25. Red Adds the Left Advisor (3)

"25. Red Adds the Left Advisor (3)" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 19 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.	A6+5	R4+7
7.	E7+9	C2=4
8.	C8+4	R1=2
9.	R9=8	R4=3
10.	A5+6	R3=7
11.	R2+2	R7+1 ×Elephant
12.	A6-5	A6+5
13.	P7+1	R7-1
14.	C8-5	C4+6
15.	A5+6	R7+1
16.	C8+6	A5+4
17.	C8=5 ×Cannon	E7+5 ×Cannon
18.	R8+9 ×Chariot	H1-2 ×Chariot
19.	A6-5

Final position

10 moves

19 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 10: 10. R8+2 C4+1 11. C8+1 C4-1 12. C8-1 R2+3 13. R8+4 R3-1 14. R8-6 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 7: C2=3 8. C8+4 A4+5 9. R2+5 R1=2 10. R9=8 R4-3 11. E3+1 R4+1 12. P7+1 R4=3 13. R8+2 R2+3 14. R8+4 R3+1 15. E1-3 R3=1 16. R8-3 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 7: 7. C5=4 R1+1 8. C8+2 P3+1 9. R2+5 R1=3 10. C8=4 P3+1 11. P7+1 R3+4 12. E3+5 R3-2 13. H7+8 R3=2 14. R2=6 R4-4 15. H8+6 R2+1 16. H6+4 C2-1 17. R9+2 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 10: 10. E3+5 P5+1 11. C4-1 R4-3 12. P7+1 R4-2 13. P7+1 R3+3 14. C4+1 C2=3 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 11: 11. R2=5 C2+2 12. R5-1 H1+3 13. C4-1 R4-2 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 8: R4-3 9. P7+1 R4=3 10. E7+5 R3-1 11. H3+4 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 8: 8. C4-1 R4-2 9. E7+5 R1=6 10. C4+1 R6+5 11. H3+2 R6-2 12. H2+3 C5=6 13. C4=3 Try it on the board
Variation 8, from move 7: C5=3 8. E3+5 P3+1 9. P9+1 E7+5 10. C8+4 R4-5 11. C8-2 Try it on the board

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