No. 101: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Pushes the Edge Soldier

"No. 101: Black Flies the Right Elephant vs Red Pushes the Edge Soldier" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 16 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	C8=9
8.	R2=4	E3+5
9.	P9+1	C9-1
10.	C5=6	C9=1
11.	E7+5	R8+1
12.	H9+8	C1=2
13.	R8=9	R8=4
14.	A6+5	-C+3
15.	P9+1	P1+1 ×Soldier
16.	R9+5 ×Soldier

Final position

10 moves

16 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 10: 10. H9+8 C9=2 11. R8+1 P3+1 12. R8=6 -C+3 13. R6+5 A6+5 14. R6=7 R2+2 15. C5=6 R8+6 16. E3+5 R8=7 17. A4+5 P7+1 18. R4=5 P5+1 19. R5=3 R7-1 20. E5+3 H7+6 21. C7=9 H6+5 22. E3-5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 9: C2-2 10. P7+1 C2+2 11. P7+1 C2=7 12. E3+1 R2+9 13. H9-8 E5+3 14. H8+9 E7+5 15. H9+8 A6+5 16. H8+6 R8=6 17. R4=2 H3-2 18. C7+4 Try it on the board

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