44. Red's River-Patrol Cannon (3)

"44. Red's River-Patrol Cannon (3)" 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.	C8+2	R4+7
8.	H3+4	P3+1
9.	P7+1 ×Soldier	R1=6
10.	H4+3 ×Soldier	R6+3
11.	P7+1	H3-5
12.	C8=5	C5+3 ×Cannon
13.	C5+2 ×Cannon	P5+1
14.	C5+4 ×Horse	A6+5 ×Cannon
15.	R9=8	C2=6
16.	A4+5	R6-1
17.	P3+1	R4-2
18.	R2+8	R4=3
19.	R2=3	R3+1 ×Horse
20.	E3+5	C6=4
21.	R3-1 ×Horse	E7+5

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

21 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 18: 18. R2+2 R4=3 19. R8+6 E7+9 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 13: 13. P5+1 R6=3 14. R9=8 C2=4 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 12: R6=3 13. R9=8 C2=4 14. R8+8 R3+3 15. R8=6 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 10: 10. C8=7 R6+4 11. C7+3 H7-5 12. P7+1 H5+3 13. P7+1 R4=3 14. C5+4+ A6+5 15. P7=8 R3-1 16. A6+5 K5=6 17. E3+5 C5+4 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 14: C5+4 15. H7+5 R6=5 16. P7=8 R5+1+ 17. A4+5 R5-3 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 11: R4-6 12. C7-1 R6=7 13. R9=8 E3+1 14. R8+6 R7-1 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 8: R4-1 9. R9+2 C5+4+ 10. A4+5 E3+5 11. R2+3 C5-2 12. H4-6 Try it on the board
Variation 8, from move 7: R4+3 8. H3+4 R4=2 9. C8+3 C5=2 10. C5=4 P3+1 11. P7+1 R2=3 12. E7+5 P7+1 13. P3+1 R3=7 14. R9=7 Try it on the board

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