No. 97: Black's High Left Chariot vs Red Pushes the Edge Soldier (2)

"No. 97: Black's High Left Chariot vs Red Pushes the Edge Soldier (2)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 27 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	R8+1
9.	P9+1	R8=2
10.	R8+1	+R+3
11.	R8=2	+R=6
12.	R4=6	R6+2
13.	R2+6	H7+6
14.	R6+4	A4+5
15.	P5+1	R6=4
16.	R6=7	H6-4
17.	R7=6	C9-1
18.	R2+1	H4+5 ×Soldier
19.	R6-5 ×Chariot	C2=4 ×Chariot
20.	R2=1 ×Cannon	H5+4+
21.	K5+1	R2+8+
22.	C7-1	H4+3 ×Elephant
23.	R1=4	R2-1
24.	C7+5 ×Soldier	+H-1
25.	R4-4	R2=1 ×Horse
26.	R4=6	C4=6
27.	H3+5

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

27 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 15: 15. P7+1 R6-1 16. P7+1 R6=3 17. C7=8 C2=7 18. P7=8 R2=1 19. A4+5 P7+1 20. P5+1 R3=5 21. C8=7 R5=4 22. R6-4 H6+4 23. C7-1 R1+2 24. H3+5 H4+6 25. H5+4 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 11: 11. P3+1 P7+1 12. R4=3 H7+6 13. R8=6 C9=5 14. P7+1 C2+1 15. A4+5 A4+5 16. R3+5 P3+1 17. R3-4 P3+1 18. C7+5 H6+4 19. R3-1 C2=7 20. R3-2 +R=3 21. C7-3 R3+1 22. R3+2 C5=3 23. C5+4+ E3+5 24. K5=4 C3+7+ 25. K4+1 H4+3 26. R3=7 H3-5+ 27. K4+1 H5-3 28. R6=7 H3+2 29. R7+1 C3=7 30. H9+8 Try it on the board

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