No. 64: Red Retreats Chariot to the River Mouth vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier (2)

"No. 64: Red Retreats Chariot to the River Mouth vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier (2)" 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.	R2-2	A4+5
11.	P7+1	P7+1
12.	R2=3 ×Soldier	P3+1 ×Soldier
13.	R3=7 ×Soldier	H3+4
14.	R8-1	C8=7
15.	C5+4 ×Soldier	R8+3
16.	R8+2 ×Cannon	R2=4
17.	C5-1	C7+5 ×Horse
18.	R7=6	H6+5 ×Soldier
19.	H9+7	H5+3 ×Cannon
20.	R6+1 ×Horse	R8=3
21.	H7+5	R4+4 ×Chariot
22.	R8=6 ×Chariot	R3=5
23.	H5-6

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

23 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 15: C2-2 16. P5+1 R8+3 17. P5+1 H6+8 18. E3+5 R2=4 19. P5=6 H8+7 20. P6=5 H7-9 21. P3+1 H9+8 22. A6+5 R8+1 23. R8=5 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 12: H3+4 13. R8-1 C8+4 14. P7+1 H4+5 15. H3+5 H6+5 16. R3=5 H5+3 17. R8+2 R2=4 18. A6+5 C8+3 19. C5=6 R8+4 20. R5+2 R8=6 21. P7=6 R4=3 22. R5-2 R6+2 23. R5=2 C8=9 24. E7+5 Try it on the board

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