12. Red's Chariot Patrols the River (1)

"12. Red's Chariot Patrols the River (1)" 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	P3+1
5.	R2+4	R9=3
6.	C8=9	C2=3
7.	R9=8	C3+4 ×Soldier
8.	C5=4	H2+3
9.	E7+5	P7+1
10.	P3+1	R3=6
11.	A4+5	R6+3
12.	R8+4	R1=2
13.	P3+1 ×Soldier	R6=7 ×Soldier
14.	R8=3	R7+1 ×Chariot
15.	R2=3 ×Chariot	H7+6
16.	R3+5 ×Elephant	H6+7
17.	R3-4	E3+1
18.	C4+5	R2+7
19.	C4=7 ×Horse	C3-4 ×Cannon
20.	H7+8

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 6 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 16: H6+5 17. H3+4 H5+3 18. R3=4+ K5+1 19. H4+2 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 16: 16. R3+1 H6+5 17. R3=7 H5-4 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 9: R1+1 10. R2=3 R3=2 11. R8+8 R1=2 12. R3+2 R2=6 13. A6+5 R6+1 14. P3+1 C5-1 15. P3+1 C5=7 16. H3+4 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 8: 8. R2=3 H2+3 9. R3+2 H7-9 10. P3+1 R1+1 11. H3+4 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 5: R9=4 6. P7+1 R4+5 7. E7+9 C2=3 8. H7+6 P3+1 9. H6+5 R4-3 10. H5+3 C3=7 11. R2=7 C5+5 12. C8=7 E3+5 13. E3+5 H2+4 14. R9=8 H4+5 15. R8+4 P7+1 16. E9-7 A4+5 17. P5+1 H5+6 18. P3+1 P7+1 19. H3+4 P7=6 20. P5+1 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 7: R4=3 8. R9=7 C2=3 9. H7-5 R3=2 10. C8=7 R2=3 11. P7+1 R3-2 12. C7+5 R3+5 13. H5-7 H2+3 14. R2=3 Try it on the board

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