28. Red's River-Crossing Chariot (2)

"28. Red's River-Crossing Chariot (2)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 18 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+1
6.	R2+6	C2=3
7.	R9=8	P3+1
8.	C8+5	P3+1
9.	C8=5 ×Cannon	E7+5 ×Cannon
10.	R8+7	R4=3
11.	H7-5	P3+1 ×Soldier
12.	R2=3 ×Soldier	R1=2
13.	R8+2 ×Chariot	H1-2 ×Chariot
14.	H3+4	R3=4
15.	H4+5 ×Soldier	R4+2
16.	P3+1	C3+1
17.	R3+1 ×Horse	C3=5 ×Horse
18.	C5+4+ ×Cannon	R4=5 ×Cannon

Final position

10 moves

18 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 11 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 18: 18. C5=2 A4+5 19. C2+7+ E5-7 20. R3+2 K5=4 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 14: P3+1 15. H4+5 P3=4 16. +H+3 P4=5 17. E7+5 R3=7 18. R3=8 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 11: 11. H3+4 R1=2 12. R8+2 H1-2 13. R2=3 P3+1 14. H7-5 R3=4 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 8: R1=2 9. C8=5 R2+9 10. H7-8 E7+5 11. R2=3 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 8: 8. R2=3 R1=2 9. C8+4 P3+1 10. C8=7 P3+1 11. R8+9 H1-2 12. C7+3+ A4+5 13. H7-8 R4=2 14. H8+9 P3=2 15. H9-7 C5=4 16. H3+4 E7+5 17. H4+5 R2+2 18. P3+1 H7+5 19. C5+4 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 9: R4+2 10. C8=5+ H7+5 11. R8+9 H1-2 12. R3=5 R4+4 13. H7-8 R4=2 14. H8+9 P3+1 15. R5=7 P3=4 16. H3+4 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 8: 8. R2-1 H1+3 9. H3+4 H3+5 10. C5+3 P5+1 11. R2=5 R4+4 12. H4+3 R4=7 13. H3+5 E3+5 14. E7+5 R7=2 15. C8=9 R1=2 16. R8+4 R2+5 17. H7-5 Try it on the board
Variation 8, from move 10: C5+2+ 11. E7+5 P7+1 12. R2=3 E7+5 13. H4+5 Try it on the board
Variation 9, from move 8: P3+1 9. R2=7 R4=3 10. R7-1 C3+4 11. R7+4 H1-3 12. C8+5 C5-1 13. H3+4 Try it on the board
Variation 10, from move 6: R4+5 7. H3+4 R4=3 8. H7-5 R3=5 9. H5+3 R5=7 10. R2=3 R1+1 11. P3+1 R1=4 12. A6+5 R4+1 13. H4+2 C5+5+ 14. E7+5 R7=3 15. R9=6 Try it on the board
Variation 11, from move 13: 13. C5+5 E7+5 14. R3+1 R4+3 15. H4-5 C2=7 16. H5+6 R7+1 Try it on the board

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