No. 38: Red Pushes the Central Soldier vs Black Adds the Advisor

"No. 38: Red Pushes the Central Soldier vs Black Adds the Advisor" is a opening record from 57 Cannons vs Screen Horses, 25 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.	P3+1	P3+1
5.	H8+9	P1+1
6.	C8=7	H3+2
7.	R9+1	E3+5
8.	R2+6	R1+3
9.	R9=6	C8=9
10.	R2+3 ×Chariot	H7-8 ×Chariot
11.	P5+1	A4+5
12.	C7-1	H2+1 ×Soldier
13.	R6+3	H1-2
14.	H3+5	P1+1
15.	P7+1	P3+1 ×Soldier
16.	R6=7 ×Soldier	P1+1
17.	P5+1	H8+7
18.	P5+1 ×Soldier	H7+5 ×Soldier
19.	H9+7	P1=2
20.	H7+5	H5+4
21.	-H-7	P2=3
22.	C7+2 ×Soldier	H4+3 ×Horse
23.	H5+4	K5=4
24.	H4-6	C2=4
25.	R7=8	H3-1

Final position

10 moves

20 moves

25 moves

Variations and alternative defences

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

Variation 1, from move 11: A6+5 12. R6+2 H8+7 13. C7-1 P1+1 14. P9+1 R1+2 15. R6=5 R1=4 16. P5+1 H2+1 17. P5+1 H1+3 18. R5=4 H7+5 19. R4+3 R4=5 20. C7=2 C9=8 21. C2+3 R5=7 22. R4=5 C8+1 23. R5-1 R7+2 Try it on the board

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