No. 104: Black Advances Horse to the River Mouth vs Red Pushes the Seventh-File Soldier

"No. 104: Black Advances Horse to the River Mouth vs Red Pushes the Seventh-File Soldier" 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	C2+4
7.	R2+4	H7+6
8.	P7+1	P7+1
9.	R2=3 ×Soldier	C2=7 ×Soldier
10.	E3+1	R2+9 ×Chariot
11.	H9-8 ×Chariot	E7+5
12.	R3=4	H6-7
13.	R4+2	R8=7
14.	P5+1	C7=3
15.	C7=9	C3=4
16.	H8+7	C4-3
17.	R4-3	H7+8
18.	R4=6	A4+5
19.	H7+5	C4-3
20.	H5+3	R7+4
21.	P5+1	P5+1 ×Soldier
22.	R6+5	H8-7
23.	-H+5	P5+1
24.	C5+2 ×Soldier

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 8: E3+5 9. P7+1 P7+1 10. R2=3 P3+1 11. R3=4 H6-4 12. R4=2 H4+3 13. A4+5 R8+1 14. C7+3 R2+5 15. P3+1 E5+3 16. P3+1 C2+1 17. C5=7 -H+4 18. E7+5 E3-5 19. E5+7 C2=7 20. R8+4 H4+2 21. C7-2 E5+7 Try it on the board

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