No. 63: Red Retreats Chariot to the River Mouth vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier (1)

"No. 63: Red Retreats Chariot to the River Mouth vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier (1)" 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.	P9+1	P3+1
10.	R2-2	A4+5
11.	P7+1	P7+1
12.	R2=3 ×Soldier	C8+3
13.	R8-1	C8=3 ×Soldier
14.	C7+3 ×Soldier	R8+5
15.	R8+1	R8=7 ×Chariot
16.	P3+1 ×Chariot	C3+2
17.	H3+4	E5+3 ×Cannon
18.	R8=7	H3+4
19.	H4+6 ×Horse	C2=4 ×Horse
20.	R7-2 ×Cannon	E3-5
21.	R7+1	C4=5
22.	P5+1	C5+3 ×Cannon
23.	E3+5 ×Cannon	H6-4
24.	R7=5

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

24 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 18: 18. P3+1 H6-4 19. R8=6 R2=4 20. P3+1 E3-1 21. H9+8 C3+1 22. H4+5 C2=3 23. E7+9 H4+2 24. R6=7 R4+3 25. H5-4 +C=1 26. E9-7 C1+1 27. A4+5 C3=6 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 20: 20. C5=6 C2=7 21. C6+4 C3=8 22. A6+5 C8-4 23. H4+3 Try it on the board

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