No. 51: Red Retreats Chariot to the Soldier Rank vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier (2)

"No. 51: Red Retreats Chariot to the Soldier Rank vs Black Advances the 3rd-File Soldier (2)" 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.	R2-3	A4+5
11.	C7-1	H6+7 ×Soldier
12.	R2=3 ×Horse	C8=7
13.	R3=4	C7+5 ×Horse
14.	P7+1	C7=1 ×Horse
15.	P7+1 ×Soldier	C1=3
16.	C7=3	C3+1
17.	R8-3	C3-1
18.	R8=7	C3+2+ ×Elephant
19.	R7-1 ×Cannon	C2+2
20.	P5+1	R8+8
21.	C5=8	C2=9 ×Soldier
22.	R7+1	R8-1
23.	R4=1 ×Cannon	R2+7 ×Cannon
24.	P7+1	H3-4
25.	R1+3 ×Soldier	R2=3
26.	R7+1 ×Chariot	R8=3 ×Chariot
27.	R1=5 ×Soldier

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 16: P7+1 17. P7=8 C3-3 18. R8=3 R2+4 19. P5+1 R8+4 20. P5+1 R8=5 21. R4+5 E7+9 22. C3=2 Try it on the board
Variation 2, from move 16: R8+8 17. R4-2 E7+9 18. P7=8 C3-3 19. R4=8 R2+4 20. +R+1 H3+2 21. R8+4 R8=7 22. C5+4 C3-4 23. A6+5 R7-2 24. R8-2 R7=6 25. K5=6 R6-3 26. R8+3 Try it on the board

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