No. 85: Red Shifts Chariot to Chase the Horse vs Black Pushes the 3rd-File Soldier (2)

"No. 85: Red Shifts Chariot to Chase the Horse vs Black Pushes the 3rd-File Soldier (2)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 29 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.	R2=4	P3+1
10.	P3+1	C8=7
11.	P3+1 ×Soldier	C7+5 ×Horse
12.	C7=3 ×Cannon	H6+5 ×Soldier
13.	R4-3	H5-4
14.	P3+1	A4+5
15.	P9+1	P3+1
16.	R8=7 ×Soldier	C2+2
17.	R4+5	C2-5
18.	C5+5+ ×Elephant	H4-5 ×Cannon
19.	R4-3	H3-1
20.	R4=2	R8=9
21.	P3=4	H1+2
22.	R7=3	A5-4
23.	P4=5 ×Soldier	C2=5
24.	C3+7+ ×Elephant	R9=7 ×Cannon
25.	R3+5 ×Chariot	H2-3
26.	A4+5	C5+2+ ×Soldier
27.	E3+5	R2+3
28.	R3-6	A4+5
29.	P7+1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

29 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 1 variation. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 19: H3-4 20. R4=2 R8=9 21. P3=4 C2=1 22. R7=3 H5-7 23. C3+6 C1=7 24. R3+4 R2+3 25. R3-2 H4+5 26. R3=2 Try it on the board

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