. H3+4 P3+1 10. P7+1 H3+5 11. P7=6 P5+1 12. H4+5 H7+5 13. P5+1 C5+3+ 14. C5+4 R4+3 15. R2+7 R3+2 16. R2=8 R3=5 17. R8=4 R4+3 18. H7+6 R4=5+ 19. A4+5 +R=1+ 20. C8=5+ R5+2 21. E7+9 R5=4 Try it on the board

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