No. 86: Red Retreats the Central Cannon vs Black Advances Cannon to Hit the Horse

"No. 86: Red Retreats the Central Cannon vs Black Advances Cannon to Hit the Horse" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 20 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.	R8+4	E3+5
9.	C7+4 ×Soldier	P7+1
10.	R2=4	H6+7 ×Soldier
11.	C5-1	C8+5
12.	R8=3 ×Soldier	C8=1 ×Horse
13.	E7+9 ×Cannon	C2+5+
14.	E9-7	R2+7
15.	R3-1 ×Horse	R2=4
16.	C5+5+ ×Soldier	H3+5 ×Cannon
17.	A4+5	R4+1
18.	K5=4	A4+5
19.	R4=5 ×Horse	R8+8
20.	R5=4

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 3 variations. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 14: A4+5 15. C5+5 H3+5 16. R4=5 R8+8 17. R3-1 R2=4 18. C7=6 R8=4 19. A4+5 +R-5 20. R5=6 R4+3 21. P7+1 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 15: 15. C5=7 R8+4 16. R3-1 R8=4 17. A4+5 C2=1 18. R3+1 R2+9 19. E3+5 R4+4 20. K5=4 R2=3 21. K4+1 C1=4 22. H3-4 C4=5 23. R4-2 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 14: R2+6 15. R4=2 R8+3 16. C7=2 R2=3 17. C5=3 R3+3 18. K5+1 H3+4 Try it on the board

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