No. 66: Red Pushes the Seventh-File Soldier vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier

"No. 66: Red Pushes the Seventh-File Soldier vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 23 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.	P7+1	P7+1
11.	R2=3	H6+4
12.	C7-1	P3+1 ×Soldier
13.	R8=7 ×Soldier	H4+5 ×Cannon
14.	E3+5 ×Horse	H3+4
15.	P3+1 ×Soldier	C8+6
16.	R7=6	C2+3
17.	C7+1	R2=3
18.	C7=6	C8=4
19.	C6+3 ×Horse	C2=7 ×Horse
20.	C6=3	C7-3 ×Cannon
21.	R6-3 ×Cannon	C7=5
22.	R6=7	R3+8 ×Chariot
23.	H9-7 ×Chariot

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

23 moves

Variations and alternative defences

The source manual records 1 variation. Each branch starts from the move number shown.

Variation 1, from move 13: C8+3 14. R7+3 C2=7 15. H3-5 P7+1 16. R3=4 C8+4 17. R7-3 H4+5 18. E7+5 R2+7 19. R7-2 R2+1 20. R4+2 P5+1 21. H9+7 Try it on the board

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