No. 79: Red Pushes the Edge Soldier vs Black Adds the Right Advisor

"No. 79: Red Pushes the Edge Soldier vs Black Adds the Right Advisor" 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+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	A4+5
12.	C7+4 ×Soldier	P7+1
13.	R2=4	H6+7
14.	C5=7	C2=5+
15.	A6+5	R2+5 ×Chariot
16.	H9+8 ×Chariot	C8+5
17.	E7+5	H7+5 ×Elephant
18.	E3+5 ×Horse	C8=5+ ×Elephant
19.	K5=6	P7+1
20.	R4-2	P7+1 ×Horse
21.	H8+6	H3-2
22.	R4=6	H2+1
23.	H6+8	R8+4
24.	+C=9 ×Soldier

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: R2+3 13. C5=7 P7+1 14. R2=4 C8+3 15. R8=3 E5+3 16. -C+3 R2=3 17. C7+2 C2=5+ 18. E7+5 H6+5 19. H3+5 C8+4 20. R3=5 R3-1 21. R4=5 C5+2+ 22. -R-1 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 12: R8+1 13. C5=7 P9+1 14. E7+5 P7+1 15. R2=4 H6+8 16. H3+2 P7=8 17. R4=2 C2-3 18. +C=6 C2=1 19. R8+5+ H3-2 20. R2-2 Try it on the board

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