No. 73: Black Adds the Right Advisor vs Red's Cannon Blasts the 3rd-File Soldier (5)

"No. 73: Black Adds the Right Advisor vs Red's Cannon Blasts the 3rd-File Soldier (5)" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 22 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.	P9+1	A4+5
10.	C7+4 ×Soldier	P7+1
11.	R2=4	C8+3
12.	R8=3 ×Soldier	R8+4
13.	R3=4	H6-8
14.	C5+4 ×Soldier	H3+5 ×Cannon
15.	+R=5 ×Horse	H8-6
16.	R5=4	R2=4
17.	-R+1	R4+4
18.	-R=6 ×Chariot	R8=4 ×Chariot
19.	P3+1	C8=1 ×Soldier
20.	C7=1 ×Soldier	P1+1
21.	E3+5	C1+1
22.	R4=8

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

22 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 15: C2=7 16. R4=3 C8+3 17. C7=2 C8-5 18. A4+5 R2+4 19. R5=4 C8-1 20. E3+5 C8=7 21. R4=3 -C=9 22. +R=1 R2=6 23. H9+8 R8+3 24. H3-4 R8+2 25. H8+7 C9=6 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 14: 14. C5=7 C2=7 15. H3-5 R2+7 16. -R-2 C8+4 17. P3+1 C7=5 18. P5+1 C5+4 19. A6+5 H8-6 20. -C-1 R2+1 21. P5+1 C8=9 22. -R=6 Try it on the board

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