No. 109: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Trades the Third-File Soldier (5)

"No. 109: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Trades the Third-File Soldier (5)" 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.	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.	R7-2	E3+5
10.	P3+1	P7+1 ×Soldier
11.	R7=3 ×Soldier	H7+6
12.	R3=4	R8+4
13.	H3+2	R8+1 ×Horse
14.	R4=2 ×Chariot	H6+8 ×Chariot
15.	R2+3 ×Cannon	H8-6
16.	P5+1	A4+5
17.	R2=6	H3+2
18.	C5+4 ×Soldier	H6+4
19.	C5-1	R2+1
20.	P7+1	C1=4
21.	R6=8	H4+3 ×Cannon
22.	P7+1	R2=4
23.	A6+5	H3-4
24.	R8=6	H2-1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

24 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 1 variation. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 13: 13. R4-1 H6+4 14. R4=2 R8+2 15. R2+3 H4+3 16. P5+1 +H+1 17. R2-2 H1+3 18. R2=7 R2+5 19. R7-1 R2=1 20. P7+1 H3+2 21. P7+1 E5+3 22. R7+5 R1=2 23. P5+1 E7+5 24. R7+1 H2+4 25. R7=9 C1=3 26. R9+1 H4+6 Try it on the board

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