No. 122: Black Shifts Cannon to Shoot the Soldier vs Red Flies the Edge Elephant (4)

"No. 122: Black Shifts Cannon to Shoot the Soldier vs Red Flies the Edge Elephant (4)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 24 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	H8+7
2.	H2+3	R9=8
3.	R1=2	H2+3
4.	P7+1	P7+1
5.	C8=7	C2+4
6.	R2+4	C2=7 ×Soldier
7.	E3+1	R1=2
8.	H8+9	R2+4
9.	R9=8	R2+5 ×Chariot
10.	H9-8 ×Chariot	E3+5
11.	C7+4 ×Soldier	C8=9
12.	R2+5 ×Chariot	H7-8 ×Chariot
13.	C7=6	H8+7
14.	P7+1	H7+6
15.	P7+1	H6-4 ×Cannon
16.	P7=6 ×Horse	H3+4
17.	C5+4+ ×Soldier	A6+5
18.	H8+7	H4+6
19.	H3-2	P1+1
20.	H2+4	C7=8
21.	P5+1	C9+4 ×Soldier
22.	C5=2	C9-1
23.	P5+1	H6+4
24.	P5=4	P7+1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

24 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 2 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 13: 13. H8+7 H8+7 14. H7+6 A4+5 15. C5=8 P9+1 16. P9+1 C9=8 17. C8+5 C8+2 18. H3-5 C8+1 19. E7+5 P5+1 20. H5+7 C7+1 21. E1-3 H7+8 22. A6+5 C8=6 23. C8-4 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 14: P9+1 15. P9+1 C9=8 16. C5=8 C8+2 17. C8+5 H7+6 18. H6+4 C8=6 19. C8-2 P1+1 20. P9+1 C6=1 Try it on the board

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