No. 80: Red Pushes the Edge Soldier vs Black's High Left Chariot

"No. 80: Red Pushes the Edge Soldier vs Black's High Left Chariot" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 28 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	H6+7 ×Soldier
10.	R4=2	H7-6
11.	P9+1	R8+1
12.	C7+4 ×Soldier	P7+1
13.	R2=4	H6+7
14.	C5+4+ ×Soldier	H3+5 ×Cannon
15.	R4=5 ×Horse	R8=7
16.	R5=2	C8=9
17.	E3+5	P7=8
18.	R2-2 ×Soldier	R2+3
19.	R2+2	A4+5
20.	C7+2	R2=8 ×Chariot
21.	C7=3 ×Chariot	C2=3
22.	R8=3	H7+9
23.	H3+4	C9+4 ×Soldier
24.	P7+1	C3-4
25.	A6+5	H9+8
26.	R3+2	R8=7 ×Chariot
27.	H4+3 ×Chariot	C9+3
28.	A5-6

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

28 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 17: 17. C7=1 P7=6 18. A6+5 R2+1 19. C1=9 C2=7 20. C9=5+ E5-3 21. R2+1 R2+4 22. H9+8 R7+2 23. R2=5+ A4+5 24. R5=3+ R7=5 25. R3-2 P6+1 26. R3+4 C9=6 27. R3-4 C6=5 28. H8+6 R5=8 29. P5+1 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 16: C8=6 17. E7+5 R7+3 18. C7=1 P7=6 19. C1=9 A4+5 20. A6+5 C6=7 21. C9=5 H7+5 22. E3+5 C7+5 23. E5-3 R7=6 24. P9+1 C2-2 25. R2=3 C7-2 26. R8+1 R6=2 27. P9=8 C2=1 28. R3=4 Try it on the board

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