39. Red's River-Riding Chariot (3)

"39. Red's River-Riding Chariot (3)" 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.	R2+5	R4+5
8.	E7+9	R1=6
9.	C8+2	R6+7
10.	A6+5	P7+1
11.	R2=3 ×Soldier	C5-1
12.	R9=6	R4=3
13.	R6+2	C5=7
14.	R3=6	H7+6
15.	C8-3	R6-2
16.	C8=7	R3=2
17.	P3+1	C7+6 ×Horse
18.	C5+4 ×Soldier	R6=5 ×Soldier
19.	-R=3 ×Cannon	R5-3 ×Cannon
20.	P3=4 ×Horse

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 18: C7=3 19. P3=4 R6=5 20. P4=5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 15: C7+6 16. C5+4 R6-3 17. C8+3 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 11: H7+6 12. H3+4 R4=3 13. R9=7 H6+4 14. H4+6 R3+1 15. C8=6 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 11: 11. R2+3 R4=3 12. R9=7 P7+1 13. C8=3 H7+6 14. R2=4 C5=6 15. C3=4 C6+3 16. R4-3 C6+4 17. R4-4 C6=3 18. A5+6 C3=7 19. H3+4 P3+1 20. P7+1 R3-2 21. H7+6 C2+7 22. R4=8 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 18: C3=1 19. R4=8 C2+4 20. K5+1 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 14: 14. R2=7 C5=7 15. C3+5+ A6+5 16. +R+1 H6-5 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 16: 16. +R-1 E3+5 17. +R+1 E5-7 Try it on the board
Variation 8, from move 10: 10. H3+4 R4+2 11. A6+5 P5+1 12. R9=6 R4+1+ 13. K5=6 Try it on the board

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