No. 115: Red Shifts Chariot to Press the Horse vs Black's Right Chariot Guards the Horse

"No. 115: Red Shifts Chariot to Press the Horse vs Black's Right Chariot Guards the Horse" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 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	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.	R8+6	C2=1
8.	R8=7 ×Soldier	R2+2
9.	P5+1	E3+5
10.	R7=9 ×Soldier	H3+4
11.	P9+1	H4+6
12.	A4+5	C8-3
13.	R9-1	H7+8
14.	R2=1	H8+7 ×Soldier
15.	R1=2	C8+5
16.	C5=6	A6+5
17.	H3+5	C8-2
18.	H5-3	H6+7 ×Horse
19.	C7=3 ×Horse	H7-5 ×Soldier

Final position

10 moves

19 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 3 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 9: 9. P9+1 E3+5 10. A4+5 A4+5 11. R2+2 H7+6 12. R7-2 H3+2 13. R7=8 H2-4 14. R8=4 R2+2 15. C5=6 R8+2 16. E3+5 P5+1 17. P3+1 P7+1 18. R4=3 C8=7 19. R2+5 C1=8 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 10: 10. R2+1 C8-5 11. R7-2 C8=3 12. R7=2 R8+5 13. R2+3 C3=7 14. R2=8 R2+3 15. H9+8 H3+2 16. H8+6 C1+3 17. H6+4 C7=6 18. C7-1 H2+4 19. P7+1 C1=2 20. P3+1 P7+1 21. H4-3 C6=7 22. E3+1 H4+6 23. C5=4 C2=7 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 9: 9. R2+1 E7+5 10. R2=4 A6+5 11. P9+1 C8-3 12. R7-2 C8=7 13. P3+1 C7+2 14. E3+1 C7=1 Try it on the board

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