No. 108: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Trades the Third-File Soldier (4)

"No. 108: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Trades the Third-File Soldier (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.	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.	C7-1	A4+5
14.	A4+5	H3+4
15.	R4-1	R2+6
16.	H3+4	H4+6 ×Horse
17.	R4+1 ×Horse	H6-7
18.	R4-1	C8+1
19.	A5+6	P1+1
20.	R2+1	C8=4 ×Advisor
21.	R2+4 ×Chariot	H7+8 ×Chariot
22.	R4+2	H8-7
23.	R4=9 ×Soldier	C1=4
24.	C5=3	+C=3

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 14: 14. R4-1 C8+2 15. R4-2 C8-3 16. R4=2 H3+4 17. H3+2 H6+5 18. H2-1 R8+4 19. R2+1 R2+6 20. H1+3 H4+2 21. C7=3 R2-1 22. C5+4 R2=7 23. H3+5 H5-7 24. C3+3 R7-2 25. H5+4 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 17: H6+7 18. +R=3 H7+5 19. E3+5 R2+5 20. R3+3 H4+3 21. C7=2 H3+4 22. A4+5 R8=3 23. C2=6 R2=5 24. C6=7 R5=2 25. R3-2 R2-1 26. R2=4 Try it on the board

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