No. 78: Red Pushes the Edge Soldier vs Black Pushes the 3rd-File Soldier

"No. 78: Red Pushes the Edge Soldier vs Black Pushes the 3rd-File Soldier" 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	P3+1
12.	P7+1	P7+1
13.	R2=3	H6+4
14.	C7-1	P3+1 ×Soldier
15.	R8=7 ×Soldier	H4+5 ×Cannon
16.	E3+5 ×Horse	C2=7
17.	R3=2	H3+4
18.	R7=6	C7+3 ×Horse
19.	R6+1 ×Horse	C7=1 ×Horse
20.	E7+9 ×Cannon	R2+6
21.	R6+3	A4+5
22.	E9-7	P7=6
23.	R6-2	P6+1
24.	P5+1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

24 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 15: H4+6 16. R3-2 C2=7 17. H3-5 C8=7 18. R3=4 R8+6 19. C5=4 H6+8 20. C7+6 -C=3 21. R7+3 H8+9 22. R4=3 R8+2 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 13: P3+1 14. R8=7 C2+3 15. R3=4 C2=5 16. E3+5 P7+1 17. R4-1 P7+1 18. R4=2 R2+4 19. R2+1 H3-5 20. R7=3 P7+1 21. R3-3 Try it on the board
Variation 3, from move 15: 15. C7+5 C2=7 16. C5+4+ A4+5 17. R3=4 H6-4 18. R7+2 C8=3 19. R7+1 R8+6 20. R7-1 R8=5+ 21. A4+5 R5=4 22. H9+8 H4+5 23. H8-6 H5-6 24. H6+7 Try it on the board

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