No. 105: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Trades the Third-File Soldier (1)

"No. 105: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Trades the Third-File Soldier (1)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 23 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	H3+2
11.	P3+1 ×Soldier	H2+1 ×Soldier
12.	R7=2	R8+5 ×Chariot
13.	H3+2 ×Chariot	H1+3 ×Cannon
14.	R2+3 ×Cannon	E5+7 ×Soldier
15.	C5=3	R2+6
16.	C3+5 ×Horse	C1+5 ×Horse
17.	C3=7	H3+2
18.	P7+1	-E+5
19.	P5+1	C1-2
20.	H2+4	R2-4
21.	R2=9	P1+1
22.	H4-3	R2-2
23.	C7-1	P9+1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

23 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 15: +E-5 16. E3+5 H3-1 17. H2+3 R2+2 18. R2=3 P1+1 19. R3+1 A4+5 20. A6+5 C1=3 21. P1+1 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 15: 15. P5+1 R2+6 16. P7+1 H3+1 17. P5+1 C1+5 18. P5+1+ A4+5 19. P5=4+ -E+5 20. R2=5 R2=4 21. A4+5 H1+3 22. R5=9 C1=3 23. R9+3 H3-1 24. K5=4 C3+2+ 25. K4+1 H1-3 Try it on the board

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