53. Red Adds the Left Advisor (2)

"53. Red Adds the Left Advisor (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	R1+1
7.	A6+5	R4+5
8.	E7+9	R1=6
9.	C8+2	R6+5
10.	H3+2	R6-2
11.	H2+3 ×Soldier	R4=3
12.	R9=7	P3+1
13.	C5=3	P3+1 ×Soldier
14.	H3+5 ×Cannon	C2=5 ×Horse
15.	C3+5 ×Horse	P3=2 ×Cannon
16.	C3=7 ×Horse	R3-4 ×Cannon
17.	H7+8 ×Soldier	C5+4+ ×Soldier
18.	E3+5	R3=2
19.	H8+7	R2+5
20.	R7+3	C5-1
21.	E9-7

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: R3+7+ 18. E9-7 C5+4+ 19. E3+5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 10: R6=7 11. H2+3 R4=3 12. R9=7 P3+1 13. R2+5 P5+1 14. C5+3+ H3+5 15. E3+5 P3+1 16. E9+7 C2=3 17. C8+3 R3+1 18. R7+2 C3+5 19. C8=3 R7=5 20. C3=2 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 13: 13. P7+1 R3-2 14. C8=7 R7-1 15. H3+5 E7+5 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 9: P3+1 10. H3+4 R4=2 11. C5=4 C5=6 12. H4-3 C6+7 13. K5=4 P3+1 14. H3+4 R6=4 15. R2+5 E7+5 16. C4+1 R2+1 17. R9=7 P3=2 18. H4-6 R2+1 19. H7+8 P7+1 20. R2-1 P7+1 21. R2=3 H3+4 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 10: R4=3 11. C5=4 C5=6 12. H4-5 C6+7 13. K5=4 R3+1 14. K4=5 Try it on the board

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