52. Red Adds the Left Advisor (1)

"52. Red Adds the Left Advisor (1)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 22 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	P3+1
9.	P7+1 ×Soldier	R4=3
10.	R9=7	R3-2 ×Soldier
11.	H7+6	R3+5+ ×Chariot
12.	E9-7 ×Chariot	H3+2
13.	C8+5 ×Cannon	H2+4 ×Horse
14.	C8=3 ×Horse	R1=3
15.	A5-6	R3+8 ×Elephant
16.	R2+8	C5=2
17.	R2=8	H4+3
18.	A4+5	C2+7
19.	A5+6	R3=4+ ×Advisor
20.	K5+1	H3-4
21.	R8-4	H4+6+
22.	C5=4

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

22 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 7 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 16: A4+5 17. R2=3 E7+9 18. C3=2 K5=4 19. C2+2+ K4+1 20. A4+5 C5=2 21. C5=6+ H4+2 22. H3+4 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 16: 16. R2+1 C5=4 17. A4+5 C4=2 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 17: 17. R2=8 R3=4+ 18. K5+1 H4+3+ 19. K5=4 R4-4 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 12: R1=4 13. H6+4 H3+4 14. H4+3 C2=7 15. C5+4+ A4+5 16. E3+5 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 8: R4=3 9. R9=7 C2+4 10. R2+6 R1=6 11. R2=3 R6+1 12. H3+2 C2-5 13. C5=3 C2=7 14. R3=2 H7+6 15. P3+1 H6+4 16. C3+6 R3+1 17. R7+2 H4+3 18. H2+4 R6-1 19. C3-1 R6=2 20. C3=7 R2+6 21. E9-7 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 12: 12. P3+1 C2-5 13. R3=2 C2=7 14. P3+1 H7-9 15. R2-4 A6+5 16. E3+1 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 7: R4+7 8. E7+9 R1=6 9. R9=6 Try it on the board

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