No. 93: Red's Right Chariot Crosses the River vs Black Leaps Horse to the River Mouth

"No. 93: Red's Right Chariot Crosses the River vs Black Leaps Horse to the River Mouth" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 26 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+2
7.	R2+6	H7+6
8.	R2-2	E3+5
9.	P7+1	P7+1
10.	R2=3 ×Soldier	C8=7
11.	C5=6	C2+2
12.	E3+5	P1+1
13.	R3=4	R8+4
14.	P3+1	A4+5
15.	A4+5	C7=6
16.	C6+3	H6+8
17.	H3+2 ×Horse	R8+1 ×Horse
18.	P1+1	R8+4+
19.	R4-4	R8-3
20.	P3+1	R8=5 ×Soldier
21.	P3+1	C6=9
22.	R4+4	P5+1
23.	C7+4 ×Soldier	R5=8
24.	P7+1	E5+3 ×Soldier
25.	C6=9 ×Soldier	P5+1
26.	R4=5 ×Soldier	C9=5

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

26 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 10: C8=6 11. R8+3 A4+5 12. A6+5 R8+4 13. C5=6 C6=7 14. E7+5 C7+4 15. C7+1 C7=3 16. H9+7 R8=7 17. R3=4 H6-7 18. R4=6 C2=5 19. R8+6+ H3-2 20. R6+2 H2+1 21. P7+1 P3+1 22. R6=9 H1-3 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 8: 8. P7+1 P7+1 9. R2=3 P7+1 10. P7+1 H6+4 11. R3-3 E7+5 12. P7=8 H4+3 13. R8+2 +H-4 14. R3=2 H4+5 15. E7+5 R8=7 16. R2+4 R7+4 17. P8+1 P3+1 18. P8+1 H3+4 19. R2-3 H4+5 20. R8+4 R7-3 21. P8+1 R2=1 22. R8=5 H5+7 23. R2=6 Try it on the board

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