No. 116: Black's Left Cannon Blocks the Chariot vs Red Pushes the Seventh-File Soldier

"No. 116: Black's Left Cannon Blocks the Chariot vs Red Pushes the Seventh-File Soldier" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 27 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.	H8+9	P7+1
5.	C8=7	R1=2
6.	R9=8	C8+4
7.	P7+1	C2+4
8.	P7+1	C8=5+ ×Soldier
9.	H3+5 ×Cannon	R8+9 ×Chariot
10.	P7+1 ×Soldier	H3-1
11.	H5-3+	C2=5+
12.	H3+5 ×Cannon	R2+9 ×Chariot
13.	H9-8 ×Chariot	E3+5
14.	H8+9	R8-4
15.	H9+7	R8=4
16.	C7=8	A4+5
17.	C8+3	H1-3
18.	H7+6	R4+1
19.	A4+5	H3+2
20.	P3+1	H2-4
21.	P7+1	H4+3
22.	H6+8	R4=5 ×Horse
23.	C8-4	R5=4
24.	H8+7+	R4-5
25.	P3+1 ×Soldier	E5+7 ×Soldier
26.	C8+7	R4=3 ×Horse
27.	P7+1 ×Chariot

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

27 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 10: A4+5 11. C7+5 R8=7 12. H5+6 R7-3 13. H6+4 R7=6 14. H4+3+ K5=4 15. C5=6 R6-5 16. H9+7 R6=7 17. H7+6+ K4=5 18. H6+8 R2+3 19. P7=8 C2=7 20. C6=3 R7=6 21. R8+3 H7+8 22. A4+5 R6+3 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 7: H7+6 8. R8+5 H6+4 9. C7+1 C8=5+ 10. A4+5 R8+9 11. H3-2 E3+5 12. H2+3 C5=1 13. C5+1 P3+1 14. R8-3 C1=5+ 15. H3+5 C2+4 16. H5-6 R2+4 Try it on the board

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