1. Black's River-Riding Chariot

"1. Black's River-Riding Chariot" is a opening record from Same-direction Cannons, 17 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	R4+4
6.	R2+4	H2+1
7.	C5=4	C2=3
8.	E3+5	R1=2
9.	R9=8	R2+4
10.	P7+1	R4+1
11.	H3+4	C5+4+ ×Soldier
12.	A4+5	R4=3
13.	P7+1	R2=3 ×Soldier
14.	C8-1	+R=2
15.	C8=7	R2+3 ×Chariot
16.	C7+4 ×Chariot	P3+1 ×Cannon
17.	H7+5 ×Cannon

Final position

10 moves

17 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 12 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 13: 13. R2-1 P5+1 14. R2=5 R3=5 15. H7+5 P5+1 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 12: C5-1 13. C8+2 C3=5 14. C8=5 R2+5 15. C5+3 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 6: H2+3 7. E7+9 P3+1 8. P7+1 R4-1 9. P7+1 R4=3 10. H7+6 Try it on the board
Variation 4, from move 6: 6. A6+5 R4=7 7. H3+2 H2+3 8. C5=4 C2=1 9. E7+5 R7-1 10. C8+2 R1=2 11. C8=3 H3-5 12. R9=6 R7=8 13. R6+8 R2+4 14. C3=7 R2=3 15. C4+3 C5=3 16. K5=6 C1-2 17. P5+1 Try it on the board
Variation 5, from move 8: P7+1 9. C4+5 R7=2 10. C8=9 C5+4+ 11. H7+5 C2=6 12. H5+6 R2-3 13. H2+3 Try it on the board
Variation 6, from move 10: 10. C8+5 C5=2 11. C4=8 R2-3 Try it on the board
Variation 7, from move 6: 6. C5=4 P5+1 7. E7+5 P5+1 8. P7+1 R4+1 9. P5+1 H7+5 10. A6+5 C5+3 11. R2+5 C2=5 12. R9=6 R4=7 13. C8+4 H2+3 14. R6+7 P3+1 15. P7+1 R7+1 16. K5=6 A4+5 17. R6-1 Try it on the board
Variation 8, from move 12: R4+3+ 13. K5=6 H2+3 14. C8+4 R1=2 15. C8=5+ H3+5 16. R2=6 Try it on the board
Variation 9, from move 9: H2+3 10. P5+1 R4-2 11. R2+5 C2+2 12. A6+5 C2=5 13. H3+4 R4=2 14. H7+6 R1+1 15. R9=7 Try it on the board
Variation 10, from move 7: H2+3 8. P7+1 R4+1 9. A6+5 P5+1 10. C4+1 R4-2 11. P5+1 H3+5 12. C8+2 Try it on the board
Variation 11, from move 6: R4=7 7. R2+2 H2+1 8. E3+5 R7+1 9. C8-1 P7+1 10. C8=3 R7=6 11. A4+5 Try it on the board
Variation 12, from move 6: H2+1 7. E7+5 R1+1 8. A6+5 R1=6 9. R2+6 Try it on the board

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