No. 67: Red Shifts Chariot to Chase the Cannon vs Black Pushes the 3rd-File Soldier

"No. 67: Red Shifts Chariot to Chase the Cannon vs Black Pushes the 3rd-File Soldier" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 27 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	P3+1
10.	R8=2	C8+3 ×Chariot
11.	R2+3 ×Chariot	C8=4
12.	R2-5	R2+2
13.	A4+5	A4+5
14.	C7=8	R2=1
15.	C8+1	P1+1
16.	P9+1 ×Soldier	R1+2 ×Soldier
17.	R2=4	C4-5
18.	C5=4	H6-7
19.	E3+5	H3+4
20.	R4=2	R1+2
21.	C8-3	H7+6
22.	C8=9	R1=2
23.	C4+1	H6+4
24.	C4-2	+H+5 ×Elephant
25.	E7+5 ×Horse	R2+1
26.	H9+8	R2=5 ×Elephant
27.	H3-4	C4=3

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

27 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 12: C4+2 13. R2=4 A4+5 14. P7+1 H3+4 15. R4+1 H4+5 16. H3+5 C2=6 17. H5+4 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 13: C4=1 14. E7+9 C2+5+ 15. E9-7 H6-7 16. P7+1 R2+6 17. P7+1 R2=3 18. R4=8 C2=1 19. R8-4 E5+3 20. P9+1 E3-5 21. P9+1 H3+4 Try it on the board

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