No. 94: Black's Left Chariot Crosses the River vs Red Pushes the Edge Soldier (1)

"No. 94: Black's Left Chariot Crosses the River vs Red Pushes the Edge Soldier (1)" 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	C8=9
8.	R2=4	R8+6
9.	P9+1	C2-2
10.	P7+1	R8=7 ×Soldier
11.	P7+1	P3+1 ×Soldier
12.	H9+7	P7+1
13.	R4+4	R7=8
14.	R8+4	A4+5
15.	H7+8 ×Cannon	H3+2 ×Horse
16.	R8=3 ×Soldier	R8-4
17.	H3+2	H2+1
18.	C7-1	R2+8
19.	C7=3	R8+3 ×Horse
20.	R3+3 ×Horse	K5=4
21.	C3+8+ ×Elephant	K4+1
22.	C3-1	K4-1
23.	C3=5 ×Advisor	R2=4
24.	-C=6

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 12: R7-1 13. H7+5 R7=6 14. H3+4 H3+4 15. H4+5 H7+5 16. H5+6 H4+6 17. C5+4 H6-5 18. C7=5 C2+4 19. C5+4 R2+6 20. E7+5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 11: 11. E3+1 C2+2 12. A6+5 P7+1 13. R4=3 R7-1 14. E1+3 C2=9 15. E3-1 R2+9 16. H9-8 +C=7 17. P5+1 A4+5 18. H8+9 E3+5 19. P7+1 E5+3 20. H9+8 H7+6 Try it on the board

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