45. Red's River-Patrol Cannon (4)

"45. Red's River-Patrol Cannon (4)" 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.	C8+2	R4+7
8.	H3+4	P3+1
9.	P7+1 ×Soldier	R1=6
10.	H4+3 ×Soldier	R6+2
11.	P3+1	P5+1
12.	C8=7	H3+5
13.	C7+5+ ×Elephant	A4+5
14.	P7+1	P5+1
15.	P5+1 ×Soldier	C5+3+ ×Soldier
16.	A4+5	C2=5
17.	R9=8	H5+4
18.	H7+6 ×Horse	R4-3 ×Horse
19.	R2+4	H7+5
20.	R2=3	K5=4
21.	E7+9	+C+1
22.	R3=6+ ×Chariot	H5+4 ×Chariot

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

22 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 8 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 13: 13. R9=8 H5+3 14. A4+5 E3+1 15. C5+3+ Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 11: R4=7 12. C8+2 P5+1 13. P7+1 R6=3 14. H3-5 R3=5 15. H7+6 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 11: 11. C8=7 R6=7 12. C7+3 R7+2 13. R9=8 A6+5 14. A6+5 R7-1 15. P7+1 H7+8 16. R2+4 C5=7 17. C5+4+ E7+5 18. E3+5 C7=8 19. R2=3 R7+1 20. E5+3 H8+6 21. C5=2 C2=1 22. R8+4 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 14: R4-6 15. R8+7 C5=3 16. H7+8 C3+7 17. R8=6 A5+4 18. H8+6 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 14: 14. R8+4 R7=2 15. H7+8 C5+4+ 16. A4+5 R4-6 17. R2+3 C5-1 18. C7-1 H7+6 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 8: R1=6 9. A4+5 P3+1 10. C5=4 C5=6 11. H4+3 R6=3 12. P7+1 H3+4 13. P7=6 R3+6 14. E3+5 R3-1 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 11: 11. H4+5 C6=5 12. H5-4 R6=3 13. P7+1 H3+5 Try it on the board
Variation 8, from move 9: 9. C5=4 C5=6 10. C4=5 C6=5 Try it on the board

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