27. Red's River-Crossing Chariot (1)

"27. Red's River-Crossing Chariot (1)" 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	R1=2
8.	C8+4	R4+6
9.	R8+2	P3+1
10.	R2-1	P7+1
11.	R2=3 ×Soldier	P3+1
12.	R3=7	P3+1 ×Soldier
13.	R7+2 ×Cannon	P3+1 ×Horse
14.	R8+1	R4-4
15.	C8+2	R4-2
16.	R7=9 ×Horse	R2+1 ×Cannon
17.	R8+5 ×Chariot	R4=2 ×Chariot
18.	R9-1 ×Soldier

Final position

10 moves

18 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 11: R4-4 12. R3=7 R4=2 13. R8+4 R2+3 14. R7+2 H7+6 15. P7+1 C5=7 16. R7=4 C7+5 17. H7-5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 10: P3+1 11. R2=7 P3+1 12. R7-2 C3+5 13. C5=7 R4=7 14. E7+5 R7-1 15. C7+7+ K5+1 16. C8+2 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 7: R4+4 8. R2=3 R1=2 9. C5=4 P3+1 10. E7+5 H1+3 11. A4+5 H3+5 12. R3=4 H5+4 13. H3+4 P3+1 14. H4-6 P3+1 15. C8=9 R2+9 16. H7-8 P3=4 17. P3+1 R4=2 18. H8+6 C3=4 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 14: 14. P7+1 C3+5 15. C4=7 R2+7 16. C7+7+ A4+5 17. R8+2 H4+2 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 11: 11. C8+3 H3+5 12. C8=5 R2+9 13. H7-8 P5+1 14. H8+7 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 9: 9. C8+4 P3+1 10. R3-1 P3+1 11. R3=7 P3+1 12. R7+2 P3+1 13. R7-5 R4=7 14. C5-1 H7+6 15. C5+5+ A6+5 16. C5-1 H6+5 17. H3+5 R7=5 18. R7+3 R5+1+ 19. E7+5 H1+3 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 7: 7. R2=3 R1=2 8. R9=8 R2+6 9. C5=4 P3+1 10. E7+5 H1+3 Try it on the board

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